Idea 375 of 500. Cluster 18: Sri Lankans abroad, both directions
Citizenship, visa and dual-nationality advisory services that are honest about the rules
The mechanism, from the book
1.5 million people abroad who know how rich countries work, and who send home money and little else.
Every idea in cluster 18 uses this mechanism.
A first step
Write down the 10 questions Sri Lankan families abroad ask most about dual citizenship, visas for foreign spouses and children's status, and answer each with the official source for the rule. Offer a fixed-fee consultation to members of one Sri Lankan association abroad and see who books. The questions people bring that are not on your list become the next 10.
- Who pays first
- A Sri Lankan family abroad with a foreign-born spouse or children who need a straight answer on status before they move back or buy property.
- What leaves today
- Misinformation keeps capable people from returning or investing; honest advice is the proof that the rules can be read and followed.
The idea and the mechanism are from the book. The first step was written for this site as a suggestion; if you know a better one, say so.
The test
Does it keep value that now leaves the island, or build the proof that lets somebody else do so?
The only test any idea on this site has to pass. The four rules that go with it are here.
In the book
- Ch. EightWhat It Costs to Go First
What bonds sold to Sri Lankans abroad have and have not done - Ch. SixteenThe Bridge
The institutions that could carry value back
More from cluster 18
- 361A directory of Sri Lankans abroad: who does what, where, and what they will help with, verified
- 362Return-relocation services: the school, the house, the car, the tax, in one package
- 363Sri Lanka House in London, Melbourne and Toronto: a shop, a café and a desk, the Colombo model abroad
- 364Money-transfer products that buy a specific thing at home, a course, a machine, a roof, rather than cash
- 365Investment clubs of Sri Lankans abroad that own one business each at home, with a manager on the ground
- 366Import agencies in each city with a Sri Lankan community, stocking Sri Lankan brands and nothing else
Idea 375 of the 500 in the appendix of Why Not Sri Lanka? Every one can be started by one person, one family or one small firm.