Comparing Citizenship by Investment Programs

Best Citizenships

September 8, 2019

We have compiled the data for comparing citizenship by investment (CBI/CIP) schemes. This data consists of 30 very important factors to rank best citizenship by investment scheme to apply. The comparison chart gives you in-depth knowledge into the countries running CBI schemes and you will have a chance to decide which country is the best for you taking into account education, healthcare and passport power.

European countries clearly outrank caribbean and other countries in so many ways, undoubtedly these are best countries to live, work, study and do business with utmost personal freedom.

Citizenship by Investment (CBI)	Malta	St Kitts & Nevis	Antigua & Barbuda	Grenada	Dominica	St Lucia	Vanuatu	Turkey
Pricing	€750K	$250K	$100K	$150K	$100K	$100K	$130K	$400K
Real Estate	Rent / Buy	$400K	$200K	$220K	$200K	$200K	$175K	$400K
Family friendly	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Safety Score	66.47	45.59	32.72	72.9	57.9	52.9	66.69	59.6
Visa free countries	186	155	150	146	143	146	99	115
Personal visit required	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
EU schengen – Visa free	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no
Visa free to United Kingdom	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	no
Visa free to United States	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
Visa free to Canada	yes	eTA	eTA	no	no	eTA	no	no
Visa free to Russia	no	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	no
Visa free to China	no	no	no	yes	no	no	no	no
GDP billion	20	0.89	2.3	1.8	0.6	2.6	0.7	2300
GDP per capita $	44587	15573	25998	16600	9720	15225	2631	8625
Population	432K	55K	103K	108K	74K	179K	276K	81M
CBI Passport time (months)	12	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Residency conditions	12 months	0	5 days	0	0	0	0	Yes
Privacy	Low	HIgh	High	High	Low	High	High	HIgh
Dual citizenship	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Oath ceremony	yes	No	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
EU passport	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
E-2 treaty with US	no	no	no	yes	no	no	no	yes
Education Rank	48	130	129	95	97	117	148	76
Healthcare Rank	5	100	86	85	35	68	127	70
HDI Rank	29	72	70	75	103	90	138	64
Publish names in Gazette	yes	no	no	no	yes	no	no	no
Government Debt	0.527	0.658	0.927	0.844	0.81	0.829	0.313	0.296
Personal Income Tax	0.35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.35
Strong currency	EUR	XCD	XCD	XCD	XCD	XCD	VT	TKL
Due Diligence	Very Strict	Good	Good	Good	Good	Strict	Good	Good
Refusal rate	High	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low
CBI Transparency	Very Good	Bad	Good	Good	Bad	Average	Bad	Average
Passport Validity	10	10	5	5	10	5	10	10
Biometric Passport	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Right to Vote / Government Office	yes	no	no	yes	yes	yes	no	yes
Third Generations	yes	no	no	yes	no	no	no	yes
Passport renewal fee (USD)	570	350	300	175	1200	80	160	180

This data was used in our PBS scoring model to rank which CBI scheme is best to apply. We assigned points to these data and the results came through were very interesting. You will notice

St.Kitts and St.Lucia having the fastest processing times within a month
Grenada is the most valuable and best passport
St Kitts passport has access to most visa free countries in the Caribbean.
Grenada, St Lucia and Antigua are very family friendly citizenship programs, accepting even siblings and grandparents.