PR, Dual Citizen Help

[Djice]

powerful පාස්පෝර්ට් එකක් ඉතින් ඕනිම නෑනේ ට්‍රැවල් කරන්න...
ලන්කාවේ ශේප් එකේ ස්තීර ජොබක්, ඉන්කම් එකක් හෑව් නම් , genuine docs නම් සබ්මිට් කලේ වීසා ලැබෙනවා අවුලක් නැතුව...
ඔය පාස්පෝර්ට් රෑන්කින් කතාවනම් ලොකු අදාලත්වයක් නෑ ශේප් එකේ ඉන්න එකෙක්ට මට හිතෙන්නේ... වීසා ඇප්ලයි කරන්න පොඩ්ඩක් වාතයක් වෙලා ඩොක්යුමන්ට්ස් හරියට දෙන්න ඕනි... අනික වීසා තිබ්බට මදිනේ ඉතින් ට්‍රැවල් කරන්න සල්ලිත් එපැයි

කොයි රටක උනත් citizenship එක කෙලින්ම හම්බවෙන්නේ නෑ සල්ලි දිලා ගන්න ඒවා ඇරෙන්න... මුලින්ම PR then අවුරුදු 3-4 පස්සේ සිටිසන්...

anyway ඔය ඔක්කොට්ම වඩා දැන් ඕනි වෙන්නේ වැක්සින් පාස්පෝර්ට් එක

It matters when you get a 3000$ conference ticket but can't go because you need visa to go to the US while your European colleagues can fill out an online form to enter the US. This happened to me and I didn't have enough time to apply for visa.

 

[Dias21]

It matters when you get a 3000$ conference ticket but can't go because you need visa to go to the US while your European colleagues can fill out an online form to enter the US. This happened to me and I didn't have enough time to apply for visa.

yesh. If you have money you can buy citizenship like the businessmen do. it costs around 20 million,

 

[Djice]

yesh. If you have money you can buy citizenship like the businessmen do. it costs around 20 million,

I think Cyprus has a cheaper option for an EU passport. Didn't really check as I already am in EU and it is just a matter of time for me. Don't have that much money yet anyway

 

[kingsultan111]

I think Cyprus has a cheaper option for an EU passport. Didn't really check as I already am in EU and it is just a matter of time for me. Don't have that much money yet anyway

Cyprus system is closed. I used to purchase some of passports for my Russian clients and changed their names

@Indrajith Gamage Putin issues baby

 

[Djice]

Cyprus system is closed. I used to purchase some of passports for my Russian clients and changed their names

@Indrajith Gamage Putin issues baby

Didn't knew that. I saw that EU was unhappy about some scandals around the "golden eu passport" from Cyprus sometime back. Didn't really pay much attention to it.

 

[shenat]

ට්‍රැවල් කරන්න නන් ලංකාවේ එක අවුල් ද? එච්චරටම

ow.

 

[ShiningStar]

It matters when you get a 3000$ conference ticket but can't go because you need visa to go to the US while your European colleagues can fill out an online form to enter the US. This happened to me and I didn't have enough time to apply for visa.

Some elakiriyans think they get the same privilege as 1st world passport holders if they have visa stamps from 1st world countries in their passport. This is not right.

Here are some disadvantages they should know

* They can't visit a foreign country and suddenly decide to go to bordering country for fun. They might have to apply visa from their home country again

* Most countries won't give you easy access to their country just because you have a visa stamp from a 1st world country on your passport. Only limited counties will do it

* You have additional cost for visa. Some countries charge big amounts for visa. Imagine you're going on trip with your family

" Unlike 1st world passport holders they have to go through tiresome paper work to get their visa work done. This is because they don't have the privilege of getting visa free or on arrival visa access to 1st world countries. They have to waste a lot of time and energy visiting embassies to get their visa work done

*They can't transit through some countries without a visa

*Let's say they're living in a foreign country and they decide to apply visa to visit a neighbouring county without visiting home country. They might have to fly to a metropolitan city to find an embassy in the country they live. This will waste their money on hotel and flying cost.

There are many other facts like this. Maybe other elakiriyans can write about their experience here

 

[Bigspin]

If you have UK PR you can go to lots of countries without applying for visa. I went to Dubai/Turkey/Mexico/ New Zealand with my PR and got visa on arrival.

 

[NRTG]

BUMP

 

[raman2]

Some elakiriyans think they get the same privilege as 1st world passport holders if they have visa stamps from 1st world countries in their passport. This is not right.

Here are some disadvantages they should know

* They can't visit a foreign country and suddenly decide to go to bordering country for fun. They might have to apply visa from their home country again

* Most countries won't give you easy access to their country just because you have a visa stamp from a 1st world country on your passport. Only limited counties will do it

* You have additional cost for visa. Some countries charge big amounts for visa. Imagine you're going on trip with your family

" Unlike 1st world passport holders they have to go through tiresome paper work to get their visa work done. This is because they don't have the privilege of getting visa free or on arrival visa access to 1st world countries. They have to waste a lot of time and energy visiting embassies to get their visa work done

*They can't transit through some countries without a visa

*Let's say they're living in a foreign country and they decide to apply visa to visit a neighbouring county without visiting home country. They might have to fly to a metropolitan city to find an embassy in the country they live. This will waste their money on hotel and flying cost.

