Malta has the most transparent citizenship by investment scheme

Malta has the most transparent citizenship by investment scheme among all the CBI countries.

 

Malta publishes annual report about Individual Investor Program (IIP) which publishes full details on applications received, due diligence and approved citizenship applications to different nationalities. Malta also publishes names of IIP citizens in gazette every year to public.

 

In the Caribbean Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada also have transparent citizenship by investment schemes. Antigua publishes annual report of its CBI program every year, which shows how many citizenships approved specific to country.

 

Grenada publishes details of CBI scheme in report, but do not publish the nationals obtained citizenship. The report only shows investments received, and approved CBI citizens related to real estate or donation option.

 

None of the caribbean countries  publish information names of citizens who acquired CBI passport, protecting their privacy. In Contrast to Malta, Cyprus provides full privacy to those who apply under citizenship by investment program. Cyprus does not publish annual report and also does not make the names of CBI citizens public.

 

	Annual Report	Publish names of CBI citizens
Malta	Yes	Yes
Cyprus	NO	No
St kitts	No	No
Antigua	Yes	No
Dominica	No	No
Grenada	Yes	No
Moldova	Unknown	Yes
Montenegro	Unknown	Unknown
Vanuatu	No	No

 

You can read more about the reports here

 

• Malta – https://oriip.gov.mt/en/Pages/Documents-and-Links.aspx
• Antigua – http://cip.gov.ag
• Moldova – http://cbi.gov.md
• Grenada – http://finance.gd/index.php/2015-11-11-14-02-59

This article was last updated on 31 January 2019. Program prices may have changed since – see the current verified prices or our updated guide, Top Citizenship By Investment Programs 2026.