Category: Citizenship

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…

Rich chinese are the biggest investors in Golden visa than than citizenship by investment (CBI) schemes, There are more important reasons for this. Dual citizenship not allowed for Chinese PRC nationals, hence they prefer residency. A significant number of chinese dont want to renounce citizenship by naturalizing abroad. Chinese prefer to invest in real estate…

Vanuatu made significant changes to the DSP citizenship program in 2019. Here are the most important changes done to Vanuatu citizenship by investment program On 24th April 2019, the Citizenship (Development Support Program) Regulations Order NO.33 of 2019 came into effect and apart from its extended definition section and detailed procedures entailed, a new threshold…

Greece offers  Financially Independent Visa (FIV) to third country nationals to who are economically independent or self employed. It is one of the cheapest alternative to Greek golden visa scheme, only a few foreigners know of, as it requires only minimum amount of money show in your bank account, instead of golden visa which have…

The Malaysia’s My Second Home (MM2H) is one of the most popular golden visa scheme in Asia relaunched in 2024. The scheme offers foreigners immediate long term 10 year residence status equivalent to permanent residence status in Malaysia for a low investment.  Malaysia is an important trade hub in south east asia attracts significant number…

Hungary is a landlocked country in eastern europe, and its capital Budapest the 8th most visited country in Europe. Hungary participates in the schengen area, but does not participate in the Euro area. The Hungarian Residency bond program , popularly known as  golden visa scheme was launched in 1 January 2013 against the purchase of…

Portugal has further simplified its golden visa scheme making it faster to renew residence permits. From now on, foreign investors applying for residence permit extensions including golden visa holders, dont need to apply for criminal record certificates, it is done electronically by SEF requesting criminal record certificates, only the consent of applicant required. Further, Brazilian…

Anguilla officially opened golden visa scheme in 2019, offering immediate permanent residency to foreign investors in the british caribbean island with a path to British overseas territory (BOT) citizenship. The scheme was officially known as Anguilla Residence by Investment Scheme (ARBI).  Anguilla’s RBI scheme is government’s interest in providing an ‘elevated’ status to visitors who make…

We have compiled passport fees from around the world for over 200 countries. The fee listed below in USD is for issuing biometric / e-passports passports set by governments issued for ten years. More than 150 countries have started issuing e-passports. Please note, passport costs can significantly vary, depending on the passport issued in-country or…