Citizenship & Residency Requirements in East and Southeast Asian Countries
Posted: March 7th, 2022, 6:38 pm
I'm trying to get an overview of what countries in East and Southeast Asia have options for both full citizenship, and possibly also dual citizenship, and figure out their requirements.
I'll try to update this post for an overview each time I get some new information (assuming I'm allowed to go back and keep editing), and post the rest in the thread.
Anyone have any opinions on this? Have any of you become citizens? Permanent residents?
For the Asian nations, I have my personal preferences, but I think almost all these are wonderful countries that have the brightest futures by a long shot.
(The Caribbean is another interesting possibility for citizenship, and they have some citizenship by investment programs for those of you with the $$$ to drop a couple hundred thousand. Another thread on that might be good.)
My view is that US citizenship is a toxic liability to get rid of as fast as possible after you make your escape. (Not sure about Western Europe, which is a place to get out of, but not necessarily as bad as the US to hang on to your citizenship as an expat?)
Also, for me this is looking past the current pandemic / World War 3 scenario (so obviously subject to change a lot, and there easily could be travel bans coming up, etc).
Full list of countries I am going to check out requirements for eventually:
Japan
Taiwan
South Korea
Vietnam
Thailand
Philippines
Malaysia
Laos
Indonesia
Hong Kong
Macau
China
I don't have personal plans to check these myself, but feel free to pitch in if you know about them:
Mongolia
Myanmar
Singapore
I'll try to update this post for an overview each time I get some new information (assuming I'm allowed to go back and keep editing), and post the rest in the thread.
Anyone have any opinions on this? Have any of you become citizens? Permanent residents?
For the Asian nations, I have my personal preferences, but I think almost all these are wonderful countries that have the brightest futures by a long shot.
(The Caribbean is another interesting possibility for citizenship, and they have some citizenship by investment programs for those of you with the $$$ to drop a couple hundred thousand. Another thread on that might be good.)
My view is that US citizenship is a toxic liability to get rid of as fast as possible after you make your escape. (Not sure about Western Europe, which is a place to get out of, but not necessarily as bad as the US to hang on to your citizenship as an expat?)
Also, for me this is looking past the current pandemic / World War 3 scenario (so obviously subject to change a lot, and there easily could be travel bans coming up, etc).
Full list of countries I am going to check out requirements for eventually:
Japan
Taiwan
South Korea
Vietnam
Thailand
Philippines
Malaysia
Laos
Indonesia
Hong Kong
Macau
China
I don't have personal plans to check these myself, but feel free to pitch in if you know about them:
Mongolia
Myanmar
Singapore