Vanuatu shuts investor citizens out of the ballot for life. St. Kitts closes parliament to them forever. Turkey draws no line at all.
Contrary to reports, the Citizenship Office denies any decision to revoke Tate’s citizenship. Daniel Agius of the Vanuatu Investment Migration Bureau tells IMI a ruling is imminent.
IMI found no published bank rule refusing people who acquired citizenship through investment. The questions banks do ask come from the OECD’s list of potentially high-risk programs and a 2023 report on earlier passports.
Fifteen months after finding no fault with Tate’s file, Port Vila reverses course without naming which Citizenship Act ground it relied on.
How to check an agent’s license, what a real one looks like, and when to walk away because the economics seem too good to be true.
Turkey, Egypt, and Cambodia pass citizenship down without limit, while three of the five Caribbean programs pass nothing down automatically.
A DSP investor’s voting appeal fails, permanently barring CBI citizens from the ballot. Glen Craig: “He knew the rules when he applied.”
Common-law partners, same-sex spouses, and fiancés get very different answers depending on the jurisdiction, ranging from a notary visit to an outright second file.
The country’s experience hints at a lucrative “life after Schengen” that Caribbean leaders will observe closely.
The Nakamal Agreement pairs an undefined mobility benefit with a pledge to identify investor citizens separately. Signed, not yet in force.
Same program, different outcomes. What separates a 30-day Vanuatu approval from a 6-month ordeal? VIMB Vanuatu explains.
A crypto portfolio or contribution qualifies an investor for immigration in only two countries. But the list is growing.
Six continents, six fastest routes to a new passport. CBI programs dominate where they exist. Where they do not, naturalization timelines decide the race.
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.
An Indian agent fled Vanuatu before raids as police investigate four CIIP agents for forging payment receipts.
Bitcoin Lawyer describes Vanuatu’s CBI offering as “personal sovereignty, not lifestyle branding” for the crypto elite.
The CNO Future Fund relaunches following Vanuatu regulatory review, confirms compliance under revised CIIP framework
Gov’t: “We should have not allowed him in the first place” but “can’t just go back and revoke based on information that is discovered later.”
Vanuatu plans to increase CIIP investment thresholds by 15-20%, as single applicant contributions rise from $100,000 to $115,000.
