By Sukhi Anand, This is Local London Network
Saturday 16th December 2006
A MEMBER of a Hindu "sect" starved herself to death, just two years after her daughter died from malnutrition. Nirmala Vashram, 44, of Scarle Road, Wembley, weighed just under four stones when she was found in her bed last March.
Police believe the mother-of-two had been dead for some time when they found her emaciated body, an inquest heard yesterday morning. Mrs Vashram's daughter, Dina Premji, was only 20 when she also died of starvation in 2003.
Both women were devoted followers of Mataji, a little known branch of Hinduism and had been depriving themselves of food since a trip to India in 1999 when they met a "holy-man".
DS John Cardow, of Brent police, told Hornsey Coroner's Court: "Nirmala was a member of a sect. She was known to have extreme religious beliefs. Last March, her son called 999 and said his mother had stopped breathing. When the ambulance arrived they found her emaciated body. She looked skeletal and was in the foetal position. "She was regularly being supplied with food but refused to eat or drink."
It is believed Nirmala promised not to accept any form of western medical treatment as part of a penance she undertook in India. Doctor Michael Jarmulowicz, who carried out the post mortem, gave the cause of death as malnutrition and said: "She was the lightest adult I have ever examined.
"We could not straighten her legs at all."
The complex case was delayed by the remaining family's refusal to believe Dina or Nirmala were dead. Speaking after the inquest, DS Cardow said: "The family would never go against their mother's wishes and believed her death was god's will. Their concept of death is very different to ours, they were sending cards and gifts to the mortuary for months after her death.
"We believe Nirmala intended to return to the holy-man to have the penance removed but for some reason she took it to the extreme." Nirmala and her daughter were finally buried in a double funeral last year, which was carried out on behalf of Brent council.
Coroner Dr William Dolman recorded a verdict of "natural causes aggravated by self-neglect" and said: "Nirmala Vashram had voluntarily decided not to take food, clearly for some time. This was in response to a religious belief."
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Sunday, January 15, 2006
Why Do Indians Flee India?
Rajiv Desai holds degrees in engineering, journalism and political science. He has worked for multinationals that include Citibank, Pepsi, Boeing, Microsoft, Intel, Cisco and Ford.
By Rajiv Desai, SikhSpectrum.com Monthly, Issue No.10, March 2003
Jhumpa Lahiri, a woman of Indian descent, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Manoj Night Shyamalan, a man of Indian origin, won an Oscar nomination for his film, The Sixth Sense. Indians in the Silicon Valley are feted around their world for their incredible success in the information technology businesses. Kalpana Chawla from a small town in Haryana became the first woman of Indian descent to become a US astronaut. Amartya Sen won the coveted Nobel Prize for Economics for his work at Harvard University.
With all these high accolades accruing to individuals of Indian descent just in the past couple of years, Indians could be forgiven for thinking that the turn of the millennium was a special time for their kind. A quiet pride at the Indian connection of these accomplished individuals is justifiable.
However, these singular achievements by men and women of Indian origin do raise several questions about the nature of Indian society and its economic system. Why, despite a thriving democracy, do Indians leave their home to settle elsewhere? It is not as if they were running away from dictators and despots. Nor were they fleeing religious persecution. By and large, most Indians leave because of the lack of economic opportunity at home.
Since the late 1960s, thousands of bright young Indians have emigrated to become part of an exodus that came to be called the "brain drain." It is a subject close to my heart because I was among those who bailed out of India in the 1970s seeking opportunities in America.
The vast majority of us went as students and stayed on to work in American universities, hospitals and companies. Over the years, we established ourselves as first-generation immigrants, raised families, bought homes and became part of the American socioeconomic mainstream.
Despite the success we enjoyed in the United States, India remained central to our identity. Most Indians in America nurtured the thought of returning home eventually. Only a handful found their way back. The others found their way back blocked by their growing children for whom India was not the home it was to their parents. It was a foreign country. America was their home.
Their parents quickly realized that any attempt to return to India would deprive their children of growing up in their own homeland. It was a fate they had suffered and would not visit on their children.
Today, with the last hope of returning snuffed out, many are asking the question: Why did they have to leave India?
Seeking an answer to the question, I began to study the Indian diaspora in the United States. In the late 1970s, I started to write a column called "Indians in America" for a community newspaper of which I was founder-editor.
Talking to Indians in all walks of life in America, I became convinced that the key factor in the emigration of middle-class youth was the ideology propagated by the ruling elite in India.
Even three decades after Independence, India's ruling class kept alive the fear of Western colonial domination.
Thus, India turned its back on foreign trade and investment, pursuing instead a quixotic, inward-looking vision in which the government commanded the heights of the economy and Indian society.
When the privilegentsia rule
Over the years, the country came to be held in thrall by a government-anointed nexus of bureaucrats, politicians, academicians and businessmen, the so-called "privilegentsia." Under this dispensation, connections counted for more than achievement, privilege more than performance. For ordinary middle-class families, with no strings to pull, there were simply no opportunities to make a decent and dignified living.
Instead, the dead hand of government stifled the entrepreneurial instincts of the people. Both agriculture and industry declined and India came to be regarded as an economic basket case.
By 1967, India's very food security came under threat as famine stalked the land. About that time, many bright men and women from middle-class families began to flee.
The initial trickle became a torrent in the decade that followed. Meanwhile, India's economy deteriorated rapidly and with it, the fabric of Indian society began to fray. Civil strife and war took their toll. Opportunities declined even further and the "privilegentsia" tightened its stranglehold on the body politic.
India's "privilegentsia raj" weakened with the declining economy and political unrest through the 1980s.
