Category: Passport

Effective January 8, 2025, all travellers from visa-exempt countries, including citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis, must apply for an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) to enter or transit through the United Kingdom (UK).  What Changed? Previously, visa-exempt travellers could visit the UK without additional requirements. With the introduction of the ETA, travellers must complete a…

On 12 December 2024 , The European Council decided to remove Vanuatu permanently from the list of countries whose citizens are exempt from having a visa when travelling to the EU, due to security concerns with investor citizenship program in Vanuatu. The exemption from the visa requirement for all nationals of Vanuatu is suspended from…

The Mongols are known to have invented and popularized the world’s first diplomatic passport known as “Paiza/Paiza” under Genghis Khan during the 12-13th century which was carried by diplomats, nobles and officials to demand goods and services from civilian populations. The Mongol Empire The Mongols created the largest contiguous land empire in history, which stretched…

The Dominica Government has revised the passport fees issued under citizenship by investment program implemented under SRO 31 section 29 of the Immigration and Passport Act, (Chap. 18:01). The Amendments will come into effect from the date Gazetted 7th November, 2024. New Passport Fees The new fee applies to passports issued in Dominica and consulates…

Dual citizenship opens doors to plethora of opportunities which is needed in the 21st century. Dual citizenship is being a citizen of more than one country, often multiple nationalities. Dual citizens also carry multiple passports often a second passport. Dual citizenship offers enormous benefits such as quality of life, mobility, security, and education options for…

The Ireland Golden visa scheme officially known as Immigrant Investor Scheme (IIP)  was introduced in April 2012 to encourage inward investment and create business and employment opportunities in the State. The programme provides foreign investors with the opportunity to invest in Ireland and that the investments are beneficial for Ireland, generate or sustain employment and are…

Housing prices rose by 4.0% in both the euro area and the EU. According to Eurostat, the highest annual increases in house prices in the first quarter of 2019 were recorded in Hungary (+11.3%), Czechia (+9.4%) and Portugal (+9.2%), while prices fell in Italy (-0.8%). Turkey and Montenegro have citizenship by investment schemes with the cheapest…

Montenegro has launched the latest and most recent citizenship by investment program (CIP) in Europe. The scheme will officially start accepting new applications by end of 2019.  The Government already announced three agents and two due diligence firms. Montenegro is also an exciting citizenship through investment opportunity for real estate investors. The country recently seeing…

Ireland has the world’s best immigrant investor scheme in the world, with excellent access to healthcare, education, powerful passport attracting large number of UHNW investors from Asia and other parts of the world. The Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP) dubbed as irish golden visa, was introduced in April 2012 to encourage inward investment and create business…

Portugal ranked as the best retirement country in Europe. Portugal took first spot in Europe and 7th place in overall rankings for retirement.  Portugal took top scores among european countries for healthcare, finance, lifestyle and governance.   Retaining 7th position in this year’s index, Portugal has a warm climate, friendly people and a relaxed pace…