
The Floodgates Have Opened, and Istanbul Is Where the Money Is Heading
CIP Türkiye co-founder Aran Hawker on the 20-year tax exemption bringing a new kind of client to his Istanbul office.

CIP Türkiye co-founder Aran Hawker on the 20-year tax exemption bringing a new kind of client to his Istanbul office.

Antigua and Barbuda’s Cabinet leans toward confirming a 2028 end date for its citizenship program to keep visa-free travel to Europe.

As Saint Vincent designs its program, Dr. Aly El Dakroury asks whether new CBI entrants can withstand ten years of scrutiny.

Before the villa in the Algarve comes the apostille in Austin. Plan B Outbound explains why Americans should plan from home.

Nicolas Laurin calculates that, on the reported terms, a fully financed US$800,000 bond costs more than the US$350,000 contribution.

Godwin Friday says a consultancy is designing a program with heavier due diligence and a central bank monitoring role.

Argentina CBI will divide and revive the industry in equal measure, argues Jeremy Savory, as buyers weigh price against permanence.

Adam Juchniewicz argues that a US$350,000 citizenship must be able to outlast the president who created it.

Immigrant Invest and a guest tax specialist take on residency, citizenship, and succession at The George Hotel on October 15.

Four programs admit a parent at any age and three admit none at all. Grenada’s widely quoted 55 decides which fee band a parent falls into, and decides nothing about eligibility.

Turkey and Cyprus have revoked in the thousands, four programs in the dozens, and five with the thinnest safeguards not at all.

In Japan, naturalization takes effect on the day the official gazette announces it. In Saint Lucia, the law requires that the names of CBI citizens go to Parliament, and the government has left them out since 2019.

One bill would void citizenships already granted, another would keep them, and neither offers a refund.

Aly El Dakroury argues that governance, not marketing, will decide whether Argentina’s citizenship programme lasts.

Every Caribbean citizenship by investment program writes two restrictions into its property rules. One sets when you may sell. The other decides whether the property can ever qualify anybody else, and that is the one that sets your price.

Andrew Tate’s ‘Schrodinger’s Citizenship’ situation has exposed a bigger question, writes Joseph Boll: When a sovereign state grants citizenship, is it prepared to stand behind it?

Investment migration programs accept most lawful money, as long as you can document each step between the day you earned it and the day it reached the government account.

A founding member of the consortium advising Buenos Aires, Latitude was in Paris as Argentina confirmed two routes and a Q4 launch.

BRICS, NATO and the Commonwealth give citizens of their member countries no right to live or work in another member country. That right comes from blocs like the European Union and Mercosur, so the best citizenship in each power alliance is from a country in one of those blocs.

Vanuatu shuts investor citizens out of the ballot for life. St. Kitts closes parliament to them forever. Turkey draws no line at all.
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