The Commonwwealth of Dominica offers a number of routes to acquire citizenship, not just through investments. Many only offer you or talk about CBI but there are more cheaper ways, if you know how to do. It is quite understandable, not everybody has $100K to invest in Dominica. The cheapest routes are also longest routes to become a citizen of…
Do you know Portugal offers special visas to foreigners who are freelancers, self employed and retirees?. These visas are unknown to many people and these are pretty low cost visas. Portugal wants to attract talent, innovative not just always rich people who buy real estate through golden visa program. Take a look at the following residency visas to immigrate to…
The Government of Cyprus has officially suspended the citizenship by investment scheme effective from Nov 1, 2020 in its current form. No new applications will be accepted after this date. The Council of Ministers approved the proposal of the Ministers of Finance and Interior for the abolition of this investment program from 1/11/20. The proposal was based on the longstanding…
The Government Malta launched Malta Residency Visa Program (MRVP) in 2015 to attract highly qualified individuals and families from third countries offering them residency to settle in Malta. Approved applicants after thorough background checks are entitled to the right to reside, settle or stay indefinitely in Malta together with one’s registered dependants. MRVP is not a popular program mainly due…
The Greek parliament has approved a new bill requiring all foreigners to take test on greek language, history and culture to acquire Greek nationality. The first citizenship exam will be held from May 2021. Naturalization The naturalisation process is published by the Ministry of Interior and it costs about 550 euro filing fee. Golden visa holders do not have preferential…
Vanuatu has the fastest citizenship by investment program in the World. The Government has significantly reduced the processing times for citizenship investors. If all the application and documentation is intact, the Government Letter of approval for citizenship is issued within 2-3 weeks and the passport takes another 2 weeks after approval letter. All in the whole process from the start…
Bulgaria is one citizenship program that no one talks about. Many foreign investors dont even know the extended benefits of the scheme as it is not promoted or marketed unlike Malta or Cyprus. The Bulgarian investor citizenship program introduced in 2005 is a ‘hidden gem’ in Europe. Amendments were made to the citizenship legislation in 2009, 2013 and 2015 Here…
Dominica has made important changes to the definition of ‘dependent’ and these changes were published in the Commonwealth of Dominica Citizenship by Investment (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 Due to these changes, rules for adding adding family members becomes more simple, bringing great benefit to families applying for Dominica citizenship by investment program (DCBIP). Dominica still remains one the cheapest CBI program…
Saint Lucia offers one of the most exciting citizenship schemes in the Caribbean. The country is rich in history, culture with unlimited access to beaches and nature. The Citizenship by Investment Act No. 14 of 2015 and the Citizenship by Investment Saint Lucia Regulations No. 89 of 2015 with their respective amendments, allows an eligible person to acquire citizenship of…
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