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Portugal is currently thinking about scrapping the golden visa scheme entirely, after ten years of running the most successful golden visa program in Europe. Update: The proposal of scrapping Golden visa program was rejected in the State Budget 2023 with the voted out by Social Democratic Party during the discussion in Parliament on November 22nd.…

The Irish stamp permission is issued to non-EU nationals who apply for long term residency status in Ireland. Each stamp indicates your immigration permission to reside in the State, confirming Activities you can do and period you are allowed to stay. The type of stamp you receive in your passport and stated on your Irish…

The Economic Citizenship programs have been so popular lately among a number of wealthy families and billionaires who chose to acquire a second nationality for wealth protection and free movement. Infact these so called economic citizenship schemes or ECPs run by small island countries though have been around since forty years, only became popular after…

The Asian country of Laos has opened up its ‘honorary’ citizenship to foreigners investing in the country for economic reasons with outstanding contribution. It will be the second economic citizenship program in Asia after Cambodia’s citizenship scheme. Honorary Citizenship The new Honorary citizen by investment program will inject much needed foreign investment, especially in the…

The main reason for issuing permanent residency is to spend living longer amounts of time growing ties to the country. Many PR holders are not aware how much time they can spend outside the country and the consequences. If you hold permanent resident status, there is a time limit for spending outside the country. Exceeding…

Becoming a EU long term resident has important benefits for third country nationals and most importantly you have the right to be treated equally with the citizens of the host EU country. You can also bring your family members with you if the family was already joined together in the first country. Benefits Access to…

The Caribbean nation of Suriname is considering an economic citizenship program to revive its economy, real estate and labour workforce. The new CIP program if approved, Suriname will join other neighbouring five OECS nations in the region. According to latest media reports, President Chan Santokhi gave the country of close to 600,000 a sample of…

The Malta Residency to Citizenship Program (MR2C) is one of the most prestigious and attractive Regulations in the world. A Maltese Passport allows applicants to enjoy travel freedom with visa-free access to 182 countries worldwide. Applicants receive a residence card within 3 weeks, which allows investors to reside in Malta and travel visa-free throughout the…

Explore our curated list of 43 nations that do not participate in the CRS automatic exchange of tax information, as per OECD standards.

It is quite common many people do not properly understand the short term and long term schengen visas. Infact there are lot of big difference. It is very important to know the difference when you apply for schengen visa at the consulate. First you must know maximum validity of short stay schengen visas are for…