On August 7th, 2024, a notice was sent out today by the Vanuatu Government to all Vanuatu DSP and CIIP Local Agents today advising that a new passport system is being implemented. The notice advised that after August 31, 2024, under the new system, all Vanuatu citizens will be required to attend a personal identity [...]
Recent legislative changes passed by Germany’s Bundesdag pave the way for German citizens to become dual citizens – including via Citizenship By Investment Programs. - as opposed to losing their German citizenship when naturalizing elsewhere. The modernisation of the German Nationality Act (Staatsangehörigkeitsgesetz) takes effect on 26 June 2024. In addition to ending the ban [...]
Why do people do it, is it right for you, and what is the process? During the past few years, an increasing amount of American citizens have been renouncing their US citizenship – and in an overwhelming majority of these cases, the rationale for doing so was tax related. Apart from Eritrea, a country situated [...]
Officially known as the Vanuatu Development Support Program (VDSP), the Vanuatu Citizenship By Investment Program has gone from strength to strength in 2021. The program shattered its previous sales records by quite some margin. And going into 2022, it is one of the top citizenship by investment programs in the world. But what does the [...]
What’s in store for the Vanuatu Citizenship By Investment Program in 2022? In recent years, the Vanuatu Citizenship By Investment Program (formally known as the Vanuatu Development Support Program) has gone from strength to strength. According to data released by Vanuatu’s Ministry of Finance and Treasury, the program generated around $132.6 million in 2020 alone. [...]
The Cyprus CBI program was shuttered during late 2020 amidst allegations of official misconduct, removing one of the fastest ways to obtain an European passport directly by investment. The Malta Individual Investor Program was discontinued during the same year as well. As of February 2021, the only fast-track EU passport program left is the newly [...]
North America is becoming the next big market for Citizenship By Investment. Here’s why… Since the investment migration industry’s inception as far back as 1984, the overwhelming majority of Citizenship By Investment (CBI) applicants have come from China, Russia and the developing world. Chinese nationals account for the majority of total applications for practically every [...]
