I personally get friction coming into the USA because sometimes I refuse to answer questions of CBP so I get sent to secondary inspection
Traveling to Iran also has friction for me because I’m a male of military age so any trip to and from the country (as a citizen) requires a temporary military service exemption which is a lot of paperwork and bureaucratic hassle ahead of time and limits my number of exits per exemption stamp.
That’s my personal situation.
It’s different for others depending on their citizenship and personal profile…
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Good topic. Depends on a person’s nationality, among other things.
I assume you’re asking “you” mean a person in general, right?
I can do a quick and dirty write up on this.
I got #dualcitizenship and #freedomofmovement content for days, and I’m really enjoying nostr.
I just need to know what you want from the menu.
What places, topics, issues, questions in global mobility are you most interested in?
Do me a solid and drop it in the comments. 👇
According to nostr:stats, nostr has over a million weekly users now.
Where my fellow lawyers and immigration/mobility professionals at? 😄
#law #lawyerlife
Here are my top 5 law movies. My criteria are:
1. Realisticness
2. Entertainment value
3. Intelligent, deep, witty dialogue
4. Presence of deeper moral, lesson
In no particular order, they are:
1. Breaker Mourant
2. My Cousin Vinny
3. 12 Angry Men
4. A Few Good Men
5. The Rainmaker
#lawmovies #law
Nice. How many sats?
I like big mobility and I cannot lie.
#mobilitymeme
Hungarian simplified naturalization (citizenship by descent) is expansive. There’s NO generational limit. You only need one qualifying ancestor.
The catch?
You have to be able to speak Hungarian conversationally.
Nevertheless, thousands of Americans of Hungarian descent have learned Hungarian from scratch and obtained Hungarian citizenship, which is also an EU citizenship.
#citizenshipbydescent #freedomofmovement #dualcitizenship
https://www.malakoutilaw.com/hungariansimplifiednaturalization
The 3 most common ways to get 2nd citizenship:
1. time & presence —> regular natz
2. dollars & cents —> citizenship by investment
3. blood —> citizenship by descent
#dualcitizenship
If you get residence by investment (RBI) in a European country for the purpose or qualifying for naturalization (citizenship) in 4-6 years, you are taking a significant risk.
1. Risk that you could lose your residency before you are eligible to naturalize.
2. Risk that the basis of residency could be changed legislatively (as is being threatened in Portugal), requiring way more physical presence in country than you planned for.
3. Risk that statutory naturalization eligibility criteria could change.
4. Risk that foreigners like you could become unpopular and so the govt institutes an informal soft policy to restrict/deny naturalization applications that look like yours.
These are not hypothetical musings. They happen regularly and I’ve seen them all in my practice over the years.
If your consultant/advisor/agent hasn’t told you about these risks, you probably spoke to nothing more than a salesperson shilling their product.
Even with all those risks, the RBI may still be worth it for you but only do so understanding the vulnerability!
#residencebyinvestment #dualcitizenship #freedomofmovement
Physical presence in country is becoming and will become the most indispensable requirement to get second citizenship (naturalize).
My pleasure. You may want to check out my website articles.
This article of mine below outlines some of the common issues and misconceptions about citizenship by descent, in general.
St. Kitts still most popular and well known.
The EU only has one citizenship by investment program left - Malta. It’s almost a million euros outlay of capital.
There are still a few EU golden visa programs (permanent residency) - Portugal (potentially on its last legs), Italy, Greece, Spain.
I’m not a huge fan of EU permanent residency by investment if the client’s goal is CITIZENSHIP, because the path is usually long (5-6 years) and the prospect of ever being naturalized is uncertain at best.
Good question. Depends on the empire and the qualifying relative (place of birth, right of residency, possibly even their ethnicity).
For example, when the Austro-Hungarian empire collapsed, those born in territory of modern day Hungary (when it was Austria-Hungary), received Hungarian citizenship, whereas those born in the new state of Czechoslovakia received Czechoslovak citizenship.
Those individuals are now potential qualifying ancestors for some of their descendants to apply for citizenship by descent in Hungary, Czechia, and Slovakia, respectively.