Important Details On Immigration Law of Different Countries
It is important to consider the details of immigration law of the country of your choice before investing your time and efforts into potential citizenship. A tiny detail could be a blocking issue.
| Country | Requirements and restrictions before settlement | Requirements and restrictions after settlement | Will resident visa holder dependant be allowed to work as well? | Is it possible to bring old parents once got settlement? | Is it guaranteed that immigration legislation would not be changed retrospectively and were there retrospective changes of immigration law previously? | Access to social benefits before settlement | Access to social benefits after settlement | Is it possible to deprive of earned citizenship? (apart from obvious reasons like proven deception in application to citizenship or terrorism) | Would the country require to surrender a previous citizenship(s) to apply for a citizenship of this country? | Would the country require to surrender its citizenship if its citizen applied for a citizenship of other country? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | No | No | No, but you will be required to pay taxes to US government regardless where the income is earned | |||||||
| United Kingdom | No more than 180 days spent overseas within 5 years, no more than 90 days per trip. | Settlement would be cancelled after certain number of days spent abroad | Yes, dependants will have a right to work | Theoretically you can bring a single parent if you are the only supporter. Many people had to do it through a court. | It has been changed retrospectively in the past and likely to change retrospectively in the future | No access to public funds. | Yes | Yes, for potentially unlimited number of reasons British nationality law#Deprivation of British nationality | No British nationality law#Dual nationality and dual citizenship | No British nationality law#Dual nationality and dual citizenship |
| Canada | No | |||||||||
| Australia | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Israel | Yes, unless citizenship obtained by Law of Return | |||||||||
| Germany | Yes | |||||||||
| Ukraine | Yes | |||||||||
| Norway Norwegian nationality law | Yes Norwegian nationality law#Loss of Norwegian citizenship | Yes Norwegian nationality law#Dual citizenship | Yes Norwegian nationality law#Dual citizenship | |||||||
| Russia | Yes | |||||||||
| Azerbaijan | Yes | |||||||||
| China | Yes | |||||||||
| Denmark | Yes | |||||||||
| Japan | Yes | |||||||||
| India | Yes |
Immigration regulation is the control of the people, and their numbers, who may enter a nation's sovereign territory. It applies both to persons seeking to live and work in a particular nation (or part of it) and tourists, persons on layover due to travel issues, and those wishing to study or otherwise make use of a country's facilities.
Immigration control of one form or another is imposed by most countries. It is an inherent right of a sovereign state.
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