In the early 1990s, a bankrupt government was forced to loosen control on the economy. As foreign investment flooded in and international trade increased, the Indian economy experienced an unprecedented boom. With the advent of satellite and cable television, Indian society began to change in irreversible ways. The "privilegentsia's" grip began to loosen to where today the nexus of bureaucrats, politicians, academics and businessmen has lost its authority and seeks to re-establish its hold in authoritarian ways.
Chief among those ways is the brazen attempt to whip up jingoism in recent years. This began with the opposition to foreign investment in the consumer sector, which was remarkable for the slogan "India needs computer chips not potato chips." The denouement of the process came with the nuclear explosions set off at Pokharan in in May 1998 and a year later, the military skirmish with Pakistan in the Kargil hills of Kashmir.
The costs were incalculable in terms of international opprobrium that followed Pokharan and the uncounted casualties in Kargil. More recently, the "privilegentsia" sought to appropriate the accolades showered on individuals of Indian origin in the US and elsewhere. Tub-thumping nationalism replaced rational public debate as the ruling regime wrapped itself in the flag.
Today, as the wave of crude nationalism begins to recede in the face of severe problems of governance and finance, the "privilegentsia" is up to its old tricks again. This time, it seeks to revive jingoism by projecting Indian as a "beauty superpower." This is with reference to the rash of "Miss World" and "Miss Universe" awards that have come the way of Indian contestants at mindless beauty pageants that are made for television and commercial endorsements.
Meanwhile, Indian foreign policy is reduced to disputes with OECD members about visas for Indian computer programmers, who are shipped to the Silicon Valley and elsewhere, much like indentured labor of earlier times, to perform mindless tasks for Western firms at a fraction of the cost of local employees.
On the other hand, domestic policy is exercised by such weighty issues as match-fixing and illegal betting on cricket, a game with which India's millions are obsessed. At the same time, the real issues of governance such as water, power, roads, pollution, jobs, fiscal deficits, subsidies and the privatization of the parasitical public sector are caught up in the familiar political battles over turf and spoils.
The "privilegentsia" does not give up that easily. It will try to hold on to its power as long as possible, never mind the country and its pressing problems.
By Rajiv Desai, SikhSpectrum.com Monthly, Issue No.10, March 2003
Jhumpa Lahiri, a woman of Indian descent, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Manoj Night Shyamalan, a man of Indian origin, won an Oscar nomination for his film, The Sixth Sense. Indians in the Silicon Valley are feted around their world for their incredible success in the information technology businesses. Kalpana Chawla from a small town in Haryana became the first woman of Indian descent to become a US astronaut. Amartya Sen won the coveted Nobel Prize for Economics for his work at Harvard University.
With all these high accolades accruing to individuals of Indian descent just in the past couple of years, Indians could be forgiven for thinking that the turn of the millennium was a special time for their kind. A quiet pride at the Indian connection of these accomplished individuals is justifiable.
However, these singular achievements by men and women of Indian origin do raise several questions about the nature of Indian society and its economic system. Why, despite a thriving democracy, do Indians leave their home to settle elsewhere? It is not as if they were running away from dictators and despots. Nor were they fleeing religious persecution. By and large, most Indians leave because of the lack of economic opportunity at home.
Since the late 1960s, thousands of bright young Indians have emigrated to become part of an exodus that came to be called the "brain drain." It is a subject close to my heart because I was among those who bailed out of India in the 1970s seeking opportunities in America.
The vast majority of us went as students and stayed on to work in American universities, hospitals and companies. Over the years, we established ourselves as first-generation immigrants, raised families, bought homes and became part of the American socioeconomic mainstream.
Despite the success we enjoyed in the United States, India remained central to our identity. Most Indians in America nurtured the thought of returning home eventually. Only a handful found their way back. The others found their way back blocked by their growing children for whom India was not the home it was to their parents. It was a foreign country. America was their home.
Their parents quickly realized that any attempt to return to India would deprive their children of growing up in their own homeland. It was a fate they had suffered and would not visit on their children.
Today, with the last hope of returning snuffed out, many are asking the question: Why did they have to leave India?
Seeking an answer to the question, I began to study the Indian diaspora in the United States. In the late 1970s, I started to write a column called "Indians in America" for a community newspaper of which I was founder-editor.
Talking to Indians in all walks of life in America, I became convinced that the key factor in the emigration of middle-class youth was the ideology propagated by the ruling elite in India.
Even three decades after Independence, India's ruling class kept alive the fear of Western colonial domination.
Thus, India turned its back on foreign trade and investment, pursuing instead a quixotic, inward-looking vision in which the government commanded the heights of the economy and Indian society.
When the privilegentsia rule
Over the years, the country came to be held in thrall by a government-anointed nexus of bureaucrats, politicians, academicians and businessmen, the so-called "privilegentsia." Under this dispensation, connections counted for more than achievement, privilege more than performance. For ordinary middle-class families, with no strings to pull, there were simply no opportunities to make a decent and dignified living.
Instead, the dead hand of government stifled the entrepreneurial instincts of the people. Both agriculture and industry declined and India came to be regarded as an economic basket case.
By 1967, India's very food security came under threat as famine stalked the land. About that time, many bright men and women from middle-class families began to flee.
The initial trickle became a torrent in the decade that followed. Meanwhile, India's economy deteriorated rapidly and with it, the fabric of Indian society began to fray. Civil strife and war took their toll. Opportunities declined even further and the "privilegentsia" tightened its stranglehold on the body politic.
India's "privilegentsia raj" weakened with the declining economy and political unrest through the 1980s.
