{ "title": "Citizenship investment atlas", "checked": "2026-10-13", "scope": "Programme inventory with current, historical, discretionary, announced selected investor-residence routes and explicitly labelled noncitizen travel-passport alternatives. The 250-entry country/area index is geographically complete for its stated reference; programme research is not an exhaustive census of every immigration route.", "sources": { "skn": { "id": "skn", "authority": "St Kitts and Nevis CIU", "title": "Sustainable Island State Contribution", "url": "https://ciu.gov.kn/sustainable-island-state-contribution/", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-12", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "US$250,000 main applicant or family of four; interview and due diligence. | Published contribution and fee schedule; applicant age bands and per-person/application distinctions" }, "skn-presence": { "id": "skn-presence", "authority": "St Kitts and Nevis CIU", "title": "Application process", "url": "https://ciu.gov.kn/application-process/", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-12", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Current page says no mandatory residence to maintain citizenship." }, "skn-transition": { "id": "skn-transition", "authority": "St Kitts and Nevis CIU", "title": "The year in review", "url": "https://ciu.gov.kn/news-the-year-in-review/", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-12", "published": "2026-01-15", "supports": "2026 transition and genuine-link framework; physical presence discussed." }, "ag": { "id": "ag", "authority": "Antigua and Barbuda CIU", "title": "Citizenship: options and obligations", "url": "https://cip.gov.ag/citizenship/", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-25", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "US$230,000 NDF; US$300,000 property; five days in first five years; family and screening." }, "dm": { "id": "dm", "authority": "Dominica CBIU", "title": "Economic Diversification Fund", "url": "https://www.cbiu.gov.dm/investment-options/economic-diversification-fund/", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "US$200,000 single; US$250,000 up to four; additional fees and dependants. | Published contribution and fee schedule; applicant age bands and per-person/application distinctions" }, "dm-property": { "id": "dm-property", "authority": "Dominica CBIU", "title": "Investment options", "url": "https://www.cbiu.gov.dm/investment-options/real-estate/", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Approved property US$200,000; three-year hold; government fees from US$75,000." }, "gd": { "id": "gd", "authority": "Investment Migration Agency Grenada", "title": "Becoming a citizen", "url": "https://imagrenada.gd/becoming-a-citizen/", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "NTF US$235,000; approved-project investment options; fees, interview and personal requirements. | Published contribution and fee schedule; applicant age bands and per-person/application distinctions" }, "gd-residence": { "id": "gd-residence", "authority": "IMI Daily, reporting IMA circular", "title": "Grenada defers residence requirement", "url": "https://www.imidaily.com/caribbean/grenada-defers-residence-requirement-days-before-its-august-31-commencement/", "type": "Specialist reporting — secondary", "published": "August 2026", "checked": "2026-10-12", "supports": "Reports deferral of planned 31 August residence commencement; primary circular not independently retrieved." }, "lc": { "id": "lc", "authority": "Saint Lucia CIP", "title": "Citizenship by investment: investment amounts", "url": "https://www.cipsaintlucia.com/citizenship-by-investment", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-25", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "NEF US$240,000 up to four; bonds US$300,000 plus US$50,000 administration; other options. | Published contribution and fee schedule; applicant age bands and per-person/application distinctions" }, "lc-old": { "id": "lc-old", "authority": "Saint Lucia CIP", "title": "Frequently asked questions", "url": "https://www.cipsaintlucia.com/faqs", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-12", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Conflicting older US$100,000 price; used only to document official-page inconsistency. | Published contribution and fee schedule; applicant age bands and per-person/application distinctions" }, "tr": { "id": "tr", "authority": "Presidency Investment Office, Türkiye", "title": "Acquiring property and citizenship", "url": "https://www.invest.gov.tr/en/InvestmentGuide/Pages/acquiring-property-and-citizenship.aspx", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "US$400,000 property with three-year hold; US$500,000 financial/capital routes or 50 jobs; discretionary decision." }, "eg": { "id": "eg", "authority": "Egyptian Cabinet citizenship unit", "title": "Citizenship investment options", "url": "https://www.egyptcitizenship.gov.eg/ECI/InvestmentProgram/List.aspx", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "250000 contribution;300000 property;350000 project capital+100000 contribution;500000 three-year deposit with EGP repayment;five-year asset-retention conditions." }, "eg-faq": { "id": "eg-faq", "authority": "Egyptian Cabinet citizenship unit", "title": "Frequently asked questions", "url": "https://www.ecu.gov.eg/ECI/FQA/List.aspx", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-12", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Contribution/property instalments up to a year; citizenship only after full payment." }, "vu": { "id": "vu", "authority": "Vanuatu Citizenship Commission", "title": "Official citizenship office", "url": "https://vancitizenship.gov.vu/", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-12", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Current citizenship office and DSP application information." }, "vu-price": { "id": "vu-price", "authority": "Vanuatu Citizenship Commission", "title": "DSP Regulations, Order 33 of 2019", "url": "https://vancitizenship.gov.vu/images/Order_No_33_of_2019_-_New_DSP_Regulations.pdf", "type": "Historical regulation", "checked": "2026-10-12", "published": "2019", "supports": "Government remittance structure differs from agent retail price; not treated as a current all-in tariff." }, "vu-eu": { "id": "vu-eu", "authority": "Council of the European Union", "title": "Vanuatu: Council ends visa exemption", "url": "https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2024/12/12/vanuatu-council-ends-visa-exemption/", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-12", "published": "2024-12-12", "supports": "EU removed Vanuatu from visa-exempt list." }, "nr": { "id": "nr", "authority": "Naoero Program Office", "title": "Citizenship programme costs", "url": "https://www.ecrcp.gov.nr/contribution", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "US$90,000 offer through 31 December 2026; US$5,000 application, US$6,000 due diligence, US$1,200 bank charge and US$500 passport. | Published contribution and fee schedule; applicant age bands and per-person/application distinctions" }, "nr-imf": { "id": "nr-imf", "authority": "International Monetary Fund", "title": "Nauru 2025 Article IV, Annex VI", "url": "https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/publications/cr/2025/english/1nruea2025001-source-pdf.pdf", "type": "Institutional report", "checked": "2026-10-12", "published": "2025-08-22", "supports": "2024 launch; no residence; original contribution terms; not current pricing." }, "st": { "id": "st", "authority": "Government of São Tomé and Príncipe", "title": "Government promotes responsible investment with PCID", "url": "https://stp.gov.st/noticeDetail?id=kva9jgmxtzvd4kzuw4pleldq", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-12", "published": "2025-10-21", "supports": "Government confirms citizenship program and National Transformation Fund." }, "st-price": { "id": "st-price", "authority": "Honorary Consulate of São Tomé and Príncipe, Berlin/Potsdam", "title": "Citizenship by investing", "url": "https://saotomeprincipe.de/en/citizenship-by-investing/", "type": "Official consular guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "US$90,000 single, US$95,000 up to four; no residence/visit; advertised timing, not a guarantee." }, "st-family": { "id": "st-family", "authority": "Honorary Consulate of São Tomé and Príncipe, Berlin/Potsdam", "title": "September 2026 naturalisation changes", "url": "https://saotomeprincipe.de/2026/09/21/einbuergerung-sao-tome-e-principe-aktuelles/", "type": "Official consular notice", "checked": "2026-10-13", "published": "2026-09-21", "supports": "Adult dependant naturalisation/passport stage suspended pending new law; submission/approval can continue." }, "sv": { "id": "sv", "authority": "Government of El Salvador", "title": "Freedom Passport programme", "url": "https://world.adoptingelsalvador.gob.sv/welcome", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "US$1m BTC/USDt; naturalisation authorisation required; family; 1,000 annual participants." }, "jo": { "id": "jo", "authority": "Jordan Ministry of Investment", "title": "Jordanian citizenship through investment", "url": "https://invest.jo/en/ready-doing-business/jordanian-citizenship-through-investment", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Project and existing-share pathways; temporary passport and three-year compliance distinction." }, "jo-new": { "id": "jo-new", "authority": "Jordan Prime Ministry", "title": "Cabinet decisions, 15 July 2026", "url": "https://www.pm.gov.jo/AR/NewsDetails/am0847", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "2026-07-15", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "JOD 500,000 projects outside capital/JOD 700,000 inside; JOD 1.5m listed shares five-year lock; employment routes and family." }, "ws": { "id": "ws", "authority": "Samoa Attorney General", "title": "Citizenship Investment Act 2015", "url": "https://www.ag.gov.ws/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Citizenship-Investment-Act-2015.pdf", "type": "Legislation", "published": "2015", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "SAT 4m investment; SAT 2.5m net worth; committee process." }, "ws-stay": { "id": "ws-stay", "authority": "Samoa Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour", "title": "Citizenship Investment Act, sections 16–17", "url": "https://mcil.gov.ws/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Citizenship-Investment-Act-2015.pdf", "type": "Legislation", "published": "2015", "checked": "2026-10-12", "supports": "Three-year PR stage; 15 days annually; citizenship application conditional on compliance." }, "ws-review": { "id": "ws-review", "authority": "Samoa Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour", "title": "Validation workshop on citizenship investment policy", "url": "https://mcil.gov.ws/node/89", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "2025-09-26", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Policy review of existing programme; does not itself establish amended prices or active intake." }, "at": { "id": "at", "authority": "Austrian Federal Chancellery, RIS", "title": "Citizenship Act §10(6), current consolidated law", "url": "https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/NormDokument.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10005579&Paragraf=10", "type": "Legislation", "published": "Updated 2026-06-11", "checked": "2026-10-12", "supports": "Exceptional achievements in special national interest; residence/renunciation exceptions; no tariff." }, "mt-merit": { "id": "mt-merit", "authority": "Community Malta Agency", "title": "Malta citizenship by merit", "url": "https://komunita.gov.mt/2026/02/05/malta-citizenship-by-merit/", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "2026-02-05", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Merit is discretionary and expressly not a continuation/alternative to former investment scheme." }, "mt-end": { "id": "mt-end", "authority": "Community Malta Agency", "title": "Amendments to the Maltese Citizenship Act", "url": "https://komunita.gov.mt/2025/07/23/press-release-the-government-publishes-amendments-to-the-maltese-citizenship-act/", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "2025-07-23", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Direct-investment scheme discontinued; statutory references removed." }, "mt-court": { "id": "mt-court", "authority": "Court of Justice of the European Union", "title": "Judgment C-181/23: Maltese investor scheme contrary to EU law", "url": "https://curia.europa.eu/site/upload/docs/application/pdf/2025-04/cp250052en.pdf", "type": "Court press release", "published": "2025-04-29", "checked": "2026-10-12", "supports": "2020 scheme incompatible with EU law; context for closure." }, "kh-old": { "id": "kh-old", "authority": "Council for the Development of Cambodia", "title": "1996 Law on Nationality, English translation", "url": "https://cdc.gov.kh/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/LAW-96-Nationality-E.pdf", "type": "Historical legislation", "published": "1996", "checked": "2026-10-12", "supports": "Historical donation/investment exceptions; not proof of current threshold." }, "mk-eu": { "id": "mk-eu", "authority": "European Commission / Council document register", "title": "2025 visa suspension monitoring, North Macedonia §5", "url": "https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-17100-2025-ADD-1/en/pdf", "type": "Institutional report", "published": "2025", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Special economic-interest law remains; grants in 2024; warns against systematic exchange for investment. Albania scheme not established, legal basis suspended." }, "ar": { "id": "ar", "authority": "Argentina Ministry of Economy", "title": "Announcement of citizenship by investment programme", "url": "https://www.argentina.gob.ar/noticias/luis-caputo-anuncio-la-puesta-en-marcha-del-programa-de-ciudadania-por-inversion-de", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "2026-10-02", "checked": "2026-10-12", "supports": "Announced US$350,000 contribution / US$800,000 bond; family additions; expects intake Q4 2026." }, "ar-law": { "id": "ar-law", "authority": "Argentina Ministry of Economy", "title": "Relevant investment and agency framework", "url": "https://www.argentina.gob.ar/node/474288", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "2025-07-30", "checked": "2026-10-12", "supports": "Decrees 366/25 and 524/25; investment exception regardless of residence duration; agency assessment." }, "bw": { "id": "bw", "authority": "Botswana parliamentary speeches portal", "title": "Labour and Home Affairs Committee of Supply speech", "url": "https://www.botswanaspeaks.gov.bw/media/COMMITTEE%20OF%20SUPPLY%20SPEECHES/MLHA%20-%20Committee%20of%20Supply%20Speech%20FINAL%20%20-%2024-02-2026.pdf", "type": "Government parliamentary speech", "published": "2026-02-24", "checked": "2026-10-12", "supports": "Citizenship Amendment Act 2025 passed and assented; operational tariff/intake not established here." }, "bw-intake": { "id": "bw-intake", "authority": "The Botswana Gazette", "title": "Citizenship programme stalls before launch", "url": "https://www.thegazette.news/news/citizenship-programme-stalls-before-launch/", "type": "Local reporting — secondary", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-12", "supports": "Reports formal applications remain closed; advertised US$75,000–90,000 is not confirmed regulation." }, "imf-history": { "id": "imf-history", "authority": "International Monetary Fund", "title": "Drivers and Effects of Residence and Citizenship by Investment, WP 25/8, Table A 1", "url": "https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/publications/wp/2025/english/wpiea2025008-print-pdf.pdf", "type": "Institutional historical inventory", "checked": "2026-10-13", "published": "2025-01", "supports": "Inventory through 2024; historical periods/indicative USD prices; not 2026 status." }, "cy": { "id": "cy", "authority": "Cyprus Ministry of Finance", "title": "Investment programme service-provider registry", "url": "https://cipregistry.mof.gov.cy/en/", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Terminated 1 November 2020 by 13 October 2020 Cabinet decision." }, "md": { "id": "md", "authority": "Moldova Parliament", "title": "Ex-post evaluation of Citizenship Law 1024/2000", "url": "https://parlament.md/content/Comisii/2025/CSN/RAPORT%20EX-POST%20LEGEA%20NR.1024%20CET%C4%82%C8%9AENIA%20RM.pdf", "type": "Parliamentary report", "published": "2025", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Law 111/2020 repeal effective 1 September 2020." }, "me": { "id": "me", "authority": "European Commission", "title": "Montenegro 2023 report, host copy", "url": "https://wapi.gov.me/download-preview/4441000a-7e5c-4b2c-b3f3-661bac4e8736?version=1.0", "type": "Institutional report", "published": "2023-11-08", "checked": "2026-10-12", "supports": "Investor citizenship scheme phased out end 2022; legacy applications continue." }, "bg": { "id": "bg", "authority": "Bulgarian government submission to European Commission", "title": "2023 Rule of Law contribution", "url": "https://commission.europa.eu/document/download/2d4ff806-ffab-4906-be61-f06aad3cb154_en?filename=66_1_52855_input_mem_bulgaria_en.pdf", "type": "Government submission", "published": "2023", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Investor citizenship repeal adopted March 2022, published 1 April 2022." }, "bz": { "id": "bz", "authority": "US Department of State", "title": "2003 Supporting Human Rights and Democracy, regional report", "url": "https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/18170.pdf", "type": "Archived government report", "published": "2003", "checked": "2026-10-12", "supports": "Belize economic citizenship ended 15 January 2002." }, "ie-old": { "id": "ie-old", "authority": "Houses of the Oireachtas", "title": "Passports for investment debate", "url": "https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1998-03-04/9/", "type": "Parliamentary record", "published": "1998-03-04", "checked": "2026-10-12", "supports": "Historical £500,000/£1m investment, residence terms and suspension; ministerial evidence." }, "ie-repeal": { "id": "ie-repeal", "authority": "Houses of the Oireachtas", "title": "Irish Nationality and Citizenship Bill 2004, Second Stage", "url": "https://www.oireachtas.ie/ga/debates/debate/dail/2004-10-27/23/", "type": "Parliamentary record", "published": "2004-10-27", "checked": "2026-10-12", "supports": "Ending legal interpretation underlying investment naturalisation." }, "pt": { "id": "pt", "authority": "Portugal AIMA", "title": "Residence for investment, article 90-A", "url": "https://aima.gov.pt/en/viver/autorizacao-de-residencia-para-investimento-art-90-o-a", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-12", "supports": "EUR 250k cultural support,20% low-density reduction; EUR 500k nonproperty fund; investments cannot target real estate." }, "pt-cit": { "id": "pt-cit", "authority": "Portugal Ministry of Justice", "title": "Residence-based nationality conditions", "url": "https://justica.gov.pt/Como-obter-nacionalidade-portuguesa/Vive-em-Portugal", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Detailed page currently says 10 years; compare general portal 5-year wording." }, "pt-old": { "id": "pt-old", "authority": "Portugal Ministry of Justice", "title": "Nationality portal", "url": "https://justica.gov.pt/Registos/Nacionalidade/Nacionalidade-Portuguesa", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Updated 2026-05-18", "checked": "2026-10-12", "supports": "Portal still says 5 years; documents official-page conflict." }, "gr": { "id": "gr", "authority": "Greek government housing policy portal", "title": "Increase in property thresholds for Golden