Category: Citizenship

 Conscription is the compulsory enlistment of citizens in a military service.  We have compiled a list of 34 countries have compulsory military service for its citizens. The service duration can vary from country to country from days to years and also gender based. Quick Summary Summary of all countries that require mandatory military service. The…

These are some 40 countries that offer citizenship based on economic interest by discretionary naturalization through investment in Asia, Europe, Caribbean.   Country Target Person Article in law Procedure Conditions Albania Person who has special financial assets or invests money in a country ALB 9(7) Naturalisation (discretionary) Person is someone whose acquisition of citizenship would…

Naturalization is the legal act or process by which a non-citizen in a country may acquire citizenship or nationality of a foreign state.   Naturalization can exist in several forms Discretionary Ordinary Exceptional Investment (only possible in CY, MT, AG, KN, MD, ME, LC, GD, DM, TK, VU)     Afghanistan Person with a certain period of residence in…

These are the most expensive passports in the world in terms of passport fee Syria and Cuba have the most expensive passports in the world taking top 2 places for the year 2019 costing a whopping $400. Turkish passport also expensive taking the third place   Most Expensive   Syria – $400 (new) $200 (renewals)…

Honorary citizenship is a status bestowed by a country on a foreign or native individual whom considered to be especially admirable, exceptional,  worthy of the distinction.  Several countries such as Germany, United States, Canada, Australia, Belgium, Greece, Cambodia, Germany, Vanuatu, St Kitts and Nevis have awarded honorary citizenship to outstanding individuals. Since 60 years, United…

On 26 February 2019, the official government gazette of the Republic of Cyprus published the decision of the Council of Ministers, dated 13 February 2019, in which amendments to the Cyprus Investment Programme were approved — specifically with regard to acquiring Cypriot citizenship.   The main changes, listed below, are coming into force on 15…

UK has opened startup and innovative visa routes for applications for non-EU nationals outside EEA effective from March 29, 2019. The existing Entrepreneur (tier1) visa category has been removed and replaced with the startup and innovative visa categories.   As a part of new changes, the £200,000 entrepreneur requirement reduced to £50,000 for innovative visa category…

The Corporate Citizenship by investment (CCBI)  is a new concept for business investors, only became popular after late 2010.   The whole idea is applying investment model  to acquire a citizenship through corporate investment. The investment must create jobs, sustainable development and economic growth in the country.   Corporate citizenship is not citizenship by investment…

Turkey has third powerful passport in the middle east regional rankings, in the latest update of passport rankings released by Henley and Partners.   In the 2019 passport rankings, Turkey has the 50th best passport in the world with visa free access to 110 countries   UAE had the best passport in middle east taking…

The Montenegro Government has officially announced that the Special citizenship by investment (SCIP) will be open for applications by end of 2019 (Q4) and will  be fully functional in 2020.   The Montenegro Citizenship by Investment Program started on 1 January 2019 and it will be limited to 2,000 investors over a 3-year period.  …