Monthly Archives: May 2019

Top 10 Richest Caribbean Islands

Top 10 Richest Caribbean Islands

Rich Caribbean countries have been a magnet attracting HNWI and millionaires., Cayman and British virgin islands, US Virgin islands are the top richest and wealthiest islands in the Caribbean as of 2022, according to the GDP per capita data from Worldbank. GDP per Capita GDP per capita is often considered a good indicator of the standard of living of a…

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Biometric EU passport fees

Biometric EU passport fees

  Biometric passports (epassports)  are third generation passport technology that contains a chip storing digital data of fingerprints, personal data, iris, blood type etc. All EU member states use latest biometric passports which are  issued to their citizens.   These are the costs for issuing biometric passports in EU countries Austria   First introduced since 16 June 2006 Adult passport…

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Naturalization time for citizenship in 190 countries

Naturalization time for citizenship in 190 countries

Naturalization is an act of acquiring citizenship by migrants in a foreign country after legally living certain number of years, paying taxes, speaking language and fully integrating to culture. The rules of naturalization vary from country to country but typically include a promise to obeying and upholding that country’s laws.  Naturalization laws in some countries require renouncing previous citizenship. While…

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Irish immigrant investor scheme statistics

Irish immigrant investor scheme statistics

Ireland has the world’s best immigrant investor scheme in the world, with excellent access to healthcare, education, powerful passport attracting large number of UHNW investors from Asia and other parts of the world. The Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP) dubbed as irish golden visa, was introduced in April 2012 to encourage inward investment and create business and employment opportunities in the…

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Naturalization for Citizenship Fees (35 countries)

Naturalization for Citizenship Fees (35 countries)

These are the costs involved for citizenship applications in the these thirty five countries. The UK and Switzerland has the most expensive fee for citizenship applications, whereas France and Spain have the lowest costs associated with citizenship / naturalization applications. Some countries also have expensive passport fee. Citizenship leads to passport. 1. United Kingdom Naturalisation British overseas territory citizens – …

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Swiss Cantonal residence requirements for Naturalization

Swiss Cantonal residence requirements for Naturalization

Switzerland requires atleast 12 years of residence to naturalize for citizenship. The residence requirements also depend on the canton. With new rules implemented from Jan 2018, anyone who has lived in Switzerland for ten years and has a residence permit (C permit) can apply to the municipality or canton for an application for ordinary naturalization. The years spent between the ages…

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