Visa", "url": "https://stegasi.gov.gr/programs/afxisi-oriou-elachistis-ependysis-se-akinita-gia-apoktisi-golden-visa/", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-12", "supports": "EUR 800k high-demand regions; EUR 400k elsewhere under Law 5100/2024." }, "gr-general": { "id": "gr-general", "authority": "Greek Ministry of Migration and Asylum", "title": "Golden Visa", "url": "https://migration.gov.gr/en/golden-visa/", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-12", "supports": "Residence programme; older 250k general wording not used as universal current price." }, "it": { "id": "it", "authority": "Italian Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy", "title": "Investor Visa for Italy", "url": "https://investorvisa.mise.gov.it/index.php/en/investor-visa-how-it-works", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-12", "supports": "Investor visa process and two-year residence basis." }, "it-price": { "id": "it-price", "authority": "Italian Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy", "title": "Investor visa investment options", "url": "https://investorvisa.mise.gov.it/index.php/it/", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-12", "supports": "EUR 250k innovative startup / EUR 500k company." }, "hu": { "id": "hu", "authority": "Hungary immigration authority OIF", "title": "Residence permit for guest investor", "url": "https://www.oif.gov.hu/factsheets/residence-permit-for-guest-investor", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "EUR 250k qualifying fund units; five-year block; residence and work permission." }, "mt-pr": { "id": "mt-pr", "authority": "Residency Malta Agency", "title": "Malta Permanent Residence Programme", "url": "https://residencymalta.gov.mt/legal-framework-mprp-2/", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "EUR 60k administration,37k contribution; rent 14k/year or buy 375k; asset requirements; explicitly separate from citizenship." }, "us": { "id": "us", "authority": "US Department of State", "title": "Immigrant investor visas", "url": "https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/immigrant-investor-visas.html", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-12", "supports": "EB 5 is immigrant visa, not citizenship; enterprise/jobs, process and numeric limits." }, "us-law": { "id": "us-law", "authority": "US Government Publishing Office", "title": "8 USC1153(b)(5), statutory EB-5 capital requirements", "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title8/html/USCODE-2024-title8-chap12-subchapII-partI-sec1153.htm", "type": "Legislation", "published": "2024 codification", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "USD1050000 ordinary; USD800000 targeted/infrastructure;10 jobs; scheduled adjustment from1January2027." }, "us-gold": { "id": "us-gold", "authority": "US Department of Commerce / DHS", "title": "Trump Gold Card programme portal", "url": "https://www.trumpcard.gov/", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "US$1m contribution and US$15k processing; residence offer, background approval required." }, "us-gold-law": { "id": "us-gold-law", "authority": "The White House", "title": "Executive order 14351: The Gold Card", "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/the-gold-card/", "type": "Executive order", "published": "2025-09-19", "checked": "2026-10-12", "supports": "Expedited immigrant visa framework; subject to applicable law and security checks." }, "ie-old-end": { "id": "ie-old-end", "authority": "Ireland Immigration Service Delivery", "title": "Review of investment-based naturalisation scheme", "url": "https://www.irishimmigration.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/inv-bank-report-1.pdf", "type": "Government review", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Commenced 1989; abolished 20 April 1998." }, "gr-exception": { "id": "gr-exception", "authority": "Greek National Registry of Administrative Procedures", "title": "Investor permanent residence: change-of-use category", "url": "https://mitos.gov.gr/index.php/%CE%94%CE%94%3A%CE%9C%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%B7_%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1_%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%AE%CF%82_%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B4%CF%85%CF%84%CE%AE_%28%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%AE_%CF%87%CF%81%CE%AE%CF%83%CE%B7%CF%82%29_%E2%80%93_%CE%91%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CF%87%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AE%CE%B3%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%B7", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-12", "supports": "Specific change-of-use property category; must satisfy special statutory conditions." }, "nz": { "id": "nz", "authority": "Immigration New Zealand", "title": "Active Investor Plus Visa", "url": "https://www.immigration.govt.nz/visas/active-investor-plus-visa/", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "NZD 5m Growth 3 years /10m Balanced 5 years; PR step; includes dependants." }, "ca": { "id": "ca", "authority": "Government of Québec", "title": "Investor conditions", "url": "https://www.quebec.ca/en/immigration/permanent/immigrate-business/investors/conditions", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "2026-08-06", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "CAD 1m 5-year investment + 200k contribution; 2m net worth; French 7; 12-month stay." }, "sg": { "id": "sg", "authority": "Singapore Economic Development Board", "title": "Global Investor Programme factsheet", "url": "https://www.edb.gov.sg/content/dam/edb-en/how-we-help/global-investor-programme/GIP%20Factsheet.pdf", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-12", "supports": "S$10m business /25m fund /SFO 200 m AUM,50m deployment; PR not citizenship." }, "hk": { "id": "hk", "authority": "Invest Hong Kong New CIES Office", "title": "Investment requirement", "url": "https://www.newcies.gov.hk/en/application-procedures/application-to-investhk/investment-requirement/", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "HK$30m: 27m permissible assets + 3m portfolio; property caps." }, "hk-pr": { "id": "hk-pr", "authority": "Invest Hong Kong", "title": "New CIES launch", "url": "https://www.newcies.gov.hk/en/resources/news/new-capital-investment-entrant-scheme-opens-for-application-from-march-1/", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "2024-03-01", "checked": "2026-10-12", "supports": "Ordinary residence 7 years for PR; PR not nationality." }, "ae": { "id": "ae", "authority": "Dubai Land Department", "title": "Golden Visa application for investors", "url": "https://dubailand.gov.ae/en/eservices/request-for-golden-visa-investor/", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "AED 2m property; 10-year renewable residence." }, "am": { "id": "am", "authority": "Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs", "title": "Special residency status", "url": "https://www.mfa.am/en/special-residency-status/", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Ten-year special status; business/cultural eligibility; special passport is residence, not citizenship." }, "uk": { "id": "uk", "authority": "UK Home Office", "title": "Investor visa Tier 1 overview", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/tier-1-investor", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "No new initial applications; legacy settlement/family routes." }, "uk-date": { "id": "uk-date", "authority": "UK Home Office", "title": "Tier 1 investor guidance", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-application-for-uk-visa-as-tier-1-investor/tier-1-investor-guidance-accessible-version", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "2022-02-21", "checked": "2026-10-12", "supports": "Closed 17 February 2022; historical£2m standard." }, "ie-pr": { "id": "ie-pr", "authority": "Ireland Immigration Service Delivery", "title": "Closure of Immigrant Investor Programme", "url": "https://www.irishimmigration.ie/minister-harris-announces-closure-of-the-immigrant-investor-programme/", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "2023-02-14", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "New-intake closure 15 February 2023; legacy processing and limited transition." }, "es": { "id": "es", "authority": "Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Boston Consulate", "title": "Investor visa closure", "url": "https://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/boston/en/ServiciosConsulares/Paginas/Consular/Visado-de-inversor.aspx", "type": "Consular guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Investor visa unavailable from3April2025." }, "au": { "id": "au", "authority": "Australian Department of Home Affairs", "title": "Subclass 188 / BIIP closure", "url": "https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/business-innovation-and-investment-188", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Updated 2026-07-01", "checked": "2026-10-12", "supports": "BIIP closed 31 July 2024; significant investor AUD 5m; premium closed 1 July 2024." }, "nl": { "id": "nl", "authority": "Netherlands IND", "title": "Business newsletter 21 May 2024", "url": "https://ind.nl/en/documents/06-2024/business-newsletter-21-may-2024.pdf", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "2024-05-21", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "No applications for wealthy foreign-national residence since 17 April 2024." }, "ca-old": { "id": "ca-old", "authority": "Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada", "title": "Federal investor backlog termination", "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/notices/notice-termination-backlog-applications-federal-immigrant-investor-program-federal-entrepreneur-program.html", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "2014-06-19", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Federal programme termination distinct from provincial investor selection." }, "nz-old": { "id": "nz-old", "authority": "Immigration New Zealand", "title": "Investor 1 visa", "url": "https://www.immigration.govt.nz/visas/investor-1-resident-visa/", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Closed to new applicants 28 July 2022; replaced by AIP." }, "ag-fees": { "id": "ag-fees", "authority": "Antigua and Barbuda CIU", "title": "NDF and government fee schedule", "url": "https://cip.gov.ag/schedule-of-fees/", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-25", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "NDF contribution, processing, due diligence and passport fees for principal and dependants. | Published contribution and fee schedule; applicant age bands and per-person/application distinctions" }, "ag-ndf": { "id": "ag-ndf", "authority": "Antigua and Barbuda CIU", "title": "National Development Fund", "url": "https://cip.gov.ag/investment-options/ndf/", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-12", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "US$230,000 contribution; US$10,000 single processing; US$20,000 family processing." }, "vu-current": { "id": "vu-current", "authority": "Vanuatu Citizenship Office and Commission", "title": "Citizenship fees and charges", "url": "https://vancitizenship.gov.vu/index.php/citizenship/fees-and-charges", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Published government tariff: US$130,000 single; US$180,000 married couple and two children; US$5,000 FIU diligence." }, "uk-visits": { "id": "uk-visits", "authority": "UK Home Office", "title": "Appendix Visitor: visa national list", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-visitor-visa-national-list", "type": "Immigration rules", "checked": "2026-10-13", "published": "2026-10-08", "supports": "Current ordinary-passport visit-visa requirements. Rules updated 8 October 2026." }, "lc-uk": { "id": "lc-uk", "authority": "UK Home Office", "title": "Saint Lucia visit-visa requirement", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/over-370-million-saved-in-crackdown-on-asylum-claims-by-tourists", "type": "Government announcement", "checked": "2026-10-12", "published": "2026-03-05", "supports": "Saint Lucia visit visas required from 5 March 2026; transitional period has ended." }, "uk-eta": { "title": "Check if you can get an electronic travel authorisation (ETA)", "authority": "UK Visas and Immigration", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-when-you-can-get-an-electronic-travel-authorisation-eta", "checked": "2026-10-13", "id": "uk-eta" }, "ge-residence": { "id": "ge-residence", "authority": "Georgia Public Service Development Agency", "title": "Migration and residence permits", "url": "https://sda.gov.ge/en/products/migration-residence-permits/", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Property value must exceed USD150,000 for short-term residence. Investment residence requires at least USD300,000 investment or property value exceeding USD300,000; household, assessment, five-year and turnover conditions apply." }, "ge-citizenship": { "id": "ge-citizenship", "authority": "Georgia Public Service Development Agency", "title": "Georgian citizenship by exception", "url": "https://sda.gov.ge/en/products/citizenship/", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Article17 presidential discretion; substantial economic investment is a state-interest consideration, not a published purchase price." }, "un-m49": { "id": "un-m49", "authority": "United Nations Statistics Division", "title": "M49 country and area reference", "url": "https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/", "type": "Institutional geographic reference", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "248 country/area entries; explanatory notes supply statistical codes for Kosovo and Taiwan. Geographic coverage is not immigration-law coverage." }, "skn-fees": { "id": "skn-fees", "authority": "St Kitts and Nevis CIU", "title": "Citizenship by Investment Regulations, SRO20/2024", "url": "https://ciu.gov.kn/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/sro-20-of-2024.pdf", "type": "Legislation", "checked": "2026-10-13", "published": "2024", "supports": "Regulation25: USD250 processing per applicant. Contribution-route fees differ from property and public-benefit fees. | Published contribution and fee schedule; applicant age bands and per-person/application distinctions" }, "skn-biometric": { "id": "skn-biometric", "authority": "St Kitts and Nevis CIU", "title": "Biometric enrolment and passport modernisation", "url": "https://ciu.gov.kn/biometrics/", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Mandatory for new applications from14April2026. Standard fees: principal2500, second adult2000, under16 child1300; conditional10% enrolment-window discount ends31December2026. | Published contribution and fee schedule; applicant age bands and per-person/application distinctions" }, "skn-reform": { "id": "skn-reform", "authority": "St Kitts and Nevis Information Service", "title": "Residency and biometric reform announcement", "url": "https://www.sknis.gov.kn/2026/01/08/saint-kitts-and-nevis-announces-residency-and-biometric-reforms-to-strengthen-cbi-programme/", "type": "Government announcement", "checked": "2026-10-13", "published": "2026-01-08", "supports": "Residency reform announced; this announcement does not provide implemented stay-day/cohort rules." }, "sg-current": { "id": "sg-current", "authority": "Singapore Economic Development Board", "title": "Global Investor Programme", "url": "https://www.edb.gov.sg/en/incentives-and-programmes/global-investor-programme.html?sp=true", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "PR programme; substantial business track record; SGD20000 application fee effective5May2025." }, "sg-options": { "id": "sg-options", "authority": "Singapore Economic Development Board", "title": "GIP investment-option changes", "url": "https://www.edb.gov.sg/en/about-edb/media-releases-publications/changes-to-global-investor-programme-will-generate-more-spin-offs-for-the-singapore-economy.html", "type": "Government announcement", "published": "2023-03-02", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "SGD10m business,25m fund,200m family-office AUM with50m deployment; economic and renewal conditions." }, "it-current": { "id": "it-current", "authority": "Italian Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy", "title": "Investor Visa for Italy: investment options", "url": "https://investorvisa.mise.gov.it/index.php/en/home-en/", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "EUR250000 innovative startup;500000 company;2m bonds;1m philanthropy. Programme suspended for Russian/Belarusian nationals including specified dual nationals." }, "it-consulate": { "id": "it-consulate", "authority": "Italian Embassy in Pretoria", "title": "Investor visa conditions", "url": "https://ambpretoria.esteri.it/en/news/dall_ambasciata/2024/05/visa-for-italy-investor-program/", "type": "Consular guidance", "published": "2024-05", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Two-year investor permit renewable for three-year periods while investment is maintained; no minimum stay for this investor route." }, "au-closure": { "id": "au-closure", "authority": "Australian Department of Home Affairs", "title": "BIIP closure and refunds", "url": "https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/biip-closure-and-refunds", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "New BIIP applications closed31July2024; existing applications continue." }, "bz-html": { "id": "bz-html", "authority": "US Department of State", "title": "Belize economic-citizenship closure", "url": "https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2002/html/17941.htm", "type": "Historical government report", "published": "2003", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Official programme ended15January2002; report also distinguishes later irregular issuance." }, "at-current": { "id": "at-current", "authority": "Austrian Federal Chancellery, RIS", "title": "Citizenship Act §10(6): extraordinary achievements", "url": "https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/Dokument.