Citizenship by investment programs (CIP) programs offer immediate citizenship and passport to foreign investors. The demand for citizenship-by-investment passport programs is of historic high in 2019. It is possible to get a fast track citizenship within 3 -4 months, waiving naturalisation requirements such as residency, paying taxes language requirement etc.

A second passport is a great way to diversify your assets and life abroad. CBI passports offer visa free travel to 26 schengen countries, United Kingdom, Singapore and over 110 countries in the world. This will save lot of your time applying for visa application process every time.

The citizenship by investment industry is $2 billion market yearly and is growing at a pace of 20% each year.

The most popular CBI passports are St Lucia and Dominica. All the programs require rigorous background screening checks and passports are refused if found to have any criminal background or fraud.

Dual citizenship is permitted in all these countries but those come from countries where dual nationality is prohibited or illegal must consult a lawyer. If you find dual citizenship is an issue, apply for golden visa schemes and take only residency.

1. Moldova

Moldova Passport

EUR 100,000 one time donation to Public Fund (closed)
New citizenship by investment program opened Nov 2018
Best CBI passport in eastern europe.
No residency requirements or interviews or language tests.
Visa free travel to EU schengen countries, Russia etc.

2. Grenada

USD 150,000 (donation one-time to government fund) or USD 350,000 (real estate investment)
Best CBI passport in the Caribbean.
Grenada passport in 2-3 months with citizenship certificate
No interviews, No language tests, No business experience.
Only CBI passport in the Caribbean offering visa free travel to China.
Apply for E-2 business visa to United States as a ‘citizen’ of Grenada.
Grenada passport offers visa free travel to China, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany to 110 countries.
Lifetime Citizenship for family and children.
No requirement to live in Grenada.
Permanent residence card issued with citizenship.
Grenada passport issued valid for 5 years.
No wealth, gift, inheritance, foreign income or capital gains tax
Confidential application process.
Citizenship not reported to other countries.

3. St Kitts & Nevis

USD 150,000 Sustainable Growth Fund (SGF) or USD 200,000 (real estate investment)
Economic Citizenship by investment programme (CIP)
Oldest and most popular citizenship program since 1984
Citizenship possible through $400,000 property investment in St Kitts real estate.
Citizenship granted in 3-4 months with passport
No interviews, No language tests, No business experience.
St Kitts passport offers visa free travel to United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany to 120 countries.
Citizenship for family and children.
No residence requirements and no requirement to visit or live in St Kitts
No wealth, gift, inheritance, foreign income or capital gains tax
Discrete and Confidential application process.
Citizenship not reported to other countries.
Lifetime citizenship for family and children
St Kitts passport issued is valid for 10 years.

4. Vanuatu

USD 130,000 one time contribution (single) or USD 180,000 (family.
Vanuatu Citizenship by Investment – Vanuatu CIP
Qualifying investments: One time contribution
Vanuatu citizenship in 2 months
No income tax, capital gains or estate taxes.
Only CBI passport to have visa free travel to Russia
Vanuatu passport offers visa free access to 126 countries including EU schengen states, UK, Russia.
Freedom becoming a dual citizen.
Additional costs apply for family application.

5. Montenegro

New Special Citizenship program opened in Jan 2019
EUR 250,000 (real estate investment), plus additional EUR 100,000 Government contribution.
Montenegro is a future candidate country for EU membership and Schengen area in 2025
Permanent residency issued within 3 weeks.
Dual citizenship allowed
Lifetime citizenship for family and children.
No residency requirements.
Visa free travel to EU schengen countries, Turkey, Russia etc.
Citizenship by admission scheme limited to 2000 family applications
CIP scheme will run only for three years from Jan 1, 2019 to Dec 31, 2021

Montenegro passport

6. Saint Lucia

USD 100,000 (one-time donation to Government fund from 2017) or USD 200,000 real estate investment or USD 500,000Government bonds
Newly launched CBI program in the Caribbean.
Cheapest citizenship program for family.
Cheapest and most popular citizenship program in the Caribbean in 2017
Best 2nd passport in the Caribbean
No requirement to visit the country for citizenship
Processing time is 2-3 months
No interviews, No english tests, No business experience, No miltary service.
Visa free travel to United Kingdom, 26 Schengen countries
Lifetime citizenship with onetime lump investment.
No residence requirements. No citizenship tests.
No wealth, gift, inheritance, foreign income or capital gains tax

