Category: CBI

Which is the fastest citizenship by investment passport program? We have some answers for you. In 2019, Vanuatu and Saint Lucia has significantly improved their application processing times. As of today, Vanuatu has the fastest passport for investment. Vanuatu approves all applications and issues passports within 1 month time. Most caribbean countries take 2 months…

We have coined new term “Yellow” citizenship and launched as new brand for the Citizenship by Investment (CBI/CIP) industry. The word comes from gold which glitters with shiny yellow color. The Yellow citizenship is an instant citizenship acquired within 3 months under CBI programs. Prices start from $100,000 and such schemes currently running in 12…

We have developed a PBS ranking model taking into account 30 very important factors to rank the Best CBI program out of 14 schemes that exist in Europe, Caribbean, Asia and Oceania.   Our first of the kind mathematical model in the CBI industry, gives answer on which is the best citizenship by investment program in the…

New tool to compare the prices of citizenship by investment (CBI) programs and find the cheapest citizenship program in terms of prices.   The automatic tool calculates the donation fee, real estate fee, due diligence fee, passport fee for single applicants, spouses and family members for 10 CBI countries.   Antigua Dominica Grenada Malta Cyprus…

Gold passports have become a modern day ultimate luxury status symbol replacing fast cars, yachts and expensive jewellery among the rich and wealthy. The Rich and wealthy are spending six figures for passports and citizenship.   According to a recent Knight Frank 2019 survey, there are an estimated 71,300 UHNWI’s already hold a second passport. That is one…

Saint Lucia has amended Citizenship By Investment Act 2019 allowing the possibility of citizenship holders include dependants within 5 years post granting citizenship.   CIP Saint Lucia invites CBI applicants to invest in non-interest bearing government bonds USD 500,000.   The bond investment is the cheapest compared to donation option. Financing  possible for certain applicants,…

Grenada has made significant changes to its citizenship-by-investment (CBI) program from 1 April 2019.   This makes Grenada’s minimum price point for real estate investment to $220,000 much more competitive with neighboring jurisdictions, although it is only applicable in cases where applicants co-invest in a unit or property. These significant enhancements to the Grenada Citizenship-by-Investment (CBI)…

Best Citizenships (BC) designed a new ranking model for CBI passports based on Points Based Scoring (PBS) system. Although many indexes exist for ranking CBI passport, many are not exhaustive, or rely on visa free access to rank Citizenship By Investment (CBI) passports.   The ranking model takes into account over 25 factors into our model from…

The Golden visa schemes (also known as RBI schemes) are more popular than citizenship by investment schemes in 2019.  As of 2019, RBI schemes have collected $80 billion in FDI compared to $10 billion of CBI schemes.  With residence schemes, investors do not have to worry about dual citizenship issues associated with countries prohibiting it.…