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Dokumentnummer=NOR40149202&FassungVom=&ShowPrintPreview=True", "type": "Legislation", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Federal confirmation of extraordinary achievements and national interest; no purchase tariff in cited provision." }, "hk-passport": { "id": "hk-passport", "authority": "Hong Kong Immigration Department", "title": "Eligibility for an HKSAR passport", "url": "https://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/service/travel_document/apply_for_hksar_passport.html", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Chinese citizenship, HKSAR permanent residence and a permanent identity card are required; investor residence is not passport eligibility." }, "vc-plan": { "id": "vc-plan", "authority": "Office of the Prime Minister, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines", "title": "Citizenship: investment programme coming soon", "url": "https://pmoffice.gov.vc/pmoffice/index.php/citizenship", "type": "Government announcement", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Current government page says Citizenship by Investment Coming Soon and requirements forthcoming." }, "vc-budget": { "id": "vc-budget", "authority": "Ministry of Finance, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines", "title": "2026 Budget Address", "url": "https://finance.gov.vc/finance/images/PDF/budgetaddress/Budget_Address_2026.pdf", "type": "Government budget", "published": "2026", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Government intention to launch CBI by mid2026; an intention is not confirmed intake." }, "pk-citizenship": { "id": "pk-citizenship", "authority": "Pakistan Directorate General of Immigration & Passports", "title": "Grant of Pakistan citizenship: Commonwealth foreign-exchange route", "url": "https://www.dgip.gov.pk/immigration/citizenship.php", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Page last modified 2023-10-04", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Commonwealth-only Form R; PKR 5 million foreign-exchange transfer; citizenship after arrival, security clearance and formalities; published application fee PKR 200, or PKR 800 for Indian nationals." }, "cv-law": { "id": "cv-law", "authority": "Cabo Verde Official Gazette / Ministry of Foreign Affairs", "title": "Law 33/X/2023: Article 14 investment and effective community connection", "url": "https://om-mne.gov.cv/np4/?fileName=Lei_n_33_X_2023_Nacionalidade.pdf&newsId=48", "type": "Legislation", "published": "2023-08-22", "checked": "2026-10-24", "supports": "Law 33/X/2023 nationality framework, including the investment/community-connection basis in Articles 13–14. This law is not an operational investment tariff or intake channel." }, "cv-amendment": { "id": "cv-amendment", "authority": "Cabo Verde Official Gazette", "title": "Law 37/X/2024: nationality-law amendment", "url": "https://boe.incv.cv/Bulletins/Download/5661", "type": "Legislation", "published": "2024-03-22", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Amends Articles 8, 10, 18, 24, 30, 34, 38 and 40; does not replace Article 14 investment conditions." }, "gd-old-imf": { "id": "gd-old-imf", "authority": "International Monetary Fund", "title": "Managing economic citizenship inflows: historical suspended programmes, Table 7.3", "url": "https://www.elibrary.imf.org/display/book/9781484315194/ch07.xml", "type": "Institutional historical inventory", "published": "2017", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Records Grenada economic citizenship during 1997–2001; historical institutional evidence, not the current 2013 programme." }, "gd-old-wb": { "id": "gd-old-wb", "authority": "World Bank", "title": "OECS Emergency Recovery Project: Grenada economic impact and recovery annex", "url": "https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/648801468777263527/pdf/multi0page.pdf", "type": "Institutional historical document", "published": "2002", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "PDF page 27 states Grenada suspended economic citizenship on 24 October 2001." }, "imi-directory": { "id": "imi-directory", "authority": "IMI Daily", "title": "Public programme directory: coverage benchmark", "url": "https://www.imidaily.com/imi-program-pages/", "type": "Specialist directory — secondary", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "329 visible programme titles/links in seven categories; 16 CBI and 99 RBI entries. Coverage index only, not independent verification of every detail." }, "imi-history": { "id": "imi-history", "authority": "IMI Daily", "title": "History of citizenship by investment: comparison benchmark", "url": "https://www.imidaily.com/history-of-citizenship-by-investment/", "type": "Specialist reporting — secondary", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Discovery and historical chronology comparison; historical start/closure dates may differ from official or institutional sources." }, "pa-passport-law": { "id": "pa-passport-law", "authority": "Panama Official Gazette / Procuraduría de la Administración", "title": "Law 493 of 2025: special passports for foreign residents", "url": "https://www.gacetaoficial.gob.pa/pdfTemp/30397_A/GacetaNo_30397a_20251029.pdf", "type": "Legislation", "published": "2025-10-29", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Authorises special passports for recognised Rentista Retirado and Qualified Investor residents and dependants; validity follows residence permission; no nationality and no substitution for an ordinary passport." }, "pa-law-registry": { "id": "pa-law-registry", "authority": "Procuraduría de la Administración", "title": "Official legal registry: Law 493", "url": "https://infojuridica.procuraduria-admon.gob.pa/norma_screen.php?numsec=66004", "type": "Government legal registry", "published": "2025-10-29", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Confirms Law 493 dated 28 October 2025, effective 29 October 2025, amending passport law Articles 20,23,24,25." }, "pa-rentista": { "id": "pa-rentista", "authority": "Panama Servicio Nacional de Migración", "title": "Rentista Retirado requirements and renewal", "url": "https://www.migracion.gob.pa/documentos/rentista-retirado/", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Page published 2025-09-13", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Current linked PDF: B/.850 monthly interest exclusively from an unencumbered fixed deposit in Banco Nacional or Caja de Ahorros; minimum five years; five-year temporary permit renewable; qualifying dependants." }, "pa-apap": { "id": "pa-apap", "authority": "Autoridad de Pasaportes de Panamá", "title": "Rentista Retirado passport procedure", "url": "https://www.apap.gob.pa/index.php?Itemid=154&id=20&option=com_sppagebuilder&view=page", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Rentista Retirado procedure, supporting bank documents and published B/.1500 procedure fee; not a complete residence/passport package quote." }, "pa-qiv": { "id": "pa-qiv", "authority": "Panama Ministry of Commerce and Industry", "title": "Qualified Investor changes under September 2026 decree", "url": "https://mici.gob.pa/2026/09/21/atraccion-de-inversion-e-impulso-al-empleo-panama-amplia-el-alcance-del-programa-inversionista-calificado/", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "2026-09-21", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "B/.300000 first-sale property; B/.500000 resale property; B/.500000 state-bank deposits; these qualify for residence, not a citizenship purchase." }, "pa-travel-docs": { "id": "pa-travel-docs", "authority": "European Commission DG HOME", "title": "Travel-document recognition table: Panama document categories", "url": "https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/document/download/24aebdd7-ded8-470e-9a73-d020e7dd7bc5_en?filename=part_i_travel_documents_issued_by_third_countries_and_territorial_entities_en.pdf", "type": "Government reference", "published": "2026-10-02", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Panama ordinary, special and alien travel documents are separate categories." }, "passport-register-i": { "id": "passport-register-i", "title": "Third-country travel-document register, 2 October 2026", "url": "https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/document/download/8f366904-d3f7-4c5c-bfc4-3021efb65652_en?filename=part_i_travel_documents_issued_by_third_countries_and_territorial_entities_en.xlsx", "authority": "European Commission DG HOME", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Document-category screening only; recognition is not nationality or visa exemption" }, "passport-register-ii": { "id": "passport-register-ii", "title": "Member-state travel-document register, notifications through 14 May 2025", "url": "https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/document/download/86436be0-dc08-4807-914c-3e875ed5fb76_en?filename=part_ii_travel_documents_issued_by_member_states_en.xlsx", "authority": "European Commission DG HOME", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Member-state document-category screening; older reporting date preserved" }, "jo-passport": { "id": "jo-passport", "title": "Investor project temporary passport and later conditional nationality", "url": "https://invest.jo/ready-doing-business/jordanian-citizenship-through-investment", "authority": "Jordan Ministry of Investment", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Three-year temporary passport after qualifying project; nationality recommendation depends on continuing compliance" }, "dm-timing": { "id": "dm-timing", "authority": "Dominica CBI Unit", "title": "Authorised-agent process: most complete applications take 3–6 months to approval", "url": "https://www.cbiu.gov.dm/news/dominica-citizenship/the-only-way-to-apply-for-dominica-citizenship-by-investment-is-through-an-authorised-agent/", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Approval timing is not passport delivery; passport requires a separate application" }, "us-vwp": { "id": "us-vwp", "authority": "US Department of State", "title": "Visa Waiver Program participating nationalities", "url": "https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/tourism-visit/visa-waiver-program.html", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Ordinary-national-passport visitor rules; no current CBI nationality in the participating list" }, "us-restrictions": { "id": "us-restrictions", "authority": "US Department of State", "title": "Visa issuance suspension under Proclamation 10998", "url": "https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/suspension-of-visa-issuance-to-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states.html", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Antigua and Dominica visitor visa restrictions effective January 2026; valid-visa and other exceptions" }, "ca-conditional-eta": { "id": "ca-conditional-eta", "authority": "Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada", "title": "Visa-required travellers who may qualify for an eTA", "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada/eta/eligibility/eta-x.html", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Antigua, St Kitts and St Lucia: conditional air-travel eTA; past Canadian visa or valid US nonimmigrant visa required" }, "eu-visa-list": { "id": "eu-visa-list", "authority": "European Union EUR-Lex", "title": "Consolidated Regulation 2018/1806, 30 December 2025", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1806/2025-12-30/eng", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Annexes I/II and qualifying footnotes; ordinary national passports only" }, "eu-nauru-condition": { "id": "eu-nauru-condition", "authority": "Council of the European Union", "title": "EU visa agreements: Nauru waiver contingent on agreement", "url": "https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/infographics/eu-visa-agreements-with-non-eu-countries/", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Nauru listed exemption is conditional on conclusion of a visa-waiver agreement" }, "ch-nauru-visa": { "id": "ch-nauru-visa", "authority": "Swiss State Secretariat for Migration", "title": "Nauru ordinary passport requires short-stay visa", "url": "https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/publiservice/weisungen-kreisschreiben/visa/liste1_staatsangehoerigkeit/n.html", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Nauru entry: visa required for stays up to 90 days" }, "eu-vanuatu-revoked": { "id": "eu-vanuatu-revoked", "authority": "Council of the European Union", "title": "Council ends Vanuatu visa exemption", "url": "https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2024/12/12/vanuatu-council-ends-visa-exemption/", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Vanuatu transferred to visa-required list" }, "am-special-doc": { "id": "am-special-doc", "title": "Armenian MFA special residence status", "url": "https://www.mfa.am/en/special-residency-status", "authority": "Armenia Ministry of Foreign Affairs", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Economic activity can support special residence, but the special passport is for use in Armenia. Use a national passport abroad." }, "hk-doi": { "id": "hk-doi", "title": "HKSAR Document of Identity eligibility", "url": "https://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/service/travel_document/Application_for_HKSAR_Document_of_Identity_for_Visa_Purposes.html", "authority": "Hong Kong Immigration Department", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Residents unable to obtain a national passport or another travel document; investment alone does not establish eligibility." }, "ca-coi": { "id": "ca-coi", "title": "Canadian travel document types", "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-passports/document-types.html", "authority": "IRCC", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Permanent resident who is stateless or cannot obtain a national travel document for a valid reason; separate eligibility." }, "us-reentry": { "id": "us-reentry", "title": "Reentry permit guide B5", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/guides/B5en.pdf", "authority": "USCIS", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "LPR must apply while physically in the US; travel-document use depends on destination acceptance. Not nationality." }, "nz-coi": { "id": "nz-coi", "title": "Certificate of identity application information", "url": "https://www.passports.govt.nz/what-you-need-for-your-application/certificate-of-identity-or-refugee-travel-document/privacy-statement", "authority": "New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Separate inability-to-obtain-national-passport evidence; not an automatic investor benefit." }, "au-noncit": { "id": "au-noncit", "title": "Noncitizen travel documents", "url": "https://www.passports.gov.au/non-citizen-travel-documents", "authority": "Australian Passport Office", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Refugee, statelessness or inability to obtain national document; no citizenship or right of reentry conferred." }, "sg-coi": { "id": "sg-coi", "title": "Certificate of identity", "url": "https://www.ica.gov.sg/documents/certificate-of-identity", "authority": "Singapore ICA", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Stateless Singapore permanent residents; investor permanent residence alone is insufficient." }, "uk-cot": { "id": "uk-cot", "title": "Certificate of travel eligibility", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/apply-home-office-travel-document/certificate-of-travel", "authority": "UK Home Office", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Qualifying leave and inability or unreasonable refusal to obtain a national passport; separate evidence." }, "lv-noncit": { "id": "lv-noncit", "title": "Acquisition of noncitizen status", "url": "https://www.pmlp.gov.lv/en/acquisition-status-non-citizen", "authority": "Latvia PMLP", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Historical noncitizen status has prescribed former-USSR residence and nationality conditions; investing does not grant it." }, "ee-alien": { "id": "ee-alien", "title": "Identity Documents Act, official English translation", "url": "https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/tolge/pdf/505012026001", "authority": "Estonia Riigi Teataja", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Residence status plus inability to obtain a foreign national travel document; no investor-only entitlement." }, "se-alien": { "id": "se-alien", "title": "Alien passport eligibility", "url": "https://www.migrationsverket.se/en/you-want-to-apply/aliens-passports-and-travel-documents/aliens-passports.html", "authority": "Swedish Migration Agency", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Residence and inability to obtain a national passport under specified eligibility; separate assessment." }, "fi-alien": { "id": "fi-alien", "title": "Alien passport eligibility", "url": "https://migri.fi/en/alien-s-passport", "authority": "Finnish Immigration Service", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Separate travel-document eligibility; residence investment alone does not confer entitlement." }, "ae-nationality": { "id": "ae-nationality", "title": "Emirati nationality nominations", "url": "https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/passports-and-traveling/emirati-nationality", "authority": "UAE Government", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Actual nationality may be granted after sovereign nomination and approval. This is not a noncitizen investor passport or fixed-price CBI programme." }, "py-investor-pass": { "id": "py-investor-pass", "title": "Paraguay Investor Pass: permanent residence", "url": "https://www.mic.gov.py/mic-y-migraciones-lanzan-el-paraguay-investor-pass-para-facilitar-la-residencia-permanente-a-inversionistas-extranjeros/", "authority": "Paraguay Ministry of Industry and Commerce", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Official programme grants permanent residence and a cédula. International investor passport entitlement is not established by the launch article." }, "to-protected-law": { "id": "to-protected-law", "title": "Passport Act, 1988 revised edition, sections 24–26", "url": "https://ago.gov.to/cms/images/LEGISLATION/PRINCIPAL/1964/1964-0010/PassportAct_1.pdf", "authority": "Tonga Attorney General", "type": "Official archival source", "published": "1988", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Leaseholders or development contributors could apply for protected-person passports; no Tongan subject status or automatic entry visa" }, "pacific-passports-gazette": { "id": "pacific-passports-gazette", "title": "Canada Gazette Part II, 19 December 2001, page 2811", "url": "https://publications.gc.ca/collections/Collection/SP2-2-135-26.pdf", "authority": "Government of Canada", "type": "Official archival source", "published": "2001-12-19", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Kiribati investor passports and Tuvalu paid resident passports did not grant citizenship; historical introduction dates" }, "nz-archived-passports": { "id": "nz-archived-passports", "title": "Archived unacceptable travel documents guidance, 29 November 2010", "url": "https://www.immigration.govt.nz/opsmanual/35027.htm", "authority": "Immigration New Zealand", "type": "Official archival source", "published": "2010-11-29", "checked": "2026-10-13", "supports": "Kiribati investor and Tongan Protected Person passports were unacceptable; historical destination policy only" }, "lc-act-2025": { "id": "lc-act-2025", "authority": "Saint Lucia Legislature", "title": "Citizenship by Investment (Amendment) Act 22 of 2025", "url": "https://www.cipsaintlucia.com/s/Act-22-Citizenship-by-Investment-Amendment-Act.pdf", "type": "Legislation", "checked": "2026-10-25", "published": "2025-11-10", "supports": "Sections 3 and 7–10: dependant definitions, application documents, residency/genuine link from 1 January 2026, denial grounds and name changes. Read with the 2023 revised Act and current regulations." }, "lc-regulations-2026": { "id": "lc-regulations-2026", "authority": "Saint Lucia Government Gazette", "title": "Citizenship by Investment (Amendment) Regulations 57 of 2026", "url": "https://www.cipsaintlucia.com/s/SI-57-of-2026-Citizenship-by-Investment-Amendment-Regulations.pdf", "type": "Legislation", "checked": "2026-10-25", "published": "2026-03-23", "supports": "Regulation 4: US$350,000 sworn resources declaration. Regulations 6–7: project approval cutoff and distinct built-property route, Gazette approval, payment evidence and post-grant duties. Regulations 9–12: escrow, biometrics, US$500,000 built-property minimum and US$30,000 applicant administration fee. No universal residency day count appears in this instrument. | Regulation 10A and amended schedules, printed pp224–226 and pp232–233" }, "lc-legislation-index": { "id": "lc-legislation-index", "authority": "Saint Lucia CIP", "title": "Current programme legislation index", "url": "https://www.cipsaintlucia.com/citizenship-legislation", "type": "Government legislation index", "checked": "2026-10-25", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Index retrieved 25 October 2026; Act 22/2025 and S.I. 57/2026 are its latest listed amendments. An index is not proof that every operative instruction is online." }, "lc-reporting-law": { "id": "lc-reporting-law", "title": "Revised Citizenship by Investment Act: section 24", "authority": "Saint Lucia Attorney General’s Chambers", "url": "https://www.attorneygeneralchambers.com/laws-of-saint-lucia/citizenship-by-investment-act/section-24", "type": "Revised legislation", "published": "2023 revised edition", "checked": "2026-10-25", "supports": "Section 24 requires annual reports to the Minister and tabling in Parliament, including identifying details of successful applicants and included dependants, and investment details. Unsuccessful applicants’ names are excluded. Act 22/2025 does not replace section 24; S.I. 57/2026 amends regulations, not this reporting duty. Actual publication and searchability are separate questions." }, "lc-refund-policy": { "id": "lc-refund-policy", "authority": "Saint Lucia CIP", "title": "Payment portal: no-refund policy", "url": "https://pay.cipsaintlucia.com/p/no-refund-policy", "type": "Government payment policy", "checked": "2026-10-25", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Portal states fees and qualifying investments paid are non-refundable. This broad payment policy does not establish every private contract, bond redemption term or property resale outcome." }, "ag-passport-renewal": { "id": "ag-passport-renewal", "authority": "Antigua and Barbuda CIU", "title": "Antigua and Barbuda passport: validity and renewal", "url": "https://cip.gov.ag/citizenship/antigua-and-barbuda-passport/", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-25", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Initial five-year passport and renewal consideration conditional on five days in Antigua and Barbuda within that period since citizenship. This page does not supply a complete current renewal fee schedule." }, "ag-ab10-2020": { "id": "ag-ab10-2020", "authority": "Antigua and Barbuda CIU", "title": "AB10 five-year renewal form, version 3 May 2020", "url": "https://cip.