Author: Prabhu Balakrishnan
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Second Citizenship by Investment Passport Programs
A second passport is a great way to diversify your assets through buying a citizenship in another country. A second passport can essentially give you a second life and freedom in another country, most importantly at troubled times. According to Sovereignman article – A second passport with dual citizenship can essentially save your life. The idea…
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Best practices to prevent Wannacry Ransomware attack
It has been reported that a new ransomware named as “Wannacry” is spreading widely. Wannacry encrypts the files on infected Windows systems. This ransomware spreads by using a vulnerability in implementations of Server Message Block (SMB) in Windows systems. This exploit is named as ETERNALBLUE. The ransomware called WannaCrypt or WannaCry encrypts the computer’s hard…
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Citizenship by investment properties for sale
Real estate provides an excellent opportunity for high net worth individuals to make a profitable investment in luxury properties in Europe and Caribbean. Golden visa programs in Europe such as Portugal, Spain, Greece offer permanent residency whereas, only Malta and Cyprus offers EU citizenship. Caribbean countries offer direct passport against buying a approved real estate.…
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Strongest Paid Web Directories
Well, during these three years many (iportant) things striked and made the Internet less interesting without two of the best web directories: Yahoo’s Directory and DMOZ. I really feel sorry for DMOZ, maybe because I spent some of my spare time editing. AOL took the domain name, however the content belongs to the editors and…
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Cyprus issued 3472 residence permits as on July 2016
Cyprus remains another popular country for immigration. According to Civil Registry and Migration Department statistics, Cyprus issued a total of 3472 residence permits for July 2016. The main country of origin is Russia for immigration permits which is issued based on investment for third country nationals. Cyprus issued 9302 immigration permits as of July 2016.…
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Malta citizenship by investment statistics for Individual investor programme
Malta published Third Annual Report on the Individual Investor Programme of the Government of Malta from 1st July 2015 – 30th June 2016. The Individual Investor Programme of the Republic of Malta (IIP), by virtue of Legal Notice 47 of 2014, allows for the granting of citizenship by a certificate of naturalisation to individuals and…
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Golden visa comparison – Portugal, Spain, Greece, Malta, Cyprus, UK, USA
Golden Visas are residency by investment programs granting immediate permanent residency to foreign investors given against investing into government approved investments such as bank deposit, property purchase or investment in business that create jobs. Unlike citizenship by investment programs, investors only qualify for citizenship (does not come immediate) after living several years in the country, speaking local…
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St Kitts vs Antigua Citizenship by Investment passports
St Kitts & Nevis has the oldest running citizenship by investment programme running since 1984 requires applicants and families to make an economic contribution to the country (donation or real estate). Antigua and Barbuda is a new citizenship program since 2014, also offers economic citizenship by investment programme for investors 2014. One main important difference is Antigua…
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Lost your indian passport abroad? Here is what you need to do!
Traveling abroad for business, tourism or honeymoon is often lots of fun and a great experience for many indians. Sometimes it can be a nightmare, if your bags are stolen and with that your passport is gone. Indians have to be careful when traveling in Europe, in countries such as Spain, Italy etc. and keep an…
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Citizenship by investment to become popular with Americans
Citizenship by investment and golden visa programs, set to become more popular among Americans seeking visa free travel to Europe. This comes at a time when European Parliament voted for a non-binding resolution to impose visa restrictions on US citizens within 2 months, according to Independent.co.uk. In a press release, global citizenship advisory firm, Henley & Partners, has…