What is going on everyone? Welcome back to the world according to Briggs it is time to
take a look at the countries with the harshest immigration laws these are the countries that
are the hardest to actually become a citizen of there are hundreds of reasons countries
have strict immigration laws or policies most of those reasons have to do with economics you know
taking jobs away from the locals things like that for whatever reason if you want to become
a citizen in any way shape or form in another place outside the united states or wherever
you're coming from there's going to be forms to fill out waiting lists to get on and in some cases
bribes to be paid there are some countries that won't be on this list because you can't migrate
to them or it's just a place you shouldn't want or migrate to or it's just a place you don't want to
be a citizen of like let's say syria and north korea there also isn't any definite way to rank
this one because they're all different they all have their own policies and their weird little
ins and outs to become a citizen or a naturalized citizen or whatever you're trying to do so i kind
of winged it in the order of which country has the toughest immigration laws or is the hardest ones
to become a citizen of all right let's see what we found number 10 china the nationality law of the
people's republic of china allows foreigners to become naturalized citizens if they have relatives
who are chinese citizens or you have another legitimate reason to want to seek naturalized
citizenship or citizenship in the long run and that one's up to their discretion i mean you
could say i've got a giant business here and you guys make a lot of money off me and they go no we
don't like you pound sand pal they could be like that with it it's a judgment call for them it's
weird if you don't have a relative who is actually a chinese citizens the chance of you becoming a
chinese citizen yourself are remote on a good day according to the cia naturalization is possible
but it is extremely difficult long-term residency has requirements but they're really not specific
on them they change all the time it's really really weird so to actually say that it's like
there's you know you gotta be naturalized citizen for five years and then you can apply to become
a citizen there's nothing like that you gotta have a reason and then they kind of just decide
number nine the united states the united states as a country was actually started by immigrants
we all know that and for a long time we wanted everyone it even said it on the statue of liberty
that was kind of the open door policy well not really open door you still had to apply and all
that stuff back then but we wanted everyone the united states has been bipolar when it comes
to immigrants some decades we want them other decades we blame them for everything from poverty
inflation aids and probably jock itch at some point since 9 11 the process has become more and
more complicated as we've used immigration laws to try and protect citizens from harm i'm not saying
any of that is right or wrong or good or bad i'm just explaining why but i promise that won't stop
someone from being offended never fails someone's always got to be offended how people get their
identity these days it's how they get attention that's how they get their feeling of self-worth
i think being offended weird anyway unless a person is coming to the united states through
a family member or an approved job we actually have a list of jobs you can come here for
it is very difficult to establish legal permanent residency there are different refugee categories
that help people get their green card a little bit faster and after that you gotta wait on a lottery
system those who have had permanent residency status for five years can begin the process
of applying for citizenship by filling out an application and taking a test which includes
knowledge of the history of the united states and the government and also of the english language we
want you to speak english i guess if you get here and after all that you must swear an oath to the
constitution now we're not going to get into all the different illegal immigrations where
you have people coming up from the south or you have actually have people coming from europe and
stuff that you know they get here and they just overstay with their intended purposes sometimes
it takes us a long time to track them down and they've been here for 10 15 years i know one guy
that's from england he lived here for 11 years he had nobody back in england and they finally
caught up with him they sent him back there he didn't know anyone there he's like what what am
i supposed to do here it was weird he eventually made it back and went through the process
number eight switzerland now you'll learn on this list that for some reason
the countries that are in the alps really don't want people moving in
according to a law that went into effect in 2018 to live in switzerland permanently you
must have lived in the country for 5 or 10 years and have had a working permit called
a c permit that whole time and they don't care who you're related to here the c permit which allows
you to live and work in the country requires five years of continuous residency in switzerland
for european union canada and u.s citizens if you're from a country outside the u.s canada or
the european union you have to have a c permit for 10 years and not be convicted of a crime and no
yodeling out of tune is not a crime in switzerland i don't care what you heard it's just frowned upon
i actually know a girl that went to a yodeling class like more than once she wanted to learn how
to yodel she's from beaverton oregon why do you need to yodel in the first place and really why do
you need to yodel in beaverton oregon but i mean everyone's kind of weird here we're just outside
of portland so that kind of makes sense yodeling kind of goes with the territory here i guess
number seven kuwait kuwait makes you wait for quite a while in 1999 they passed a law really
putting the clamps on immigration it is called the nationality law of 1999. here's how it works
after living in kuwait for 20 years 15 if you're from another arab country but if you're from the
united states or something it's 20 years you can apply to be granted kuwaiti citizenship but only
if you are a muslim by birth or conversion if you're converted you must have been practicing
for five years at least i don't know how they know you've been practicing for five years they
take your word is there a test they put you through to see if you're a very good muslim
i don't know i don't know how they figure out how long you've been practicing anyway you must also
speak fluent arabic they don't cut you much slack if you marry a kuwaiti man either the law also
states that the wife of a kuwaiti man can ask to become a citizen after being married for 15 years
there's no guarantee to this one it's another one of those things where it's a judgment call
