Most people have more than one way in
There's rarely just one way to stay. Money, age, work, marriage and family roots can each get you a visa, and plenty of people qualify for more than one. Answer four questions and you'll see which ones fit you, and how far each one goes.
Rules change, and the government always has the final say. Every fact links to the official page it came from.
What the full guide works out for you
Choose your passport, where you live now, where you want to live (India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Dubai or Abu Dhabi) and what you want. Every fact carries its official source and the date we read it.
- Every visa route, marked open to you, open if, or not open
- Documents, steps, full cost and time for each
- How to keep it, and what makes you lose it
- Your home: buying, renting out, off-plan
- Daily life: bank, driving, schools, hospitals
- Your plan, step by step, with your family
- The path to permanent residence and citizenship
- Your own country's rules on a second passport
- The places side by side
Two examples from inside. A British citizen whose grandfather was Indian can hold an OCI card: USD 275, for life, with the right to live and work in India. A flat of USD 75,000 outside Colombo can bring a 5-year Sri Lankan investor visa for the buyer and family, and its holders are not taxed as Sri Lankan residents.
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