In the early 1990s, a bankrupt government was forced to loosen control on the economy. As foreign investment flooded in and international trade increased, the Indian economy experienced an unprecedented boom. With the advent of satellite and cable television, Indian society began to change in irreversible ways. The "privilegentsia's" grip began to loosen to where today the nexus of bureaucrats, politicians, academics and businessmen has lost its authority and seeks to re-establish its hold in authoritarian ways.
Chief among those ways is the brazen attempt to whip up jingoism in recent years. This began with the opposition to foreign investment in the consumer sector, which was remarkable for the slogan "India needs computer chips not potato chips." The denouement of the process came with the nuclear explosions set off at Pokharan in in May 1998 and a year later, the military skirmish with Pakistan in the Kargil hills of Kashmir.
The costs were incalculable in terms of international opprobrium that followed Pokharan and the uncounted casualties in Kargil. More recently, the "privilegentsia" sought to appropriate the accolades showered on individuals of Indian origin in the US and elsewhere. Tub-thumping nationalism replaced rational public debate as the ruling regime wrapped itself in the flag.
Today, as the wave of crude nationalism begins to recede in the face of severe problems of governance and finance, the "privilegentsia" is up to its old tricks again. This time, it seeks to revive jingoism by projecting Indian as a "beauty superpower." This is with reference to the rash of "Miss World" and "Miss Universe" awards that have come the way of Indian contestants at mindless beauty pageants that are made for television and commercial endorsements.
Meanwhile, Indian foreign policy is reduced to disputes with OECD members about visas for Indian computer programmers, who are shipped to the Silicon Valley and elsewhere, much like indentured labor of earlier times, to perform mindless tasks for Western firms at a fraction of the cost of local employees.
On the other hand, domestic policy is exercised by such weighty issues as match-fixing and illegal betting on cricket, a game with which India's millions are obsessed. At the same time, the real issues of governance such as water, power, roads, pollution, jobs, fiscal deficits, subsidies and the privatization of the parasitical public sector are caught up in the familiar political battles over turf and spoils.
The "privilegentsia" does not give up that easily. It will try to hold on to its power as long as possible, never mind the country and its pressing problems.
Thursday, June 2, 2005
A second passport and a second nationality : high or low profile
Speech is silver, silence is gold
Most industrialized countries disapprove of the economic citizenship programs. They consider these second passport programs as schedules where second passports are for sale.
These same countries however grant themselves second passports and second citizenships by discretion to the moneyed individuals , in return for a piece of their taxable income and their investments in the country.
Many countries, such as Granada, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Belize, have legal citizenship programs enacted in their legislation. These countries, eager to attract investors, gave quite some publicity to these programs, and this gave rise to a number of consequences.
Freedom of travelling is one of the biggest advantages of an economic citizenship program. As the number of second passports grows, the list of countries for visa free travel can shrink quickly. The industrialized countries like Europe and the United States don’t like so many visitors from tax havens entering their country.
Under pressure of powerful countries, who threaten to remove the visa free status of a country, some countries put an end to their economic citizenship program. This has been the case in Dominica.
Widespread programs are often subject to scrutinized control by immigration officials who are well aware of these economic citizenship programs. Expect a long wait at the borders if you don’t speak the language of the country you have a second passport from.
The same scrutiny may be expected when you open a bank account in a reputable bank. Bankers follow their due diligence procedure and they accurately screen the backgrounds of their potential clients.
All this happens with second passports and second citizenships that are 100% legal.
Despite all that, these widespread economic citizenship programs are valuable. They give the owner the absolute right to live in the issuing country. Families from third world countries have used these programs to settle and start a new life in an economic and political more stable country than their -often repressive- own one.
Those who are seriously considering this move must know that a lot of countries have an economic citizenship program that they don’t make public.
The best you can do is to address a respectable agent who can introduce you to the right person in the government of that country or - even better - who will act as an intermediary for your application.
A second passport – a second nationality : myth or truth
Beware: Big Brother is watching you
Politicians and governments curtail daily our personal freedom on all levels, they can track you and your assets with growing ease. More and more people refuse to become the property of any government and start looking for a way out of these shackles by searching for a second nationality.
Before getting started, get yourself informed and arm yourself against the pitfalls and dangers of certain second passport programs.
A second passport : for whom? Why?
Keep your privacy, protect your assets, reduce your taxes, be free to travel
All over the internet and in some economic and business magazines and newspapers, you’ll find a lot of organisations and individuals advertising for a second nationality and a second passport. Such a document has indeed many advantages.
Anything that’s a threat to a government authority and that favours your personal freedom, is subject to disapproval. There exist many misunderstandings about a second passport and a second nationality. However, it has many advantages.
Whatever is said, having a second passport is in itself not illegal, if you have the right one and follow the right procedures.
The advantages of a second passport are not restricted to a name change nor do they offer only a great advantage for those in society who for whatever reason feel the need to disappear.
A second passport is of unquestionable importance for those who want to protect their assets and keep them out of reach of any government who rather wants to be able to confiscate them.
Moreover, it gives the owner complete freedom of travelling and to the economically or politically oppressed it is a life-buoy and the source of salvation.
It’s a perfect privacy tool and a means of reducing taxation liabilities.
A second passport and a second nationality: the right way
Do not skate on thin ice
For the uninitiated, the world of second passports and second nationalities is a world full of pitfalls and dangers. Professionalism in this area is of a discouraging low level.
Good passport programs have always been limited and only a few professionals are able to deliver really good, valuable and legal documents.
Genuine consultants don’t sell passports but act as intermediaries to the authorities of the countries who deliver and grant the second passport and the second citizenship.
