Belize is a gorgeous Central American country that uses English as its language and the dollar as its currency. Formerly British Honduras, after gaining its independence from Great Britain it became Belize in 1973. Bordered by Mexico and Guatemala, more and more U.S. citizens are buying second homes in Belize.
Instructions
1. Be a Belizean citizen. If you were not born in Belize, you must have obtained naturalization by descent through your Belizean parents or naturalization by registration (through an application and $50,000 in fees).
2. Gather your paperwork. You need a birth certificate, marriage and/or divorce certificates, your naturalization certificate (if applicable), other passport (if applicable) and appropriate photo identification (Belizean social security card or voter registration card).
3. Print the application (see resources). Fill out sections 1 and 4 in blue or black ink. Have appropriate family members fill out sections 2 and 3.
4. Get the appropriate person to sign section 5. In Belize, this can be a Member of the House of Representatives, Permanent Secretary, Justice of the Peace,
Minister of Religion, medical or legal Practitioner, Notary Public, or Head of any Department of the Government of Belize.
For those applying while outside of the country, go to a Belizean Embassy, High Commission, Consulate or Consular Agency, and get authentication from an approved medical or legal Practitioner, Notary Public, or Registered Minister of Religion.
5. Bring all paperwork and a fee of $30 to the Immigration Offices in Belize City, Corozal, Orange Walk, San Pedro, Dangriga, or Punta Gorda. Those outside of the country can go to a Belize Foreign Mission office in Los Angeles, New York, Washington D.C., London, Taipei, Taiwan and Panama City, Panama.
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