Category: Citizenship

  • Top Economic Citizenship Programs

    Top Economic Citizenship Programs

    The Economic Citizenship programs have been so popular lately among a number of wealthy families and billionaires who chose to acquire a second nationality for wealth protection and free movement. Infact these so called economic citizenship schemes or ECPs run by small island countries though have been around since forty years, only became popular after…

  • Laos Honorary Citizen by Investment

    Laos Honorary Citizen by Investment

    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’s citizenship scheme. Honorary Citizenship The new Honorary citizen by investment program will inject much needed foreign investment, especially in the…

  • Can i lose permanent residence for time outside the country?

    Can i lose permanent residence for time outside the country?

    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…

  • The Benefits of becoming EU Long Term Resident

    The Benefits of becoming EU Long Term 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…

  • Suriname sets up expert committee for CIP Program

    Suriname sets up expert committee for CIP Program

    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 Malta Residency to Citizenship Program

    The Malta Residency to Citizenship Program

    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…

  • Non-CRS Countries with OECD

    Non-CRS Countries with OECD

    Explore our curated list of 43 nations that do not participate in the CRS automatic exchange of tax information, as per OECD standards.

  • Difference between Short and Long term Schengen visas

    Difference between Short and Long term Schengen visas

    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…

  • Effective 5 April 2022, Bulgaria terminates CBI Program

    Effective 5 April 2022, Bulgaria terminates CBI Program

    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…

  • Can I apply for H-1B Visa with Caribbean Passport?

    Can I apply for H-1B Visa with Caribbean Passport?

    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…