Citizenship and Residence by Investment
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CBI/RBI schemes in Total
The Key difference is RBI schemes offer permanent residence status with path to citizenship while CBI schemes offer instant citizenship and passports for investment. CBI passports are also known as "Golden passports"
Citizenship by Investment
Moldova
- Cheapest passport by investment scheme
- No residence requirements
- Visa free travel to 137 countries (UK, EU etc.)
- Passport valid for 10 years
- Real estate investment ($200K)
- Second citizenship for dual nationals
- Immediate Instant citizenship
- Fast processing times with confidential application
- Best Caribbean CBI Passport
- Permanent resident status + Citizenship
- Lifetime family citizenship
- E-2 treaty with United States
- Visa free travel to 143 countries to Russia, China, UK, Schengen etc.
- Processing time 3 months
- Grenada passport valid for 5 years.
- Beautiful Caribbean country popular with tourists
- No residence requirements
- Very Fast processing times
- Visa free travel to 145 countries (UK, EU etc)
- Passport valid for 5 years
- Dual citizenship allowed
- Spouse and Children qualify for citizenship later.
- Invest in Real estate for citizenship ($300,00)
- Most popular citizenship by investment
- Best and Powerful Caribbean gold passport
- Visa free travel to 152 countries (EU, UK etc)
- No physical residence conditions.
- Second passport for family.
- Real estate option for $200,000
- Passport valid for 10 years
- Accelerated citizenship processing within 60 days
- Cheap and Best Caribbean passport
- Limited Time Offer with 50% discount
- Visa free travel to 15 countries (EU, UK etc)
- Fast Processing times
- 5 day residence requirements
- Real estate option for $200,000
- Business investments qualify for citizenship
- Passport valid for 5 years
- New special citizenship by investment
- Investment + Donation model
- Joins EU and Schengen area in 2025
- Permanent residence with citizenship/passport
- Limited quota of 2000 applications
- Invest in five star hotels and resorts
- Passport valid for 10 years
- Best Golden visa in Europe
- Permanent residence card
- Invest in portuguese real estate
- Path to Citizenship after 5 years
- Capital transfer and business options
- Residence permits to all family members
- Access to healthcare and education
- Non Habitual tax regime
- Popular golden visa scheme
- Cheapest golden visa in Europe
- Invest in Greek real estate
- Permanent residence card
- No physical residence requirements
- Greece has lowest property prices in Europe.
- Strategic investment option
- Citizenship after 7 years
- Irish immigrant Investor scheme (IIP)
- Permanent resident status (stamp 4)
- 1 day physical residence requirement
- Citizenship after 5 years of living
- Irish passport more valuable as result of Brexit
- Visa free travel to 184 countries
- World class education and healthcare
- Best Citizenship in the World
- Newly launched citizenship by investment
- Passport from eastern european country
- Visa free travel to 121 countries (EU Schengen)
- Dual citizenship for family and children
- Invest in Real estate or Bonds (€250K)
- No physical residence requirement
- No requirement to live after citizenship
- Biometric Passport valid for 10 years
- Individual Investor Program (IIP)
- Become an EU citizen
- Best citizenship with powerful european passport
- Live, work, study in EU-28 countries
- Citizenship after 12 months
- Permanent residence + Citizenship
- Access to best education and healthcare
- Maltese passport valid for 10 years
- Best citizenship by investment in Europe
- Best Golden passport
- Permanent residence + Citizenship + Passport
- Full rights of establishment in EU member states
- Passport after 6 months
- Visa free travel to 173 countries
- Invest in real estate, bonds or business
- Passport valid for 10 years
- Malta Residence Visa Scheme (MRV)
- Residence by investment program (RBI)
- Full Permanent residence status
- Free movement in Schengen area
- Invest in Government stocks or bonds
- No physical residence requirements
- Invest in Malta property market
- Cheapest golden visa in Europe
- Buy property in Malta and Gozo.
- Tier 1 investor visa scheme for HNWI
- Entry clearance issued for 40 months
- Permanent settlement after five years
- British citizenship after six years
- UK offers best education and healthcare.
- Must make UK as main home to live, work and study
- Attractive investment destination for businesses
- British passport powerful and respected in the world.
- Attractive golden visa scheme in Europe
- World class healthcare best in the world
- Residence permit for property investment
- Free movement in the schengen area.
- Family, spouse and children eligible for residency
- No residence conditions.
- Spanish Citizenship after 10 years
- Spain has best EU passport in the world
- Bulgaria Immigrant Investor Program (IIP)
- Fast track citizenship by investment
- Invest in Property or Govt bonds
- Become EU citizen by investment
- Citizenship after 12 months
- Live, work, study in EU-28 member states
- Powerful passport in Europe
- Passport valid for 10 years
- Development Support Program (DSP) / Citizenship contribution scheme
- Ni-Vanuatu citizenship and passport from a Pacific country
- Fast processing times within 3 months
- Visa free access to 129 destinations (UK, EU, Russia etc)
- No residence requirements
- Dual citizenship allowed
- New citizenship by investment scheme
- Invest in turkish properties for citizenship
- Residence and Citizenship within 6 months
- Simplified application procedure
- Visa free travel to 110 countries
- No physical residence conditions
- Turkey is a $2 trillion economy, hub of Eurasia
- Dual citizenship allowed
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| Golden visa | PBS score | Rank |
 Greece | 84 | 1 |
 Malta | 83 | 2 |
 Ireland | 81 | 3 |
 United States | 80 | 4 |
 Portugal | 80 | 4 |
 United Kingdom | 79 | 5 |
 Canada | 79 | 5 |
 Italy | 79 | 5 |
 Australia | 79 | 5 |
 Netherlands | 78 | 6 |
 Spain | 78 | 6 |
 Luxembourg | 75 | 7 |
 Latvia | 75 | 7 |
 New Zealand | 73 | 8 |
 Thailand | 71 | 9 |
| CBI | PBS Score | Rank |
 Malta | 134 | 1 |
 Grenada | 130 | 2 |
 Cyprus | 126 | 3 |
 Bulgaria | 125 | 4 |
 Montenegro | 118 | 5 |
 Turkey | 116 | 6 |
 Moldova | 114 | 7 |
 St Kitts | 113 | 8 |
 Antigua | 111 | 9 |
 Dominica | 101 | 10 |
 St Lucia | 100 | 11 |
 Vanuatu | 98 | 12 |
 Cambodia | 83 | 13 |
 Samoa | 82 | 14 |
Latest News
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