Category: Citizenship

  • Buying citizenship online became a reality in 2020

    Buying citizenship online became a reality in 2020

    Few years ago buying citizenship online was thought impossible but Covid-19 is changing everything in this world making impossible things a reality.

  • Can Golden visa Investors get Portuguese Citizenship?

    Can Golden visa Investors get Portuguese Citizenship?

    Golden visa investment does lead to Portuguese citizenship. Since the golden visa scheme opened in 2012, a few investors have already become Portuguese nationals on or after 2018. The procedure takes atleast 5-6 years. Portugal cut the time to get citizenship from 6 years to just 5 years to encourage golden visa investments in Portugal.…

  • FAQs on Bulgaria Citizenship Program

    FAQs on Bulgaria Citizenship Program

    What is happening with Bulgaria investor citizenship scheme in 2020? A lot of confusion remains with the Bulgarian citizenship by investment program (BCBI) open or not in 2020. Here are some latest updates. Please find answers for some of the important questions below provided by the Bulgarian lawyer we work with. Is Bulgaria citizenship scheme…

  • What is a Golden passport?

    What is a Golden passport?

    Golden passports are special passports that are acquired through citizenship by investment (CBI) schemes. Golden passport is another name for passports acquired through citizenship by investment programs (CIP). The CIP legislation allows passports to be issued to investors and their families who are fast tracked for citizenship within months. Acquiring Multiple passports have become  a…

  • Can you buy a passport using Bitcoin?

    Can you buy a passport using Bitcoin?

    This is one of the most common questions we receive from crypto currency investors and clients. We aim to answer this in the best possible way. No. You cannot buy a passport using Bitcoin despite the popularity of the cryptocurrency is at all time high. This is because no government officially accepts Bitcoin for citizenships…

  • Vanuatu is the New Haven for Passports in the South Pacific

    Vanuatu is the New Haven for Passports in the South Pacific

    The Popularity of Economic Citizenship program (ECP) has made Republic of Vanuatu, a new haven for passports in the South Pacific. Located geographically at at one of the riskiest locations for natural disasters, Vanuatu has been battling disaster after disaster and revenues from citizenship for sale program has been providing much needed lifeline against such…

  • Do you know? Swiss people are not EU citizens

    Do you know? Swiss people are not EU citizens

    Those who have high hopes about immigrating to switzerland and thinking about becoming a swiss citizen, this may come as a surprise. Many from third world countries, mistakenly assume Switzerland is a an EU country. This is fatally wrong. Here are some important facts 1. Swiss people are not EU citizens 2. Switzerland is not…

  • Here is how Covid-19 tilted passport power upside down

    Here is how Covid-19 tilted passport power upside down

    The World is facing an unprecedented global crisis caused by Covid-19 pandemic. Tourism and travel and all businesses have come to a halt, forcing billions of people into lockdown. The passport power and visa restrictions have essentially collapsed and health restrictions apply everywhere. In 2020, we published best passport rankings study showing nordic countries had…

  • Things You Dont Know About Schengen Area

    Things You Dont Know About Schengen Area

    Knowing about Schengen area is probably the most important for travelers, immigrants and those who seek citizenship in the EU member states. This is could avoid so many problems in the future! Sometimes EU and Schengen area may be confusing to many outsiders and third country nationals. For example Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia are…

  • Citizenship by investment in EU candidate countries

    Citizenship by investment in EU candidate countries

    Do you even know citizenship by investment already runs in two EU candidate countries? EU candidate countries have a great prospect of becoming a member state of the European Union in the future, as a part of enlargement efforts pursued by the Union. Imagine Montenegro or Albania becoming EU member state There are 5 EU…