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$90,000 onwards
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.
“CBI market is expected to hit $50 billion by 2025.”
Prabhu Balakrishnan, CEO of Best Citizenships
Global Market
$25 billion
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.
16 Countries
About 16 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 & Nevis
DonationReal Estate
From$250,000
- Visa-free
- 157
- Timeline
- 3–6 months
Saint Lucia
DonationReal EstateBonds
From$240,000
- Visa-free
- 143
- Timeline
- 8–20 months
Antigua & Barbuda
DonationReal Estate
From$230,000
- Visa-free
- 154
- Timeline
- 12–20 months
Dominica
DonationReal Estate
From$200,000
- Visa-free
- 144
- Timeline
- 6 months
Grenada
DonationReal Estate
From$235,000
- Visa-free
- 148
- Timeline
- 6 months
Vanuatu
DonationReal Estate
From$90,000
- Visa-free
- 85
- Timeline
- 3–6 months
São Tomé & Príncipe
Donation
From$90,000
- Visa-free
- 59
- Timeline
- 8–12 months
Türkiye
Real EstateBondsDeposit
From$400,000
- Visa-free
- 112
- Timeline
- 6–8 months
Naoero
Donation
From$90,000
- Visa-free
- 83
- Timeline
- 6 months
El Salvador
Bitcoin / USDT donation
From$1M
- Visa-free
- 130
- Timeline
- 3 months
North Macedonia
DonationReal Estate
From€200,000
- Visa-free
- 127
- Timeline
- 6 months
Egypt
DonationReal Estate
From$250,000
- Visa-free
- 49
- Timeline
- 6–12 months
Samoa
Capital Investment
FromWST 4M
- Visa-free
- 128
- Timeline
- 3 years
Cambodia
Donation
From$1M
- Visa-free
- 47
- Timeline
- Case by case
Jordan
DonationReal Estate
From$1M
- Visa-free
- 49
- Timeline
- Case by case
Laos
Honorary Citizenship
From$1.5M
- Visa-free
- 45
- Timeline
- Case by case
Malta
Citizenship by Merit
By merit
- Visa-free
- 185
- Timeline
- Case by case
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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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