What is CBI?
Citizenship by Investment
Citizenship by investment programs (CIP) offer a fast track citizenship to foreign investors against one time economic contribution to the Government, such as buying a property or one time contribution to the Government fund. All applicants and their family members had to pay the due diligence fee and pass the background vetting checks.
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“CBI market is expected to hit $50 billion by 2025.”
Prabhu Balakrishnan, CEO of Best Citizenships
Global Market
$25bn
The first citizenship by investment scheme was introduced in 1983 by St Kitts and Nevis, since then the number of countries have been adopted CBI to raise FDI and revive property market . Currently the CBI industry is estimated to be worth $25 billion annually. The proceeds from CIP were used for economic development, welfare projects, disaster recovery and rebuilding.
15 Countries
About 15 countries legally operate CBI programs run by governments.
$25 billion
Global CBI market is valued at $25 billion annually with unprecedented demand.
50,000 Citizens
Every year some 50,000 global citizens acquire second citizenship by investing.
$200 Billion
Real Estate market linked to citizenship for investments is estimated $0.2 trillion.
St.Kitts and Nevis
Donation / Real Estate
$250,000
onwards
St.Lucia
Donation / Real Estate / Bonds
$240,000
onwards
Antigua & Barbuda
Donation / Real Estate
$230,000
onwards
Dominica
Donation / Real Estate
$200,000
onwards
Grenada
Donation / Real Estate
$235,000
onwards
Vanuatu
Donation / Real Estate
$130,000
onwards
Malta
Donation
€600,000
onwards
Turkey
Real Estate
$400,000
onwards
North Macedonia
Donation / Real Estate
$200,000
onwards
El Salvador
Donation
$1,000,000
BTC
Egypt
Donation / Real Estate
$250,000
onwards
Jordan
Donation / Real Estate
$1,000,000
onwards
Cambodia
Donation
$250,000
onwards
Laos
Honorary
$1,500,000
onwards
Samoa
Capital Investment
$1,200,000
onwards
Origins of CBI
Long History
CBI is widely used short form or acronym for “Citizenship By Investment”. CBI schemes legally allows foreign investors to obtain a new fast track nationality with passport purely on investment alone.
In 1980’s many pacific island countries operated citizenship for sale schemes. St Kitts and Nevis is the birthplace of citizenship by investment putting Caribbean islands on the map leading the global market.
CBI Programs have limited shelf life. It wont be there forever
— Prabhu, CEO of Best Citizenships
CBI Launches
St.Kitts and Nevis
1984
Dominica
1993
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Antigua & Barbuda
Grenada
2013
Saint Lucia
Vanuatu
2015
Turkiye
2017
North Macedonia
2018
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