Buy an EU citizenship
How to purchase an EU citizenship or EU citizenship for sale has been something I get a lot of questions about. The purpose of this post is to clarify the rules on how to buy an European Union passport and the alternatives to getting a citizenship or dual passport.
Obtain an EU citizenship
Law on getting buying an EU citizenship
I want to be clear it is illegal to buy an EU citizenship and the I am not recommending you buy an EU citizenship. However, there are legal and moral ways to obtain an EU citizenship without paying for your passport.
Marriage an an EU citizenship
Marrying for an EU citizenship
If you are married to an EU citizen, in most countries can apply for a citizenship. This means after you have been living in a country with a legal visa first. Then you can start the application process, which I think takes about 3 months to get all your paperwork together. The you submit your application for review and from that date you wait about three to five years. However, you must live in the country you apply and the police check you in many cases to see if you ave a real marriage.
The good news is if you are married and it is real it is no problem but if you trying to get a passport with a fake marriage you can face criminal charges.
Many people write and say why not for love and for citizenship. I know several cases where it messes up people’s lives. They have tax and legal problems when one partner over the years changes their mind about the fake marriage agreement. Further many times, for example Arabian men, who wanted to Passport to work in London, have married Polish girls after paying the girls 15,000 Euro. The girls are happy until they try to get a divorce and the guy is not around. Then they can not get married legally anywhere in the world. I think there are easier ways to make 15,000 Euro, like pick apples in Norway or something.
Citizenship granted for contribution to an EU country
If you are a world famous football player or scientist there are cases EU countries have granted citizenship as these individuals will contribute to the country. They give more than they take in a big way.
European roots and getting a passport
Citizenship by ancestry
If you have ever wondered if you can get an EU citizenship because your grandparents were German or Polish citizens, the answer in most cases is no. But the good news is you can often get a visa to live in the EU. Basically it is about piling papers and providing as much documentation as you can, legal documentation, such as birth certificates and marriage certificates all supported by a family tree. Once you have a visa just life and work legally in your new country for five years and apply for a citizenship. Even if the wait might be a year after that it is worth it. Having two passports have countless benefits I can not go into in this post.
Being a political refugee
If you have been persecuted for your religious or political beliefs and you feel your life is in danger, you could make an argument to an EU government for refugee status. It requires proof and commitment, but it can be done. A lot of Jewish people were able to get visa’s for the US because they had such hard times in their own countries, real hard times.
Buying a EU citizenship
I think some countries like Bulgaria allow you to bring a lot of capital and set up businesses that would have a long term positive impact on employment they can set you up with a citizenship. But this is not buying a citizenship directly. Russia you can do this also but again it is more a matter of having a large amount of capital and Russia is not in the European Union.
You can buy a fake passport also. But I do not recommend this. A professional fake passport will cost about 5,000 Euro. One that is done really well with official numbers etc. This more common in Eastern Europe, however, if you get caught you will be in prison for at least ten years and there is little you can do about it. I can only recommend legal ways to get a citizenship.
What if I want an EU citizenship and can not do the above
You still have many options. You can get an EU citizenship if you really want.
Work for your EU citizenship
Best way to obtain an EU citizenship
Live and work legally with a company sponsoring you. Develop some skill, that a company would shire you as opposed to someone else. This may take years but if you work legally in a country with time there is no reason you can not get a citizenship. My brother lived in the UK for 20 years (he is American) working and in a second he could pick up a UK citizenship. I have been living and working legally in Poland for over 5 years and my EU passport is around the corner. Why not do it with patience, like my brother and I did. This is the way to obtain a EU citizenship.
If you think you can just pick up a passport and be an instant citizen, your dreaming there are billions of people waiting in line ahead of you. Do it the old fashion way, develop yourself and be valuable and then work and live there and then apply after many years legally. This is the way you can buy an EU citizenship with patience and honesty.
Please leave a comment if you have any questions I might be able to help you. Also look for some immigration lawyers if you feel you have a special case where you need to be a European citizen, sometimes they can help.
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57 responses to Buy an EU citizenship
Thanks for the information, it will help others.
I deleted your rude comments that was basically saying I was wrong and you are an expert.
Lets look at the facts:
However, lets start with this. You say I claim Norway is not an EU country. It is not an EU country. Norway is not in the EU. This is a fact.
Second, it chooses not to be in the EU because of the oil it has and the EU regulations about the oil. So Norway is not an EU country because of this. This point can be argued. But its about money and regulations. My friend works in the Norwegian oil business and this is what he says clearly.
I do not claim Norway is not a EU nation. It is not an EU nation.
Lets talk about Germany.
Go to the US embassy website in Germany you will see it clearly written:
US citizens can travel to German for 90 days. Travel is not work. That is only 90 days. Please read the website. germany.usembassy.gov/acs/working_in_germany.html 90 days is not 6 months is it?
Further this does not give a US citizen right to work during the 90 days. If a US citizen wants to stay more than 90 days (not 6 months) they must apply for a visa.
If they want to work they must apply for a visa, a work permit in addition. It is a Aufenthaltserlaubnis. They do not just hand this out because you are American. No way. EU citizens like Polish citizens can not work in countries like Austria and Germany and must apply for a work visa.
In Norway, EU citizens can not just live there. Even though Norway is part of the Schengen countries. This permits EU Schengen countries citizens to look for work in Norway for up to 3 months and 3 months only. After which you need to apply for a oppholdstillatelse and prove that you can support yourself financially in this very expensive country. If you get work you must again get a visa to work in Norway visa udi.no the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI).
Norway does have strict dual citizenship laws, but under Norwegian laws there are many ways you can be both a US and Norwegian citizen.
