Citizenship-by investment programs attract a number of high net worth individuals in developing nations, looking to add a second passport in their investment portfolio. A second passport provides a greater mobility along with visa free travel freedom. The CBI passport market has turned into a $5 billion dollar industry annually along the Golden visa market
Continue reading »CIP Saint Lucia resumes processing applications from Iran
The Citizenship by Investment Unit of Saint Lucia has resumed processing of citizenship applications from Iran nationals effective from Sep 14, 2022 as per the official announcement issued to marketing promoters, authorized agents, signed by CEO of the Citizenship by Investment Unit of Saint Lucia. For a number of years, St Lucia has blacklisted nationals
Continue reading »St Lucia CIP Report (2020-2021)
St Lucia has published annual report on the citizenship by investment program which was launched in 2015. The CIP St Lucia welcomed 568 new citizens who chose to invest in Saint Lucia. The CIP program The Programme to date, has now contributed XCD$187,5 million so far since its inception. The fiscal year 2020-2021, can be termed
Continue reading »Dominica Tops Citizenship by Investment Rankings 2022
Commonwealth of Dominica’s citizenship by investment program has secured top spot in the Best Citizenship by investment rankings for 2022 based on our PBS (points based scoring) model which evaluates 38 scoring factors taken into consideration by investors before deciding the most desirable CBI program. Grenada took second place and St Lucia in third. The
Continue reading »China signs visa free agreement with Dominica
Dominica and China have signed new mutual visa waiver agreement coming into immediate effect, which will enable visa free entry of citizens of both countries taking the diplomacy to new heights. The agreement was signed on Monday, November 22, 2021 by Prime Minister Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit and the new Ambassador of People’s Republic of China
Continue reading »St Lucia passport for CBI Government bonds
The Government of Saint Lucia (GOSL) has introduced very interesting option for citizenship by investment through investing in interest free covid relief government bonds at half discounted price. St Lucia is the only CBI in the Caribbean that offers bonds as the investment route for CBI. Applications are processed and passport can be issued within
Continue reading »Two passports are better than one
When it comes to Travel and passports: The more the merrier If your ambition is to travel freely around the world, here is a pro tip: Given the shifting, odd and sometimes completely senseless restrictions imposed on international travel starting in the first quarter of 2020, do yourself a favor and acquire as many citizenships
Continue reading »Property based citizenship and residency programs
There are over 20 countries in the world offer an easy path to citizenship through property investment either directly or indirectly (residency). The bigger the investment amount, the easier becomes getting citizenship. Caribbean nations grant fast track citizenship and passport against property investment. Montenegro offers citizenship in Europe within 3 months, whereas Portugal, Spain or
Continue reading »Where to get cheapest citizenship by investment?
Saint Lucia has the cheapest CBI program in the world through the donation route. The total costs for a CBI depend on number of factors such as how many people apply as a family, age of applicants, due diligence fee, application fee and passport fee. Prices increase the more you add family members. We will
Continue reading »Which EU countries offer Golden visas?
Golden visas are pure residency schemes, should not be confused with citizenship by investment (Cbi) programs. A golden visa program is an ideal choice for investors who seek permanent residency and dont want citizenship in initial stages and aim for EU citizenship after some years of patience . If your country does not accept dual
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