Category: Citizenship

St Kitts remains a leader in expanding visa waivers with other countries in a bid to make St Kitts passport, one of the most powerful passports in the Caribbean when it comes to visa free travel for its citizens. From just 80 countries, the visa waivers signed for the purpose of tourism, business and visiting…

The St Lucia government has announced second extension of Special covid bonds for citizenship by investment program for one more year. The Cabinet of Ministers have approved the extension to provide 50% discount The CIP Unit will be receiving applications for Special Covid-19 Relief Bonds until Dec 31, 2022 without any interruptions. Previously the Covid…

The Popularity of Citizenship by investment programs have exploded in recent years. The Global demand for citizenship and passports remain at all time high despite travel and tourism coming to a halt. The easiest way to get a citizenship and passport quickly is through an investment. That too from the comfort of your home.  It…

The Commonwealth of Dominica is becoming an increasingly popular destination for foreign investment as foreign investors find the Caribbean territory particularly attractive as a second citizenship option as a direct result of the visa-free access afforded to Dominican passport holders. Visa-free travel has emerged as important human right in the 21st century. Investing in a…

Malta processes some 400 applications every year under its citizenship by investment program. The highly efficient vetting system developed by Malta government to screen high risk candidates is at the core of the CBI industry often touted as the gold standard. Over the past years almost one in three applications are refused under IIP. All…

Malta attracts wealth to its shores through investments in exchange for a microstate citizenship With rapidly changing globalisation  and evolving geopolitics, there is an ever-growing number of high-net-worth individuals who bring wealth, talent and skills to Malta.  They are willing to invest and relocate to give themselves and their family members the chance to broaden…

Microstates are smallest countries in the world with small land mass (less than 1000 km2) and small population (less than 500K).  It is important to understand that overseas territories, and SARs are not considered as microstates. Microstates should not be confused with micronations, which are not recognized as sovereign states. Micronation citizenships that have no…

Many people do not not know Portugal actually offers a golden visa for bank deposits and also for government bonds.  This is because SEF website only shows Capital transfer of an amount equal to or above 1 million Euros,and does not explicitly say bank deposit or govt bond option. As a matter of fact, it…

Citizenship by investment (CBI) has become increasingly popular and has become $3 billion dollar annual industry.. Small countries have significantly benefited from revenues CBI schemes selling passports. Further billions of dollars have been raised through inflows of investments in real estate. But how transparent are these investor citizenship schemes running in more than 10 countries?…

Jordan first established naturalization by investment in 1999 with its investment promotion legislation. The Jordan citizenship by investment (CBI) program was never a popular route for foreign investors, but in the last few years it has resurfaced as many high net-worth individuals (HNWI) from the Middle East are looking for security in another country and…