They don’t advertise openly, neither do they reveal the details and countries of the program until they have screened carefully the potential client and are sure of his true intentions.
Ordering travel or immigration documents is based on a mutual trust, and is a highly confidential and sensitive issue. The clients who are serious want to keep it private and low profile.
Professional agents want to keep the second passport area closed for the unscrupulous and those who might wish to abuse the advantages of their second passport. If the agent suspects that the intentions of the client are not genuine, he will refuse his services.
Prepare yourself thoroughly and decide what you need and wherefore. Some criteria to consider are:
* Good visa-free travel
* Suitable for asset protection
* Ideal for banking purposes
* Low profile
* Stable economic and political climate in the issuing country
* Fiscal advantage
Communicate clearly about your intentions and priorities to your provider.
The best programs are the discretionary ones.
Only a handful of consultants have the right connections to introduce you to the right person in the issuing country and can guarantee that you will get a valuable second passport and a valuable second nationality, that meets your wishes for privacy, free travel and asset protection, without any danger or pitfall : your life-long insurance policy.
Most programs are by naturalisation; a few can issue a birth certificate and give you a completely new identity.
If you have a high profile and a lot of money then diplomatic appointments are the pick of the bunch.
If you are genuinely interested, don’t hesitate and go for it. Remember that the grip of political and legal powers on your personal freedom grows alarmingly fast. Getting a second passport is your best insurance policy.
If you are genuinely interested, Contact:
Royal Diplomatic Services
Avenida Albir 6, Local 26 - Bx 141
03581 Alfaz del Pi
Alicante
Spain
Tel : +34-639.279.353
info@2nd-passport.com
http://www.2nd-passport.com/
Speech is silver, silence is gold
Most industrialized countries disapprove of the economic citizenship programs. They consider these second passport programs as schedules where second passports are for sale.
These same countries however grant themselves second passports and second citizenships by discretion to the moneyed individuals , in return for a piece of their taxable income and their investments in the country.
Many countries, such as Granada, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Belize, have legal citizenship programs enacted in their legislation. These countries, eager to attract investors, gave quite some publicity to these programs, and this gave rise to a number of consequences.
Freedom of travelling is one of the biggest advantages of an economic citizenship program. As the number of second passports grows, the list of countries for visa free travel can shrink quickly. The industrialized countries like Europe and the United States don’t like so many visitors from tax havens entering their country.
Under pressure of powerful countries, who threaten to remove the visa free status of a country, some countries put an end to their economic citizenship program. This has been the case in Dominica.
Widespread programs are often subject to scrutinized control by immigration officials who are well aware of these economic citizenship programs. Expect a long wait at the borders if you don’t speak the language of the country you have a second passport from.
The same scrutiny may be expected when you open a bank account in a reputable bank. Bankers follow their due diligence procedure and they accurately screen the backgrounds of their potential clients.
All this happens with second passports and second citizenships that are 100% legal.
Despite all that, these widespread economic citizenship programs are valuable. They give the owner the absolute right to live in the issuing country. Families from third world countries have used these programs to settle and start a new life in an economic and political more stable country than their -often repressive- own one.
Those who are seriously considering this move must know that a lot of countries have an economic citizenship program that they don’t make public.
The best you can do is to address a respectable agent who can introduce you to the right person in the government of that country or - even better - who will act as an intermediary for your application.
A second passport – a second nationality : myth or truth
Beware: Big Brother is watching you
Politicians and governments curtail daily our personal freedom on all levels, they can track you and your assets with growing ease. More and more people refuse to become the property of any government and start looking for a way out of these shackles by searching for a second nationality.
Before getting started, get yourself informed and arm yourself against the pitfalls and dangers of certain second passport programs.
A second passport : for whom? Why?
Keep your privacy, protect your assets, reduce your taxes, be free to travel
All over the internet and in some economic and business magazines and newspapers, you’ll find a lot of organisations and individuals advertising for a second nationality and a second passport. Such a document has indeed many advantages.
Anything that’s a threat to a government authority and that favours your personal freedom, is subject to disapproval. There exist many misunderstandings about a second passport and a second nationality. However, it has many advantages.
Whatever is said, having a second passport is in itself not illegal, if you have the right one and follow the right procedures.
The advantages of a second passport are not restricted to a name change nor do they offer only a great advantage for those in society who for whatever reason feel the need to disappear.
A second passport is of unquestionable importance for those who want to protect their assets and keep them out of reach of any government who rather wants to be able to confiscate them.
Moreover, it gives the owner complete freedom of travelling and to the economically or politically oppressed it is a life-buoy and the source of salvation.
It’s a perfect privacy tool and a means of reducing taxation liabilities.
A second passport and a second nationality: the right way
Do not skate on thin ice
For the uninitiated, the world of second passports and second nationalities is a world full of pitfalls and dangers. Professionalism in this area is of a discouraging low level.
Good passport programs have always been limited and only a few professionals are able to deliver really good, valuable and legal documents.
Genuine consultants don’t sell passports but act as intermediaries to the authorities of the countries who deliver and grant the second passport and the second citizenship.
They don’t advertise openly, neither do they reveal the details and countries of the program until they have screened carefully the potential client and are sure of his true intentions.
Ordering travel or immigration documents is based on a mutual trust, and is a highly confidential and sensitive issue. The clients who are serious want to keep it private and low profile.
Professional agents want to keep the second passport area closed for the unscrupulous and those who might wish to abuse the advantages of their second passport. If the agent suspects that the intentions of the client are not genuine, he will refuse his services.
