The Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) is a life long permanent residency visa available to people of Indian origin and their spouses which allows them to live and work in India indefinitely. The OCI card must be accompanied by foreign passport as primary travel document. The OCI itself is not a citizenship or passport. As of March 2021, OCI card…
A Good citizen respects and abides by all the law and order of the country and responsible for rights and duties, such as casting a vote, paying taxes, health care, work for the government, helping others with compassion, serving the people participating in politics and protecting the country (military service). Good citizens can expect to enjoy equal rights, freedom to…
Lately, increasing number of Nigerians are applying for Golden visas and Citizenship by investment programs. Nigerians are required to collect police clearance certificates to apply for immigration programs including for purchase of real estate in a foreign country. A criminal background check or PCC (police character certificate) is mandatory for all nigerians besides passport, birth certificate and other identification documents.…
Frequently Asked Questions about the Malta Permanent Residency Program (MPRP) These Frequently Asked Questions for MPRP Golden visa scheme are meant as general guidelines to particular situations which have been referred to the Agency. In case of conflicting views between these Frequently Asked Questions and the legislation, it is the pertinent legislation that prevails. 1. ELIGIBILITY AND FEES Q1: Who…
New fees apply effective from Sep 23, 2020 for Portugal Golden visa scheme applied by immigration authorities in Portugal for issuing residence permits for investment activity under Article 90-A The following Government processing fees apply for all GV applications (real estate, capital transfer, bonds and other categories) Initial Application Per applicant Receipt and Analysis fee – € 533 (paid after…
The Golden visa programs and Citizenship by investment (CBI) schemes both are completely different and should not be confused with each other. The important difference here is Golden visas (GV) offer only residency (no citizenship) while CBI schemes offer instant citizenship (with golden passport) from day one. GV residency schemes may be slightly expensive because it involves a property investment…
The intake of permanent selection applications under the Investor Program has been suspended from November 1, 2019 to March 31, 2021 in order to allow time for the program to be reviewed.
Cyprus has published new regulations expanding the scope of golden visa scheme with the criteria of expedited investors permit to third country nationals. The new regulations came into effect on March 27, 2021. A permanent residence permit issued for investments in real estate, businesses and share capitals. It is not to be confused with citizenship by investment scheme which is…
Malta has published regulations on March 27 for new permanent residence golden visa program which was published on official gazette making changes to the Immigration Act (CAP 217). This is a revamped program replacing the previous residency visa scheme running since 2015. As from 29th March 2021, all new applications shall be governed by MPRP regulations and no new application…
A Growing number of small and big countries offer instant citizenship for investments from day one. How many citizenship by investment schemes are there? Prospects who are interested in citizenship, want to know just how many citizenship by investment programs are there. This is very important to build trust and confidently apply for the programs. Quite often this could be…
