112 UGLOBAL IMMIGRATION MAGAZINE
INVESTOR STORY AMERICAN INVESTOR TURNS GLOBAL CITIZEN BY PURSUING HIS THIRD PASSPORT IN BULGARIA
BY SALMAN SIDDIQUI , STAFF WRITER
How Oleg Sherbakov , a Russian native who later became a U . S . citizen , is in the process of getting his third passport to Bulgaria during the pandemic .
One lesson the post-pandemic world has taught wealthy individuals and investors , it is the fact that one citizenship or a single passport , even if it is from a powerful country like the U . S ., might not be enough , especially in times of crisis .
Here ’ s one heartwarming story of one such American , whose life journey as an immigrant took him from his birthplace of Belarus to Moscow for higher studies and then for work in the U . S ., where he became successful and eventually an American citizen . Later , as time passed and his children grew up and moved to Europe , he felt the need for acquiring a European passport as well , and this time he settled for the CBI route and narrowed down his options to the Bulgarian citizenship program . This is Oleg Sherbakov ’ s story , who successfully managed to get Bulgarian citizenship in three years despite the challenges posed by the pandemic , allowing him to not worry about the process , and as he put it , just “ go out and ride my horse ” on his ranch in the U . S . while professionals took care of his dual citizenship aspirations .
Who is Oleg Sherbakov and what is his life with his family like in California ?
My name is Oleg Sherbakov , and we are the happy family living on 13 acres of a farmland ranch in California , with 2 horses , 6 goats , 11 alpacas and llama , just 25 minutes drive from the heart of the Silicon Valley ( Intel , Cisco , Google ). Almost all my professional life I worked as the