Choosing residency or citizenship for visa-free travel
One can get a residence permit, permanent residence or citizenship by investment. All these statuses give you the right to stay in the country of second residency or citizenship for as long as you wish. In addition, they provide various travel opportunities.
Let’s see which country and status is the best for travelling the world visa-free.
Material prepared by Julia Loko, Investment programs expert
Frequently asked questions
With a residence permit of a EU country you can travel freely to other EU countries
They are rather similar. A visa is a document that allows a foreigner to cross the border of a specific country or territory. It can be a non-immigrant and an immigrant. An immigrant visa is basically a residence permit that allows a foreigner to stay in the country for a long period, work or study there or perform other activities.
Citizenship is the best status for travelling as usually it allows you to enter more countries visa-free. For example, with Malta permanent residence you can visit only 27 countries of the Schengen Area without visas. At the same time, Maltese citizenship gives you an opportunity to freely visit 185 countries.
That depends on the countries of your citizenship and on the country you would like to travel to. The stronger your passports are, the fewer countries will require you to have a travel visa.
For example, if you have dual French-Italian citizenship you can travel to the USA and Australia without visas. But if you would like to travel to Bhutan with the same citizenship you would need to apply for a visa.
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