Our services
Citizenship & Naturalisation
Permanent residence and citizenship are earned over years, and those years only count if the record behind them is clean. We help you build and keep that record, then prepare the application when the time finally comes.
What we help with
The long view, from your first permit to a second passport.
Naturalisation is the one immigration process where the work begins years before the application. Gaps in residence, a permit that lapsed for a month, a change of address that was never registered: each of these can reset a clock. We help you avoid them, and we help you explain the ones already behind you.
Eligibility review
An honest look at where you stand: how your time in the country is likely to be counted, what still has to be accumulated, and the earliest realistic date to apply.
Permanent residence applications
The stage most people reach before citizenship, with its own criteria, its own evidence and its own advantages worth understanding on their own terms.
Naturalisation applications
Preparing the citizenship file itself, assembling the history it has to demonstrate and presenting it in the order the authority reads it.
Language and integration requirements
Most countries ask for a language level and some form of civic or integration test. We tell you which one applies to you and help you plan the preparation into your timeline.
Dual nationality questions
Whether you can keep your current nationality is decided by two sets of rules at once. We set out what each side asks and where confirmation has to be sought before you commit.
Residence history and records
Addresses, absences, permits and renewals. We help you assemble the continuous record that a naturalisation application rests on.
Who this is for
People who have already done the hard part: the years.
Long-term residents
You have been in the country long enough that citizenship is now a question rather than a fantasy.
Families naturalising together
Parents and children, sometimes on different permits and different clocks, applying as one household.
People with gaps in residence
A period abroad, a permit that expired, a year that may or may not count. These cases need looking at properly, not guessing at.
People planning ahead
You arrived recently and want to know now what the next ten years will require, so nothing is wasted.
How it works
Assess, prepare, apply, and know what follows.
Consultation and eligibility review
We go through your residence history year by year and tell you where you genuinely stand, including if the answer is not yet.
Readiness plan
What is still missing: time, a language certificate, a cleaner record of addresses. You get a plan with dates rather than a vague instruction to wait.
Application file
We prepare the application and the supporting history, check for the inconsistencies that cause delays, and submit it when it is genuinely ready.
After the decision
The steps that follow: any ceremony or declaration required, the first passport, registering children, and what changes about your status.
Common questions
Questions we are asked about this service
How many years do I need before I can apply?
It differs by country and by the route you held during those years, and marriage, ancestry or a particular permit type can shorten or lengthen it. There is no universal number, so the first thing we do is count your specific history against your specific destination and give you a date to work towards.
Will I have to give up my current nationality?
Some countries permit dual nationality, some do not, and some allow it only in defined circumstances. Both your current country and your destination have a say, so this has to be checked on both sides before you apply. We set out what each side asks and where formal confirmation should be obtained.
Do I have to pass a language exam?
In most countries, yes, usually at a defined level and often alongside a civic or integration test. The level required is rarely as high as people fear, but the preparation takes months rather than weeks, which is why we build it into the plan from the beginning.
Can my children be included in my application?
Frequently they can, and the rules depend on their age, where they were born and the status they currently hold. Minor children are often naturalised together with a parent. Elena is raising three children abroad herself and treats the family as one case, not as a main applicant with attachments.
Let us begin
Years of paperwork, and one conversation to make sense of it.
Bring us your residence history as it is, gaps included. We will tell you honestly where you stand and what the next stage asks of you.