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/AB10-Citizenship-by-Investment-5-year-renewal-application-form-May-2020.pdf", "type": "Dated government form", "checked": "2026-10-25", "published": "2020-05-03", "supports": "Checklist records investment-retention/title/share-register evidence, visit evidence and personal-change declarations. This older form remains accessible but is absent from the current forms index reviewed; its fee amounts and continued procedural applicability are not established by this review. Use as a dated illustration and obtain current instructions." }, "ag-current-forms": { "id": "ag-current-forms", "authority": "Antigua and Barbuda CIU", "title": "Current application and passport forms index", "url": "https://cip.gov.ag/how-to-apply/application-forms/", "type": "Government forms index", "checked": "2026-10-25", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Lists current passport L/M forms and application samples; does not list AB10 in the index retrieved on 25 October 2026. This absence does not prove AB10 withdrawn." }, "ag-property-current": { "id": "ag-property-current", "authority": "Antigua and Barbuda CIU", "title": "Approved property: payment, title and holding rules", "url": "https://cip.gov.ag/investment-options/real-estate/", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-25", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Binding purchase agreement subject to citizenship grant; screening and 10% processing on submission; processing balance and developer sums following approval; title registration; five-year resale restriction with an alternative approved-property exception." }, "hr-no-investment-citizenship": { "id": "hr-no-investment-citizenship", "title": "Croatian citizenship: investment and property warning", "authority": "Croatian Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs", "url": "https://mvep.gov.hr/print.aspx?id=179953&url=print", "type": "Government consular guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-25", "supports": "The ministry expressly says investment or property ownership does not grant Croatian citizenship. Its older amendment list is read with the current Interior Ministry law index; no quoted universal rule on spouses is adopted here." }, "hr-naturalisation": { "id": "hr-naturalisation", "title": "Acquisition of Croatian citizenship", "authority": "Government of Croatia", "url": "https://gov.hr/hr/stjecanje-hrvatskog-drzavljanstva/460?lang=en", "type": "Government guidance", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-25", "supports": "Naturalisation has several legal bases, including residence and interest to Croatia; Interior Ministry decides. Residence-based applications require language/culture evidence with stated exceptions. Residence, descent/family and state-interest grounds are distinct." }, "hr-law-index": { "id": "hr-law-index", "title": "Croatian Citizenship Act and amendment index", "authority": "Croatian Ministry of the Interior", "url": "https://mup.gov.hr/gradjani-281562/moji-dokumenti-281563/drzavljanstvo-325/zakon-o-hrvatskom-drzavljanstvu/637", "type": "Government legislation index", "published": "Not stated", "checked": "2026-10-25", "supports": "Current ministry index lists the base Act and amendments through NN 138/2021. Read with the official Gazette texts, including Article 12’s state-interest ground, rather than treating a financial investment as a passport entitlement." }, "hr-act": { "id": "hr-act", "title": "Croatian Citizenship Act: Article 12", "authority": "Croatian Official Gazette", "url": "https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/1991_10_53_1272.html", "type": "Legislation", "published": "1991-10-08", "checked": "2026-10-25", "supports": "Article 12 permits naturalisation in Croatia’s interest with exceptions from specified ordinary requirements; this is a legal assessment and does not set a citizenship purchase price. Later amendments are linked in the Interior Ministry index." }, "hr-amendment-2019": { "id": "hr-amendment-2019", "title": "Citizenship Act amendment NN 102/2019", "authority": "Croatian Official Gazette", "url": "https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2019_10_102_2050.html", "type": "Legislation", "published": "2019-10-25", "checked": "2026-10-25", "supports": "Section 6 adds the competent ministry’s reasoned opinion for Article 12 state-interest naturalisation. This does not create a fixed-price investor citizenship programme." }, "lc-renewal-taipei": { "id": "lc-renewal-taipei", "authority": "Embassy of Saint Lucia in Taiwan", "title": "Passport renewal: CBI applicants through Taipei", "url": "https://www.sluembassy.tw/consular-services", "type": "Government consular guidance", "checked": "2026-10-25", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Current consular page links specific CBI renewal instructions and warns of passport-processing delays. Its linked instructions cover document verification, appointments and originals. This is the Taipei channel, not a universal renewal location, delivery promise or biometric collection instruction." }, "alternative-st-reporting": { "id": "alternative-st-reporting", "authority": "STP-PRESS, state news agency", "title": "Prime minister opens the first citizenship-by-investment conference", "url": "https://www.stp-press.st/2025/10/21/primeiro-ministro-preside-abertura-da-1-a-conferencia-sobre-cidadania-por-investimento/", "type": "State-news account of a prime-ministerial statement", "checked": "2026-10-23", "published": "2025-10-21", "supports": "The prime minister promised periodic reporting of applications, amounts allocated, fund balance and sector use. This does not authenticate the September 2026 first-year report or its figures." }, "comparison-eg-current": { "id": "comparison-eg-current", "authority": "Egypt Cabinet Citizenship Unit", "title": "Cabinet investment-citizenship portal: funding, application fee and stages", "url": "https://www.egyptcitizenship.gov.eg/", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-24", "supports": "USD 250,000 contribution and USD 10,000 application fee; initial decision within three months of submission and final decision within three months after completing investment requirements. These are separate stages, not a guaranteed passport-delivery period." }, "comparison-vu-distinct-formd25": { "id": "comparison-vu-distinct-formd25", "authority": "Vanuatu Citizenship Office and Commission", "title": "Separate citizenship routes and Form D classification", "url": "https://vancitizenship.gov.vu/index.php/citizenship/forms", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-25", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "The government explicitly assigns Form D to the Capital Investment Immigration Plan under section 13C. DSP is a separate route; the Form D dollar figures are not substituted into the DSP family example." }, "comparison-vu-dsp-amendment25": { "id": "comparison-vu-dsp-amendment25", "authority": "Vanuatu Government", "title": "DSP Amendment Order 39 of 2020: USD5,000 diligence", "url": "https://vancitizenship.gov.vu/images/Order_No_39_of_2020_3.pdf", "type": "Official regulation", "checked": "2026-10-25", "published": "2020-03-27", "supports": "DSP selling-price table and clauses 4 and 7 of Order 33/2019 read with Order 39/2020 | The original three-page amendment was visually read. Schedule item 5 replaces USD2,000 with USD5,000 in DSP clause 7(4), which covers diligence on the applicant and persons under that application." }, "comparison-vu-dsp-regulations25": { "id": "comparison-vu-dsp-regulations25", "authority": "Vanuatu Government", "title": "DSP Regulations Order 33 of 2019, original six-page instrument", "url": "https://vancitizenship.gov.vu/images/Order_No_33_of_2019_-_New_DSP_Regulations.pdf", "type": "Official regulation", "checked": "2026-10-25", "published": "2019-04-24", "supports": "DSP selling-price table and clauses 4 and 7 of Order 33/2019 read with Order 39/2020 | Original visually reviewed: clause 4 sets minimum selling prices and includes two children under eighteen in the family tariff; clause 7 separates government remittances, VT5,000 application and VT10,000 per certificate. The older USD2,000 diligence amount is read with the separately cited 2020 amendment." }, "comparison-vu-dsp-tariff25": { "id": "comparison-vu-dsp-tariff25", "authority": "Vanuatu Citizenship Office and Commission", "title": "Current published DSP selling-price and diligence table", "url": "https://vancitizenship.gov.vu/index.php/citizenship/fees-and-charges", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-25", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "DSP selling-price table and clauses 4 and 7 of Order 33/2019 read with Order 39/2020 | Current table lists USD130,000 single, USD180,000 couple and two children, plus USD5,000 FIU diligence. These are the published DSP dollar components, not a complete quote including other-currency and passport/service costs." }, "follow-ag-eu-request": { "id": "follow-ag-eu-request", "authority": "Antigua and Barbuda, Office of the Prime Minister", "title": "Government response to EU communication on CBI", "url": "https://ab.gov.ag/detail_template.php?page=press_release%2F2026%2Fjuly%2F2026_july_07-govt_responds_to+eu_communication_on_cip", "type": "Official government statement", "checked": "2026-10-23", "published": "2026-07-07", "supports": "Government reports a 25 June Commission letter requesting phase-out by 1 June 2028 and a 24-month transition; government says its programme will continue." }, "official-dm-agents": { "id": "official-dm-agents", "authority": "Dominica Citizenship by Investment Unit", "title": "Dominica authorised agents register", "url": "https://www.cbiu.gov.dm/dominica-citizenship/authorised-agents/", "type": "Official agent register", "checked": "2026-10-21", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Dominica authorised agents register" }, "official-dm-process": { "id": "official-dm-process", "authority": "Dominica Citizenship by Investment Unit", "title": "Dominica: applying through an authorised agent", "url": "https://www.cbiu.gov.dm/news/dominica-citizenship/the-only-way-to-apply-for-dominica-citizenship-by-investment-is-through-an-authorised-agent/", "type": "Official programme guidance", "checked": "2026-10-21", "published": "2026-09-10", "supports": "Authorised-agent submission, a non-guaranteed three-to-six-month guide for complete applications, and government decision-making." }, "official-gd-agents": { "id": "official-gd-agents", "authority": "Investment Migration Agency Grenada", "title": "Grenada approved agents", "url": "https://imagrenada.gd/approved-agents/", "type": "Official agent register", "checked": "2026-10-21", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Grenada approved agents" }, "official-gd-process": { "id": "official-gd-process", "authority": "Investment Migration Agency Grenada", "title": "Grenada: becoming a citizen and application stages", "url": "https://imagrenada.gd/becoming-a-citizen/", "type": "Official programme guidance", "checked": "2026-10-21", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "International marketing and local-agent roles, screening, payment after a successful decision, registration and a separate passport application." }, "official-skn-agents": { "id": "official-skn-agents", "authority": "St Kitts and Nevis Citizenship Unit", "title": "St Kitts and Nevis authorised agents list", "url": "https://ciu.gov.kn/authorised-agents-list/", "type": "Official agent register", "checked": "2026-10-21", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "St Kitts and Nevis authorised agents list" }, "official-skn-passport": { "id": "official-skn-passport", "authority": "St Kitts and Nevis Citizenship Unit", "title": "St Kitts and Nevis: biometric enrolment and passport production", "url": "https://ciu.gov.kn/st-kitts-and-nevis-integrates-biometric-enrolment-with-the-passport-process/", "type": "Official dated implementation notice", "checked": "2026-10-21", "published": "2026-09-02", "supports": "Initial four-to-six-week passport-production lead time from the later of 1 September 2026 or completed enrolment, and separate delivery costs." }, "official-skn-process": { "id": "official-skn-process", "authority": "St Kitts and Nevis Citizenship Unit", "title": "St Kitts and Nevis application process", "url": "https://ciu.gov.kn/application-process/", "type": "Official programme guidance", "checked": "2026-10-21", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Agent submission, approval in principle, subsequent qualifying investment and citizenship certificate." }, "publication-entry-nationality": { "id": "publication-entry-nationality", "authority": "Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada", "title": "Entry requirements by nationality, status and travel document", "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada/entry-requirements-country.html", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-24", "supports": "Entry conditions depend on citizenship, travel document, status and transport. Foreign residence does not itself create a new nationality. Canadian and US permanent residents have separately described document rules." }, "publication-sv-stages": { "id": "publication-sv-stages", "authority": "Government of El Salvador", "title": "Freedom Passport steps and timing/family FAQ", "url": "https://world.adoptingelsalvador.gob.sv/welcome", "type": "Government guidance", "checked": "2026-10-24", "supports": "Official FAQ reports approval typically up to six weeks. US$999 application fee and US$999,001 after approval total US$1m. Naturalisation begins after payment; family administration is listed as US$999 per family member." }, "update-ag-property": { "id": "update-ag-property", "authority": "Antigua and Barbuda CIU", "title": "Approved real-estate investment route", "url": "https://cip.gov.ag/investment-options/real-estate/", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Minimum $300,000 approved real estate, holding/resale conditions and property-related processing delays; programme eligibility is not investment-quality assurance." }, "update-lc-faq": { "id": "update-lc-faq", "authority": "Saint Lucia Citizenship by Investment Programme", "title": "Saint Lucia application and processing FAQs", "url": "https://www.cipsaintlucia.com/faqs", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "Licensed-agent submission and an approximately 90-day guideline from notification of acceptance for processing to citizenship grant; exceptional delays are acknowledged." }, "update-lc-report": { "id": "update-lc-report", "authority": "Saint Lucia Citizenship by Investment Unit", "title": "CIP annual report 2024/25, page 19", "url": "https://www.cipsaintlucia.com/s/CIP-AR-2024_web.pdf", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "published": "Not stated", "supports": "FY2024/25 application activity: 2,957 received, 2,278 granted, 355 denied, 2,633 processed." }, "update-tr-enforcement": { "id": "update-tr-enforcement", "authority": "Türkiye Ministry of Interior", "title": "Statement on false valuation and irregular citizenship", "url": "https://www.icisleri.gov.tr/sahte-degerlemeekspertiz-operasyonu-ve-usulsuz-vatandaslik-islemleri-hakkinda-basin-aciklamasi", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "published": "2026-08-04", "supports": "4 August 2026 statement distinguishes 1,150 investors/5,391 family members affected by irregular transactions from 263 investors/743 family members on security grounds; combined 6,134 people. No total-programme denominator is provided." }, "update-ar-tax": { "id": "update-ar-tax", "title": "Income Tax Law, current article 116", "authority": "ARCA", "url": "https://biblioteca.arca.gob.ar/dcp/LEY_C_020628_2019_12_05", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "Investment naturalisation alone does not establish income-tax residence. The permanent-residence and temporary-authorisation rules remain applicable; existing permanent residents remain resident." }, "update-ar-naturalisation": { "id": "update-ar-naturalisation", "title": "Obtener Ciudadanía Argentina por Naturalización", "authority": "Dirección Nacional de Migraciones", "url": "https://www.argentina.gob.ar/servicio/obtener-ciudadania-argentina-por-naturalizacion", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "Published DNM route: adults with temporary/permanent residence, two continuous legal years without departure, DNI, lawful livelihood and Argentine criminal-record evidence. Judicial issues require separate review." }, "update-ar-nationality-law": { "id": "update-ar-nationality-law", "title": "Citizenship Law 346, updated text", "authority": "Argentina official legislation", "url": "https://www.argentina.gob.ar/normativa/nacional/ley-346-48854/actualizacion", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "Birth and option through a native Argentine parent are distinct from naturalisation and investment. Updated text includes the DNU provisions, whose judicial treatment remains a separate issue." }, "update-ar-deputies": { "id": "update-ar-deputies", "title": "Bill 5254-D-2026: official legislative record", "authority": "Chamber of Deputies", "url": "https://www.hcdn.gob.ar/comisiones/permanentes/caconstitucionales/proyecto.html?exp=5254-D-2026", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "A bill dated 2 October 2026 proposes prohibiting investment naturalisation; its record lists committee referrals. A proposal is not proof of enactment.", "published": "2026-10-02" }, "update-ar-senate": { "id": "update-ar-senate", "title": "Senate file S-1441/26", "authority": "Senate of Argentina", "url": "https://www.senado.gob.ar/parlamentario/comisiones/verExp/1441.26/S/PL", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "Proposal entered 24 August 2026 and referred to three committees on 4 September. The reviewed record has no committee-report date. This is not a repeal law.", "published": "2026-08-24" }, "update-ar-court": { "id": "update-ar-court", "title": "Judicial competence and DNU 366/2025", "authority": "Ministerio Público Fiscal", "url": "https://www.fiscales.gob.ar/electoral/confirman-que-el-fuero-electoral-es-competente-en-cuestiones-de-ciudadania/", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "Institutional account of a citizenship case: judicial competence and nullity of the DNU. This report alone does not resolve the present appeal position or every prospective