A History of Citizenship by Investment – Infographic (May 2022 Update)

40 years have passed since countries first began selling citizenships. See our timeline of the history of citizenship by investment programs.

40 years have passed since countries first began selling citizenships (at least in the modern era). We’ve made a step-by-step guide to the history of citizenship by investment programs.

The infographic, originally published in June 2017, has been updated several times, most recently in May 2022 to include a number of historical, semi-formal CIPs from the Asia-Pacific region, as well as to reflect the most recent changes among European and African CIPs.

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