The World’s Top International
Citizenship-by-Investment
Programs
Foreign investors have more than 30 international immigration
investment programs to choose from when considering a move abroad.
By EB5 Investors Magazine Staff
I
n search for freedom and quality of life, many of the
world’s wealthy investors are looking into citizenship-
by-investment programs, allowing them to obtain a
second citizenship in exchange for an investment or
donation.
The investors – typically citizens from the Middle East,
China and Russia – are signing up to protect their
wealth, give their family a better life, escape political
troubles or to enjoy visa-free travel.
St. Kitts & Nevis introduced the first citizenship by
investment program in the 1980s. Now, there are nearly
30 such programs around the world, predominantly in
Europe and the Caribbean, but also in the United States,
Australia, Singapore and New Zealand.
Italy, Ireland and Turkey just joined the club over the past
year, leaving the world’s wealthy more choices than ever
to obtain a second – or more - passport.