Author: Best Citizenships

Today i will touch upon a very important topic on migrant integration. Many immigrants who move to a new country, often do not make any effort to integrate with the locals. Integration is so important and often overlooked by many immigrants. Integration is all about living in harmony, cohesively with communities. It is the the key…

Caribbean is home to many HNW millionaires. Some of the wealthiest caribbean islands for years have attracted rich and wealthy for exotic holidays, low taxes and luxury real estate. There are 14 million millionaires in the world in 2019. A small percentage of them frequently visit Caribbean and some of them call home. So how…

Bulgaria really has the cheapest EU citizenship by investment program. How is this even possible? The trick is to finance €1m bonds issued by Government. You can become EU citizen by investment taking advantage of Bulgaria, because Bulgaria is already full EU member state and a candidate to join schengen area in the future. So…

Vanuatu does not accept nationals of certain blacklisted countries with new rules in force effective from 2019. Nationals from these 5 countries, cannot apply for Vanuatu DSP/VCP citizenship by investment scheme  Afghanistan, Iran North Korea, Somalia Yemen Exception: Vanuatu may accept nationals from restricted country if they have not resided in restricted countries for more…

USCIS has published a new policy manual  expanding the scope of Good Moral Character (GMC) to applicable to all foreigners including EB-5 investors to naturalize for citizenship. On Dec. 10, USCIS issued separate policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual about how two or more convictions for driving under the influence or post-sentencing changes to…

Malta has taken new measures  for stricter due diligence checks on IIP applicants and comply with CRS standards of tax exchange for CBI/RBI schemes in Malta. These new proposals were outlined in Draft Budgetary Plan 2020 of Maltese Government. IIP Agency Since May 2018, the Individual Investor Programme (IIP) is being administered by an independent…

Spain offers long term residence permits on economic interest under Law 14/2013, so called golden visas. Spain has further expanded the scope of the scheme and these visas are available for various categories not just for real estate investment. Investors. Entrepreneurs. Highly qualified professionals. Researchers. Workers subject to intra-corporate transfers within the same undertaking or…

Weakest passports severely restrict and deprive people of the travel freedom due to visa restrictions imposed on them. For example the possibility to travel to United Kingdom, EU schengen area, Russia, China for business, tourism and visiting family and friends. These are also the worst passports in the world. In general, the weakest passports come from…

Dubai has emerged as the world’s most important hub for wealthy individuals and the number of millionaires projected to increase in UAE region by 14% in 2024, according to Knight Frank report. UAE needs more immigrants to meet the demand. Immigrants constitute nearly 90 percent of the UAE’s population, only 20% are locals. Weak passports…

Interest is picking up with Ultra high-net worth investors (UHNWI) with second passports and dual nationality. Data from Knight Frank Attitudes Survey 2019 indicates that 36% of UHNWIs already hold a second passport, up from 34% last year, and 29% are considering for second passports 26% planning to emigrate permanently, up from 21%. A record…