Author: Best Citizenships

Greece offers five year residence permit (permanent one) which has to be renewed once every five years, under the golden visa scheme for real estate buyers and property owners.   Property owners must seek a gold visa (entry visa or residence permit) either at consulate or at migration office in Greece in person.   There…

Ireland is one of the very best countries to live, work, study and do business for wealthy families and investors.  Ireland provides excellent healthcare, world class education and highest standards of living than any other country in the world.   Ireland offers a golden visa scheme officially known as ‘Irish immigrant investor scheme (IIP) .…

Saint Lucia has made changes to CBI legislation under Citizenship by Investment Amendment (Act 12) of 2019. The changes has been approved and published in the Saint Lucia official gazette of the government. By passing these amendments, St Lucia has simplified citizenship by investment rules for dependants, making it competitive with other CIP’s in the…

The Council of Ministers made a decision to increase the prices of Cyprus citizenship investment scheme from €2m  by €150,000 which came into effect from May 15, 2019.   CIP applicants are required to contribute €150,000 for Research/Innovation and Housing development of Cyprus (€75K for research and €75K for housing). Donations had to be made…

Acquisition of Citizenship by fraud is a major concern in many countries and laws have been enacted to strip or take away citizenship from such individuals who commit fraud by for concealment, misrepresentation or presenting fake documents.   Loss of citizenship can result in statelessness unless dual nationals.   These are the countries that have…

The St Kitts and Nevis CBI programme enters its 35th year in 2019 and it remains one of the best citizenship by investment (CBI)  in the world. Birthplace The Twin island of Federation of St Kitts and Nevis is widely known as the birthplace of citizenship by investment which started in 1984. St Kitts with just…

UK offers tier1 investor visas for HNW individuals for work or study against a minimum investment of GBP 2 million. The entry clearance is granted for maximum of 3 years and 4 months, which can be further extended for another two years with right to settlement and later citizenship. apply to settle after 2 years…

  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…

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…

Dual citizens are citizens of more than one country. The Dual citizenship is widely accepted by many 80% of countries in the World in America, Europe while in Asia and Africa it is less tolerant. Dual nationality laws vary by country are quite complicated in terms of birth, marriage, naturalization and for children. The level…