Dateline: Bangkok, Thailand While it’s not my cup of tea, many people consider Thailand to be a great place to live. It has all of the things people talk about when they’re...
How to Renounce Your US Citizenship: The Ultimate Guide
A few years back, Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin chose to renounce his US citizenship and become a citizen of Singapore instead. More recently, Green Day...
Citizenship-Based Taxation: Who’s Tried it and Why the US Can’t Quit
The tax reform talks that happened a few years ago had a lot of folks hoping for a long-overdue change to the United States’ basis of taxation. For the first time in almost a...
The 14 Easiest and Cheapest Second Residencies in the EU
We have a friend, Tim. He’s originally from the United Kingdom but had just completed his PhD in the Netherlands. While there, he met his girlfriend of two years, who is...
8 Countries Where You Can Become President With a Second Passport
Dateline: Bógota, Colombia Being a permanent resident of a country generally conveys many, if not all, of the benefits of citizenship, with the only exceptions being the right to...
Why It Took Me SO LONG to Get a Second Passport
Dateline: Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal Pull up a chair. It’s story time. This is the story of how I got a second passport. More importantly, this is the story of why it took me as...
How to Get Monaco Residency and Citizenship: the Ultimate Guide
Last updated March 5, 2021 Dateline: Belgrade, Serbia There’s something about Monaco that ensures that the Mediterranean always glistens along the shores of the small European...
11 Second Residencies Through Cheap Real Estate Investments
The Nomad Capitalist Trifecta Strategy is the perfect plan for those who want to stay globally mobile while establishing bases in certain countries. If you’re becoming exhausted...
10 Factors to Consider with Any Second Residency
Dateline: Belgrade, Serbia I just got back from Montenegro, where I picked up my new one-year residence permit. Every year, I have to spend one or two days there to renew my...
Lessons Learned from Obtaining Economic Citizenship
This is Week TwentyTwo of the 26 week series #MyEconomicCitizenship. Each week I give you a glimpse into my life as I share the ups and downs experienced in pursuit of a second...
How to choose the best second passport
Dateline: Hong Kong I want to talk about second passports and why -- when it comes to evaluating which citizenship is best -- I believe there's a lack of information and a lack...
How to get residence and citizenship in Mongolia
Dateline: Ulaanbataar, Mongolia I woke up at 3AM this morning to get to the airport on time. In a place as remote as Mongolia, non-stop flights to most places are hard to come...
The easiest, cheapest second residency in the world
Dateline: Phnom Penh, Cambodia Having spent quite a bit of time in Cambodia recently, I thought it would be a good idea to put together an update on how easy it is to get a...
How to get second residency in the Netherlands
Dateline: Istanbul, Turkey In August, I went back to Amsterdam for the first time since I was eight years old. It's an interesting city and a nice place to live; plus the people...
How to Get Italian Citizenship by Descent
Based on the latest census data of the United States, around 15.9 million people in America identify as being of Italian descent. Chances are you could have at least one...
4 Reasons Everyone Needs a Second Passport Post 9/11
Dateline: Letterkenny, Ireland History has trends. One of the most obvious and major trends in the West since the attacks on September 11, 2001 is that governments are becoming...
Canada’s second class citizens and the culture of fear
Dateline: Tbilisi, Georgia In 2014, Canada’s Conservative government passed a law that effectively created a two-tier citizenship program. In 2015, that law went into effect,...
It’s getting harder to qualify for these second residency programs
Dateline: Hong Kong Almost thirty years ago, Hong Kongers were freaking out about their return to China. No one knew what would happen, but they didn’t think the news was...
The Best Citizenship-by-Investment Programs for 2025
Let’s get one thing clear from the very beginning: there is no number one citizenship by investment (CBI) program. It’s never that simple. However, most people trying to sell you...
Are You Sure Your Second Passport Is Good Enough?
Even our founder, Andrew Henderson, while traveling with his US passport, has had some interesting experiences at airport security. On one particular incident, while flying...
