Author: Best Citizenships

Turkey has third powerful passport in the middle east regional rankings, in the latest update of passport rankings released by Henley and Partners.   In the 2019 passport rankings, Turkey has the 50th best passport in the world with visa free access to 110 countries   UAE had the best passport in middle east taking…

The Montenegro Government has officially announced that the Special citizenship by investment (SCIP) will be open for applications by end of 2019 (Q4) and will  be fully functional in 2020.   The Montenegro Citizenship by Investment Program started on 1 January 2019 and it will be limited to 2,000 investors over a 3-year period.  …

Citizenship by investment (CBI/CIP) programs have been more and more popular, along with with there arises certain confusion and problems since many applications do no ask very important questions when apply with their Agents.   Applicants who turn to CIP are mostly successful businessmen or financially independent persons most do not care for voting or…

The Grenada Government has announced its commitment to make Grenada CBI more attractive and competitive. A bill for amendments for Grenada Citizenship by Investment Act 2019 has been debated in the lower house and will soon be implemented.   Removal of permanent residence as a pre-requisite for citizenship Remove the requirements for dependent children between the ages of…

The Golden visa schemes today runs in over 20 countries worldwide with US/Canada running the oldest in the world since 1990’s leading from the front. The golden visa attract some $10 billion annually We at Best Citizenships, designed a Points based scoring (PBS) model to rank golden visa schemes evaluating 10 most important ranking metrics.…

Home office has announced new changes to UK golden visa scheme known as tier1 investor visas effective from 29 March 2019.   Here are the most important changes under the new reform proposed by Home office for tier1 investor and entrepreneur category   Government bonds has been excluded Applicants must open a UK bank account…

Monaco has High proportion of multi-millionaires – approximately 2,800 of Monaco’s 40,000 residents are worth over US$10 million.

Australia was the top country worldwide for HNWI inflows in 2017, beating out its main rival the US for the third year running, according to New world wealth report.   Australia attracts significant number of HNW millionaires from China, United States and UK for a number of reasons.     Approximately 95,000 millionaires (HNWIs) migrated…

The Citizenship by investment is a new concept for corporates which only became popular and gained momentum in late 2010. Corporate investors investing in new hotels, resorts or other enterprise projects in sustainable development, are eligible for citizenship through investment schemes.   All corporate investors who own shares of certain threshold also qualify for citizenship including…

The Lisbon real estate prices  is fast growing year by year, as Portugal becomes popular with tourism, quality of life, golden visas and Airbnb . There are reasons for rise in property prices.   Brexit: United Kingdom is leaving the European Union. So the companies are moving to Portugal (and other countries as well). Awards:…