There are many other facts like this. Maybe other elakiriyans can write about their experience here

All of those things are negligible when you compare tax. I prefer pocketing 100% of my $ income than paying 45% as tax.. That's a huge amount you save and compound depending on your $ income...
When you have travel history and assets to show its easy to get visa to US, Europe etc.. with SL passport...

 

[ShiningStar]

All of those things are negligible when you compare tax. I prefer pocketing 100% of my $ income than paying 45% as tax.. That's a huge amount you save and compound depending on your $ income...
When you have travel history and assets to show its easy to get visa to US, Europe etc.. with SL passport...

It depends on your priorities

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If you have UK PR you can go to lots of countries without applying for visa. I went to Dubaixico/ New Zealand with my PR and got visa on arrival.

Good that those countries gave you easy access. Unfortunately not every country will do this for Sri lankans with UK pr ( even some 3rd world countries )
------ Post added on Oct 24, 2021 at 8:23 PM

 

[Bigspin]

Good that those countries gave you easy access. Unfortunately not every country will do this for Sri lankans with UK pr ( even some 3rd world countries )
------ Post added on Oct 24, 2021 at 8:23 PM

I know. But its really easy to get visa if you have UK PR. Don't have to submit huge amount of documents and 90% of time it's 1 day service

 

[ShiningStar]

I know. But its really easy to get visa if you have UK PR. Don't have to submit huge amount of documents and 90% of time it's 1 day service

It depends on the country you want to go. Most countries will require you to fill their visa form and submit it with supporting documents mentioned in their visa form. Having a good travel history can be an advantage when they consider your visa. most countries will require you to submit the documents they ask for. Not every country will go easy on their visa policy by allowing you to skip supporting documents.also not every country will offer 1 day visa processing service. They have a protocol they work with once I saw a Sri Lankan man with residence visa from a 1st world country Arguing with a 3rd world country visa officer why visa applying process is tough for him even though he holds residency in a 1st world country. The officer told him he got no choice .he was just following the protocol

 

[Bigspin]

It depends on the country you want to go. Most countries will require you to fill their visa form and submit it with supporting documents mentioned in their visa form. Having a good travel history can be an advantage when they consider your visa. most countries will require you to submit the documents they ask for. Not every country will go easy on their visa policy by allowing you to skip supporting documents.also not every country will offer 1 day visa processing service. They have a protocol they work with once I saw a Sri Lankan man with residence visa from a 1st world country Arguing with a 3rd world country visa officer why visa applying process is tough for him even though he holds recidency in a 1st world country. The officer told him he got no choice .he was just following the protocol

Don't know but I experienced very easy process everytime with far less documents. Only Japan and took 3-4 days and ask documents. Aus and US /, canada visa only took half a day. China took 2 weeks tho

 

[kasunkaru]

Naha lankawe passport ma thama. citizen hambunama thama e rate passport hambenne..
PR kiyanne jeewath wenna puluwan chande danna, passport labenne naha.

aa ratee ponnayek wage inna wenne PR witrak hambunot

 

[NaiRobi]

It matters when you get a 3000$ conference ticket but can't go because you need visa to go to the US while your European colleagues can fill out an online form to enter the US. This happened to me and I didn't have enough time to apply for visa.

It does yes...I didn't say no..I'd ditch the SL passport the first chance I get.
But situations like yours come in once a blue moon. And I know some colleagues who have got five years US visa as they were travelling frequently.

 

[shenat]

Some elakiriyans think they get the same privilege as 1st world passport holders if they have visa stamps from 1st world countries in their passport. This is not right.

Here are some disadvantages they should know

* They can't visit a foreign country and suddenly decide to go to bordering country for fun. They might have to apply visa from their home country again

* Most countries won't give you easy access to their country just because you have a visa stamp from a 1st world country on your passport. Only limited counties will do it

* You have additional cost for visa. Some countries charge big amounts for visa. Imagine you're going on trip with your family

" Unlike 1st world passport holders they have to go through tiresome paper work to get their visa work done. This is because they don't have the privilege of getting visa free or on arrival visa access to 1st world countries. They have to waste a lot of time and energy visiting embassies to get their visa work done

*They can't transit through some countries without a visa

*Let's say they're living in a foreign country and they decide to apply visa to visit a neighbouring county without visiting home country. They might have to fly to a metropolitan city to find an embassy in the country they live. This will waste their money on hotel and flying cost.

There are many other facts like this. Maybe other elakiriyans can write about their experience here

අඩුගානේ රටකින් රටකට යනකොට වෙන රටක transit වෙන්නවත් බෑ restrictions නැතුව. ඒ අත්දැකීම ලැබුණා අපිට එදා තමයි හිතුනෙ ලංකාවෙ ගූ පාස්පෝට් එක අතෑරලා දියුණු රටක එකක් ගන්න ඕන කියලා.

 

[NaiRobi]

අඩුගානේ රටකින් රටකට යනකොට වෙන රටක transit වෙන්නවත් බෑ restrictions නැතුව. ඒ අත්දැකීම ලැබුණා අපිට එදා තමයි හිතුනෙ ලංකාවෙ ගූ පාස්පෝට් එක අතෑරලා දියුණු රටක එකක් ගන්න ඕන කියලා.

HK?

 

[shenat]

HK?

Malaysia

 

[JamesSDix]

It does yes...I didn't say no..I'd ditch the SL passport the first chance I get.
But situations like yours come in once a blue moon. And I know some colleagues who have got five years US visa as they were travelling frequently.

Thinking of going doing the same. What are the disadvantages of giving up Sri Lankan citizenship?