If you are confirmed a citizen instead of applying for citizenship, and a series of exceptions if you obtain citizenship.
So some of what you wrote is not correct, mostly is just talk, especially that US citizens can just work in the EU or live in the EU for 6 months. That is not true. You have a 90 day tourist and transit visa (including a business trip) but not the right to work and live. A tourist for 90 days. Next time do not be so rude (I deleted your rude comments).
Why don’t you read what you said earlier? You claim that Norway does not have to implement EU regulations because we “can not afford to comply with the EU regulations”. This is patently not true.
The EFTA countries have to implement EU regulations in all the relevant areas. While we don’t have *full* membership, it is as close as you can get. With the free trade agreement between EFTA and EU we are part of the European Economic Area [and Schengen].
The only reason Norway does not want full membership is not related to oil. While control over our oil & gas is obviously in our own interest, that would not change under the EU. The EU does have a policy calling for “protecting” the EU supplies, it would not change the ownership in any way.
It has always been about our sovereignty, land rights, farms and fisheries. Your friend in the oil industry here doesn’t have to be an expert of Norwegian law and politics.
Other European countries have destroyed their fish stock, Britain and Spain are good examples, and they would love to fish in our waters. This is unacceptable to us.
We also have a wide variety of support mechanisms to fund our [unprofitable] farmers to continue to support our rural population. This is a political and cultural goal we would not be allowed to continue under the EU.
You see now? You missed the point, while Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein (and partially Switzerland) are not EU nations – we’re very much a part of the EEA.
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US citizens do have special privileges in terms of seeking employment in Germany. The normal 90 days visa don’t apply to US citizens seeking employment in Germany, I won’t bother looking up the links now, but they are in fact far better than 90 days. My German friend who worked in Immigration certainly claimed as much.
I did not claim you could do this in the *EU* but in certain nations. Germany being one of the exceptions, probably because of the US military.
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You said: “In Norway, EU citizens can not just live there. Even though Norway is..”
EEA/EU citizens don’t have to apply for “oppholdstillatelse”, they need only register.
First paragraph:
“If you are a citizen of an EU / EEA / EFTA country, you no longer need to apply for a residence permit, but you can make a preliminary registration online.”
http://www.udi.no/Norwegian-Directorate-of-Immigration/Central-topics/Work-and-residence/Work-and-residence-EUEEAEFTA-citizens/
Why would people who have no money want to live in this “very expensive country”? Why would they come here to live and not work? The EU is not made for welfare state “shopping”, but the free flow of workers, capital and goods.
If they want to retire [or work in another EU/EEA country] they don’t have to qualify!
“As an EEA national, you have permanent right of residence if you have had a residence or work permit or right of residence in Norway for a continuous period of five years, either as employee, self-employed person, service provider, person with sufficient funds, student, family member or a combination of the above. The document certifying permanent legal residence is issued on application and it is valid indefinitely.”
http://www.udi.no/Norwegian-Directorate-of-Immigration/Central-topics/Work-and-residence/Work-and-residence-EUEEAEFTA-citizens/Permanent-right-of-residence-/
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Norway has strict rules on dual citizenship, I have several American friends here. The rules are different for children with parents from two countries, they however have to choose before a certain age. The official policy is no dual citizenship, and they don’t offer many exceptions. Renouncing the second citizenship is often without consequences, but your host nation might require it.
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I’m not going to claim I like you either, quite the opposite.
Andrew, I have never meet a person from Norway I did not like. In my experience the country is a great place and culture. Norway can afford the EU but does not want to from my understanding because of the EU regulations connected with North sea oil, this is what would make like difficult for Norway. Lets cut through the political smoke screen. You do not really believe all that horse hockey the politicians are saying.
I am not an expert on Norway’s politics but I think the , liberal democrats and Christian democrats publically state that EEC is enough but the socialists and centre believe it EU has too much free trade and capitalism etc. Which is ridiculous for me. I can not respect that type of argument. It is politics and money and the standard of living the people of Norway do not want to give up once EU environmental regulations hit the North Shore oil business. Therefore, the EU would be something they do not want to afford.
Therefore, whatever the political platform is, I think it comes down to economics and the economy of Norway is Oil.
Great and informative article, Mark.. My God, the search for the EU citizenship is not easy.. Also, being an EU nation now, it makes travelling to EUrope very hard for an American. I mean, now I am only allowed to stay in EUrope for a few months, as compared to the past when I could go from country to country and get my visas /passport renewed with exit/reentry. Tough situaiton.
Hi, I heard someone, seems to be from UK, claims that he can arrange Slovak Citizenship within a couple of months or about. His solution is to design one as a one who will bring great contributions into Slovak. As a result, he can get things done. The service is about EU10k or about. How you think of his solution? Possible it’s genuine ? Your professional guidance will be highly appreciated. Have a good day !
I would not say I am a professional, however, if you make a significant contribution to any country they will grant you citizenship. For example, helping their team win the world cup, winning the noble prize etc, but not for anything small.
Dear Mark,
He is not Irish he is British citizen.
I am a Kazakh citizen. I am married to a British citizen. Currently we live in Kazakhstan. As I said he is British, but he lived in the Republic of Ireland for over 20 years. His father and brother are both Irish and British citizens.
He came to Kazakhstan because of me. We got married in Ireland in 2008. In short, he wants to come back to Ireland of course with me. But we don’t know whether i am eligible to live in Ireland, because he isn’t an Irish citizen.
Thanks for your attention and time,
Mariya Mulrooney
PS: I just made a mistake he is not an Irish.
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