Bolivia — Still maintains a navy after 140 years without coastline, and constitution recognizes 36 languages
Bolivia lost its ocean access in 1884 and has never stopped demanding it back — the country still maintains a naval force and …
Mauritius: buy a home and whole family gets a card, plus keep Vietnamese citizenship
Rarely mentioned but the most balanced option: low flat tax, no capital gains or inheritance tax, and dual citizenship…
Kyrgyzstan — The only Central Asian country allowing dual citizenship, and why it matters for Vietnamese citizens
The four other Central Asian countries follow single citizenship principles. Kyrgyzstan does not — and for Vietnamese wanting additional citizenship, that's…
Sierra Leone — Where diamonds once paid for war, and the certification system born from it
Conflicts in Sierra Leone in the 1990s were funded by diamonds, and from that very conflict the world established a certification system…
Ghana — Citizenship for descendants of those once taken away
In 2019, Ghana invited descendants of those once enslaved to return, and granted citizenship to some of them. S…
Guyana — The world's newest oil experiment, and we're watching it happen in real time
In 2015, oil was discovered off Guyana's coast, and within years the country became one of the world's fastest-growing economies…
Uganda — Where 80.000 people were expelled in 90 days, and where the world's most open refugee policy was born
In 1972, Uganda expelled nearly the entire South Asian community in ninety days. Fifty years later, this same nation…
Haiti — The only country that had to PAY to be recognized as a nation
In 1804 Haiti became the first Black republic in the world. In 1825, France sent warships and set a price for…
Armenia — Diaspora many times larger than domestic population, and citizenship law written to reflect that reality
The number of Armenians living outside Armenia far exceeds those living within. In 2007 Armenia permitted dual citizenship…
Kenya — A country trying to turn refugee camps into towns, and issuing documents to people living there
Kenya has two of the world's oldest refugee camps, where many people were born and grew up without ever having identification…
Morocco — a country where citizens cannot renounce citizenship, and two EU cities located on African soil
Moroccan citizenship is nearly impossible to renounce — those born as Moroccan citizens remain so, even if they hold additional citizenship…
Pakistan — Dual citizenship but only with one country list, and lessons from the 2022 flood
Pakistan allows dual citizenship — but only with around two dozen designated countries, and Vietnam is not among them. Even…
Kosovo — Where the value of a passport shows who recognizes it
Kosovo declared independence in 2008 and gained recognition from about a hundred nations — but not all. The consequences are concrete…
Vietnam — Citizenship, dual citizenship and most important question for those about to hold a second passport
Most important article in this library, since nearly all readers start with a Vietnamese passport. Focus: obtaining citizenship…
Cabo Verde — An archipelago where more people have left than stayed, for over a century
Cabo Verdeans have migrated since the 19th century, earlier than most other African migration flows — and many of them went on…
Bangladesh — A country that allows dual citizenship few know about, and home to the world's largest refugee camp
Unlike India and Nepal, Bangladesh PERMITS dual citizenship in certain cases — something very few people know. Bang…
Senegal — Gorée Island, and the country about to enter the same oil test as Guyana
Senegal has the island of Gorée — a symbol of the transatlantic slave trade — and since 2024 has begun producing oil and gas. Fur…
Algeria — Africa's largest country, and where citizenship was once determined by religious affiliation
Algeria is Africa's largest country and has the world's leading natural gas reserves. But the most remarkable fact is its colonial history: the country…
Tunisia — Africa's smallest North African nation, and where family law was reformed before citizenship law
Tunisia reformed family law starting in 1956, decades ahead of most regions, and allowed mothers to pass citizenship to children. F…
Honduras — birthplace of the "banana republic" term, and a failed experiment with a private legal zone
The term "banana republic" originated in Honduras in the early 20th century. A hundred years later, the country attempted another experiment: a…
Zambia — The first country to default during the pandemic, and what that says to citizenship buyers
In 2020, Zambia became the first country to default on international bonds during the pandemic, taking over three years to restructure. This is…
Rwanda — Where an ID card became a murder weapon, and what the nation did after
The ID card issued by Belgian colonial authorities listed ethnic group. In 1994, that card was used to categorize…
Iraq — Where written law began, and the only case in this library where citizenship was revoked and then restored
This land gave birth to writing and humanity's earliest written code. Four thousand years later, this very place provided an example of…