Author: Best Citizenships

USCIS has announced new significant changes to EB-5 processing of application petitions. The approvals for I-526 petitions will be faster from March 31, 2020 as petitions will be processed based on new visa availability approach instead of First in approach What has changed? BEFORE: EB-5 petitions were processed based on First in First out (FIFO)…

Passports are just travel documents. But what is the correlation between passport power and wealth of a country? The richest countries in the world also have very well respected and powerful travel documents. To find this we did a comparison, connecting wealth of a country and passport power and we found some interesting results. Earlier,…

Passports are important travel documents. The costs for passports vary from country to country depending on the validity of passports issued, booklet pages and age. To avoid confusion, we first separate most expensive passports into two categories Expensive passports in terms of issue fee (citizens) Expensive passports to buy  (non-citizens) Expensive Passport Fees These are…

Greece offers the best investment climate in Europe and undeniably one of the top countries to live, do business, work and retire.  Greece is rich in history, a major trade hub Southeast Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean. Greece is a EU member state, Eurozone member and Schengen state. Here are the some of the solid…

Many traveler’s often get confused understanding the difference between eVisa and Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA). It is quite common to get confused and You are not alone! We call eVisa and eTA are “soft visa” restrictions. This means you will not be able to board a plane to visit a country with just your passport…

Golden visa schemes offer immediate residency against property investment. Investors can naturalize for citizenship and passport usually after more than 5 years in golden visa countries. The citizenship conditions vary from country to country. Passports of countries offering Golden visa / CBI schemes performed very well in Best Passport Rankings 2020. Best Golden Visa Passports…

Today we are publishing our first edition of of Best Passport Rankings Index 2020, developed in association with World Citizenship Council (WCC) and Best Citizenships (BC) As we head towards the future,  Globalisation is playing an important role shaping the free movement. With increased pressure on immigration systems, developed countries look to reduce free movement…

The Dual citizenship acceptance has progressed faster in the Americas and Oceania and slower in Africa and Asia. The acceptance in Europe follows the global trend. By 2019, however, 75% of countries maintain a more tolerant approach towards dual citizenship and allow citizens to voluntarily acquire the citizenship of another country, without automatic repercussions for…

Explore the list of top countries with the most extensive diplomatic footprint globally with numerous embassies and consulates worldwide to foster foreign relations and protecting their citizens abroad.

We get so many inquiries from clients and investors asking for a passport from a country where CBI schemes do not exist officially. This article will clear some air on fake citizenship by investment schemes running in many parts of the world. If you hear about a passport from from a country in Africa, South…