The US government runs two important immigration programs for foreign investors. We tell clients to first properly understand the important difference between E-5 and E-2 visas before applying for immigration to United States. Each program has distinct advantages and requires careful planning. The key difference lies in only specific country nationals can apply for E-2 visa while Eb-5 program is…
A lot of people who come to us and even CBI industry experts, do not properly understand what is an online e-platform is. We will try to clear things up and explain clearly what is a citizenship platform and how it works. Best Citizenships, a startup launched in 2011 is the first online citizenship e-platforms for the CBI industry is…
The Golden Visa Program to United States (EB-5) green card program remains open and continues to operate normally despite the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States. President Trump has signed an executive order exempting entry ban on any alien applying for a visa to enter the United States pursuant to the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. EB-5 program offers the fastest…
Spain and Greece has made important changes in easing the golden visa regulations to boost investments in the real estate market from foreign investors. The Coronavirus has made a significant impact in Europe, many countries with the economy shrinking and GDP growth projected to grow less than expected for 2020 Both countries are looking to restart the economy attracting foreign investments…
The Coronavirus had significant impact on the travel and tourism going so far as airlines grounded with no parking space and people were put in lockdown. We did a quick study based on entry bans from IATA and NCCR on the move database and take look on the power passports before and after covid-19 based on the country restrictions full…
The Cyprus Government is set to make some important changes to the citizenship by investment program, to restart the economy and to boost the investments into the country, due to Covid-19 pandemic. These are some of the significant changes likely to implemented soon. Cyprus will speedup examination of all backlog of pending applications and make processing faster. Cyprus will lift…
Few years ago buying citizenship online was thought impossible but Covid-19 is changing everything in this world making impossible things a reality.
Golden visa investment does lead to Portuguese citizenship. Since the golden visa scheme opened in 2012, a few investors have already become Portuguese nationals on or after 2018. The procedure takes atleast 5-6 years. Portugal cut the time to get citizenship from 6 years to just 5 years to encourage golden visa investments in Portugal. Here is what you need…
What is happening with Bulgaria investor citizenship scheme in 2020? A lot of confusion remains with the Bulgarian citizenship by investment program (BCBI) open or not in 2020. Here are some latest updates. Please find answers for some of the important questions below provided by the Bulgarian lawyer we work with. Is Bulgaria citizenship scheme currently open and running? Yes…
Golden passports are special passports that are acquired through citizenship by investment (CBI) schemes. Golden passport is another name for passports acquired through citizenship by investment programs (CIP). The CIP legislation allows passports to be issued to investors and their families who are fast tracked for citizenship within months. Acquiring Multiple passports have become a new trend in the 21st…
