citizenship
Getting the right to live and work in another country can be a long and difficult process. But that’s not always the case for those with money to spend. Golden visas offer the opportunity for wealthy people to essentially ‘buy’ the right to residency - sometimes without even having to live in the country. And their popularity in the European Union is growing as people look to move away from political decisions such as Brexit that may limit their rights. With the unsettled political and social environment in the US in recent years, applications for golden visas from Americans were also projecte...
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The singer Dua Lipa, best known for her single “New Rules” and other hit tracks, has been officially granted Albanian citizenship. The singer was born in London to Albanian immigrant parents and speaks Albanian as her native language. The word “Dua” from her stage name is also a connection to her Albanian roots, meaning “Love” in the language and that part of her name was reportedly suggested by her grandmother. The President of Albania, Bajram Begaj, wrote a post about the citizenship award saying online, “She has made us proud with her global career and engagement in important social causes....
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Ellis Island (United States) (AFP) - Tears flowed and flags waved as 200 New Yorkers became US citizens Saturday during a special naturalization ceremony at the city's famed Ellis Island, which once welcomed thousands of immigrants daily. Citizenship candidates hailing from about 60 different countries filed into the former immigration station's great hall, where some 12 million people entered the United States over the course of six decades in the early 20th century. The ceremony, the first of its kind on the island since 2016, marked the anniversary of the constitution's signing in 1787 and...
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Washington (AFP) - A group of overseas Americans sued the State Department on Monday to restart citizenship renunciation services, saying a suspension under the Covid-19 pandemic violated their fundamental rights. The United States, with rare exceptions, grants citizenship to anyone born on its soil or with a US parent. A 2010 law aimed largely at avoiding tax dodgers who move abroad has sharply increased the bureaucratic and financial burden for US citizens overseas, including those who may have only peripheral links with the United States. "Most US citizens, especially those residing in the ...
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Vienna (AFP) - Even if they rarely speak German and some have never set foot on Austrian soil, nearly 76 years after the Holocaust, descendants of those forced out of Austria by the Nazis are reclaiming the nationality stolen from their ancestors. "It was very important for me," says 17-year-old American high school student Maya Hofstetter, who wants to piece together the fragments of her great-grandmother's painful history. AFP has gathered testimony from new Austrians like Hofstetter who have benefited from a 2019 change in the law which took effect in September, making it possible for Holo...
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