A Second Passport?
Second citizenship can be something like a global insurance policy that
entails any individual to make use of the dissimilar parts of two
countries for a better set of options, most likely financially. It can
become quite apparent in small nations with a not-so-bright
socio-economic condition, where individuals often find it easier to make
a better living in another country. One that you can choose. Dual
nationality has always been held by wealthy people with a knowledge of
world history. They know of the dangers of placing an entire future in
the hands of politicians. Patriotism might be OK if governments were
consistent and let you be free. But socialistic Big Brother
bureau(c)rats now have the power to run your life from cradle to grave.
Most of them think that all people who own businesses. securities, gold,
foreign bank accounts or property are criminals who should be relieved
of them and what little freedom they still have left. It is therefore
imperative for the security of anyone of substance or ambition to have
at least one other passport and nationality.
A second passport can give you peace of mind. It can help save you
taxes. It also expands your travel opportunities. In some circumstances a
second passport could even save your life. Here more specifically are
some of the reasons someone might want a second passport.
Residence.
Residence gives you the right, without having to ask permission, to live
and work in the country of your choice.
Security.
"Just in case." The world is an unstable place. Anything could happen -
although it probably won't. Against the day when it might, however, a
second passport, or second nationality, means that when you decide
you're no longer happy in your normal place of residence, you do not
need to apply for
permission to reside somewhere else, because you already have the right
to do so.
Travel.
A second passport can make it easier for you to travel to many
countries, especially if you now hold a restricted passport such as a
Hong Kong Certificate of Identity, or a Taiwanese, Israeli or South
African passport. Depending on your choice of second passport, or second
nationality, the process of
gaining entry to many other countries can be made much more simpler.
Safety.
Even if you hold one of the world's most respected passports~ such as
that of a US citizen, there can be times when you wish you were able to
show some other piece of identification. For example: when the aircraft
in which you are traveling is hi-jacked by anti-American terrorists.
Business and work.
Another passport will more often than not give you the right to work and
do business in its country of issue without obtaining a work permit,
and similar advantages above and beyond those of your current national
status. Citizenship of a member state of the European Economic Community
gives you the right, under the Treaty of Rome, to live, work and/or
establish a business in any other member country of the EEC.
Taxes.
A change of residence or citizenship (depending on your current
nationality) can, if properly handled, save a high taxpayer a
significant amount of money. There are many reasons why you might want a
second passport. But the process of obtaining one from most countries
usually requires 5 or 6 years residence in the country concerned. Unless
you really want to go and live there right now, that price may be more
than you want to pay. You may have to give up, in whole or in part, your
present career and life pattern. Moreover there are often many hurdles
to surmount in obtaining the initial right to reside without which the
qualifying period of residence cannot even begin; so the number of
people who do qualify is small compared with the numbers of people who
would like to do so.
A different way to acquire a second nationality is simply to buy a
passport. Libertarians may find this distasteful on the grounds that we
should be free to live and work anywhere in the world without
restriction. Often, too, a large chunk of the price goes to useless
government officials (direct bribery), or is spent by the government on
grandiose projects (indirect bribery).
In reality, you can buy a passport from any country - it is merely a
question of price. The laws of the US, for example, which contained at
the time no provision for investor immigration or business immigration,
did not prevent people like the Australian Rupert Murdoch from becoming a
US citizen. If you have lots of money and good lawyers you can get in
anywhere.
Countries where citizenship is not ostensibly for sale nevertheless
compete quite blatantly for the patronage of wealthy individuals. They
create provisions in their immigration laws for the admission of
business migrants with wallets fat enough to provide governments with
help in getting re-elected by claiming to have saved or created jobs by
their wise policies. Examples? Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Other
place less emphasis on the immigration aspects of inward investment but,
as a by-product, immigration possibilities are nevertheless there -
they have to be, to enable the investor to keep a close eye on his
investment, or he will not part with his money.
Examples? The Philippines and the UK. Some countries look to import the
spending power that persons in retirement can bring in response to
offers of immigration rights - often on condition that they are not
allowed to compete with the native workforce, which has the votes. The
Philippines, again, is an example.
A change of residence or citizenship (depending on your current
nationality) can, if properly handled, save a high taxpayer a
significant amount of money. There are many reasons why you might want a
second passport. But the process of obtaining one from most countries.
Usually requires 5 or 6 years residence in the country concerned. Unless
you really want to go and live there right now, that price may be more
than you want to pay. You may have to give up, in whole or in part, your
present career and life pattern. Moreover there are often many hurdles
to surmount in obtaining the initial right to reside without which the
qualifying period of residence cannot even begin; so the number of
people who do qualify is small compared with the numbers of people who
would like to do so.
The Second Passport Program is specifically designed to give the client a
gateway to freedom which will afford the client the secrecy, privacy,
and confidentiality that he needs in order to begin a new life in a new
country or to travel in privacy. This program is also designed to put
you in control of your own personal and business assets in such a manner
that absolutely "nobody" can ever touch, remove, extract, place a lien,
sue in court, foreclose, confiscate, attach, steal, divorce petition,
or acquire alimony, to mention only a few items. A Second Passport will
put you outside of the jurisdiction of any U.S. or State court and
proceedings. Jurisdiction is the KEY to freedom. You can learn how to
utilize and exploit this to your advantage.
Every country has its own citizenship rules. Some countries welcome
individuals with nationalized ancestors. Others give passports to those
of a certain religion. Some for simply buying real estate, or through so
called 'Economic Citizenship Investment Programs'. The rules and the
opportunities are endless. Though the easiest and - quickest! - way to
secure citizenship is through simple purchase - many governments issue
passports to gain extra revenue - the question is, which government and
at what cost?
Where you go and what you do, should be your business and not that of
the (IRS) or your government or any other government. We know which, and
for how much, at any given moment!
Written
by Richard Chapo
