Biometric passports (epassports) are third generation passport technology that contains a chip storing digital data of fingerprints, personal data, iris, blood type etc. All EU member states use latest biometric passports which are issued to their citizens. These are the costs for issuing biometric passports in EU countries Austria First introduced since 16 June 2006 Adult passport…
Naturalization is an act of acquiring citizenship by migrants in a foreign country after legally living certain number of years, paying taxes, speaking language and fully integrating to culture. The rules of naturalization vary from country to country but typically include a promise to obeying and upholding that country’s laws. Naturalization laws in some countries require renouncing previous citizenship. While…
Dual citizens are citizens of more than one country. The Dual citizenship is widely accepted by many 80% of countries in the World in America, Europe while in Asia and Africa it is less tolerant. Dual nationality laws vary by country are quite complicated in terms of birth, marriage, naturalization and for children. The level of restriction depends on country’s…
Many of you might be aware Portugal offers golden visa for 350,000€ in real estate, which remains the most popular real estate route, only few heard about Government bond option of portuguese golden visa. Portugal does offer golden visa for buying government debt under the capital transfer option requires equal to or above €1m euros. It is possible to buy…
Ireland has the world’s best immigrant investor scheme in the world, with excellent access to healthcare, education, powerful passport attracting large number of UHNW investors from Asia and other parts of the world. The Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP) dubbed as irish golden visa, was introduced in April 2012 to encourage inward investment and create business and employment opportunities in the…
In Ireland, a minor needs a re-entry visa to leave Ireland for a short period (usually up to 90 days) and then return again with their parents (eg. holidays, home visit). Minors with IRP or GNIB residence cards do not require re-entry visas. As a part of new changes in line with EU rules, Ireland has abolished re-entry…
These are the costs involved for citizenship applications in the these thirty five countries. The UK and Switzerland has the most expensive fee for citizenship applications, whereas France and Spain have the lowest costs associated with citizenship / naturalization applications. Some countries also have expensive passport fee. Citizenship leads to passport. 1. United Kingdom Naturalisation British overseas territory citizens – …
Switzerland requires atleast 12 years of residence to naturalize for citizenship. The residence requirements also depend on the canton. With new rules implemented from Jan 2018, anyone who has lived in Switzerland for ten years and has a residence permit (C permit) can apply to the municipality or canton for an application for ordinary naturalization. The years spent between the ages…
Antigua and Barbuda CIU has announced the special citizenship offer of 50% discount which is extended permanently from 2018. There is also a real estate discount. There is a Limited Time Offer (LTO) applied to the NDF and Real Estate options as follows: 1. National Development Fund (NDF) The threshold for the National Development Fund (NDF) option has been reduced…
France is the most popular destination for chinese according to the schengen visa statistics. Chinese received 2.8 million schengen visas in 2018 with increase of 11% compared to previous year. French consulates in china granting over 800,000 visas to chinese citizens, Popular schengen countries for Chinese France Italy Germany Least popular Schengen countries with Chinese Lithuania Slovakia…