i saw one video where they asked a kuwaiti man what if a man marries a kuwaiti woman
can he become a citizen in kuwait and the dude just looked at the camera very seriously and said
that's not allowed now i did some research on that one i couldn't find out if it actually was
but i think it's very frowned upon who knows
number six the united arab emirate the uae is like a marathon when it comes to citizenship
they will let you apply to be a citizen if you have legally resided in the country for 30 years
now that's according to the cia website if you're going to sit in that heat for 30 years you better
get citizenship could you imagine living there 30 years and they say no then they tell you
they're going to send you back to your family in the u.s you're at the airport you're like
hold on a second i moved here when i was 40. i'm 70. everyone i know in the united states
is dead why are you sending me back that'd be horrible anyway federal law number 17 as it's
called states that if you're an arab citizen from oman qatar or bahrain you can apply for
naturalization after three years of residency arabs from other countries are eligible after
seven years of residence in the uae now here's a twist if you're a female citizen of the uae
married to a foreign man you can't pass citizenship off to your kids yeah that sucks
number five austria austria like most european countries have some strict immigration laws
austria likes to kick it up a notch with some extra hoops and one of the longest paths to
citizenship everyone that's not a citizen of an eu country and plans on staying longer
than six months has to have a residence permit before you even get into austria if you want to
stay longer than two years you must sign an integration agreement basically you promise
to try and be an austrian or at least like the austrian people by learning german and
their social norms permanent residents must live in the country continually for 10 years before
they're eligible to apply for citizenship after applying your chance of gaining citizenship are
less than ideal they're actually it doesn't happen too often if approved applicants
must renounce any other citizenship so there goes that american citizenship
number four japan japan used to be considered one of the easier countries to become a naturalized
citizen things changed in 2009 what you need now is to be a professional a university degree
or a lot of professional experience in the field that they need will get you a visa in most cases
but most also require that you have a prospective employer as a sponsor resident's permission is
granted in periods between four months and five years and it is extendable now here's
where it got weird in 2009 they passed a law that offered unemployed latin american immigrants 3
000 us dollars to leave japan and return to their home country their family members were also given
2 000 us dollars for relocation there was one catch to this though you only get the payment if
you promised never to return to japan to work you could show up as a tourist no working number three
cutter they have a saying cutter if your father isn't qatari then neither are you that counts
even if your mother is only the father counts in this situation now you can't get citizenship
maybe if you've been a legal resident in qatar for 25 years without leaving the country for
more than two consecutive months you can apply for citizenship the chance of you getting it are very
slim you can get work visas that's easy they don't really have much of a problem there but actually
living in the country long term they kind of don't want you qatar naturalizes less than 50 foreigners
a year that's it 50 foreigners naturalized citizens aren't treated the same way under the law
as citizens born in qatar and this is because the country provides very very generous government
benefits that would be extremely expensive if they started handing it out to anyone that showed up on
their shore and trust me if they did start getting it more people would be showing up on their shore
number two liechtenstein is beautiful small and most people don't even know it exists
and i get the feeling they like it that way they're so small google forgot about it when
they started doing their street view thing yeah they have no street view just tourists who took
pictures around there it's hard to get information on this country too this is a little country in
the alps with the rhine river flowing along its entire western border they only have about 40
000 residents and the country's immigration policies are kind of designed to keep it that way
if you want to become a citizen you need to live in liechtenstein for at least 30 years with every
year before you turn 20 counting is two so that's nice you get a little credit for being a kid
if you're married to a liechtenstein citizen and already live in the country that time period can
be shortened down to five years of marriage if you want a shortcut from the 30-year residency
requirement you can ask the community to vote on you after 10 years yeah they all get together in
a little town hall thing and they vote whether to let you be a citizen or not kind of weird but
if you ever do become a liechtenstein citizen you got to give up your old citizenship doesn't
matter where you came from all right before we get to number one don't forget to hit that
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and number one vatican city yeah vatican city is actually a country it's actually the smallest
country on earth it's also the hardest country to become a citizen of vatican city has around
800 residents with only about half actually being citizens now there isn't a lot of ways to
become a citizen here you can't just decide you want to go there and become a citizen you can
only become a citizen in vatican city if you are a cardinal living in the city if you're a worker
living in city for the catholic church you can also ask to be a citizen but there's no guarantees
there i did read that the worker thing has a time frame but i found different amounts of time so it
ranges anywhere from 10 to 30 years so you got to be working for the catholic church for quite
some time then you have to ask to be a citizen and then it's either yay or nay there's no real
way of telling how they're gonna react i guess you gotta keep your nose clean and be a good catholic
and you could stay in the big city i guess who knows but it is beautiful if you ever get a chance
go by and see it i don't even care if you're not a catholic go by and see this place they have tours
all right that is today's video i hope you guys enjoyed it hope you got some
information out of it beginning of the information when it comes to immigration
and things like that there's a lot that goes into it i'm big time just
brushing over it if this is something you guys really want to look into all these countries
have websites i would encourage you to take a look and see if it's something you want to
actually go through all right everybody have a great day be nice to each other