investor case.", "published": "2026-07-02" }, "update-lc-statistics": { "id": "update-lc-statistics", "title": "Official annual report archive", "authority": "Saint Lucia Citizenship by Investment Programme", "url": "https://www.cipsaintlucia.com/statistics", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "Official report archive through FY2024/25. Publication/retrieval dates and fiscal reporting periods are different." }, "update-us-fees": { "id": "update-us-fees", "title": "Final EB-5 fee rule: 91 FR 61940", "authority": "U.S. Department of Homeland Security / Federal Register", "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/30/2026-20016/us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-employment-based-immigrant-visa-fifth-preference-eb-5-fee", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "Effective 30 November 2026: I-526 $7,615; initial I-526E $7,850, including $75 technology fee, plus the separately adjusted $1,100 Integrity Fund fee for regional-centre petitions. Initial I-526E filing component is $8,950, not total immigration cost.", "published": "2026-09-30", "officialPdf": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-30/pdf/2026-20016.pdf" }, "update-nz-build-rent": { "id": "update-nz-build-rent", "title": "Build to Rent option announced for Active Investor Plus", "authority": "Immigration New Zealand", "url": "https://www.immigration.govt.nz/about-us/news-centre/new-build-to-rent-investment-option-added-to-active-investor-plus/", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "Eligible Build to Rent investment through approved managed funds is announced for the Growth category from December 2026; further implementation details are to follow.", "published": "2026-09-09" }, "update-gr-tax": { "id": "update-gr-tax", "title": "Prime Minister’s 6 September 2026 speech", "authority": "Prime Minister of Greece", "url": "https://www.primeminister.gr/2026/09/06/39186", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "Announces an increase in property transfer tax from 3% to 15% for buyers from third countries outside the EU. A speech is not the operative tax law or proof of a final effective date.", "published": "2026-09-06" }, "update-mt-tax": { "id": "update-mt-tax", "title": "Individual Tax Programme Rules, LN 195/2026", "authority": "Malta official legislation", "url": "https://legislation.mt/eli/ln/2026/195/eng/portalpdf", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "Rules commence 1 January 2027 and set a €35,000 minimum annual tax and €700,000 qualifying owned-property floor. Special tax status is distinct from MPRP and citizenship.", "published": "2026-07-14" }, "update-cn-agencies": { "id": "update-cn-agencies", "title": "Official explanation of Order 841", "authority": "National Immigration Administration of China", "url": "https://www.nia.gov.cn/n741440/n741577/c1793235/content.html", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "Rules effective 15 September 2026 establish filing management for intermediaries, including a 90-day transition for existing providers. The official explanation distinguishes filing from the earlier licensing system.", "published": "2026-07-31" }, "update-ar-property": { "id": "update-ar-property", "title": "Informe Nº 1: ownership and encumbrances", "authority": "Argentina Ministry of Justice / RPI Capital Federal", "url": "https://www.argentina.gob.ar/servicio/tramitar-informe-ndeg-1-dominio-y-gravamenes", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "CABA property ownership/encumbrance report, registry identifier and separate provincial registers. An advertisement is not a title report." }, "update-ar-cdi": { "id": "update-ar-cdi", "title": "Clave de Identificación: CDI", "authority": "ARCA / Argentina.gob.ar", "url": "https://www.argentina.gob.ar/servicio/obtener-la-clave-de-identificacion-cdi", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "CDI procedure for individuals without CUIT/CUIL needing a bank/financial transaction or registrable asset; listed identification differs by residence status." }, "update-ar-judgment": { "id": "update-ar-judgment", "title": "CNE 8843/2023/CA1, judgment of 30 June 2026", "authority": "National Electoral Chamber; official MPD repository", "url": "https://repositorio.mpd.gov.ar/jspui/bitstream/123456789/6475/1/YL%20%28Causa%20N%C2%B0%208843%29.pdf", "type": "Original judicial decision", "published": "2026-06-30", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "Declares DNU 366/2025 null, reverses the lower decision, and orders communication to the Security Ministry and federal electoral judges. The file concerns an ordinary pre-decree citizenship application, not an investment application." }, "update-vc-target": { "id": "update-vc-target", "title": "Saint Vincent targets early 2027 for proposed CBI launch", "authority": "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Ministry of Finance", "url": "https://finance.gov.vc/finance/index.php/news/433-saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines-targets-early-2027-for-launch-of-cbi-programme", "type": "Official announcement carrying an NBC Radio report", "checked": "2026-10-22", "supports": "Government hopes for Q1 2027 launch with stronger due diligence and regional/central-bank coordination. This does not establish enacted tariffs or operational intake." }, "follow-lv-notice": { "id": "follow-lv-notice", "title": "Latvia immigration changes effective 15 September 2026", "authority": "Latvia PMLP", "url": "https://www.pmlp.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/speka-stajas-jaunais-imigracijas-likums-galvenas-izmainas-un-prasibas", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "The new law removes real-estate and subordinated-bank-liability residence grounds. The €150,000 state-fund provision was not applicable because the fund did not yet exist." }, "follow-cy-monitoring": { "id": "follow-cy-monitoring", "title": "Immigration permits for investors: monitoring and amendments", "authority": "Cyprus Migration Department", "url": "https://www.gov.cy/mip-md/en/documents/companies-investors-permanent-residence-3/immigration-permits-for-investors/", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "Amended annual investment/health-cover evidence and three-year criminal records; unlimited adult residence right with ten-year card renewal, one-year residence activation and loss after permanent residence abroad or two years absent.", "published": "2025-12-29" }, "follow-hu-draft": { "id": "follow-hu-draft", "title": "Wealth-tax draft published for consultation", "authority": "Hungary Ministry of Finance", "url": "https://kormany.hu/dokumentumtar/tarsadalmi-egyeztetes-a-vagyonadorol-szolo-torvenyjavaslatrol", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "6 October 2026 consultation draft; submissions closed 14 October. Draft sections 4, 6, 9 and 32 distinguish resident/nonresident assets, a HUF1 billion threshold, proposed rates and a proposed 15 December commencement." }, "follow-hu-pdf": { "id": "follow-hu-pdf", "title": "Original wealth-tax consultation draft, sections 2–9 and 32", "authority": "Hungary Ministry of Finance", "url": "https://kormany.hu/application/documents/d7cbe62a-f849-4056-824c-2186cfc74240/download", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "Draft worldwide scope for residents and specified Hungarian assets for nonresidents; collective investment securities are distinct from company participations." }, "follow-uk-legacy": { "id": "follow-uk-legacy", "title": "Tier 1 Investor caseworker guidance: legacy deadlines", "authority": "UK Visas and Immigration", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tier-1-investor-caseworker-guidance/tier-1-investor-caseworker-guidance-accessible", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "New initial applications closed on 17 February 2022; legacy extension applications had to be made before 17 February 2026; settlement applications must be made before 17 February 2028." }, "follow-eu-mechanism": { "id": "follow-eu-mechanism", "title": "EU revision of the visa-suspension mechanism", "authority": "Council of the European Union", "url": "https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2025/11/17/council-greenlights-new-eu-rules-for-the-suspension-of-visa-free-travel-for-third-countries/", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "Investor citizenship without a genuine link is a ground for suspending a country’s visa exemption. A mechanism is not itself a country-specific suspension." }, "follow-cip-dialogue": { "id": "follow-cip-dialogue", "title": "Participating CBI heads of government: EU dialogue", "authority": "Office of the Prime Minister, published by Saint Lucia government", "url": "https://homeaffairs.govt.lc/news/statement-by-participating-heads-of-government-of-cip-on-european-union", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "13 July 2026 statement records a coordinated response and planned engagement over European Commission communications." }, "follow-us-pause": { "id": "follow-us-pause", "title": "January immigrant-visa pause no longer in effect", "authority": "U.S. Department of State", "url": "https://travel.state.gov/en/newsroom/visas/2026/immigrant-visa-processing-updates-for-nationalities-at-high-risk-of-public-benefits-usage.html", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "28 August notice says the January 75-nationality immigrant-visa issuance pause was no longer in effect as of 21 August 2026 under the CLINIC court order. Tourist visas are a separate category." }, "follow-ar-mercosur": { "id": "follow-ar-mercosur", "title": "Mercosur residence agreement, Law 25.903, articles 2–5", "authority": "Argentina official legislation", "url": "https://www.argentina.gob.ar/normativa/nacional/96650/texto", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "Treaty nationality definition includes naturalised nationals who have held nationality for five years. Temporary residence and its conversion require an application and documents." }, "follow-ar-consulate": { "id": "follow-ar-consulate", "title": "Argentina–Brazil/Mercosur residence questions", "authority": "Argentine Consulate in Curitiba", "url": "https://ccuri.cancilleria.gob.ar/es/node/44072", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "Consular explanation repeats the five-year naturalisation condition and says conversion from temporary to permanent residence is not automatic." }, "follow-ar-information": { "id": "follow-ar-information", "title": "Deputies information request 5568-D-2026", "authority": "Chamber of Deputies of Argentina", "url": "https://www2.hcdn.gob.ar/proyectos/proyectoTP.jsp?exp=5568-D-2026", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "16 October 2026 proposal requests executive information about the programme announced on 2 October; referred to Constitutional Affairs and Population/Human Development." }, "follow-ar-appointment": { "id": "follow-ar-appointment", "title": "Decree 285/2026: APCI executive appointment", "authority": "Argentina official legislation", "url": "https://www.argentina.gob.ar/normativa/nacional/norma-425223", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "Published 28 April 2026; appoints Aixa Granara as APCI executive director ad honorem from 22 April." }, "follow-gr-scope": { "id": "follow-gr-scope", "title": "Government presentation: proposed housing-transfer tax scope", "authority": "Government of Greece", "url": "https://www.government.gov.gr/exidikefsi-ton-ikonomikon-metron-pou-anakinose-prothipourgos-stin-90i-deth/", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "Presentation narrows the announced 15% tax to specified residential purchases and describes excluded categories; it is not a new Golden Visa investment threshold." }, "follow-gr-date": { "id": "follow-gr-date", "title": "Finance Ministry presentation: July 2027 timing", "authority": "Greece Ministry of National Economy and Finance", "url": "https://minfin.gov.gr/dimitris-markopoulos-ta-metra-einai-apotelesma-ousiastikou-dialogou-me-tin-koinonia-kai-tous-paragogikous-foreis/", "type": "Official publication", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "Deputy minister describes a transition until 1 July 2027 for the announced third-country housing-transfer tax." }, "alternative-cy-forms": { "id": "alternative-cy-forms", "title": "Investor immigration permits: application forms", "authority": "Cyprus Migration Department", "url": "https://www.gov.cy/mip-md/en/documents/immigration-permits-for-investors-ip/", "type": "Official forms directory", "published": "2025-12-29", "checked": "2026-10-23", "supports": "Current MIP2 application and accompanying checklists; follow the current authority forms rather than a legacy copy." }, "verify-uk-nonnational": { "id": "verify-uk-nonnational", "authority": "UK Visas and Immigration", "title": "UK visa requirements: non-national travel documents", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-visa-requirements-list-for-carriers/uk-visa-requirements-for-international-carriers", "supports": "The non-national/refugee document section requires a visa for UK entry on a non-UK non-national document. Airside transit has separate nationality and exemption rules.", "checked": "2026-10-24", "type": "Government guidance" }, "verify-ca-nonnational": { "id": "verify-ca-nonnational", "authority": "Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada", "title": "eTA eligibility: alien passport and stateless travellers", "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada/eta/eligibility.html", "supports": "Alien-passport holders and stateless individuals travel with a visitor visa; Canadian status and US permanent-resident exemptions remain separate.", "checked": "2026-10-24", "type": "Government guidance" }, "verify-eu-register": { "id": "verify-eu-register", "authority": "European Commission DG HOME", "title": "Travel-document recognition register, published 19 October 2026", "url": "https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/document/travel-documents-issued-third-countries-and-territorial-entities-part-i_en", "published": "2026-10-19", "supports": "Notifications through 16 October. Panama special-passport recognition differs by state; Tuvalu investor-passport recognition is limited to exit back to Tuvalu in Germany, Austria and Romania.", "checked": "2026-10-24", "type": "Government document register" }, "verify-nz-documents": { "id": "verify-nz-documents", "authority": "Immigration New Zealand", "title": "Passports we do not recognise", "url": "https://www.immigration.govt.nz/process-to-apply/once-you-have-a-visa/manage-your-visa-and-passport/passports-we-do-not-recognise/", "supports": "Current guidance explicitly rejects Kiribati investor passports and Tongan Protected Person passports for visa issuance and travel to New Zealand.", "checked": "2026-10-24", "type": "Government guidance" }, "verify-jo-issuance": { "id": "verify-jo-issuance", "authority": "Jordan Civil Status and Passports Department", "title": "First issuance of passport for investment encouragement", "url": "https://www.cspd.gov.jo/AR/ListDetails/_%D8%AF%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84__%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA/41/68", "supports": "Published first-issuance service: personal attendance, Interior/Cabinet/security approval; listed JOD 25,000 first-issue fee; 14-day service time; three-year initial validity.", "checked": "2026-10-24", "type": "Government guidance" }, "verify-us-vwp": { "id": "verify-us-vwp", "authority": "US Department of State", "title": "Visa Waiver Program nationality and passport requirements", "url": "https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/tourism-visit/visa-waiver-program.html", "supports": "VWP requires participating citizenship/nationality, a qualifying passport and ESTA. 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The file predates the decree and concerns ordinary citizenship.", "source": "update-ar-judgment", "checked": "2026-10-22", "url": "https://repositorio.mpd.gov.ar/jspui/bitstream/123456789/6475/1/YL%20%28Causa%20N%C2%B0%208843%29.pdf" }, { "label": "Regional residence has conditions", "text": "The Mercosur agreement’s nationality definition includes naturalised nationals who have held that nationality for five years. A new Argentine passport does not itself establish immediate residence or work rights throughout the region; check the destination’s own route.", "source": "follow-ar-mercosur", "checked": "2026-10-23", "url": "https://www.argentina.gob.ar/normativa/nacional/96650/texto" }, { "label": "New request for executive information", "text": "Deputies proposal 5568-D-2026, dated 16 October, requests information about the announced programme. Its committee referrals are not an enacted prohibition, an executive answer or evidence of live intake.", "source": "follow-ar-information", "checked": "2026-10-23", "url": "https://www2.hcdn.gob.ar/proyectos/proyectoTP.jsp?exp=5568-D-2026" }, { "label": "Agency appointment is not intake", "text": "Decree 285/2026 records APCI’s executive appointment from 22 April. 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Owning a Hungarian home is not evidence that this fund route is satisfied.", "sources": [ "hu" ], "amount": 250000, "currency": "EUR", "checked": "2026-10-12", "start": null, "end": null, "alert": "", "profilePath": "/residency-by-investment/hungary/", "slug": "hungary", "familyAmount": null, "singleSubtotal": null, "familySubtotal": null, "presenceShort": "In-person application / biometrics", "processing": "21-day procedural period; exclusions apply", "routeType": "Fund investment", "feeItems": [], "routes": [], "feeNote": "Use the current government schedule for the exact applicant cohort.", "keyNote": "Qualifying funds only; units blocked at least 5 years.", "ukVisits": "", "familyScenario": "Principal, spouse and two children aged under 12; qualifying family only.", "countryCode": "HUN", "reviewed": "2026-10-13", "claimSources": { "amount": [ "hu" ], "fees": [ "hu" ], "status": [ "hu" ] }, "sharedCountry": false, "flag": "🇭🇺", "researchEvidence": { "checked": "2026-10-23", "guides": [ "europe-investor-route-changes-2026" ], "items": [ { "label": "Published tax proposal", "text": "The 6 October wealth-tax consultation draft covers residents and specified Hungarian assets of nonresidents. 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Extra adult dependants other than spouse cost EUR 7,500 each; residence cards EUR 500/person.", "caveat": "EUR 99,500 is NOT an all-in price. Minimum rent is EUR 14,000 annually for qualifying housing held five years, or qualifying purchase EUR 375,000. Financial-asset tests and ongoing housing requirements also apply.", "sources": [ "mt-pr" ], "amount": 99000, "currency": "EUR", "checked": "2026-10-12", "start": null, "end": null, "alert": "", "profilePath": "/residency-by-investment/malta/", "slug": "malta", "familyAmount": 99000, "singleSubtotal": 99500, "familySubtotal": 101000, "presenceShort": "Permanent residence, not citizenship", "processing": "", "routeType": "Fees + housing", "feeItems": [ [ "Administration", 60000 ], [ "Government contribution", 37000 ], [ "NGO donation", 2000 ], [ "Five-year residence card", 500 ] ], "routes": [], "feeNote": "Subtotal is the fee/contribution/NGO/card component only. Rent or purchase, insurance, asset requirements, documents and agent fees are additional.", "keyNote": "Housing is additional: EUR 14,000/year rent or EUR 375,000 purchase.", "ukVisits": "", "familyScenario": "Principal, spouse and two children aged under 12; qualifying family only.", "countryCode": "MLT", "reviewed": "2026-10-13", "claimSources": { "amount": [ "mt-pr" ], "fees": [ "mt-pr" ], "status": [ "mt-pr" ] }, "sharedCountry": true, "flag": "🇲🇹", "researchEvidence": { "checked": "2026-10-22", "guides": [ "investment-migration-changes-2026" ], "items": [ { "label": "A separate future tax regime", "text": "Individual Tax Programme Rules commence on 1 January 2027 with a €35,000 minimum annual tax and €700,000 qualifying owned-property floor. This is a special tax-status regime, not the MPRP tariff and not citizenship. 