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UAE Golden Visa

UAE Golden Visa

The United Arab Emirates has become a hotspot for golden visa investments in recent years due to its prime real estate market, international flight connections to anywhere in the world and flexible visa regime attracting a huge number of international investors. Dubai and Abu Dhabi are the main regions receiving foreign direct investments. In 2019, the UAE Government has launched…

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What is a Golden Visa?

What is a Golden Visa?

Golden Visa programs are residence by investment schemes that offer instant permanent residency in exchange for investments. The investments could be active or passive in real estate, business capital, job creation and purchase of interest free government debts (bonds, stocks, securities). The short form for Golden Visa is “GV” Portugal first invented the name “Golden Visa” in 2012, when it…

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Important tips for passport investors

Important tips for passport investors

We give some important tips for all those interested in acquiring a passport through citizenship by investment (Cbi) programs. These are so important and we recommend every passport buyer interested to carefully read and digest the below information before contacting us. Having a basic knowledge in the passport subject will help you make the right decision. This will also save…

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How do i trust CBI passport programs?

How do i trust CBI passport programs?

A number of HNW investor clients have contacted us questioning how to trust citizenship by investment programs that offer fast track passports for investment. To us they have little or no idea about CBI and they did not do enough homework from their side. A simple google search with the key world citizenship by investment should show up government websites…

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‘CBI’ is Citizenship By Investment

‘CBI’ is Citizenship By Investment

‘CBI’ is a short form or abbreviation for Citizenship by investment. This short form ‘CBI’ is widely and commonly used across by many lawyers, immigration firms, governments, real estate developers and other firms in the investment immigration industry offering citizenship and residence schemes. You will find this acronym frequently  in websites, blogs, news and social media sites.. We designed this…

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Commonly used Abbreviations

Commonly used Abbreviations

These are the most commonly used abbreviations (short forms) frequently used to communicate in the immigration and citizenship matters. It is very important to understand these terms to avoid any confusion during any communication. Acronyms / Abbreviations CBI – Citizenship  By Investment CIP – Citizenship by Investment Program CBI/CIP – Citizenship by investment (program) RBI – Residence by Investment (RBI)…

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What is CBI?

What is CBI?

The CBI is a short form or acronym for Citizenship By Investment (CBI). This short form is widely used in marketing and promotions across the immigration industry. CBI or Investor citizenship schemes allow a person to obtain a new nationality based on investment alone, according to European Commissions definition. Citizenship by investment (CBI) schemes offer a fast track citizenship to foreign…

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About Citizenship By Investment Units

About Citizenship By Investment Units

Citizenship by investment programs administered governments require setting up Citizenship by investment units (CIU) to oversee proper functioning of the programs. The citizenship by investment regulations require establishment of CIU’s as a separate agency to oversee smooth operations and and functioning of CBI programs. Please see here list of authorities processing golden visas. CIU’s play a key role such as Application receiving,…

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How to buy a passport from home legally?

How to buy a passport from home legally?

Citizenship by investment programs offer a legitimate benefit of legally acquiring citizenship and passport from the comfort of your home, without setting setting any foot outside your country. It is Real and it is actually happening in 2020! How is this even possible? There are only six countries in the world that operate a citizenship investment programs, where it is…

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