The tenth-anniversary edition draws on a decade of CBI Index data to show how the industry has evolved, and how rising thresholds, stronger regulation, and new country players are reshaping investor migration.
The 2025 CBI Index examines how external pressure and regional coordination are reshaping the citizenship by investment market as demand broadens.
St. Kitts and Nevis leads the 2025 CBI Index, followed by Dominica and Grenada, while Nauru and São Tomé and Príncipe enter the ranking for the first time.
The value of Citizenship by Investment (CBI) can be priceless. Families care about finding an alternative citizenship that will grant opportunities for their children to have a better life; this often matters to discerning investors just as much as competitive investment thresholds.
Caribbean programmes lead the 2024 Index. This analysis examines the reforms and programme features behind their performance.
Released on 25 September 2024, the eighth edition of the CBI Index provides data-driven analysis into the world’s top investment migration programmes in 2024.
Transparency became a central theme of the 2024 CBI Index as programmes responded to closer scrutiny and changing regulatory expectations.
The CBI Index asks industry experts to weigh in on the challenges of implementing tighter controls to safeguard the future of the industry.
The ‘Caribbean Five’ has agreed to the implementation of Six Principles to safeguard and regulate their CBI programmes.
In the aftermath of the global pandemic, the investment migration industry has proven its resilience.
The CBI industry is undergoing a metamorphosis, and must look to the younger generations and their digital-first view of the world of work.
By: Caroline Halton, foresight practitioner and communications specialist
A fast-changing regulatory backdrop has seen the levels of compliance and due diligence in countries offering citizenship by investment schemes strengthened.
A group of industry experts discuss the importance of stringent checks in protecting not only CBI jusrisdictions’ reputations, but their citizens’ safety too.
Operational Programmes – Not all countries have operational CBI programmes, despite sharing some characteristics with those that do.
Having lost mobility during the health crisis, wealthy individuals are showing increased interest in citizenship by investment schemes, though the programmes remain controversial.
CBI and cryptocurrency already have a storied history, but with the rise of decentralised finance, perhaps now is the time for jurisdictions to reconsider their stance on this new method of payment.
Responsibility: Governments that fail to take background checks seriously risk a premature end to their citizenship by investment programmes.
Nomad Visas: CBI jurisdictions stand to benefit from the new work-from-home normal, and from the employees who want to trade in office life for a chance to work overseas.
With citizenship by investment schemes more popular than ever, countries offering these programmes are pulling together to help improve the industry’s image.
What is citizenship? There is a misconception that citizenship by investment is the same as buying a new passport.
New to 2020, the Family Pillar asks which citizenship by investment programmes offer the greatest opportunities for families that wish to stay together during the process.
Case study – Translating a person’s name incorrectly can circumvent lax due diligence systems, but multilingual due diligence can help mitigate this risk.
With its widespread lockdowns and travel bans, 2020 has ushered in unprecedented economic downturns and uncertainty.