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Indexation begins 1 January 2027 for later filings; residence is not citizenship.", "sources": [ "us-law", "us" ], "amount": 800000, "currency": "USD", "checked": "2026-10-12", "start": 1990, "end": null, "alert": "", "profilePath": "/residency-by-investment/united-states-eb5/", "slug": "united-states-eb5", "familyAmount": 800000, "singleSubtotal": null, "familySubtotal": null, "presenceShort": "Lawful permanent residence first", "processing": "", "routeType": "Business investment", "feeItems": [], "routes": [], "feeNote": "Use the current government schedule for the exact applicant cohort.", "keyNote": "Current statute: USD 800 k targeted/infrastructure; USD 1.05 m ordinary.", "ukVisits": "", "familyScenario": "Principal, spouse and two children aged under 12; qualifying family only.", "countryCode": "USA", "reviewed": "2026-10-13", "claimSources": { "amount": [ "us-law" ], "fees": [ "us-law" ], "status": [ "us-law", "us" ] }, "sharedCountry": true, "flag": "🇺🇸", "researchEvidence": { "checked": "2026-10-23", "guides": [ "investment-migration-changes-2026", "citizenship-and-travel-policy-risk" ], "items": [ { "label": "Scheduled filing-fee change", "text": "For filings postmarked on or after 30 November 2026, the final rule sets I-526 at $7,615 and initial I-526E at $7,850, including the $75 technology fee. A regional-centre petition also requires a separate $1,100 Integrity Fund fee: $8,950 for these two filing components. Other costs remain additional.", "source": "update-us-fees", "effectiveFrom": "2026-11-30", "checked": "2026-10-22", "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/30/2026-20016/us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-employment-based-immigrant-visa-fifth-preference-eb-5-fee" }, { "label": "Immigrant-visa pause ended", "text": "The State Department’s 28 August notice says the January 75-nationality immigrant-visa issuance pause was no longer in effect as of 21 August under the CLINIC order. This does not remove other restrictions or establish tourist-visa or Visa Waiver Program eligibility.", "source": "follow-us-pause", "checked": "2026-10-23", "url": "https://travel.state.gov/en/newsroom/visas/2026/immigrant-visa-processing-updates-for-nationalities-at-high-risk-of-public-benefits-usage.html" } ] }, "researchTimingSummary": "", "researchEvidenceChecked": "2026-10-23", "researchUpdates": "Scheduled filing-fee change (checked 2026-10-22): For filings postmarked on or after 30 November 2026, the final rule sets I-526 at $7,615 and initial I-526E at $7,850, including the $75 technology fee. A regional-centre petition also requires a separate $1,100 Integrity Fund fee: $8,950 for these two filing components. Other costs remain additional. | Immigrant-visa pause ended (checked 2026-10-23): The State Department’s 28 August notice says the January 75-nationality immigrant-visa issuance pause was no longer in effect as of 21 August under the CLINIC order. 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Different options have different capital and renewal conditions.", "keyNote": "", "ukVisits": "", "familyScenario": "Principal, spouse and two children aged under 12; qualifying family only.", "countryCode": "SGP", "reviewed": "2026-10-13", "claimSources": { "amount": [ "sg-options" ], "fees": [ "sg-current" ], "status": [ "sg-current", "sg-options" ] }, "sharedCountry": false, "flag": "🇸🇬", "publicationRole": "residence", "publicationBasis": [ "sg-current", "sg-options", "sg" ], "legalOutcome": "Residence; nationality remains separate" }, { "id": "hk", "country": "Hong Kong", "name": "New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme", "region": "Asia / Middle East", "kind": "Residency", "status": "Open", "period": "Launched 1 March 2024", "capital": "HK$30,000,000 total", "capitalType": "Asset allocation", "hold": "HK$27 m permissible assets + HK$3 m CIES portfolio", "presence": "Seven years continuous ordinary residence for PR eligibility", "family": "Spouse and unmarried dependent children under 18", "caveat": "Hong Kong PR is not Chinese nationality and does not automatically entitle a foreign citizen to an HKSAR passport. 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Citizenship nominations and ordinary rules are different legal matters.", "sources": [ "ae" ], "amount": 2000000, "currency": "AED", "checked": "2026-10-12", "start": null, "end": null, "alert": "", "profilePath": "/residency-by-investment/united-arab-emirates/", "slug": "united-arab-emirates", "familyAmount": 2000000, "singleSubtotal": null, "familySubtotal": null, "presenceShort": "10-year renewable residence permit", "processing": "", "routeType": "Property", "feeItems": [], "routes": [], "feeNote": "Use the current government schedule for the exact applicant cohort.", "keyNote": "Dubai property investment grants residence, not a passport.", "ukVisits": "", "familyScenario": "Principal, spouse and two children aged under 12; qualifying family only.", "countryCode": "ARE", "reviewed": "2026-10-13", "claimSources": { "amount": [ "ae" ], "fees": [ "ae" ], "status": [ "ae" ] }, "sharedCountry": false, "flag": "🇦🇪", "publicationRole": "residence", "publicationBasis": [ "ae" ], "legalOutcome": "Residence; nationality remains separate" }, { "id": "am", "country": "Armenia", "name": "Special Residency Status", "region": "Asia / Middle East", "kind": "Residency", "status": "Discretionary", "period": "Current ten-year status", "capital": "No fixed investment tariff in cited guidance", "capitalType": "Economic/cultural/ancestry-based special residence", "hold": "Ten-year special-residence status", "presence": "Special Armenian passport is a residence document", "family": "Family and ancestry criteria assessed separately", "caveat": "Included because the word “passport” is easily confused with nationality. Ministry expressly distinguishes political rights of citizens.", "sources": [ "am" ], "amount": null, "currency": null, "checked": "2026-10-12", "start": null, "end": null, "alert": "", "profilePath": "/residency-by-investment/armenia-special-residency/", "slug": "armenia-special-residency", "familyAmount": null, "singleSubtotal": null, "familySubtotal": null, "presenceShort": "Special residence passport, not nationality", "processing": "", "routeType": "Other", "feeItems": [], "routes": [], "feeNote": "MFA lists AMD 150,000 special-passport state duty; consular surcharges/document costs may apply. This is not an investment tariff.", "keyNote": "The special passport documents residence; use national passport for international travel.", "ukVisits": "", "familyScenario": "Principal, spouse and two children aged under 12; qualifying family only.", "countryCode": "ARM", "reviewed": "2026-10-13", "claimSources": { "amount": [ "am" ], "fees": [ "am" ], "status": [ "am" ] }, "sharedCountry": false, "flag": "🇦🇲", "publicationRole": "residence", "publicationBasis": [ "am" ], "legalOutcome": "Residence; nationality remains separate" }, { "id": "us-gold", "country": "United States", "name": "Gold Card", "region": "Americas", "kind": "Residency", "status": "Open", "period": "Executive order 19 September 2025; current application portal", "capital": "US$1,000,000 contribution + US$15,000 processing", "capitalType": "Non-refundable contribution and fee", "hold": "Background approval required; separate corporate sponsorship terms", "presence": "Expedited immigrant visa / residence; naturalisation separate", "family": "Each accompanying spouse or unmarried under 21 child requires a separate USD 1 m gift and USD 15,000 DHS fee.", "caveat": "Official portal advertises residency, not immediate citizenship. 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Eligibility, age definitions and dependency rules apply.", "profilePath": "/citizenship-routes/cabo-verde-investment/", "slug": "cabo-verde-investment", "claimSources": { "amount": [ "cv-law", "cv-amendment" ], "fees": [ "cv-law", "cv-amendment" ], "status": [ "cv-law", "cv-amendment" ] }, "sharedCountry": false, "flag": "🇨🇻", "publicationSources": [ "cv-law" ], "publicationFactsChecked": "2026-10-24", "publicationRole": "framework", "publicationBasis": [ "cv-law", "cv-amendment" ], "legalOutcome": "Published nationality legislation" }, { "id": "gd-old", "country": "Grenada", "countryCode": "GRD", "name": "Former economic citizenship programme", "region": "Caribbean", "kind": "Historical", "status": "Closed", "period": "1997–2001 institutional operational period; suspended 24 October 2001", "capital": "Original qualifying amounts not reconstructed", "capitalType": "Historical", "hold": "Historical programme; new applications unavailable", "presence": "Historical", "family": "Original family terms not reconstructed.", "caveat": "Separate from the programme launched under the 2013 Act. 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The migration documentation must be presented to SNM before the passport procedure. The page’s general 24-hour handover statement concerns the passport procedure, not the full residence-to-passport process.", "source": "verify-pa-apap", "checked": "2026-10-24", "url": "https://www.apap.gob.pa/index.php?Itemid=154&id=20&option=com_sppagebuilder&view=page" } ] }, "researchTimingSummary": "APAP states 24-hour handover after the passport procedure; SNM documentation comes first. No residence-to-passport duration is published.", "researchEvidenceChecked": "2026-10-24", "researchUpdates": "UK entry rule (checked 2026-10-24): For UK entry using this non-national document, a visa is required under the non-national travel-document rule. Separate UK immigration-status exemptions and airside-transit rules can apply. Document recognition is a separate requirement. | Canada entry rule (checked 2026-10-24): IRCC requires a visitor visa for alien-passport holders and stateless travellers, subject to separate status-based exemptions. The document must also be accepted. Citizenship-based eTA eligibility is not acquired by a noncitizen passport. | Schengen document recognition (checked 2026-10-24): The register marks Panama’s Pasaporte Especial as recognised by Germany and Spain but not France. Match the issued document to that category; recognition alone is not a visa exemption. | First-time passport procedure (checked 2026-10-24): APAP publishes a first-time Rentista Retirado checklist with notarised application, photographs, passport copy, criminal/health declarations and state-bank deposit evidence, plus a B/.1,500 listed procedure cost. The migration documentation must be presented to SNM before the passport procedure. 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Citizenship-based eTA eligibility is not acquired by a noncitizen passport. | Schengen document recognition (checked 2026-10-24): The register marks Panama’s Pasaporte Especial as recognised by Germany and Spain but not France. Match the issued document to that category; recognition alone is not a visa exemption. | Published procedure boundary (checked 2026-10-24): The APAP requirements page reviewed lists a first-time Rentista Retirado procedure but does not identify a Qualified Investor passport procedure. 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Land/sea travel needs a visa; each traveller qualifies separately.", "sources": [ "ca-conditional-eta" ], "checked": "2026-10-13", "conditions": [ "Valid qualifying Canadian visitor visa in previous ten years OR valid US nonimmigrant visa at eTA application", "Each traveller must qualify individually", "Land/sea requires a visitor visa unless a separately established status exemption applies" ], "documentRecognition": "Valid ordinary national passport; individual and series exceptions not fully checked", "acquisitionRestrictions": "not_researched" }, "schengen": { "label": "Visa-exempt · 90/180", "note": "Ordinary national passport, short visits; entry conditions and document validity still apply.", "sources": [ "eu-visa-list" ], "checked": "2026-10-13", "conditions": [], "documentRecognition": "Common nationality regime only; member-specific recognition not fully checked", "acquisitionRestrictions": "not_researched" } }, "ukVisits": "ETA / visit-visa exempt", "researchEvidence": { "checked": "2026-10-23", "guides": [ "cbi-real-estate-due-diligence", "citizenship-and-travel-policy-risk" ], "items": [ { "label": "Property and exit conditions", "text": "The CIU describes approved property from $300,000 and a five-year resale restriction, subject to its alternative-approved-property exception. It warns that the property transaction can lengthen processing. Approval for CBI does not establish the asset’s market value or resale liquidity.", "source": "update-ag-property", "checked": "2026-10-22", "url": "https://cip.gov.ag/investment-options/real-estate/" }, { "label": "EU phase-out request", "text": "The government’s 7 July statement reports a Commission request to phase out the programme by 1 June 2028, while saying the programme will continue. This verifies the reported request; it is not an enacted closure or proof that visa-free travel has already been suspended.", "source": "follow-ag-eu-request", "checked": "2026-10-23", "url": "https://ab.gov.ag/detail_template.php?page=press_release%2F2026%2Fjuly%2F2026_july_07-govt_responds_to+eu_communication_on_cip" } ] }, "researchTimingSummary": "", "researchEvidenceChecked": "2026-10-23", "researchUpdates": "Property and exit conditions (checked 2026-10-22): The CIU describes approved property from $300,000 and a five-year resale restriction, subject to its alternative-approved-property exception. It warns that the property transaction can lengthen processing. Approval for CBI does not establish the asset’s market value or resale liquidity. | EU phase-out request (checked 2026-10-23): The government’s 7 July statement reports a Commission request to phase out the programme by 1 June 2028, while saying the programme will continue. This verifies the reported request; it is not an enacted closure or proof that visa-free travel has already been suspended.", "researchSourceUrls": "https://cip.gov.ag/investment-options/real-estate/ | https://ab.gov.ag/detail_template.php?page=press_release%2F2026%2Fjuly%2F2026_july_07-govt_responds_to+eu_communication_on_cip", "observedApproval": { "meanMonths": 16.8, "minMonths": 11, "maxMonths": 24, "basis": "Practitioner observations", "sourceLabel": "IMI", "period": "Q2 2026", "checked": "2026-10-23", "source": "imi-observed-processing", "url": "https://www.imidaily.com/investment-migration-processing-times/" }, "observedMeanMonths": 16.8, "observedMinMonths": 11, "observedMaxMonths": 24, "observedPeriod": "Q2 2026", "observedChecked": "2026-10-23", "observedBasis": "Practitioner observations", "observedSourceUrl": "https://www.imidaily.com/investment-migration-processing-times/", "mobilityEvidence": { "visaFree": 100, "visaOnArrival": 38, "eta": 6, "total": 144, "url": "https://www.passportindex.org/passport/antigua-and-barbuda/", "source": "passport-index-ag", "checked": "2026-10-23" }, "reportedMobilityTotal": 144, "reportedVisaFree": 100, "reportedVisaOnArrival": 38, "reportedEta": 6, "mobilityChecked": "2026-10-23", "mobilitySourceUrl": "https://www.passportindex.org/passport/antigua-and-barbuda/", "obligations": { "checked": "2026-10-25", "afterApproval": [ { "label": "Visits and citizenship retention", "text": "The CIU says deprivation of citizenship may occur if the citizen does not spend at least five days in Antigua and Barbuda during the first five calendar years after citizenship, without repayment of the original investment, contribution or purchase price. 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Obtain written terms for withdrawal, rejection and developer default; do not infer a universal contractual refund from the government fee rules.", "sources": [ "ag-fees", "ag-property-current" ], "route": "all", "checked": "2026-10-25" } ], "guides": [ "citizenship-by-investment-costs", "cbi-real-estate-due-diligence" ] }, "obligationsChecked": "2026-10-25", "eligibilityResources": null, "resourcesRequirement": "", "eligibilityDetails": "", "afterApprovalDuties": "Visits and citizenship retention [all; checked 2026-10-25]: The CIU says deprivation of citizenship may occur if the citizen does not spend at least five days in Antigua and Barbuda during the first five calendar years after citizenship, without repayment of the original investment, contribution or purchase price. Keep visit records. This retention condition is separate from the passport’s expiry date. | Passport renewal [all; checked 2026-10-25]: The current CIU passport page describes an initial five-year passport and consideration for renewal subject to five days spent in the country during that period since citizenship. Obtain current renewal instructions and charges. The May 2020 AB10 form is a dated reference: this review did not establish its present fee schedule or procedural applicability, and the current forms index does not list it. That omission does not prove withdrawal. | Property holding [approved-property; checked 2026-10-25]: The current property page restricts resale until five years after purchase, with an exception for purchasing an alternative officially approved property. Preserve title and payment documents and obtain advice before any early disposal. 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Different currencies remain separate.", "keyNote": "Instalments delay citizenship until full payment.", "familyScenario": "Principal, spouse and two children aged under 12; qualifying family only.", "passportDelivery": "No independently verified end-to-end passport delivery time", "routeType": "Contribution", "amount": 250000, "currency": "USD", "familyAmount": null, "routes": [ [ "Treasury contribution", 250000, "Non-refundable" ], [ "Qualifying property", 300000, "Conditions apply" ], [ "Investment project", 450000, "Conditions apply" ], [ "Bank deposit", 500000, "3 years; repayment / FX terms matter" ] ], "singleSubtotal": 260000, "familySubtotal": null, "feeItems": [ [ "Treasury contribution", 250000 ], [ "Application", 10000 ] ], "sources": [ "eg", "eg-faq", "uk-visits", "us-vwp", "publication-entry-nationality", "eu-visa-list", "comparison-eg-current" ], "claimSources": { "amount": [ "eg" ], "fees": [ "eg", "comparison-eg-current" ], "status": [ "eg", "eg-faq" ] }, "travelAccess": { "uk": { "label": "Visa required", "note": "Short visits on an ordinary national passport. 