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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…

Economic citizenship programs give immediate citizenship to investors and their family members a life time citizenship that can be passed on to future generations. Only qualifying investments recommended by Government qualify for citizenship. The easiest and cheapest route is donation route (one time payment) or to a Government fund. Investments in real estate, business capital are usually…

Global uncertainties arising from Trump victory and Brexit, have prompted rich and wealthy on the run, looking for alternative second citizenships. This week a number of companies promoting investment citizenship schemes, reported surge in inquiries on second citizenships. Buying a citizenship for cash, is not new, have existed in ancient times. Roughly two thousand years…