Prepare yourself thoroughly and decide what you need and wherefore. Some criteria to consider are:
* Good visa-free travel
* Suitable for asset protection
* Ideal for banking purposes
* Low profile
* Stable economic and political climate in the issuing country
* Fiscal advantage
Communicate clearly about your intentions and priorities to your provider.
The best programs are the discretionary ones.
Only a handful of consultants have the right connections to introduce you to the right person in the issuing country and can guarantee that you will get a valuable second passport and a valuable second nationality, that meets your wishes for privacy, free travel and asset protection, without any danger or pitfall : your life-long insurance policy.
Most programs are by naturalisation; a few can issue a birth certificate and give you a completely new identity.
If you have a high profile and a lot of money then diplomatic appointments are the pick of the bunch.
If you are genuinely interested, don’t hesitate and go for it. Remember that the grip of political and legal powers on your personal freedom grows alarmingly fast. Getting a second passport is your best insurance policy.
If you are genuinely interested, Contact:
Royal Diplomatic Services
Avenida Albir 6, Local 26 - Bx 141
03581 Alfaz del Pi
Alicante
Spain
Tel : +34-639.279.353
info@2nd-passport.com
http://www.2nd-passport.com/
Friday, May 13, 2005
Guyana, Surniame, Nicaragua
Guyana naturalization program
Advantages
Guyana is a member of British Commonwealth, and its citizens are protected by the Republic of Guyana and Great Britain (if no Guyana Consulates are located in your city)
Guyana passport provides visa-free travel to more than 90 countries (Andorra, Switzerland, all EU countries, Bahamas, Panama, Bermuda, Hong Kong, Korea and other more than 90 important destinations)
Name change option is possible when applying for Guyana citizenship by naturalization
Family option is possible with a significant discount
Guyana passport holders do not pay taxes on their worldwide income.
Guyana citizenship requires minimum contribution for a single applicant in amount of not less than EUR 22,000. Considered to be the most cost-effective and comprehensive program, as well as short by terms, Guyana citizenship processing term requires only 15 days after receiving required documents and fees. Documents include: Certificate of Naturalization, citizenship passport.
All naturalization programs include Certificate and citizenship passport. Term depends on the applicant and does not exceed one month. These programs offer significant visa-free travel opportunity (all important destinations – Europe, America, Asia, Japan, Africa are visa-free). South American citizens do not pay taxes on worldwide income.
Citizenship is based upon the Constitution of Guyana, dated 1980. Persons who were citizens of Guyana before the date of the Constitution remain citizens of Guyana. Persons who were already spouses of these people are entitled to register as citizens of Guyana. (UKC-Commonwealth Nation). There are four legal ways for obtaining Guyana citizenship:
Birth: Child born after 1980 in the territory of Guyana, regardless of the nationality of the parents. The exception is a child born to parents who are diplomatic personnel, neither of whom is a citizen of Guyana.
Descent: Child born abroad after 1980, either of whose parents is a native-born citizen of Guyana.
Marriage: Foreign citizen who marries a citizen of Guyana after 1980 is eligible to register for citizenship.
Naturalization: Foreign citizen can apply for Guyana citizenship by naturalization (if meets the criteria).
Dual Citizenship: Being non-resident of Guyana, you have a legal right to apply for Guyana citizenship by naturalization. Guyana citizens by naturalization are not forced to any obligations (such as serving in the army, etc).
Loss of citizenship: Voluntary renunciation of Guyanese citizenship is permitted by law. Contact the Embassy for details and required paperwork.
Suriname naturalization program
Advantages
Visa free travel for a Suriname Passport holder into more than 82 countries, including major countries: Switzerland, all EU member states, Israel, Brazil, Japan, Bermuda, Bahamas, Panama, Hong Kong, Korea, Chile and others
Suriname citizenship provides easy naturalization in Netherlands (being a former Dutch colony), what may be important for customers wishing to reside in Europe. There are more than 310000 Suriname citizens naturalized in Netherlands
Name change option is possible when applying for Suriname citizenship
Family option is possible what involves significant discounts for family members
Suriname passport holders pay taxes for their local income, but do not pay taxes on their worldwide income.
Suriname citizenship by naturalization requires minimum contribution for a sole applicant in amount of not less than EUR 26,000. Considered to be the most cost-effective and comprehensive program (along with Guyana citizenship naturalization program), as well as short by terms, Suriname citizenship naturalization program processing requires only 15-17 days after receiving required documents and fees. Documents include: Certificate of Naturalization, citizenship passport.
All naturalization programs include Certificate of Naturalization and citizenship passport. Term depends on the applicant and does not exceed one month. These programs offer significant visa-free travel opportunity (all important destinations – Europe, America, Asia, Japan, Africa are visa-free). South American citizens do not pay taxes on worldwide income.
Republic of Nicaragua (Republica de Nicaragua).
Nicaragua naturalization program
Nicaragua is a young democracy with a developing economy.The national language is Spanish, yet most residents of the Caribbean coastal areas speak English, as well.
The climate is generally hot and humid with dry and rainy seasons. Terrain ranges from the hilly and volcanic to coastal beaches and tropical jungles.
Many foreign governments and relief organizations provide economic assistance to Nicaragua and numerous individuals (official and non-official) from the U.S. and the rest of the developed world work on community-based projects both in Managua and in the rural areas.
Nicaragua citizenship allows dual nationality and provides visa free travel to more than 114 countries, to other countries visa is obtained quite easy.
Advantages
Visa free travel: Nicaragua citizenship provides visa free travel to many countries in four continents of the world. Formality visas are obtained within one working day with no problem and can be extended inside the country for long periods (for those looking permanent residence in highly developed countries).