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Different currencies remain separate.", "keyNote": "Residence circular needs confirmation for the applicant cohort.", "familyScenario": "Principal, spouse and two children aged under 12; qualifying family only.", "passportDelivery": "No independently verified end-to-end passport delivery time", "routeType": "Contribution", "amount": 235000, "currency": "USD", "familyAmount": 235000, "routes": [ [ "NTF contribution", 235000, "Non-refundable" ], [ "Approved project share", 270000, "US$50,000 government contribution extra" ] ], "singleSubtotal": 244000, "familySubtotal": 257000, "feeItems": [ [ "NTF contribution", 235000 ], [ "Application", 1500 ], [ "Due diligence", 5000 ], [ "Processing", 1500 ], [ "Interview", 1000 ] ], "sources": [ "gd", "uk-visits", "us-vwp", "publication-entry-nationality", "eu-visa-list", "official-gd-process" ], "claimSources": { "amount": [ "gd" ], "fees": [ "gd" ], "status": [ "gd" ] }, "travelAccess": { "uk": { "label": "ETA / visit-visa exempt", "note": "Short visits on an ordinary national passport. ETA eligibility and visitor conditions apply.", "sources": [ "uk-visits" ], "checked": "2026-10-13", "conditions": [], "documentRecognition": "Valid ordinary national passport; individual and series exceptions not fully checked", "acquisitionRestrictions": "not_researched" }, "usa": { "label": "Visitor visa required", "note": "This nationality is outside the Visa Waiver Program. Individual exceptions may apply.", "sources": [ "us-vwp" ], "checked": "2026-10-13", "conditions": [], "documentRecognition": "Valid ordinary national passport; individual and series exceptions not fully checked", "acquisitionRestrictions": "not_researched" }, "canada": { "label": "Visitor visa required", "note": "No nationality-based visitor waiver is established here. Individual exemptions may apply.", "sources": [ "publication-entry-nationality" ], "checked": "2026-10-13", "conditions": [], "documentRecognition": "Valid ordinary national passport; individual and series exceptions not fully checked", "acquisitionRestrictions": "not_researched" }, "schengen": { "label": "Visa-exempt · 90/180", "note": "Ordinary national passport, short visits; entry conditions and document validity still apply.", "sources": [ "eu-visa-list" ], "checked": "2026-10-13", "conditions": [], "documentRecognition": "Common nationality regime only; member-specific recognition not fully checked", "acquisitionRestrictions": "not_researched" } }, "ukVisits": "ETA / visit-visa exempt", "timingEvidence": { "checked": "2026-10-21", "summary": "Decision, payment, registration, then passport", "stages": [ { "label": "Decision and payment", "text": "IMA describes screening and a ministerial decision before the successful applicant is instructed to complete the contribution or property purchase.", "source": "official-gd-process", "url": "https://imagrenada.gd/becoming-a-citizen/", "authority": "Investment Migration Agency Grenada" }, { "label": "Nationality and passport", "text": "Proof of payment precedes the registration certificate. The local agent then applies for a passport using that certificate. No end-to-end duration is verified here.", "source": "official-gd-process", "url": "https://imagrenada.gd/becoming-a-citizen/", "authority": "Investment Migration Agency Grenada" } ] }, "timingEvidenceChecked": "2026-10-21", "officialStages": "Decision and payment: IMA describes screening and a ministerial decision before the successful applicant is instructed to complete the contribution or property purchase. | Nationality and passport: Proof of payment precedes the registration certificate. The local agent then applies for a passport using that certificate. No end-to-end duration is verified here.", "timingSourceUrls": "https://imagrenada.gd/becoming-a-citizen/", "observedApproval": { "meanMonths": 6.6, "minMonths": 4, "maxMonths": 9, "basis": "Practitioner observations", "sourceLabel": "IMI", "period": "Q2 2026", "checked": "2026-10-23", "source": "imi-observed-processing", "url": "https://www.imidaily.com/investment-migration-processing-times/" }, "observedMeanMonths": 6.6, "observedMinMonths": 4, "observedMaxMonths": 9, "observedPeriod": "Q2 2026", "observedChecked": "2026-10-23", "observedBasis": "Practitioner observations", "observedSourceUrl": "https://www.imidaily.com/investment-migration-processing-times/", "mobilityEvidence": { "visaFree": 95, "visaOnArrival": 37, "eta": 7, "total": 139, "url": "https://www.passportindex.org/passport/grenada/", "source": "passport-index-gd", "checked": "2026-10-23" }, "reportedMobilityTotal": 139, "reportedVisaFree": 95, "reportedVisaOnArrival": 37, "reportedEta": 7, "mobilityChecked": "2026-10-23", "mobilitySourceUrl": "https://www.passportindex.org/passport/grenada/", "publicationRole": "citizenship", "publicationBasis": [ "gd", "uk-visits", "us-vwp", "publication-entry-nationality", "eu-visa-list", "official-gd-process" ], "legalOutcome": "Citizenship subject to approval" }, { "id": "skn", "country": "St Kitts and Nevis", "name": "Citizenship Programme / SISC", "region": "Caribbean", "kind": "Citizenship", "status": "Open", "period": "1984–present", "start": 1984, "end": null, "profilePath": "/citizenship-by-investment/st-kitts-and-nevis/", "slug": "st-kitts-and-nevis", "countryCode": "KNA", "grantsCitizenship": true, "passportOrdinary": true, "sharedCountry": false, "checked": "2026-10-13", "reviewed": "2026-10-13", "openDataRelease": "2026-10-25.2", "openDataProgrammeId": "cbi-kna", "openDataManifest": "/open-data/2026-10-25.2/manifest.json", "claimRevisions": [ "cbi-kna-amount-44cf98220d528546", "cbi-kna-family-843b91714fd0efec", "cbi-kna-intake-observation-3b11a2036403a89b" ], "coverageGaps": [ "legal_basis", "financial_resources", "screening" ], "flag": "🇰🇳", "capital": "US$250,000 SISC contribution", "capitalType": "Non-refundable contribution", "hold": "Contribution unrecoverable; approved investment alternatives exist", "presence": "Mandatory biometric appointment at an approved collection centre.", "family": "US$250,000 main applicant or family up to 4", "caveat": "SISC contribution remains published at USD 250,000 for a principal or family up to four. Mandatory biometrics apply to new applications from 14 April 2026. Residency-reform announcements do not establish a universal current stay-day rule.", "alert": "", "processing": "120–180 days to approval in principle (CIU target)", "presenceShort": "Biometrics appointment required", "feeNote": "Standard biometric fees are counted. A 10% discount requires qualifying bookings AND enrolment by 31 December 2026 and is not assumed. Agent, document and any unlisted charges remain extra. Pinned open-data subtotals include only supported dated line items; comprehensive total and exact family acceptance remain unresolved. Different currencies remain separate.", "keyNote": "2026 biometric/passport fees apply; enrolment discount is conditional.", "familyScenario": "Principal, spouse and two children aged under 12; qualifying family only.", "passportDelivery": "No independently verified end-to-end passport delivery time", "routeType": "Contribution", "amount": 250000, "currency": "USD", "familyAmount": 250000, "routes": [ [ "SISC contribution", 250000, "Non-refundable" ] ], "singleSubtotal": 262750, "familySubtotal": 275600, "feeItems": [ [ "Principal due diligence", 10000 ], [ "Application processing", 250 ], [ "Standard biometric enrolment / passport upgrade", 2500 ], [ "SISC contribution", 250000 ] ], "sources": [ "skn", "skn-presence", "skn-transition", "skn-fees", "skn-biometric", "skn-reform", "uk-visits", "us-vwp", "ca-conditional-eta", "eu-visa-list", "official-skn-process", "official-skn-passport" ], "claimSources": { "amount": [ "skn" ], "fees": [ "skn-fees", "skn-biometric", "skn" ], "status": [ "skn", "skn-presence", "skn-transition", "skn-fees", "skn-biometric", "skn-reform" ] }, "travelAccess": { "uk": { "label": "ETA / visit-visa exempt", "note": "Short visits on an ordinary national passport. ETA eligibility and visitor conditions apply.", "sources": [ "uk-visits" ], "checked": "2026-10-13", "conditions": [], "documentRecognition": "Valid ordinary national passport; individual and series exceptions not fully checked", "acquisitionRestrictions": "not_researched" }, "usa": { "label": "Visitor visa required", "note": "This nationality is outside the Visa Waiver Program. Individual exceptions may apply.", "sources": [ "us-vwp" ], "checked": "2026-10-13", "conditions": [], "documentRecognition": "Valid ordinary national passport; individual and series exceptions not fully checked", "acquisitionRestrictions": "not_researched" }, "canada": { "label": "Conditional air eTA", "note": "Only air travel / airport transit, plus Canadian visa held in past ten years OR a valid US nonimmigrant visa. Land/sea travel needs a visa; each traveller qualifies separately.", "sources": [ "ca-conditional-eta" ], "checked": "2026-10-13", "conditions": [ "Valid qualifying Canadian visitor visa in previous ten years OR valid US nonimmigrant visa at eTA application", "Each traveller must qualify individually", "Land/sea requires a visitor visa unless a separately established status exemption applies" ], "documentRecognition": "Valid ordinary national passport; individual and series exceptions not fully checked", "acquisitionRestrictions": "not_researched" }, "schengen": { "label": "Visa-exempt · 90/180", "note": "Ordinary national passport, short visits; entry conditions and document validity still apply.", "sources": [ "eu-visa-list" ], "checked": "2026-10-13", "conditions": [], "documentRecognition": "Common nationality regime only; member-specific recognition not fully checked", "acquisitionRestrictions": "not_researched" } }, "ukVisits": "ETA / visit-visa exempt", "timingEvidence": { "checked": "2026-10-21", "summary": "Decision and passport production are separate", "stages": [ { "label": "Application sequence", "text": "An authorised agent submits the file. The CIU describes approval in principle before the qualifying investment, followed by the citizenship certificate.", "source": "official-skn-process", "url": "https://ciu.gov.kn/application-process/", "authority": "St Kitts and Nevis Citizenship Unit" }, { "label": "Dated passport-production estimate", "text": "A 2 September 2026 notice described an initial four-to-six-week production period, starting at the later of 1 September or completed biometric enrolment. Delivery and agent charges are separate. Reconfirm the current production window; this is not total application time.", "source": "official-skn-passport", "url": "https://ciu.gov.kn/st-kitts-and-nevis-integrates-biometric-enrolment-with-the-passport-process/", "authority": "St Kitts and Nevis Citizenship Unit" } ] }, "timingEvidenceChecked": "2026-10-21", "officialStages": "Application sequence: An authorised agent submits the file. The CIU describes approval in principle before the qualifying investment, followed by the citizenship certificate. | Dated passport-production estimate: A 2 September 2026 notice described an initial four-to-six-week production period, starting at the later of 1 September or completed biometric enrolment. Delivery and agent charges are separate. Reconfirm the current production window; this is not total application time.", "timingSourceUrls": "https://ciu.gov.kn/application-process/ | https://ciu.gov.kn/st-kitts-and-nevis-integrates-biometric-enrolment-with-the-passport-process/", "observedApproval": { "meanMonths": 5.7, "minMonths": 3, "maxMonths": 8, "basis": "Practitioner observations", "sourceLabel": "IMI", "period": "Q2 2026", "checked": "2026-10-23", "source": "imi-observed-processing", "url": "https://www.imidaily.com/investment-migration-processing-times/" }, "observedMeanMonths": 5.7, "observedMinMonths": 3, "observedMaxMonths": 8, "observedPeriod": "Q2 2026", "observedChecked": "2026-10-23", "observedBasis": "Practitioner observations", "observedSourceUrl": "https://www.imidaily.com/investment-migration-processing-times/", "mobilityEvidence": { "visaFree": 103, "visaOnArrival": 39, "eta": 6, "total": 148, "url": "https://www.passportindex.org/passport/saint-kitts-and-nevis/", "source": "passport-index-skn", "checked": "2026-10-23" }, "reportedMobilityTotal": 148, "reportedVisaFree": 103, "reportedVisaOnArrival": 39, "reportedEta": 6, "mobilityChecked": "2026-10-23", "mobilitySourceUrl": "https://www.passportindex.org/passport/saint-kitts-and-nevis/", "publicationRole": "citizenship", "publicationBasis": [ "skn", "skn-presence", "skn-transition", "skn-fees", "skn-biometric", "skn-reform", "uk-visits", "us-vwp", "ca-conditional-eta", "eu-visa-list", "official-skn-process", "official-skn-passport" ], "legalOutcome": "Citizenship subject to approval" }, { "id": "lc", "country": "Saint Lucia", "name": "Citizenship by Investment", "region": "Caribbean", "kind": "Citizenship", "status": "Open", "period": "2016–present", "start": 2016, "end": null, "profilePath": "/citizenship-by-investment/saint-lucia/", "slug": "saint-lucia", "countryCode": "LCA", "grantsCitizenship": true, "passportOrdinary": true, "sharedCountry": false, "checked": "2026-10-13", "reviewed": "2026-10-13", "openDataRelease": "2026-10-25.2", "openDataProgrammeId": "cbi-lca", "openDataManifest": "/open-data/2026-10-25.2/manifest.json", "claimRevisions": [ "cbi-lca-amount-f420d354396991ee", "cbi-lca-family-4fe7d8a0c53904b1", "cbi-lca-intake-observation-fe70b85ce720533b" ], "coverageGaps": [ "screening" ], "flag": "🇱🇨", "capital": "US$240,000 NEF contribution", "capitalType": "Non-refundable contribution", "hold": "National Action Bonds: 5 years from first issue plus US$50,000 non-refundable administration. Built property under regulation 10A: at least 5 years after citizenship, with separate ownership-evidence duties.", "presence": "Section 30A requires prescribed residency and genuine-link compliance from 1 January 2026. The reviewed official materials do not establish a universal day count; obtain the applicable Unit instructions for your file.", "family": "US$240,000 covers the principal and up to 3 qualifying dependants. Act 22/2025 defines eligible relationships, ages and support; family-of-four pricing alone does not establish eligibility.", "caveat": "A sworn declaration of at least US$350,000 in financial resources is an eligibility requirement, separate from the US$240,000 NEF contribution and government fees. Apply the amended dependant and prior-visa-refusal rules. Built-property legislation does not by itself establish available projects. The investment page and older FAQ retain incompatible NEF and diligence figures; no unqualified subtotal is selected. Conflicting official amounts are retained in the public dataset; no cost subtotal is selected.", "alert": "2025–2026 amendments add resources, biometrics and route-specific duties.", "processing": "Not published here", "presenceShort": "Residency / genuine link: prescribed rules; day count unresolved", "feeNote": "Interview/identity verification is payable by the principal; its amount, passport, document and agent costs are excluded. Pinned open-data subtotals include only supported dated line items; comprehensive total and exact family acceptance remain unresolved. Different currencies remain separate.", "keyNote": "US$350,000 resources declaration is separate from the US$240,000 NEF contribution. UK visit visa required since March 2026.", "familyScenario": "Principal, spouse and two children aged under 12; qualifying family only.", "passportDelivery": "No independently verified end-to-end passport delivery time", "routeType": "Contribution", "amount": 240000, "currency": "USD", "familyAmount": 240000, "routes": [ [ "NEF contribution", 240000, "Non-refundable" ], [ "Government bonds", 300000, "5-year hold plus US$50,000 administration" ], [ "Approved built property — enacted route", 500000, "US$30,000 applicant administration, plus other fees. Project availability not established by this review; see requirements." ] ], "singleSubtotal": null, "familySubtotal": null, "feeItems": [], "sources": [ "lc", "lc-old", "lc-uk", "lc-act-2025", "lc-regulations-2026", "lc-legislation-index", "uk-visits", "us-vwp", "ca-conditional-eta", "eu-visa-list", "update-lc-faq", "update-lc-report", "lc-refund-policy", "lc-renewal-taipei" ], "claimSources": { "amount": [ "lc" ], "fees": [ "lc", "lc-old", "lc-regulations-2026" ], "status": [ "lc", "lc-old", "lc-uk" ] }, "travelAccess": { "uk": { "label": "Visa required", "note": "Short visits on an ordinary national passport. ETA eligibility and visitor conditions apply.", "sources": [ "uk-visits" ], "checked": "2026-10-13", "conditions": [], "documentRecognition": "Valid ordinary national passport; individual and series exceptions not fully checked", "acquisitionRestrictions": "not_researched" }, "usa": { "label": "Visitor visa required", "note": "This nationality is outside the Visa Waiver Program. Individual exceptions may apply.", "sources": [ "us-vwp" ], "checked": "2026-10-13", "conditions": [], "documentRecognition": "Valid ordinary national passport; individual and series exceptions not fully checked", "acquisitionRestrictions": "not_researched" }, "canada": { "label": "Conditional air eTA", "note": "Only air travel / airport transit, plus Canadian visa held in past ten years OR a valid US nonimmigrant visa. Land/sea travel needs a visa; each traveller qualifies separately.", "sources": [ "ca-conditional-eta" ], "checked": "2026-10-13", "conditions": [ "Valid qualifying Canadian visitor visa in previous ten years OR valid US nonimmigrant visa at eTA application", "Each traveller must qualify individually", "Land/sea requires a visitor visa unless a separately established status exemption applies" ], "documentRecognition": "Valid ordinary national passport; individual and series exceptions not fully checked", "acquisitionRestrictions": "not_researched" }, "schengen": { "label": "Visa-exempt · 90/180", "note": "Ordinary national passport, short visits; entry conditions and document validity still apply.", "sources": [ "eu-visa-list" ], "checked": "2026-10-13", "conditions": [], "documentRecognition": "Common nationality regime only; member-specific recognition not fully checked", "acquisitionRestrictions": "not_researched" } }, "ukVisits": "Visa required", "disputedCostEvidence": [ { "label": "NEF contribution as investment page", "amount": "240000", "currency": "USD", "revisionId": "cbi-lca-cost-9-6377133a7a664439", "limitations": [ "Investment page and FAQ show incompatible amounts; no unqualified price selected." ], "sources": [ "lc", "lc-old" ] }, { "label": "Principal diligence", "amount": "8000", "currency": "USD", "revisionId": "cbi-lca-scenario-item-27-9f5961515c78890d", "limitations": [ "Investment page says 8000; older FAQ says 7500; incompatible official diligence amounts retained." ], "sources": [ "lc", "lc-old" ] } ], "researchEvidence": { "checked": "2026-10-22", "guides": [ "official-programme-statistics-and-processing" ], "items": [ { "label": "Published processing guideline", "text": "The CIU’s FAQ describes approximately 90 days from notification that an application is accepted for processing to grant of citizenship. It acknowledges possible delays. This is not measured current performance or a passport-delivery promise.", "source": "update-lc-faq", "checked": "2026-10-22", "url": "https://www.cipsaintlucia.com/faqs" }, { "label": "Official fiscal-year activity", "text": "The 2024/25 annual report records 2,957 applications received and 2,633 processed: 2,278 grants and 355 denials. Decisions need not concern files received in the same period.", "source": "update-lc-report", "checked": "2026-10-22", "url": "https://www.cipsaintlucia.com/s/CIP-AR-2024_web.pdf" } ] }, "researchTimingSummary": "Approx. 