Ireland has announced immediate closure of Ireland Immigrant Investor Program (aka Golden visa) effective from Feb 15, 2023. No new applications will be accepted from this date. Current applications will be reviewed. This comes at a time Ireland following the path of UK, which already terminated its golden ticket route for investments in 2020. According to the official announcement by…
Yes, you are entitled to live, study and work in Portugal once you have been issued a Golden visa – residence permit for investment activity (ARI). Family members can also work in Portugal until the expiry of the golden visa. However you cannot work in other EU member states (permission required). Golden visa holders enjoy visa free movement in Europe’s…
The Government of St.Lucia has announced important changes to remote processing of applications in 2023. An average processing time of 45 days has been realised in efficiently streamlined processing applications for the grant of citizenship. This is due to the efficiency of our “pre-processing module”, which allows an applicant to submit core documents for law enforcement background checks before submitting…
Vanuatu has opened new government bonds option for citizenship by investment with money back after just 2 years (no interest paid). Investors must pay AUD 180,000 to subscribe bond certificate locked for just 24 months. Citizenship is permanent after bonds mature. Saint Lucia is the another citizenship by investment scheme that offers full money back after 5 years through National…
The following are frequently asked questions about the donation investment option from prospective investors in citizenship by investment schemes. What is Citizenship by donation? The Donation for Citizenship is one time lump sum contribution to State fund of Government to acquire citizenship for investment. It is the most popular and fastest investment route under CBI. The minimum contribution required is…
The primary grounds of acquisition of citizenship under ordinary naturalisation is a certain period of residence in the country The minimum period of residence required for ordinary naturalisation in EU countries ranges from 3 to 10 years. Important to note that only certain types of residence (permanent, continuous, etc.) may count for naturalisation purposes. Some countries require you to hold…
St Kitts and Nevis’s Government has made huge changes to the CBI program in Jul 17, 2023. Under the revised program, the chance to get a second citizenship in as little as 45 days with Accelerated application processing (AAP), has been removed . Instead all applications will be subjected to normal application processing which takes 120 days (4 months) to…
Among EU countries, there are 12 nations that do not accept dual citizenship for immigrants who acquire citizenship through naturalization path. You are required to renounce your previous nationality and provide proof at the time of submitting application. Some countries in the list may have special agreements with a treaty. Here are the full list of countries disallowing dual citizenship…
Latvia allows limited dual citizenship only with the selected list of 37 countries. Among these countries are EU/EFTA states, US, UK, Australia, Brazil, Canada etc. Citizens of Latvia who have acquired citizenship of another country are required to notify, following Article 15 of the Register of Natural Persons, about acquiring citizenship of another country. Children of citizens of Latvia have…
According to definitions of the European Commission, the terms ‘citizenship’ and ‘nationality’ are often used interchangeably to denote the legal bond between an individual and a state. While ‘nationality” is the preferred legal term, ‘citizenship’ is used more broadly to describe the rights, duties, and practices linked to this formal status. In certain contexts, the term ‘nationality’ also denotes belonging…