St Lucia passport

7. Dominica

USD 100,000 (donation to Government) or USD 200,000 (real estate investment)
Cheapest Citizenship by investment (CBI) passport.
Best 2nd passport in the Caribbean.
Dominica Citizenship in 4-6 months with passport
No requirement to visit Dominica.
Citizenship for spouse, children and parents.
Visa free travel to 26 EU schengen countries, United Kingdom, Singapore up to 110 countries.
Citizenship for family and children.
Dominica passport issued valid for 10 years
No wealth, gift, inheritance, foreign income or capital gains tax
Confidential application process through authorized agent.

Dominica passport

8. Antigua & Barbuda

USD 100,000 (one-time donation to NDF government fund)
Economic Citizenship by investment program (CIP)
Qualifying investments (donation, real estate, business capital)
Antigua citizenship/passport in 3 months.
Antigua passport valid for 5 years and must be present in the country for 5 years to renew the passport after expiry.
Permanent residence card with citizenship.
Citizenship through $400,000 real estate investment in approved Antigua property developments.
No interviews, No language tests, No business experience.
Antigua passport offers visa free travel to United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany to 120 countries.
Lifetime Citizenship for family and children against one time investment.
No wealth, gift, inheritance, foreign income, capital gains taxes
Confidential and discrete citizenship application process.
Citizenship is confidential and not reported to other countries.
Dual citizenship allowed with other countries.

Antigua and Barbuda Passport

9. Turkey

Turkey passport

Newly launched citizenship by investment in 2017.
USD 250,000 real estate or property investment or USD 500,000 bank deposit / government bonds
Permanent residency and citizenship within 4 months.
No residence or language requirements
Turkish passport offers visa free travel to 111 countries
Dual citizenship allowed in Turkey

10. Vanuatu

Vanuatu citizenship by investment

Vanuatu citizenship by investment in the South Pacific
USD 130,000 one time contribution to DSP or Contribution program
No residence requirements
Citizenship for family and children
Enjoy visa free travel to EU schengen, UK, Ireland, Russia
Vanuatu passport ranks 40th best passport in the world with visa free access to 129 countries in 2019

European Passports

All the CBI passports from Europe, are very expensive and never cheap and involves very rigorous screening process for applicants. Malta is the cheapest CBI in Europe. All other european countries require residence first and it is not possible to get EU passports not before atleast six years.

10. Malta

€750,000 Malta individual investor program (MIIP)
Malta Citizenship only after 12 months of holding residence card.
No requirement to permanently live in the Country.
No military service. language tests. No citizenship tests.
Application approval within 3-4 months.
Maltese passport after 12-15 months after proving genuine link (residency requirement)
Citizenship in the European Union.
EU passport for Family and children.
No taxes in Malta unless you decide to live there for more than 6 months.
EU/EEA citizens are eligible to apply.
Visa free travel to over 160 countries including Europe, United Kingdom, United States (ESTA).
Live, work, study, settle in any EU member states (Germany, Switzerland, France, Denmark etc..)
No requirement to live or move to Malta after the citizenship.

11. Cyprus

€2,000,000 one time investment in Real estate, Government bonds or business. (closed)
Cyprus citizenship approved after 6 months holding residence card.
Become a EU citizen through cyprus naturalisation by exception scheme.
Live, work, study in 35 EU member states (Switzerland, France, Germany, Sweden etc..)
European passport for wealthy families
Application processing time is 3 months
No residence requirements.
No military service. No language tests. No citizenship tests.
Best education, healthcare and low cost of living.
Visa free travel to UK, EU member states, Canada, Singapore etc. over 160 countries
Easy application process with high approval rates.
Dual citizenship option permitted
The acquisition of citizenship in Cyprus is not reported to other countries.
Open to all country nationals

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