A Holistic Approach to International Residency and Citizenship Planning
Acquiring a second residency or citizenship provides families with a broad spectrum of lifestyle, business, investment and tax benefits and has become an increasingly popular choice worldwide.
The Residency and Citizenship (R&C) industry is however continuously evolving, with the creation of new government programmes, the incorporation of additional options and benefits within existing programmes and the removal of programmes no longer considered beneficial to the economy or society.
This combined with the fact that no two clients’ requirements and objectives are the same, means R&C planning must be approached holistically, not from the mindset that one or two solutions fit all.
The Sovereign group monitors the market to ensure we are fully knowledgeable in and provide access to a comprehensive range of residency, citizenship, and tax residency solutions. Our extensive network of offices, experienced local teams and professional service partners ensure that we are best placed to assist clients with the identification, development and implementation of the most suitable overall strategy for their needs.
Residency Programmes
The Sovereign Group offers a broad range of international residency programmes which can be categorised as follows:
Residency by Investment (RBI) Programmes are often referred to as ‘Golden Visas’ and provide individuals and their dependents with a residence permit and a variety of associated benefits in exchange for a wide range of investment and donation options. RBI programmes usually have low minimum annual stay requirements.
Sovereign assists clients successfully prepare and process such visas in the following countries: Cyprus, Guernsey, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Italy, Holland, Mauritius, UAE, Thailand, Bahamas, Cayman Islands.
Active, Start-up and Business Investment Residency Programmes offer residence permits to applicants who establish a business or invest in a business, creating local employment opportunities and economic activity in the chosen country.
Sovereign assists clients successfully prepare and process such visas in the following countries: Cyprus, Guernsey, Portugal, UK, Spain, Italy, Holland, Mauritius, UAE, Singapore, Thailand, Bahamas, Cayman Islands.
Financially Independent and Passive Income Residency Programmes offer residence permits to applicants who can demonstrate a passive income or personal wealth above a specified amount. These generally require you to make the chosen country your primary place of residence and place of tax residence.
Sovereign assists clients successfully prepare and process such visas in the following countries: Cyprus, Portugal, Greece, Spain, Mauritius, Thailand.
Business Incubation Residency Programmes provide residence permits to applicants who invest and work with specialist business incubation partners and local government-backed research and development (R&D) facilitators to establish a local business and economic activity. In some cases, these programmes have low minimum stay requirements.
Sovereign assists clients successfully prepare and process such visas in the following countries: Portugal, France, Canada, USA.
Tax Residency Programmes offer preferential rates for non-domiciled individuals who establish tax residency. Some programmes also provide residency status whilst, if need be, others can be established in conjunction with the residency programmes listed above.
Sovereign assists clients successfully prepare and process such visas in the following countries: Cyprus, Portugal, Gibraltar, Spain, Mauritius, Thailand, UK.
Citizenship Programmes
The Sovereign Group offers a broad range of citizenship programmes which can be categorised as follows:
- Indirect Citizenship programmesoffer citizenship in exchange for government donations following a one or three-year period of legal residency. Sovereign Services Limited Malta is a licenced agent of the Community Malta Agency (Licence number AKM- SOV- 22) and authorised to assist clients successfully prepare and process citizenship in Malta after a period of either of 12 or 36 months.
- Direct Citizenship programmesoffer citizenship within three to six months in exchange for an investment or government donation, generally with no physical presence requirements. They also provide residency rights within a range of other countries with which the issuing country holds freedom of movement treaties.Sovereign assists clients successfully prepare and process such programmes in Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia.
- Citizenship through Naturalisation
The legal process by which a non-citizen may qualify to acquire citizenship of that country after a certain amount of time holding legal residency status. The rules of naturalisation vary from country to country but typically include a promise to obey and uphold that country’s laws and may include additional requirements, such as having proved an adequate knowledge of the national language and culture.
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