A bitcoin billionaire’s US$100-a-month offer to every Nevisian has split the federation’s politicians. The CBI angle is bigger.
PM Pierre says the country has “no intention of stopping the CIP”; Deputy PM Hilaire rejects any link between the suspension and program.
Citizenship Commission chairman says March 9 memo restricting Russian and Sudanese applicants was released in error; both nationalities remain eligible.
Memo adds Russia and Sudan to restricted nationalities list, but a source says it may reflect internal miscommunication rather than a ban.
These 28 rules cover everything from passport diversification and tax residency planning to asset protection and location-independent income, practical principles for anyone building a life across borders.
Argentina’s CBI evaluation report is out. Four of six bidders were declared inadmissible.
Saint Lucia’s CBI program registered 5,642 applications in 2023-24, up 423%, and London calls the practice “inherently high-risk.”
Argentina has addressed what practitioners called the CBI program’s single largest fiscal obstacle: Automatic tax residency.
The withdrawal closes a chapter that hung over the world’s oldest CBI program for more than a decade; PM Drew credits three years of reform.
Saint Kitts, Saint Lucia, and Grenada retain ten-year, multiple-entry terms; only Antigua and Dominica face the downgrade.
Same family, twelve programs, wildly different per-passport costs. The cheapest option depends on how many children you have.
Birthright and descent citizenship are retreating across the developed world. Only one acquisition doctrine is expanding, and governments keep lining up to sell it.
A pioneer born in the 1980s now faces its biggest test; but the value proposition runs deeper than most assume.
Prosecutors never summoned key witnesses in the highest-profile case from the Al Jazeera scandal; the attorney general now signals an appeal.
Browne uses inaugural Caribbean-EU forum to argue CBI vetting exceeds European standards; calls for engagement over coercion as Brussels and Washington tighten the screws.
Gonsalves claims Washington warned SVG against CBI and a China pivot. PM Friday calls his program a “sovereign capital” strategy.
From the Caribbean to Central Asia and the Pacific, governments keep announcing CBI plans. Few have followed through.
São Tomé puts its foot down on price undercutting, revoking an agent’s license fewer than five months after launching its CBI program.
Pursuing two citizenships simultaneously is perfectly legal. It’s just that sometimes applicants create the problems that lead to rejection.
Brussels bullies Caribbean nations over visa policy. Try that with a G20 economy. That’s a completely different conversation.