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Netherlands offers ‘golden visa’ to entrepreneurs who invest 200,000 euros in the entrepreneur startup businesses in Netherlands. The investment is expected to create jobs. Cheapest residency program in Europe Free movement in Schengen Area European residency for family and children No minimum residence requirements (must visit once a year) Business investment residency program Dutch citizenship…

Dominica and St Lucia compete for the ‘cheapest’ second passport program in the the World.  Both countries run citizenship by investment program which is priced at $100,000 under donation route. Dominica CIP established since 1993, whereas St Lucia launched in 2015, reformed their CIP in 2017 to compete with Dominica for $100,000 However there are…

Citizenship by investment, so called CBI programs currently run in Caribbean (Dominica, St Lucia, Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, St Kitts and Nevis) and Europe (Malta and Cyprus). Malta, Dominica and St Kitts has very strict due diligence requirements. Malta IIP has high refusal rates. If your application has received a refusal under the citizenship by…

Vanuatu has launched a new citizenship by investment program and one can qualify for a passport by paying $200,000 to the Government. Citizens of Vanuatu also qualify for a Vanuatu passport. Vanuatu signed a mutual visa waiver agreement with Russia on 20 September 2016 wich entered into force on 21 October 2016. Vanuatu passport also have visa free access to Schengen…

The Accelerated Application Process (AAP) approved by the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis in October 2016 allows applications with the Citizenship by Investment Program to be accelerated to a 60 day processing period. The minimum investment requirements for Citizenship in Saint (Christopher) Kitts and Nevis are. USD 250,000 donation to SIDF USD 400,000 property…

anuatu has a new citizenship by investment scheme launched under Development Support Program (DSP) established under Citizenship Act [CAP 112]. The Honorary Citizenship Development Support Program is launched by the Government of Republic of Vanuatu in March 2017. This program has major demand with chinese, middle east and asian clients. The Vanuatu Development Support Program offers honorary citizenship to…

Citizenship by investment and golden visa programs, set to become more popular among Americans seeking visa free travel to Europe. This comes at a time when European Parliament passed a non-binding resolution to impose visa restrictions on US citizens within 2 months, according to Independent.co.uk A record number Americans visit Europe every year for tourism, business and other…

Under Cyprus legislation and specifically article 111 of the Civil Registry law 2002 (N.141(I)/2002 as amended) “…the Minister of Interior has the right to grant a certificate of naturalization, upon application by any alien adult with full capacity, who satisfies the Minister that he/she fulfils the criteria for naturalization according to the third table of…

St Lucia Government is poised to become the most popular citizenship by investment passport programme , since the Government announced several amendments to its citizenship by investment programme effective from January 1st, 2017. The key announcement made was St Lucia citizenship to become cheapest in the market for USD 100,000 competing with Dominica. The real estate investment qualifying for…

Dual citizenship is holding citizenship from two or more countries at the same time. It is not uncommon for many americans holding British and US citizenship at the same time. Citizenship is passed on to children by birth (jus sanguinis / right of blood). Your citizenship by birth, marriage or naturalisation, may have a different effect on…