Spain allows easy naturalization to Nicaraguan passport holders.
Short procedure: it takes only 13-15 days to obtain Nicaragua citizenship including filing in the Immigration Registry. Documents delivery takes 2-3 working days.
Cost-effective fees: Similar offers (from countries that do not belong to the British Community) start from US $150,000 (Dominica, Costa Rica). Nicaragua citizenship fees are only EUR 28,500 (all inclusive).
All naturalization programs include Certificate and citizenship passport. Term depends on the applicant and does not exceed one month. These programs offer significant visa-free travel opportunity (all important destinations – Europe, America, Asia, Japan, Africa are visa-free). South American citizens do not pay taxes on worldwide income.
Program Fees
Guyana naturalization program EUR 29,000 (17 Lakhs Indian Rupees)
each additional family member EUR 12,000 (7 Lakhs Indian Rupees)
Suriname naturalization program EUR 26,000 (16 Lakhs Indian Rupees)
each additional family member EUR 9,000 (6 Lakhs Indian Rupees)
Nicaragua naturalization program EUR 28,500 (16.5 Lakhs Indian Rupees)
each additional family member EUR 9,000 (6 Lakhs Indian Rupees)
Shustak Morris & Heller is a speciality law firm with a national practice focused in the area of the immigration law of Guyana, Suriname and Nicaragua. The firm operates from offices in Georgetown, Paramaribo, Nicaragua and Amsterdam, and is comprised of experienced, sohisticated attorneys who have earned a solid reputation as strategic problem solvers, argent negotiators and successful deal makers. As a "boutique" law firm, Shustak Morris & Heller Inc. is unique in its ability to handle the most complex legal matters, while providing its clients with a close, personal service - not often available at larger, less intimate firms.
For over ten years, Shustak Morris & Heller Inc. has been recognized as one of the most trusted, skilled and effective law firms in the Carricom. Our lawyers are regarded as highly skilled professionals who get the job done through diligence and unparalleled commitment to the highest standards of client service. It is a reputation we earn every single day, one case and one transaction at a time.
Based in Europe and Southern America, Shustak Morris & Heller Inc. has extensive expeirence in Guyana, Suriname and Nicaragua citizenship naturalization programs. With six full-service offices strategically located in each of these countries and in the middle of the Europe, we are the law firm of choice for many families and couples wishing to immigrate.
For More Information:
Shustak Morris & Heller Inc.
Korte Miening 15-119,
Zoeterwoude, Netherlands, tel: +31652283781
E-mail: info@new-citizenship.com
http://www.new-citizenship.com/
Advantages
Guyana is a member of British Commonwealth, and its citizens are protected by the Republic of Guyana and Great Britain (if no Guyana Consulates are located in your city)
Guyana passport provides visa-free travel to more than 90 countries (Andorra, Switzerland, all EU countries, Bahamas, Panama, Bermuda, Hong Kong, Korea and other more than 90 important destinations)
Name change option is possible when applying for Guyana citizenship by naturalization
Family option is possible with a significant discount
Guyana passport holders do not pay taxes on their worldwide income.
Guyana citizenship requires minimum contribution for a single applicant in amount of not less than EUR 22,000. Considered to be the most cost-effective and comprehensive program, as well as short by terms, Guyana citizenship processing term requires only 15 days after receiving required documents and fees. Documents include: Certificate of Naturalization, citizenship passport.
All naturalization programs include Certificate and citizenship passport. Term depends on the applicant and does not exceed one month. These programs offer significant visa-free travel opportunity (all important destinations – Europe, America, Asia, Japan, Africa are visa-free). South American citizens do not pay taxes on worldwide income.
Citizenship is based upon the Constitution of Guyana, dated 1980. Persons who were citizens of Guyana before the date of the Constitution remain citizens of Guyana. Persons who were already spouses of these people are entitled to register as citizens of Guyana. (UKC-Commonwealth Nation). There are four legal ways for obtaining Guyana citizenship:
Birth: Child born after 1980 in the territory of Guyana, regardless of the nationality of the parents. The exception is a child born to parents who are diplomatic personnel, neither of whom is a citizen of Guyana.
Descent: Child born abroad after 1980, either of whose parents is a native-born citizen of Guyana.
Marriage: Foreign citizen who marries a citizen of Guyana after 1980 is eligible to register for citizenship.
Naturalization: Foreign citizen can apply for Guyana citizenship by naturalization (if meets the criteria).
Dual Citizenship: Being non-resident of Guyana, you have a legal right to apply for Guyana citizenship by naturalization. Guyana citizens by naturalization are not forced to any obligations (such as serving in the army, etc).
Loss of citizenship: Voluntary renunciation of Guyanese citizenship is permitted by law. Contact the Embassy for details and required paperwork.
Suriname naturalization program
Advantages
Visa free travel for a Suriname Passport holder into more than 82 countries, including major countries: Switzerland, all EU member states, Israel, Brazil, Japan, Bermuda, Bahamas, Panama, Hong Kong, Korea, Chile and others
Suriname citizenship provides easy naturalization in Netherlands (being a former Dutch colony), what may be important for customers wishing to reside in Europe. There are more than 310000 Suriname citizens naturalized in Netherlands
Name change option is possible when applying for Suriname citizenship
Family option is possible what involves significant discounts for family members
Suriname passport holders pay taxes for their local income, but do not pay taxes on their worldwide income.
Suriname citizenship by naturalization requires minimum contribution for a sole applicant in amount of not less than EUR 26,000. Considered to be the most cost-effective and comprehensive program (along with Guyana citizenship naturalization program), as well as short by terms, Suriname citizenship naturalization program processing requires only 15-17 days after receiving required documents and fees. Documents include: Certificate of Naturalization, citizenship passport.
