Multiple citizenship is the master key. The best parachute. The safety net. The refuge. The shelter. The springboard. The shield. The snowshoe. The flywheel. The greatest entrance and the exit in the world of nation states as sovereigns. #freedomofmovement

It's become very "à la mode" among some in the multiple citizenship/global mobility space to bash U.S. citizenship as nearly useless. The reality is that if guaranteed access to the U.S. is critical to you for the rest of your life, you'll never be able to cobble together a substitute for U.S. citizenship that will give you the same strength of right of - entry, - stay, - transit, - access to business & industry, - access to the job market, in the U.S. Not even having an EU citizenship with ESTA & E-2 eligibility. If that tradeoff for the benefits (tax, financial reporting or otherwise) is fine for you then act accordingly. But know the facts and don't get caught up in trendy, uninformed takes. #uscitizenship #freedomofmovement #multiplecitizenship

If a particular jurisdiction wanted to sell a fake eutopia as a honeypot for successful entrepreneurs, I imagine they'd 1. Lure entrepreneurs in with a low or no-tax policy that can (will) be ratcheted up later 2. Slap a thin veneer of social freedom on top of a deeply autocratic, surveillance-state govt 3. Pour billions into legacy media & influencers who will shill anything or any place for a buck 4. Try to brazenly frame strictly exclusionary naturalization policies as some kind of value marker. Nation states can be slick marketers too. #freedomofmovement #multiplecitizenship #fakepassportrankings

I help people, including Americans, maximize their freedom of movement among countries by getting citizenships, residencies and visas. #multiplecitizenship #mobilitynostr

Below is a great, albeit sad example of #5 on my list or “passport attack vectors” (linked in the comments). 👇 “They have been stranded in the country without their passports, some left to fend for themselves while their families found safer refuge. The passports, they say, were destroyed by the US embassy, where the documents were being held for visa processing when the fighting broke out.” Also, a description of how exit doors close for nationals when a country falls into turmoil. 👇 “On June 10, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry changed the rules to require all Sudanese to obtain electronic visas for entry. Previously, only men between ages 18 and 49 required an entry visa, with exemptions for women, children and the elderly.” Visas, residencies and citizenship opportunities that appear just a few steps away during normal times disappear into thin air when crisis strikes. And crisis can strike overnight. #sudan #freedomofmovement #passport #dualcitizenship

Sudan conflict: The US embassy destroyed passports when it fled the violence. Some Sudanese are now ‘stranded in this war zone’ | CNN

For descendants of ethnic Slovaks. 👇 #slovakia #fredomofmovement #mobilitynostr https://www.malakoutilaw.com/how-to-get-a-slovak-living-abroad-certificate-the-benefits

Countries/sovereigns controlling your entry to THEIR borders is not new. Your home country controlling your entry to OTHER countries is what’s relatively (~100 years old) new. #freedomofmovement #passport

Single-citizens and criminals wear handcuffs. #dualcitizenship #passport #mobilitynostr https://www.malakoutilaw.com/handcuffs-of-the-passport-system-mobility-concepts

Single-citizens and criminals wear handcuffs. #dualcitizenship #passport #mobilitynostr https://www.malakoutilaw.com/hranka-waiver-for-dreamers-to-visit-the-united-states

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I’m a toxic freedom of movement maximalist. #FOMmaxi Anyone or anything who hinders multiple citizenship in any way is in my crosshairs. 😅 #mobilitynostr #bitcoinmaxi #multiplecitizenship #freedomofmovement

