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once you have been given approval for a Mexican Visa whether temporary or permanent, you get a stamp in your passport, and you have 180 days to go to Mexico and have that temporary stamp converted to a permanent resident status. If you don't go to Mexico with him that time, you have to start the application process all over again.

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Let's start with the golden visa issue. The type of programs you are referring to have mainly abandoned real estate as an option. But there are plenty of other visa types that will work for you as well. There's no need for you to start investing little bits into foreign stock markets to get residency abroad.

Of course, if you have money in an IRA, you can convert some of it to a self directed IRA, and to use that to invest in qualifying assets in whatever country you want to live in. As you note, it's quite difficult to get banking and brokerage facilities in a foreign country unless you have a close connection there, or until you've got a residency visa.

If your goal is to retire overseas, then your best bet is to focus on getting a financially independent person's visa, sometimes called a non-lucrative visa. In all countries, this requires that you demonstrate a regular flow of passive income from pension or investments. As long as you have enough coming in, and you have all the other paperwork in order, that allows you to live in the country indefinitely. And it doesn't require that you open up a bank account ahead of time.

I'm doing some research on Italy, and I'm looking for immigration consultants that folks have used that they would be happy to recommend. If you know of someone you've dealt with or someone you know has worked with, just pop their name and if you have at their website in a reply. I'd be much obliged.

Hi there! Ted Baumann here. I've actually stayed at the Garden Route Game Lodge myself, it's really nice. Lovely big fireplaces for the evening meals.

The quickest way to get there from Aghulas would be to take the R319 provincial road north Until you intersect with the N2 highway, Which runs east west. You would make a right turn onto the N2 then go through Swellendam, Heidelberg, and Riversdale, and then you'll pick up the game lodge a bit further on on the left.

That's a tough one. Almost all countries require proof of guaranteed income, which in the absence of a formal pension means a bank deposit big enough to support yourself for the length of the visa. In Central America, most countries require a formal pension and only accept savings or investment income in exceptional circumstances.

The two exceptions I can think of are Uruguay and Paraguay, in southern South America. Both countries will accept residency applications as long as you have the means to support yourself, regardless of where it comes from. Of the two, Paraguay has a much lower cost of living, but the lifestyle is rustic to say the least. In both countries you should be able to initiate a residency application on a rival, and remain in the country until it's processed. As part of my global citizen service I offer personalPersonal consultations to facilitate those applications.

Ted Baumann

If both of your grandparents were Greek citizens, then you should be eligible to apply for citizenship by ancestry. To prove this, you will leave the birth certificates marriage certificates come a death certificates and proof of citizenship of your Greek ancestors. Greek citizenship is historically based on being registered in the Municipal Rolls (Dimotologio). If your Greek ancestors weren't registered, you may need additional steps to prove their citizenship.In almost all cases, acquiring the assistance of a Greek attorney that specializes in such matters is necessary.