All naturalization programs include Certificate of Naturalization and citizenship passport. Term depends on the applicant and does not exceed one month. These programs offer significant visa-free travel opportunity (all important destinations – Europe, America, Asia, Japan, Africa are visa-free). South American citizens do not pay taxes on worldwide income.
Republic of Nicaragua (Republica de Nicaragua).
Nicaragua naturalization program
Nicaragua is a young democracy with a developing economy.The national language is Spanish, yet most residents of the Caribbean coastal areas speak English, as well.
The climate is generally hot and humid with dry and rainy seasons. Terrain ranges from the hilly and volcanic to coastal beaches and tropical jungles.
Many foreign governments and relief organizations provide economic assistance to Nicaragua and numerous individuals (official and non-official) from the U.S. and the rest of the developed world work on community-based projects both in Managua and in the rural areas.
Nicaragua citizenship allows dual nationality and provides visa free travel to more than 114 countries, to other countries visa is obtained quite easy.
Advantages
Visa free travel: Nicaragua citizenship provides visa free travel to many countries in four continents of the world. Formality visas are obtained within one working day with no problem and can be extended inside the country for long periods (for those looking permanent residence in highly developed countries).
Spain allows easy naturalization to Nicaraguan passport holders.
Short procedure: it takes only 13-15 days to obtain Nicaragua citizenship including filing in the Immigration Registry. Documents delivery takes 2-3 working days.
Cost-effective fees: Similar offers (from countries that do not belong to the British Community) start from US $150,000 (Dominica, Costa Rica). Nicaragua citizenship fees are only EUR 28,500 (all inclusive).
All naturalization programs include Certificate and citizenship passport. Term depends on the applicant and does not exceed one month. These programs offer significant visa-free travel opportunity (all important destinations – Europe, America, Asia, Japan, Africa are visa-free). South American citizens do not pay taxes on worldwide income.
Program Fees
Guyana naturalization program EUR 29,000 (17 Lakhs Indian Rupees)
each additional family member EUR 12,000 (7 Lakhs Indian Rupees)
Suriname naturalization program EUR 26,000 (16 Lakhs Indian Rupees)
each additional family member EUR 9,000 (6 Lakhs Indian Rupees)
Nicaragua naturalization program EUR 28,500 (16.5 Lakhs Indian Rupees)
each additional family member EUR 9,000 (6 Lakhs Indian Rupees)
Shustak Morris & Heller is a speciality law firm with a national practice focused in the area of the immigration law of Guyana, Suriname and Nicaragua. The firm operates from offices in Georgetown, Paramaribo, Nicaragua and Amsterdam, and is comprised of experienced, sohisticated attorneys who have earned a solid reputation as strategic problem solvers, argent negotiators and successful deal makers. As a "boutique" law firm, Shustak Morris & Heller Inc. is unique in its ability to handle the most complex legal matters, while providing its clients with a close, personal service - not often available at larger, less intimate firms.
For over ten years, Shustak Morris & Heller Inc. has been recognized as one of the most trusted, skilled and effective law firms in the Carricom. Our lawyers are regarded as highly skilled professionals who get the job done through diligence and unparalleled commitment to the highest standards of client service. It is a reputation we earn every single day, one case and one transaction at a time.
Based in Europe and Southern America, Shustak Morris & Heller Inc. has extensive expeirence in Guyana, Suriname and Nicaragua citizenship naturalization programs. With six full-service offices strategically located in each of these countries and in the middle of the Europe, we are the law firm of choice for many families and couples wishing to immigrate.
For More Information:
Shustak Morris & Heller Inc.
Korte Miening 15-119,
Zoeterwoude, Netherlands, tel: +31652283781
E-mail: info@new-citizenship.com
http://www.new-citizenship.com/
Friday, April 22, 2005
America, a choice for creative Indians : Dinesh Dsouza
Dinesh Dsouza, a US Thinker of Indian diaspora, , questions the reverse thinking habit of our Desi nationals:
"In general, America is the only country in the world that extends full membership to outsiders. The typical American could come to India,live for 40 years, and take Indian citizenship. But he could not "become Indian." He wouldn't see himself that way, nor would most Indians see him that way. In America, by contrast, hundreds of millions have come from far-flung shores and over time they, or at least their children, have in a profound and full sense "become American."
"America offers more opportunity and social mobility than any other country, including the countries of Europe. America is the only country that has created a population of "self-made tycoons." Only in America could Pierre Omidyar, whose parents are Iranian and who grew up in Paris, have started a company like eBay. Only in America could Vinod Khosla, the son of an Indian army officer, become a leading venture capitalist, the shaper of the technology industry, and a billionaire to boot. Admittedly tycoons are not typical, but no country has created a better ladder than America for people to ascend from modest circumstances to success."
The Indian diaspora is today the third largest Asian community in the US, is upwardly mobile and is on its way to becoming a political force in that country.
Indian Americans totalled about 1.7 million in the US according to the 2000 census, their numbers having gone up by an incredible 106 percent since 1990. It grew at a rate of 7.6 percent annually in the last 10 years.
In the process, Indian Americans replaced Japanese Americans as the third largest Asian community in the US after the Chinese (2.7 million) and Filipinos (1.9).
The migration was fuelled by the technology boom in the 90s when Indian techies made their way to the US in large numbers. The number of H1-B visas issued to India jumped from 2,697 in 1990 to 15,228 in 1995 and to 55,047 in 2000.