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I separate "residency rights" given by a given citizenship into two categories, where they exist: 1. "Core" residency rights are the right live in THAT country. Core residency rights are not dependent on treaty, agreement or membership of the country in a union. Example: You become a citizen of Croatia, so you have indefinite right of residency in Croatia. Citizenship in Croatia offers core residency right in Croatia. 2. "Satellite" residency rights are the right to live in ANOTHER country. Example: You become a citizen of Croatia. Croatia is a member of the EU, so you have the right of residency in another EU country such as Czechia. Therefore, Croatian citizenship offers core residency right in Croatia and satellite residency right in Czechia (as well as other EU countries). I differentiate because the satellite residency right is less robust of a residency right over time. This satellite residency is vulnerable to at least four MORE future potential changes over time (both are vulnerable to the very collapse/dissolution of the country of citizenship) than the core residency right: 1. Croatia's continued membership in the EU; 2. Czechia's continued membership in the EU; 3. Material change to Article 21 of the TFEU; 4. Czechia's restraint from unlawful restriction/prohibition of EU citizens' residency in Czechia. Any of these four events occurring would end the Croatian's practical residency right in Czechia while leaving it untouched in Croatia. Therefore, the phrase "Citizenship in an EU country offers right of residency in any EU country" while generally correct, offers a low definition view of the mobility asset and residency rights. The same type of evaluation can be made of any country that offers residency rights in another country whether by treaty, membership in a union, or otherwise. Most people aren't aware of these differences or what they mean, which is why I started using the two terms to declare the differences and draw some attention to them. #residency #dualcitizenship #freedomofmovement #coreresidency #satelliteresidency

The further removed a so-called mobility consultant/advisor is from the actual work of getting someone 2nd citizenship, the more likely they are to refer to it as “getting a second passport.” #dualcitizenship #expertvsinfluencer #mobilitynostr

Is it possible to get second citizenship as an American with a criminal record? Yes, in some cases. Here’s a brief explainer of how the process looks, when possible. 👇 #dualcitizenship #criminalrecord #freedomofmovement #mobilitynostr https://www.malakoutilaw.com/2nd-citizenship-for-americans-with-a-criminal-record

There are at least 3 parties to every person's bordered entry to a country: 1. The country the person is entering; 2. The person entering; 3. The country of citizenship of the person entering or the country that issued the travel document (or ID substituting for a travel document). Party #1 and #2 are intuitive for most people, but why should one be dependent on their home country to be able to enter a different country? A relic of the nation-state monopoly on issuance of passports combined with their multi-lateral agreement to only accept passports (with limited exceptions) as travel documents for lawful bordered entries. If your country of citizenship won't or can't issue your passport, you'll likely be nailed to one place or borderless zone (see my list of passport attack vectors in the comments). This is why confiscating someone's passport is considered such a powerful tool of control, whether by an individual or an oppressive govt actor. This phenomenon of dependence on the third party mentioned above results in one of the biggest (and little discussed) benefits of dual and multiple citizenship. If you can swap 2, 3 or more countries into that third party slot issuing your travel document, your dependence (and vulnerability to) any one country becomes more limited. Note, I'm not referring to visa-free access granted by the 2nd or 3rd citizenship. Even if the country issuing the passport doesn't have ANY visa-free access to other countries. The hypothetical "weakest" passport with zero visa-free access has value. It removes the 3rd party (document issuing nation-state) involvement from human freedom of movement. Of course, the tradeoff is that the person using it may have to reinvent the wheel by obtaining visas to enter as a citizen of that country whereas a different citizenship (with accompanying passport) may already grant you visa-free access to your destination country. A potentially time-consuming hassle. At present, the closest corollary (excepting the stateless and refugees who might be entitled to refugee travel doc.), would be citizenship in a country with very poor visa-free access, but that reliably issues passports to its citizens. Would having such citizenship and accompanying "visa-needy" passport be worthwhile? For those interested in maximum freedom from state and contingency plans, I believe very much so. This is why I often recommend people pursue adding citizenship in so-called third world countries if they qualify by ancestry, and also why I believe there would still be a market for citizenship by investment in a country with extremely poor visa-free access. The citizenship granting the "visa-needy" passport as a canvas for visas has significant value for freedom of movement. #citizenship #passport #dualcitizenship #visafreetravel #citizenshipbyinvestment

If you’re talking about “the best passport”, really you mean “the best citizenship.” So why don’t you just say that? #citizenship #passport