Passports and citizenship

[Blanquist]

I think it's best to have more than one citizenship.

I read that you can buy a st. kitts citizenship for, I think, $250,000.

Does anyone else have info on these things?

[ВАЛТЕР]

I have three citizenships and two passports. :D

[Blanquist]

I have three citizenships and two passports. :D

Which citizenships are the easiest to get?

[ВАЛТЕР]

Which citizenships are the easiest to get?

Probably the citizenships of smaller poorer countries. However, every nation has their own particular rules and regulations on how long you have to be a resident or whatever. You would have to contact their embassy if you were really interested.

I have a Bosnian citizenship because I was born in Sarajevo, and thus I have a Serbian citizenship as well since I was born on the territory of the former Yugoslavia and reside in Serbia. I also have a US citizenship since I spent a large portion of my life in the US as well.

I always feel like a spy when I'm traveling and carrying multiple passports. :lol:

[Os Cangaceiros]

According to International Living (a great publication, btw) there are three nations that you can simply buy citizenship from, without having to reside there: Austria, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Dominica. It takes quite an financial investment to buy citizenship from Austria, though, not sure about the others.

[Luc]

I want to become a citizen of Liechtenstein and am currently looking into it with the gov's book Welcome to Liechtenstein also looking into Irish... maybe something in former Yugoslavia :unsure:

anyways my point is as someone said there are different rules for different countries and the gov's will usually have a site or a book (or both) on immigrantion and citizenship :)

if that is weird then I assure you i have reasons for it, i just can't say :sneaky:

[Regicollis]

I would advice against throwing money out on buying citizenships. According to the Nottebohm principle that was set down in the 1955 International Court of Justice case of Liechtenstein vs. Guatemala you have to have a meaningful connection to the country you are a citizen of in order to be considered a citizen by other states. Just buying a citizenship does not count as a meaningful connection.

Nottebohm was a German national living in Guatemala who bought a Liechtenstein citizenship and forfeited his German nationality in 1939. He was denied entry into Guatemala on his Liechtenstein passport in 1943, extradited to the US and interned and had his Guatemalan property confiscated as he was still considered a German national. For the purposes of international law he was not considered a citizen of Liechtenstein.

A meaningful connection to a country could be residency, jus soli (being born in said nation) or jus sanguinis (having a parent who is a national of that country).