Your European lineage, charted with care.
Karte Global helps American families research and pursue European citizenship and relocation pathways through descent, ancestry, and other heritage-based routes.
A passport you may never need to use is still worth holding. For this generation and the next.
Four countries. One careful process.
Each European country has its own rules, its own paperwork, and its own quirks. We focus deeply on four where the descent pathways are most navigable for American families.
European citizenship is one pathway. Visa-based relocation is another. Our companion service supports families exploring digital nomad routes, EU Blue Card, freelance visas, and the broader work of planning a European move.
One path, charted in stages.
Your matter moves forward one defined stage at a time. Each stage has a clear deliverable, and you decide whether to continue at every step.
From the Roadmap onward, you are invoiced only after each stage is delivered. There is no large fee paid upfront. The $49 screening is paid at booking and credited in full against your Roadmap. Every stage is quoted before any work begins, and you choose whether to proceed, and how far.
Eligibility Screening
Thirty minutes to get your matter moving: what you know about your family history, what you are hoping citizenship will do for you, and whether anything in the picture is an obvious non-starter. Real eligibility work is the Pathway Assessment below, because it takes hours of research rather than a conversation. This call tells you whether that research is worth commissioning.
- A 30-minute video or phone call
- A short intake form beforehand, so the call starts with substance, not paperwork
- A working conversation about your family history and what you want from a second citizenship
- A check for obvious non-starters against the parameters of the four pathways we work in
- A clear scope of what the assessment would need to research, so you know what you would be buying
Your $49 is credited in full against the Pathway Assessment & Roadmap when you commission it.
Pathway Assessment & Roadmap
A thorough written roadmap for your family history, researched against published nationality rules and current consular practice, and yours to keep whatever the outcome. It documents which pathways your ancestry appears to engage, what each one requires, and every record your matter will need, which is what each stage below is quoted from.
- A 60–90 minute working session
- A researched review of what each pathway requires, with the reasoning behind it
- A written assessment, yours to keep whatever the answer
- A full document inventory and a realistic timeline where a pathway appears open
- A visa-based alternative via MoveMeTo.EU where one does not
From here, every stage is quoted from your Roadmap before any work begins, and invoiced only once it is delivered. You review each stage, then decide whether to continue.
Records & Research
We locate and obtain the documents your application requires, working one defined round at a time across the registries and archives that hold them. Each round ends with records in hand and a short status report, then your decision to continue.
- Vital records procurement
- Archival and church-book research where a record calls for it
- Certified translations, coordinated
- Apostilles and legalization
- A status report at the close of each round
Dossier Assembly
Your complete, file-ready application package, organized exactly as the receiving authority or court expects to see it.
- Application forms prepared
- Records, translations, and apostilles assembled in order
- A submission-ready dossier, reviewed against the authority's checklist
Filing & Authority Liaison
Submission and structured support in responding to the authority's questions, through to the decision.
- Submission coordination
- Structured responses to authority queries
- Foreign counsel referrals where a legal question arises
Concierge
For families establishing themselves abroad once citizenship is secured: a tailored read on where to land and how to settle, built around your life rather than a brochure.
- A personalized analysis of which cities and towns fit you, down to the neighborhood, with interactive tools to compare them
- Step-by-step integration through official channels, including registration and residency formalities
- Schooling options and how the system is structured, where it applies
- How to function financially: banking, credit and lending, and investing in property
From first call to filed application.
We talk
A focused 30-minute call to understand your family history and what you want from a second citizenship, and to rule out any obvious non-starters before research begins.
We plan
A researched review of which pathways appear open to you and, where one does, your roadmap to it: document requirements, realistic timelines, and an honest read on complexity and cost.
We execute
Document gathering, translation, apostilles, and coordination through to your submission, then the relocation when you're ready.
Built from lived experience.
Karte Global is led by Justin Fuhrmann, a dual American and German citizen who obtained his German citizenship through descent. The work is personal before it is professional.
"I didn't set out to build a business. I started telling friends how I'd obtained my dual citizenship, and so many of them wanted to do the same but had no idea where to begin or felt overwhelmed by the process. This practice exists for anyone who finds themselves in that situation."
Justin holds a law degree (Juris Doctor) from Villanova University and a Bachelor of Science degree from Ithaca College. He has spent over a decade working at a professional services firm in Arlington, Virginia where he leads project teams that translate dense regulation into actionable guidance for clients. He is not acting as an attorney and does not provide legal services or legal advice through Karte Global, and no attorney-client relationship is created. His legal education and work experience inform his ability to navigate challenging citizenship-by-descent work.
He also serves as Vice Chair of the Arlington County Transportation Commission and President of the Columbia Forest Civic Association, navigating challenging bureaucratic environments. Put that experience to work on your matter.
Reach Justin directly at justin@karteglobal.com.
Start with a conversation.
A 30-minute screening is the fastest way to find out whether a full assessment is worth commissioning, and what it would need to research. Your $49 is credited in full against the Roadmap if you continue. From there, each stage is defined, quoted, and invoiced only once it is delivered.
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