The number of Indians getting Green Cards every year has also more than doubled since 1999 . And Green Cards are one step away from citizenship which gives full voting rights.
Indian Americans were much above the median on a score of indices. Sixty-four percent of them were college educated as against the national average of 27 percent. The average median family income for the Indian American community was estimated at $70,000, against the average family income of $50,000.
38 percent of all physicians in the US were of Indian origin, as were 10 percent of all medical practitioners.
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Panama
Republic of Panama (Republica de Panama).
The Panamanian government has created several laws which, depending on the particular type of visa applied for, enable foreigners to obtain legal temporary or permanent residency, work permits, and in some cases citizenship and passport in the Republic of Panama. Most of these laws have been created to promote foreign investment in the country which benefits the local environment or local economy of Panama.
This program allows foreigners to obtain immediate Panamanian passport under the condition that they make a 5 year time deposit (certificate of deposit - "CD"), at the Banco Nacional de Panama, which earns a minimum of US$ 750 per month in interest income.
At current interest rates, this would mean that the investor would need to deposit a minimum of US$ 200,000 in the 5 year time deposit at the Banco Nacional de Panama. The monthly interest earned from the time deposit (CD), would be deposited directly into the applicants savings account, and the applicant can withdraw the funds in the savings account at any time.
For More Information:
Burgemeester van Heusdenweg 37
West-Terschelling
Netherlands
Telephone: +316 509 888 47
Fax: +318 472 903 61
E-mail: netherlands@right-way.net
Avenida del Golf s/n, Costa Deguise
Spain
Telephone: +346 776 043 07
E-mail: spain@right-way.net
http://www.right-way.net/
The Panamanian government has created several laws which, depending on the particular type of visa applied for, enable foreigners to obtain legal temporary or permanent residency, work permits, and in some cases citizenship and passport in the Republic of Panama. Most of these laws have been created to promote foreign investment in the country which benefits the local environment or local economy of Panama.
This program allows foreigners to obtain immediate Panamanian passport under the condition that they make a 5 year time deposit (certificate of deposit - "CD"), at the Banco Nacional de Panama, which earns a minimum of US$ 750 per month in interest income.
At current interest rates, this would mean that the investor would need to deposit a minimum of US$ 200,000 in the 5 year time deposit at the Banco Nacional de Panama. The monthly interest earned from the time deposit (CD), would be deposited directly into the applicants savings account, and the applicant can withdraw the funds in the savings account at any time.
For More Information:
Burgemeester van Heusdenweg 37
West-Terschelling
Netherlands
Telephone: +316 509 888 47
Fax: +318 472 903 61
E-mail: netherlands@right-way.net
Avenida del Golf s/n, Costa Deguise
Spain
Telephone: +346 776 043 07
E-mail: spain@right-way.net
http://www.right-way.net/
Saturday, March 12, 2005
African Passport
Cost : 7,900, (4 Lakhs Indian Rupees)
Africa being a very poor continent, Economic Citizenship Programs from this part of abound. However, not all's gold, unfortunately: visa-free travel opportunities are poor and very many African programs are less than stable. It's a very volatile market and we have taken great care to choose only those programs we can seriously recommend. One major advantage, however, is their great affordability which makes them ideal for real Banking Passports.
This is a particular goody: an official government immigration program which can be executed at extremely short notice and which will result in a permanently renewable passport and national ID document being issued to applicants. The cost of the program is only USD 7,900 per applicant including, in one case, a non-revenue producing investment in a government sponsored Project Development Fund. It is available in as little as 14 days from the time the completed paper work is received! This is the best passport document bargain on the net, period! The passport is issued by an African member of the British Commonwealth, a former Portuguese colony.
A truly fine program which has proven its credibility well in the course of the past years. Hundreds of PTs the world over have made use of this opportunity to get a bona fide 2nd (or third) citizenship along with an alternative (banking) identity to protect their assets from Big Brother's taxsharks and other unsavory entities and even can be used for travelling in some countries.
For more Information, Contact:
First Business Group
20010 68th Avenue W. Lynnwood, WA 98036.
Tel/fax: +1(978)268-6012.
E-mail: info@firstbusinessgroup.com
Dr. Eric Peterson: E.Peterson@lawyer.com
http://www.firstbusinessgroup.com/
Africa being a very poor continent, Economic Citizenship Programs from this part of abound. However, not all's gold, unfortunately: visa-free travel opportunities are poor and very many African programs are less than stable. It's a very volatile market and we have taken great care to choose only those programs we can seriously recommend. One major advantage, however, is their great affordability which makes them ideal for real Banking Passports.
This is a particular goody: an official government immigration program which can be executed at extremely short notice and which will result in a permanently renewable passport and national ID document being issued to applicants. The cost of the program is only USD 7,900 per applicant including, in one case, a non-revenue producing investment in a government sponsored Project Development Fund. It is available in as little as 14 days from the time the completed paper work is received! This is the best passport document bargain on the net, period! The passport is issued by an African member of the British Commonwealth, a former Portuguese colony.
A truly fine program which has proven its credibility well in the course of the past years. Hundreds of PTs the world over have made use of this opportunity to get a bona fide 2nd (or third) citizenship along with an alternative (banking) identity to protect their assets from Big Brother's taxsharks and other unsavory entities and even can be used for travelling in some countries.
For more Information, Contact:
First Business Group
20010 68th Avenue W. Lynnwood, WA 98036.
Tel/fax: +1(978)268-6012.
E-mail: info@firstbusinessgroup.com
Dr. Eric Peterson: E.Peterson@lawyer.com
http://www.firstbusinessgroup.com/
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