Category: Citizenship

The Malta Golden Visa Residence scheme remains one of the best immigration scheme for families in Europe. The Maltese Golden visa scheme was launched in 2015, since then not many people are really aware of the full benefits offered by this scheme. The first and foremost important reason why Malta golden visa is super attractive…

Citizenship describes  legal bond between a person and a state, that comes with important rights and privileges. Citizenship gives  a new national identity and belonging. The most important rights that comes with citizenship are equality, freedom, and right to vote.  The terms ‘citizenship’ and ‘nationality’ are often used interchangeably to denote the legal bond between an…

Dual nationals through CBI investment schemes often qualify for E-1 and E-2 visas under non-immigrant category. E-2 visas are the best alternative to EB-5 because of very fast processing times and low investment. EB-5 investment now raised to $900,000 effective from Nov 21. The investment in the US must be substantial in relation to the…

Turkey launched Citizenship by investment (CBI) scheme in 2016 for $500K, then the next year the scheme reduced investment conditions to just $250,000 to buy real estate. Since then the scheme became extremely popular among middle east investors. President Erdogan introduced this scheme to recover economy from crisis and revive property sector. The Turkish citizenship…

Montenegro Special citizenship by investment launched in 2018, is now ready for accepting applications. Interested candidates must apply through authorized agents. This scheme has a limited quota of 2000 applications and will permanently close on Dec 31, 2021 Montenegro is the cheapest CBI scheme in Europe. Here are some quick comparison with other citizenship investment…

Wealth is growing fast in India. India is a big market for golden visa schemes with a large of rich indian millionaires looking to immigrate, in search of new opportunities.  India saw the third highest outflow of wealthy individuals last year. Nearly 5,000 millionaires  (2%) of the total number of HNWIs in India, according to Global…

Dominica citizens who acquired their citizenship through citizenship by investment (CBI) scheme can vote in general elections. But there are conditions CBI citizens do not have automatic voting rights. CBI citizens who have not lived in dominica for atleast 1 year will not be able to vote. According to Electoral office of Dominica, the following are…

The Montenegro Government has now expanded citizenship by investment scheme from real estate to agriculture, fisheries and wood processing sectors. Previously only tourism and hotel development projects were eligible for special citizenship by admission scheme which is limited only to 2000 investors running for three years until 2022. The Montenegro Citizenship by investment program (MCBIP)…

Mauritius is one of the most beautiful islands in Africa. Globalisation and rapid development has made Mauritius the richest country in Africa, with an average wealth of $37,500 per inhabitant home to highest number of millionaires. Mauritius welcomes investment and embraces business. Globally recognised as a safe, stable and easy environment to conduct business, Mauritius…

EU citizenship is supplementary addition to national citizenship of the Union. EU citizenship was first introduced by the 1992 Maastricht Treaty, and was extended by the Treaty of Amsterdam. Without a citizenship of the member state, EU citizenship would cease to exist. This also means European Union citizenship do not exist alone. Member State, having due…