What makes a citizenship valuable? James Nuveen analyzes why the Irish passport is the world’s most coveted travel document.
Italy will no longer allow foreign-born descendants of Italian emigrants to inherit citizenship unless they can prove a recent genuine link.
From Russia’s “anti-woke” visa and El Salvador’s “free passports” to Caribbean CBI revocations, these were IMI’s most-read stories in 2024.
This digest includes new digital nomad visas in Central Asia, Italy revising its CBD guidelines, St Kitts waiving China apostille rules
Is your last name Borg, Camilleri, Vella, Farrugia, or Zammit? If so, chances are good you qualify for Maltese (and European Union) citizenship.
CBI isn’t the only way to get a new citizenship fast. James Nuveen outlines the six ways to qualify for another citizenship within two years.
Benin government proposes law to grant three-year passport with route to citizenship for individuals of African descent.
Immigration lawyer Nerses Isajanyan explains everything you need to know about how and why to claim your Armenian citizenship by descent.
Ana Sofia Lamares explains how millions of people worldwide can proceed to claim Portuguese citizenship through their grandparents.
Citizenship by descent policies are more valuable than ever, but the process is more complex than most think, writes Patrick McFawn.
Globally, hundreds of millions of people have a great grandparent from an EU country. Too few of them are picking up citizenships for free.
Hungary has granted more than a million citizenships by descent in the last decade. The US is denying these citizens ESTAs, citing fraud risk.
Hungary is serious about naturalizing members of its diaspora, and not deterred by application volume. 3 million worldwide could be eligible.
18 months of lobbying has paid off. As many as 1.5 million Slovak descendants worldwide will now potentially be eligible for EU citizenship.
The Italian Court of Rome states that consulates that don’t give appointments violate the right to claim Italian citizenship by descent.
From Buenos Aires to Boston, tens of millions are eligible for Italian citizenship by descent. David Lesperance explains how to qualify.
Some 10 million Americans, and twice that figure globally, are potentially eligible for EU citizenship by descent thanks to Polish ancestry.
Abramovich recently picked up another citizenship by descent, this time in Portugal. Millions more should do the same, says David Lesperance.
Among our ten most-read stories in 2021, half concerned Portugal and half were written by outside contributors. Merry Christmas.
If you have ancestors who were Latvian citizens and you can prove it, you likely qualify for Latvian – and thereby EU – citizenship.