90 days from accepted processing (CIU guideline)", "researchEvidenceChecked": "2026-10-22", "researchUpdates": "Published processing guideline (checked 2026-10-22): The CIU’s FAQ describes approximately 90 days from notification that an application is accepted for processing to grant of citizenship. It acknowledges possible delays. This is not measured current performance or a passport-delivery promise. | Official fiscal-year activity (checked 2026-10-22): The 2024/25 annual report records 2,957 applications received and 2,633 processed: 2,278 grants and 355 denials. Decisions need not concern files received in the same period.", "researchSourceUrls": "https://www.cipsaintlucia.com/faqs | https://www.cipsaintlucia.com/s/CIP-AR-2024_web.pdf", "observedApproval": { "meanMonths": 17.5, "minMonths": 10, "maxMonths": 30, "basis": "Practitioner observations", "sourceLabel": "IMI", "period": "Q2 2026", "checked": "2026-10-23", "source": "imi-observed-processing", "url": "https://www.imidaily.com/investment-migration-processing-times/" }, "observedMeanMonths": 17.5, "observedMinMonths": 10, "observedMaxMonths": 30, "observedPeriod": "Q2 2026", "observedChecked": "2026-10-23", "observedBasis": "Practitioner observations", "observedSourceUrl": "https://www.imidaily.com/investment-migration-processing-times/", "mobilityEvidence": { "visaFree": 91, "visaOnArrival": 41, "eta": 5, "total": 137, "url": "https://www.passportindex.org/passport/saint-lucia/", "source": "passport-index-lc", "checked": "2026-10-23" }, "reportedMobilityTotal": 137, "reportedVisaFree": 91, "reportedVisaOnArrival": 41, "reportedEta": 5, "mobilityChecked": "2026-10-23", "mobilitySourceUrl": "https://www.passportindex.org/passport/saint-lucia/", "obligations": { "checked": "2026-10-25", "eligibilityResources": { "minimum": 350000, "currency": "USD", "kind": "Sworn declaration of financial resources", "isGovernmentFee": false, "isQualifyingInvestment": false, "source": "lc-regulations-2026" }, "eligibility": [ { "label": "Resources are separate from price", "text": "Provide a sworn affidavit declaring at least US$350,000 in financial resources, with supporting resources/source-of-funds documents under amended section 36(1A). This is not an additional government fee or a replacement for the NEF contribution.", "sources": [ "lc-act-2025", "lc-regulations-2026" ], "route": "all", "checked": "2026-10-25" }, { "label": "Qualifying dependants", "text": "Act 22/2025 includes a spouse; the applicant’s or spouse’s children aged 21 or below, or no more than 30 and fully supported; parents of either spouse above 55 and fully supported; and the applicant’s unmarried siblings below 18 with parental/guardian consent. It also includes fully supported people of any age with physical or mental disabilities, with additional incapacity, care and support evidence. Assess each person individually.", "sources": [ "lc-act-2025" ], "route": "all", "checked": "2026-10-25" }, { "label": "Prior refusals and disclosure", "text": "Amended section 36 requires denial after a visa refusal by a country with which Saint Lucia has visa-free travel unless the applicant subsequently obtained a visa to that country. A citizenship-by-investment denial by an OECS member state is a separate discretionary denial ground. Disclose refusals and obtain case-specific advice; paying the qualifying amount does not cure ineligibility.", "sources": [ "lc-act-2025" ], "route": "all", "checked": "2026-10-25" }, { "label": "Built property: enacted, with an availability check", "text": "Regulation 10A and the amended schedules create a distinct US$500,000 approved built-property route for the applicant and qualifying dependants, with a US$30,000 applicant administration fee plus other charges. The Board must publish an approved project in the Gazette. This review did not establish a gazetted project with functioning intake and available inventory for this route. Obtain those records before treating a particular property as available. The separate regulation 10 cutoff concerns new developer project-approval applications after 1 December 2025; it does not establish closure of all previously approved projects.", "sources": [ "lc-regulations-2026", "lc-legislation-index" ], "route": "all", "checked": "2026-10-25" } ], "routeOptions": [ { "id": "built-property", "legalBasis": "regulation 10A", "legalStatus": "Enacted", "availability": "Project intake and inventory not established by this review", "qualifyingAmount": 500000, "currency": "USD", "applicantAdministrationFee": 30000, "otherFeesAdditional": true, "holdingYears": 5, "holdingStarts": "citizenship grant", "sources": [ "lc-regulations-2026" ] } ], "afterApproval": [ { "label": "Successful applicants: biometrics", "text": "Regulation 15A requires successful applicants to provide biometric data, including fingerprints and other identifying characteristics. The reviewed instrument does not specify an appointment location, deadline or collection fee; obtain current Unit instructions.", "sources": [ "lc-regulations-2026" ], "route": "all", "checked": "2026-10-25" }, { "label": "Residency and genuine link", "text": "Section 30A applies prescribed residency and genuine-link requirements to the applicant and each qualifying dependant from 1 January 2026. Neither Act 22/2025 nor S.I. 57/2026 supplies a universal day count. The reviewed programme guidance does not resolve the detailed prescription or its application to individual pending files. Obtain the applicable instrument and instructions before planning visits.", "sources": [ "lc-act-2025", "lc-regulations-2026", "lc-legislation-index" ], "route": "all", "checked": "2026-10-25" }, { "label": "Built property: hold and title steps", "text": "Keep the qualifying investment for at least five years after citizenship. Within 90 days after receiving the citizenship certificate, take the necessary steps to obtain title/ownership documents, including registering the land interest or completing and recording the share transfer/issue. This is a deadline to take steps, not a universal deadline to complete final title. It does not apply to NEF contributions or bonds.", "sources": [ "lc-regulations-2026" ], "route": "built-property", "checked": "2026-10-25" }, { "label": "Built property: proof and consequences", "text": "Give the Unit proof of the acquired interest, such as the Land Register or share ownership, within the period the Unit specifies. If unable to supply it in that period, apply for an extension of no more than 30 days. Regulation 10A(14) gives the Minister power to revoke the registration certificate and requires its surrender; obtain advice about compliance and any Unit notice. A five-year resale plan does not remove these earlier duties.", "sources": [ "lc-regulations-2026" ], "route": "built-property", "checked": "2026-10-25" }, { "label": "National Action Bonds: keep the issue record", "text": "The published NAB option requires registration in the applicant’s name for five years from first issue; it is non-interest-bearing. Keep the issue and payment records and obtain the actual redemption terms. Redemption at maturity is different from a refund following withdrawal or refusal.", "sources": [ "lc" ], "route": "national-action-bonds", "checked": "2026-10-25" }, { "label": "Names and passport applications", "text": "Section 36A restricts name changes for five years after the registration certificate, with documented exceptions for family-status changes, protective programmes and clerical/transliteration correction by the Unit or competent authority. Where a name changes, the Act requires written notice to the Unit before a passport application, with the prescribed evidence and due-diligence fee. Obtain instructions for your exception and renewal; the biometric amendment does not establish a renewal calendar or fee here. Passport expiry is separate from loss of citizenship.", "sources": [ "lc-act-2025", "lc-regulations-2026" ], "route": "all", "checked": "2026-10-25" }, { "label": "Passport renewal: use the applicable consular channel", "text": "The Saint Lucia embassy in Taipei publishes CBI-specific renewal instructions: initial document verification, then an appointment, with original documents submitted in person or by registered mail under its overseas procedure. Its current page warns of substantial passport-processing delays. This describes that embassy’s channel; confirm the applicable mission, document list and current charges for your residence. It does not establish where the new statutory biometrics are collected, and the earlier 30-day return time is not a current delivery promise.", "route": "all", "checked": "2026-10-25", "sources": [ "lc-renewal-taipei" ] } ], "paymentRisk": [ { "label": "NEF submission and qualifying payment", "text": "The current investment page labels processing and due-diligence fees at submission non-refundable, and says the NEF qualifying contribution follows approval. The portal also states fees and qualifying investments paid are non-refundable. Do not assume withdrawal or rejection recovers paid amounts.", "sources": [ "lc", "lc-refund-policy" ], "route": "nef", "checked": "2026-10-25" }, { "label": "Built-property payments and escrow", "text": "Regulation 10A requires the agreement, proof of the qualifying payment and value evidence with the application. This differs from the NEF payment sequence. Regulations 12A–12C require approved escrow arrangements with written release, rights, obligations, remuneration and applicable construction-drawdown terms. Obtain the executed agreements and independent advice on refusal, withdrawal, title failure and default; escrow is not an automatic refund guarantee.", "sources": [ "lc-regulations-2026" ], "route": "built-property", "checked": "2026-10-25" } ], "guides": [ "citizenship-by-investment-costs", "cbi-privacy-and-disclosure", "cbi-real-estate-due-diligence" ] }, "obligationsChecked": "2026-10-25", "eligibilityResources": { "minimum": 350000, "currency": "USD", "kind": "Sworn declaration of financial resources", "isGovernmentFee": false, "isQualifyingInvestment": false, "source": "lc-regulations-2026" }, "resourcesRequirement": "US$350,000 sworn financial-resources declaration; eligibility, not a fee or qualifying investment", "eligibilityDetails": "Resources are separate from price [all; checked 2026-10-25]: Provide a sworn affidavit declaring at least US$350,000 in financial resources, with supporting resources/source-of-funds documents under amended section 36(1A). This is not an additional government fee or a replacement for the NEF contribution. | Qualifying dependants [all; checked 2026-10-25]: Act 22/2025 includes a spouse; the applicant’s or spouse’s children aged 21 or below, or no more than 30 and fully supported; parents of either spouse above 55 and fully supported; and the applicant’s unmarried siblings below 18 with parental/guardian consent. It also includes fully supported people of any age with physical or mental disabilities, with additional incapacity, care and support evidence. Assess each person individually. | Prior refusals and disclosure [all; checked 2026-10-25]: Amended section 36 requires denial after a visa refusal by a country with which Saint Lucia has visa-free travel unless the applicant subsequently obtained a visa to that country. A citizenship-by-investment denial by an OECS member state is a separate discretionary denial ground. Disclose refusals and obtain case-specific advice; paying the qualifying amount does not cure ineligibility. | Built property: enacted, with an availability check [all; checked 2026-10-25]: Regulation 10A and the amended schedules create a distinct US$500,000 approved built-property route for the applicant and qualifying dependants, with a US$30,000 applicant administration fee plus other charges. The Board must publish an approved project in the Gazette. This review did not establish a gazetted project with functioning intake and available inventory for this route. Obtain those records before treating a particular property as available. The separate regulation 10 cutoff concerns new developer project-approval applications after 1 December 2025; it does not establish closure of all previously approved projects.", "afterApprovalDuties": "Successful applicants: biometrics [all; checked 2026-10-25]: Regulation 15A requires successful applicants to provide biometric data, including fingerprints and other identifying characteristics. The reviewed instrument does not specify an appointment location, deadline or collection fee; obtain current Unit instructions. | Residency and genuine link [all; checked 2026-10-25]: Section 30A applies prescribed residency and genuine-link requirements to the applicant and each qualifying dependant from 1 January 2026. Neither Act 22/2025 nor S.I. 57/2026 supplies a universal day count. The reviewed programme guidance does not resolve the detailed prescription or its application to individual pending files. Obtain the applicable instrument and instructions before planning visits. | Built property: hold and title steps [built-property; checked 2026-10-25]: Keep the qualifying investment for at least five years after citizenship. Within 90 days after receiving the citizenship certificate, take the necessary steps to obtain title/ownership documents, including registering the land interest or completing and recording the share transfer/issue. This is a deadline to take steps, not a universal deadline to complete final title. It does not apply to NEF contributions or bonds. | Built property: proof and consequences [built-property; checked 2026-10-25]: Give the Unit proof of the acquired interest, such as the Land Register or share ownership, within the period the Unit specifies. If unable to supply it in that period, apply for an extension of no more than 30 days. Regulation 10A(14) gives the Minister power to revoke the registration certificate and requires its surrender; obtain advice about compliance and any Unit notice. A five-year resale plan does not remove these earlier duties. | National Action Bonds: keep the issue record [national-action-bonds; checked 2026-10-25]: The published NAB option requires registration in the applicant’s name for five years from first issue; it is non-interest-bearing. Keep the issue and payment records and obtain the actual redemption terms. Redemption at maturity is different from a refund following withdrawal or refusal. | Names and passport applications [all; checked 2026-10-25]: Section 36A restricts name changes for five years after the registration certificate, with documented exceptions for family-status changes, protective programmes and clerical/transliteration correction by the Unit or competent authority. Where a name changes, the Act requires written notice to the Unit before a passport application, with the prescribed evidence and due-diligence fee. Obtain instructions for your exception and renewal; the biometric amendment does not establish a renewal calendar or fee here. Passport expiry is separate from loss of citizenship. | Passport renewal: use the applicable consular channel [all; checked 2026-10-25]: The Saint Lucia embassy in Taipei publishes CBI-specific renewal instructions: initial document verification, then an appointment, with original documents submitted in person or by registered mail under its overseas procedure. Its current page warns of substantial passport-processing delays. This describes that embassy’s channel; confirm the applicable mission, document list and current charges for your residence. It does not establish where the new statutory biometrics are collected, and the earlier 30-day return time is not a current delivery promise.", "paymentRisk": "NEF submission and qualifying payment [nef; checked 2026-10-25]: The current investment page labels processing and due-diligence fees at submission non-refundable, and says the NEF qualifying contribution follows approval. The portal also states fees and qualifying investments paid are non-refundable. Do not assume withdrawal or rejection recovers paid amounts. | Built-property payments and escrow [built-property; checked 2026-10-25]: Regulation 10A requires the agreement, proof of the qualifying payment and value evidence with the application. This differs from the NEF payment sequence. Regulations 12A–12C require approved escrow arrangements with written release, rights, obligations, remuneration and applicable construction-drawdown terms. 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Individual exemptions may apply.", "sources": [ "publication-entry-nationality" ], "checked": "2026-10-13", "conditions": [], "documentRecognition": "Valid ordinary national passport; individual and series exceptions not fully checked", "acquisitionRestrictions": "not_researched" }, "schengen": { "label": "Visa required", "note": "Ordinary national passport, short visits; entry conditions and document validity still apply. 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Portal states USD 999 administration per family member; the exact fee scope requires clarification.", "caveat": "Portal offers 1,000 participants annually. Programme payment does not by itself confer nationality; eligibility and cryptocurrency payment rules apply.", "alert": "", "processing": "Up to 6 weeks: application approval target", "presenceShort": "Naturalisation approval required", "feeNote": "The official page lists US$999 administration per family member; no derived all-in family quote is published here. Pinned open-data subtotals include only supported dated line items; comprehensive total and exact family acceptance remain unresolved. Different currencies remain separate.", "keyNote": "Application approval, payment and naturalisation are separate stages.", "familyScenario": "Principal, spouse and two children aged under 12; qualifying family only.", "passportDelivery": "No independently verified end-to-end passport delivery time", "routeType": "Contribution", "amount": 1000000, "currency": "USD", "familyAmount": 1000000, "routes": [ [ "Freedom programme payment", 1000000, "BTC or USDt" ] ], "singleSubtotal": 1000000, "familySubtotal": null, "feeItems": [ [ "Principal application deposit", 999 ], [ "Remaining programme payment", 999001 ] ], "sources": [ "sv", "uk-visits", "us-vwp", "publication-entry-nationality", "eu-visa-list", "publication-sv-stages" ], "claimSources": { "amount": [ "sv" ], "fees": [ "publication-sv-stages" ], "status": [ "sv" ] }, "travelAccess": { "uk": { "label": "Visa required", "note": "Short visits on an ordinary national passport. 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Individual exemptions may apply.", "sources": [ "publication-entry-nationality" ], "checked": "2026-10-13", "conditions": [], "documentRecognition": "Valid ordinary national passport; individual and series exceptions not fully checked", "acquisitionRestrictions": "not_researched" }, "schengen": { "label": "Visa-exempt · 90/180", "note": "Ordinary national passport, short visits; entry conditions and document validity still apply.", "sources": [ "eu-visa-list" ], "checked": "2026-10-13", "conditions": [], "documentRecognition": "Common nationality regime only; member-specific recognition not fully checked", "acquisitionRestrictions": "not_researched" } }, "ukVisits": "Visa required", "researchEvidence": { "checked": "2026-10-24", "guides": [], "items": [ { "label": "Published application stages", "text": "The official FAQ gives approval typically up to six weeks. The staged payment totals US$1 million; naturalisation begins after payment. The published family administration is US$999 per family member.", "source": "publication-sv-stages", "checked": "2026-10-24", "url": "https://world.adoptingelsalvador.gob.sv/welcome" } ] }, "researchTimingSummary": "Up to 6 weeks: application approval target", "researchEvidenceChecked": "2026-10-24", "researchUpdates": "Published application stages (checked 2026-10-24): The official FAQ gives approval typically up to six weeks. The staged payment totals US$1 million; naturalisation begins after payment. 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Two-month target is not proven delivery.", "alert": "Affected adult dependant naturalisation and passports are paused pending new law.", "processing": "2 months (consular target)", "presenceShort": "No residence / visit", "feeNote": "Processing, due diligence, passport and professional fees require a current itemised quote. Pinned open-data subtotals include only supported dated line items; comprehensive total and exact family acceptance remain unresolved. 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Individual exemptions may apply.", "sources": [ "publication-entry-nationality" ], "checked": "2026-10-13", "conditions": [], "documentRecognition": "Valid ordinary national passport; individual and series exceptions not fully checked", "acquisitionRestrictions": "not_researched" }, "schengen": { "label": "Visa required", "note": "Ordinary national passport, short visits; entry conditions and document validity still apply.", "sources": [ "eu-visa-list" ], "checked": "2026-10-13", "conditions": [], "documentRecognition": "Common nationality regime only; member-specific recognition not fully checked", "acquisitionRestrictions": "not_researched" } }, "ukVisits": "Visa required", "researchEvidence": { "checked": "2026-10-23", "guides": [ "official-programme-statistics-and-processing" ], "items": [ { "label": "Reporting commitment is not verified first-year performance", "text": "STP-PRESS’s 21 October 2025 account records the prime minister’s promise of periodic application and fund reports. 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