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The best things in life are free, I'm working on my fourth, with no money down. There are always fees though. There are surprising ways to get residency and ci
by nutjob2 8y ago
The best things in life are free, I'm working on my fourth, with no money down. There are always fees though.
There are surprising ways to get residency and citizenship from all sorts of countries, usually with a commitment of a bit over 5 years.
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- dudul 8y agoCan you share a little bit more? What passports are you talking about? And also, do you have a specific reason motivating this project?
- nutjob2 8y agoI'm not going to list them for privacy reasons, but they include US and EU, which in my mind are the most powerful for entrepreneurs, especially as a combination. But you do need some luck and other features. A degree helps a lot, although I don't have one. I got the US one via the green card lottery, and although that might seem like crazy luck, if you live in certain countries your odds are surprisingly high. I calculated mine where 1 in 10. You just keep on applying. The EU has pretty amazing visas available if you look carefully (being proficient at the language that Google Translate claims is English is helpful). For instance you can live in several EU countries just by being self-employed. You can then use that to get citizenship over time and live almost anywhere in Europe and even in some Caribbean countries. Places like Australia (although they're tightening this up) allow you to move there if you're young, English speaking and have the right job or degree (for instance, if you can cook!). Once you're in often there is no requirement to actually work, so you can work on your own project while you pass 4 years to claim citizenship. Then you leave. But you might not want to. Motivations? Besides flexibility for business purposes and low cost or free high quality health care, I'd say this: the world is becoming a more dangerous place, and being able to escape somewhere safe is comforting.
- dudul 8y agoOK, I hold myself both a US and EU passport and I agree with your overall reasoning. I was just surprised by the will to get 4 passports. I feel like once you have US and EU you're pretty much covered.
- cryoshon 8y agowhich four? and how have you done it without money down?
- k__ 8y agoMost countries don't sell it, they say you have to do something (like living in the country) to get it.