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BRIDGES guide

How to choose a citizenship or residence programme

How to match programme conditions to your goals, family and budget. Which applicant and residence requirements to check before choosing a country.

PDF · currently in Russian

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Inside the guide

What you will learn from the guide

The family's goals

How to set the family's priorities before comparing countries and programmes.

Citizenship and residence

How these statuses differ in rights, obligations and how they are obtained.

Programme conditions

Which criteria to use to compare the available options.

Processing costs

Which payments depend on the size of the family and what to include in a preliminary budget.

Applicant requirements

What is required of the applicant and how to prove that the programme conditions are met.

Comparing options

How to weigh the advantages, limitations and obligations of each programme.

Study the conditions and prepare your questions for a personal consultation.

A man looking at the city from a terrace

How to choose a citizenship or residence programme

Discuss your application

Guide sections

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Section 1The map of the programmes
Section 2The cost for a family
Section 3The requirements on the applicant

The BRIDGES team

Who prepared the guide

  • Sergey Evdokimov
    AuthorSergey EvdokimovManaging Partner
  • Anna Kovalevskaya
    Legal reviewAnna KovalevskayaHead of Legal

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What format is the guide in?

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Anna Kovalevskaya, Head of the Legal Department at BRIDGES
Anna KovalevskayaHead of the Legal Department