The Asian country of Laos has opened up its ‘honorary’ citizenship to foreigners investing in the country for economic reasons with outstanding contribution. It will be the second economic citizenship program in Asia after Cambodia. The new program will inject much needed foreign investment, especially in the property market. To become a honorary citizen, foreigners must invest a total of…
The main reason for issuing permanent residency is to spend living longer amounts of time growing ties to the country. Many PR holders are not aware how much time they can spend outside the country and the consequences. If you hold permanent resident status, there is a time limit for spending outside the country. Exceeding this limit, your permanent resident…
Becoming a EU long term resident has important benefits for third country nationals and most importantly you have the right to be treated equally with the citizens of the host EU country. You can also bring your family members with you if the family was already joined together in the first country. Benefits Access to employment and self-employment (this may…
The Caribbean nation of Suriname is considering an economic citizenship program to revive its economy, real estate and labour workforce. The new CIP program if approved, Suriname will join other neighbouring five OECS nations in the region. According to latest media reports, President Chan Santokhi gave the country of close to 600,000 a sample of the thinking of his cabinet,…
The Malta Residency to Citizenship Program (MR2C) is one of the most prestigious and attractive Regulations in the world. A Maltese Passport allows applicants to enjoy travel freedom with visa-free access to 182 countries worldwide. Applicants receive a residence card within 3 weeks, which allows investors to reside in Malta and travel visa-free throughout the Schengen area for thirty-six months.…
The Good news is still are the list of some 43 nations that don’t participate in CRS automatic exchange of tax information according to OECD as of 18 May 2022. By not exchanging tax information, these countries will offer you maximum banking privacy. Gone all the days where there was private Swiss bank accounts. It is important to understand the…
It is quite common many people do not properly understand the short term and long term schengen visas. Infact there are lot of big difference. It is very important to know the difference when you apply for schengen visa at the consulate. First you must know maximum validity of short stay schengen visas are for 90 days (3 months). If…
Bulgarian Government has moved to scrap its citizenship by investment program(CBI) granting golden passports to international investors amidst EU pressure to ban golden passports and to further pursue its schengen and US visa waiver ambitions. On 24 March 2022, the Bulgarian Parliament approved an amendment to the Bulgarian Citizenship Act, which aims to end the investor citizenship scheme. The Bulgaria’s…
Yes, you can apply for H1B visas using Caribbean passports obtained through citizenship by investment programs. There are no restrictions. The H-1B is a temporary (non-immigrant) visa category allowing employers to hire highly skilled professionals to work in the US. There are close to 3 million H1B visa holders in the U.S. The H-1B visa program allows companies and other…
Greece has made a decision to increase minimum required property investments to €500,000 (doubling from the current €250,000) for the Greece golden visa program. This was announced by the Prime Minister of Greece at a press conference yesterday. The decision was taken to make the housing more affordable to the real estate market for Greek locals. The exact date for…
