Author: Best Citizenships

The Ireland citizenship by investment program was running in Europe from 1989 to 1994.   According to Art 16 (a) of the 1956 Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act exceptional naturalisation could be granted to people of ‘Irish descent or Irish associations’ while waiving other criteria. In this context, the interpretation of ‘Irish associations’ allowed for…

Luxembourg has a super interesting golden visa scheme in Europe for HNW individuals to invest, work, study and do business. Luxembourg is also one of the richest countries in the World and a founding member of the European Union, OECD, United Nations, NATO, and Benelux. EU member country: since 1 January 1958 Euro area member since 1 January 1999 Schengen: Schengen area member since…

The Cypriot citizenship by investment scheme existed since 2007 investment and has come a long way after 10 years, the investment requirement cut to EUR 2 million, down by 92%. Cyprus has become the most popular citizenship scheme for HNW investors in Europe. Origins The decision no 65.824 dated 11 July 2007 establishing the first…

The Malta Residence and Visa Programme (MRVP) provides for the acquisition of Maltese residency by investment. The MRVP was established in 2015 by the Malta Residence and Visa Programme Regulations (LN 288/2015) – subsidiary legislation issued under the Immigration Act. MRVP targets applicants interested foreign investors who seek residence rights and not citizenship. These commonly come…

Switzerland is one of the world’s most attractive countries to live in. Historically, the nation has maintained political neutrality since 1515, a policy that has fostered a highly stable socio-economic environment. The combination of the country’s rich cultural heritage and liberal social attitudes has given rise to one of the most independent and well-organized societies…

Greece offers a ten year Golden visa residence permit for strategic investment in Greece for up to ten investors starting from €250,000.  The permits issued is same as €250,000 property investment are issued for five years maximum in Greece but the difference is ten years. While most are aware of only property investment, investment activity…

Do you want citizenship or residency? Cyprus and United Kingdom have stiff competition for attracting Ultra High Net Worth individuals who can invest 2 million pounds/euro in these countries.   Cyprus requires 2 million in euros while United Kingdom requires 2 million  pounds (2.3 mill euro).   The one difference is Cyprus offers full EU…

Malta takes first sport in CBI passport rankings 2019. Our model takes into account over 26 factors into our model from pricing to economic indicators of each country to rank a CBI passport out of maximum 150 points.

The Greek golden visa scheme has become super-attractive to property investors and has become the best golden visa scheme in Europe.

UK has imposed new good character requirement for citizenship applications launched on or after Jan 14, 2019. All citizenship decisions will be made based on this new policy guidance. The new policy also applies  to children applications for registration and naturalisation from those who are aged 10 or over at the time the application is…