Depends on the person’s circumstances and resources at their disposal.
The cost starts at a little over $100k and up so it’s not a cheap process.
I almost always suggest my clients pay to have me screen them for citizenship by descent first before pursuing citizenship by investment.
A list of formal citizenship by investment programs I help people obtain:
- St. Kitts & Nevis
- Malta
- Turkey
- Vanuatu
- Grenada
- St. Lucia
- Dominica
- Antigua & Barbuda
#freedomofmovement #planb #citizenshipbyinvestment #dualcitizenship
“By naturalization after residency” includes:
1. Marriage-based permanent residency
2. “Golden visas” i.e. residency by investment
Here’s an example of how an American with a criminal record would get post-conviction relief in order to apply for 2nd citizenship. 👇
“How to Correct an FBI IdHS
Sometimes FBI background checks need to be corrected because either a) wrong information was reported on them or b) there’s a new development on the subject’s case after the arrest, charge or conviction. A new development could be a pre-trial dismissal, acquittal at trial or an expungement or vacatur after a conviction.
A subject of the FBI background check has the right to challenge the accuracy of the data on the background check and request a correction.
It’s important to note that whether a post-conviction dismissal can be entirely removed from an FBI IdHS depends on the law of the jurisdiction (usually a U.S. state) in which the conviction occurred. The result is that in some cases, a conviction may be entirely removed from the FBI IdhS, whereas in other cases, it may only be possible to update the FBI IdHS to reflect the post-conviction dismissal.
Let’s take an example of a person with a state-level criminal arrest, charge and conviction. Johnny Livefast (“Johnny”), a U.S. citizen, is arrested, charged and convicted in California for DUI (VC § 23152(a)).
Throughout Johnny's brush with the legal system, the data related to Johnny’s arrest, charge and conviction was reported by various California criminal justice agencies Johnny comes into contact with to the FBI CJIS. Johnny then discovers his due process rights were violated in his California trial. He hires a lawyer who files a request to vacate his conviction (i.e. “clear” his record for having been wrongfully convicted) by filing a motion under PC § 1473.7.
Johnny’s motion to vacate is granted so the DUI conviction is dismissed.
Now, Johnny, turned off by his experience with the U.S. criminal justice system, wants to apply for citizenship by investment in another country. Unfortunately, his darn FBI IdHS still reflects the arrest, charge and conviction for DUI. He wants it cleared from his FBI IdHS so he has the best chance of approval for citizenship.
To have his FBI IdHS corrected, Johnny needs to request the correction from the CalDOJ first, then make sure the CalDOJ communicates the update to the FBI CJIS, who in turn will (ideally) correct Johnny’s FBI IdHS. With an updated accurate FBI IdHS.
Johnny now feels comfortable to apply for citizenship by investment.
In summary, to make a correction to the FBI IdHS and obtain a new copy for a foreign citizenship application, the steps are as follows:
Step 1 - Obtain the expungement, vacatur, record seal or other post-conviction relief of the conviction;
Step 2 - Request correction/update of the applicant’s record from the local or state criminal data repository (oftentimes the state's department of justice);
Step 3 - Request that the local or state law criminal data repository communicate the record correction to the FBI CJIS;
Step 4 - Request a new, updated FBI IdHS;
Step 5 - Apply for (and hopefully be approved) second citizenship and become a dual citizen.
Note: the FBI CJIS does have a process to challenge the FBI IdHS directly with CJIS. This is most applicable when the information challenged is pursuant to a federal arrest, charge or conviction. In my experience, the vast majority of Americans pursuing second citizenship with a criminal record have a state-level criminal conviction, which would require the correction process mentioned above in the case of Johnny Livefast.”
#fbibackgroundcheck #dualcitizenship
https://www.malakoutilaw.com/the-basics-of-an-fbi-background-check-identity-history-summary
There are 6 ways to get 2nd citizenship as an adult:
1. By naturalization after residency
2. By descent
3. By investment
4. By marriage
5. By exception
6. By religion
#multiplecitizenship #freedomofmovement
Bingo
I believe in our current world order (supremacy of nation-states) that place is fantasy.
Over a long enough timeline, all great places go through disaster of some sort. Hell of a vulnerability to have being reliant on just one.
How many citizenships (with passport) are “enough?”
Obviously, the answer depends on the person’s circumstances but here are a few rules of thumb:
1. Two citizenships is the beginning of choice and decentralization of citizenship. With two, you can escape tyranny from one country and have the highest right of entry and residency in the second. With two, you can renounce one and still have access to a travel document. Two is the bare minimum to have some degree of autonomy.
2. At least three citizenships should be the goal for freedom of
movement. Marginal utility tend to decrease sharply after 3 for most people, unless their citizenships are highly correlated politically. An example would be a triple citizen with U.S. - Canadian - British citizenship. Such a person would likely benefit having a 4th citizenship much less correlated with the first 3.
I recommend collecting the low-hanging fruit (citizenship by descent) first, if it’s there for you. Then work on the hard/costlier yards (citizenship by investment or after period of residency) to round out your “mobility asset portfolio.”
What do I think about residency as a mobility asset?
It’s great, it’s of value for diversification but residency does not provide the highest right of entry and residency in a country - citizenship does. That’s why citizenship is the gold standard of mobility assets, not residency.
#dualcitizenship #freedomofmovement
Slight correction: Doug considers himself discordian.
His co-host Matt Smith is also here on nostr #[1].
For hard edged libertarian takes, I listen to Doug Casey’s Take.
Sometimes Doug’s word choice makes me wince a bit, but he presents interesting and insightful views re: diversifying your life, location, investments and minimizing vulnerabilities.
#freedomofmovement
In celebration of #bitcoin hitting $30k, I’ll be posting more second citizenship articles. 😄
What type of #dualcitizenship and #freedomofmovement content do you want to see? 👀
#value4value
I, like many others, wonder if there will be mobs with pitchforks if we enter a rocky hyper bitcoinization phase, eviscerating the purchasing power of a few billion people.
Do you spread a small number of sats to numerous people in your life to try to increase adoption and give some skin to possible future financial system malcontents?
I just had a meeting with a Montenegrin immigration professional about Plan B residency options for Montenegro.
We focused primarily on:
1. The renewable temp residency for employees (you can open your own business and employ yourself); and
2. The renewable temporary residency based on property purchase (no minimum purchase price to qualify for residency), and typical property & flat prices for some of the desirable areas.
Montenegro is not a country where it’s easy to work towards citizenship without very heavy physical presence in the country over a period of several years.
I’ll be putting the important points into an article that I’ll publish to my site later this week (Friday at latest).
#freedomofmovement #montenegro #planbresidency
Finally transferring to top 10 school for dissertation?
If you’re an American pursuing second citizenship with a criminal record, there’s still hope.
#freedomofmovement
