Senior consultant at BRIDGES · Budapest

Darya Melnik: Residency and Citizenship

Real options instead of empty promises

I personally guide each family from the first call to the residence card: a plan with dates, one person to talk to, an answer the same day. Twelve years in relocation support, at BRIDGES since 2018.

25 countries in the guides
Darya Melnik, senior consultant at BRIDGES
25 guidesby country and program
Budapest · BRIDGESat BRIDGES since 2018
LanguagesRussian, English, Polish, Lithuanian

About me

At BRIDGES my job is to make sure a family never feels alone in a long process. I love first calls: people start out talking fast and anxiously, and by the end they have a plan and my number.

I am from Minsk, lived in Vilnius for six years, and now live in Budapest with my husband and our two daughters. I have moved with children twice myself, so I know which questions come up a week after you arrive.

MinskFaculty of International Relations, specializing in migration law. Internship at a consulate.
2012-2018, VilniusSix years at a relocation agency: residence permits in Lithuania and Poland, schools, doctors, rentals, banks.
2018, BRIDGESJoined as a senior consultant. First cases: the Greek Golden Visa and Cypriot permanent residence.
2022, BudapestMoved to the head office. I look for legal routes that are still open to families with Russian and Belarusian passports.

My country guides

A separate site for each program: costs, timelines, documents and pitfalls. Every figure comes with a date and a link to its source.

Caribbean citizenship by investment

Europe: golden visas, residence and citizenship

Middle East and Turkey

Latin and North America

Africa, Asia and Oceania

The guides are linked

Each guide links to neighboring countries and program comparisons. For example, from the Vanuatu guide you can go to Dominica and Grenada. That makes it easier to choose a route for your passport and budget.

BRIDGES

Need a personal plan?

Tell us about your family, passports and budget. Together with the BRIDGES team I will pick a program and the order of steps.

Get a consultation at BRIDGES