Please enquire for further information and advice Australia Citizenship and passport after only 2 years of legal residence - some of this period may be spent outside Australia. There are interesting conditions for investors, certainly a very attractive passport, but relatively high taxation. Please enquire for further information and advice Canada Citizenship and passport after 3 years of official residence - it is no longer possible to spend a considerable part of this period outside of Canada. There are interesting conditions for investors, and of course there is a very attractive passport. Please enquire for further information and advice United Kingdom Residence in the United Kingdom can often be established quite easily, for example if you have a British ancestor and if you are also a Commonwealth citizen, if you are willing to start a business in the UK, or if you invest GBP 750,000 in British companies.
Special provisions apply for nationals of Eastern European countries.
After 5 years of legal residence it is usually possible to acquire British citizenship and a British passport, one of the most respected travel documents in the world. The normal period of time required before one may apply for citizenship is 10 years. After Belgium amended its citizenship law in March 2000, it is now possible to acquire Belgian citizenship after only 3 years of residence. However, qualification for citizenship depends on the residence status, and there are relatively restrictive requirements. Also, Belgium has one of the highest income tax rates in Europe.