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Citizenship by investment programs enable the applicant to rapidly obtain citizenship with no required residence period, or only a short nominal period measured in days or weeks. These are often known as "golden passports" or "cash-for-passport" programs, offering visa-free travel and possible tax advantages.
In October of 2024, the minimum real estate investment requirement for citizens ship in St. Kitts and Nevis was reduced from $400,000 to $325,000, which makes this second passport option an even ...
[12] [13] It is estimated that each year, hundreds of wealthy people spend a collective $2 billion to add a second or third passport to their collection. [14] It is estimated that in 2018, €100.6 million came in to Cyprus in revenues from the Cyprus citizenship by investment program. [15]
Five "golden passport" holders have been targeted by US sanctions for arms dealing. [25] In December 2023 the US Treasury sanctioned two former Afghan officials for misapropriating millions in U.S. government funds designated for Afghan security forces by selling fuel at inflated prices. Mir Rahman Rahmani, member of parliament and speaker of ...
Cyprus says it is introducing tougher anti-money laundering checks in its “golden passports” program, under which it gives citizenship to foreigners who invest large sums in the east ...
With an Irish passport, O’Leary can travel freely to all 27 EU countries without a visa for personal vacations and business trips. Hopping on a plane and visiting places like France, Germany ...
Comoro Gulf Holdings (CGH) and 2008 Comoros Economic Citizenship Law. Comoran ex-President (2006-2011) Ahmed Abdallah Sambi The origin of the Comoros passport sales scheme can be traced to French-Syrian businessman Muhammad Bashar Kiwan, who in 2006 began to lobby the Comoros legislature to enact a controversial citizenship by investment scheme in which his close associate, Comoros ex ...
SoFi was founded in 2011 as a student loan refinancing company. In 2019, SoFi — , short for Social Finance — expanded into investment services, offering a user-friendly platform to new investors.