CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT OPTIONS

Which One is the Best Passport for You?

All-in all: Malta passport
Cheapest: Saint Kitts citizenship
Fastest: Vanuatu passport

A simple question, but the answer is not apparent. You may find many passport rankings on the internet based on the number of visa-free countries. That means, the higher the number of visa-free countries, the better is the ranking.

Unfortunately, these types of rankings are not particularly useful. Why? Access to the UK or Germany has not the same value as access to Kosovo. The chance to live in an EU country is not the same as the chance to live in Kosovo.

However, not every destination has the same value; that is why a ranking according to the number of visa-free access is not useful. There are some preferred destinations like Europe, UK, Russia, USA, Canada, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates.

The table below list the travel value of second passports:

Country	EU	UK	RUS	USA	CAN	AUS	CHN	HKG	SGP	UAE
Bulgaria	Yes	Yes	No	No	eTA	eVisa	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cyprus	Yes	Yes	No	No	eTA	eVisa	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Malta	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	eVisa	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Moldova	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	eVisa	No	No	eVisa	eVisa
Montenegro	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	eVisa	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Turkey	No	No	No	E-2	No	eVisa	No	Yes	Yes	eVisa
Antigua	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	eVisa	No	Yes	Yes	eVisa
Dominica	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	eVisa	No	Yes	Yes	eVisa
Grenada	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	eVisa	Yes	Yes	Yes	eVisa
St Kitts	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	eVisa	No	Yes	Yes	eVisa
St Lucia	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	eVisa	No	Yes	Yes	eVisa
Vanuatu	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	eVisa	No	Yes	Yes	eVisa

A second passport opens up new opportunities. You can move to your new country; you can secure your wealth or even extend your business and optimise your taxation. Your children may have access to better and higher-level education. Second citizenship is insurance. Should your home country undergo any substantial political or economic crisis, you have the option to relocate everything and everybody to a stable and safe country. Or you may have the best place for retiring.

We tried to summarise and compare the core values of a second passport. Unfortunately, we could not find reliable and comparable data about the Caribbean countries and Vanuatu.

The below table summarises the main benefits of second citizenship:

Country	Bulgaria	Cyprus	Malta	Moldova	Montenegro	Turkey
EU	Yes	Yes	Yes	Candidate	Candidate	No
Safety	74	80	89	70	79	43
Living Conditions	84	90	95	77	83	83
Education	75	78	78	69	72	64
Health care	74	80	82	69	71	74
Environment	70	88	94	60	73	72
Cost of Living	37	58	67	34	38	35

The EU row indicates European Union membership status.
Safety, Living Conditions Education and Health Care scores are based on the Legatum Prosperity Index. Source: https://www.prosperity.com
Environmental Health score is taken from Yale University study: https://epi.envirocenter.yale.edu/results-overview
Cost of Living Index is a per cent value compared to New York (=100%) Source: NUMBEO

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