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For a more cost-effecitve second passport, check out Vanuatu.
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St Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean offers the world’s oldest CBI programme. All images by Getty Images
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Although Canada closed its federal investment immigration scheme five years ago, regional versions still exist, such as in Quebec.
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Mount Rushmore in South Dakota in the US. There has been a “dramatic” rise in the number of applicants for the US scheme from the Middle East.
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Applicants can secure a second passport in Cyprus by making a €2m investment and buying a Cypriot residence of at least €500,000.
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The UK offers one of the most expensive citizenship by investment programmes in the world.
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For a more cost-effecitve second passport, check out Vanuatu.
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St Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean offers the world’s oldest CBI programme. All images by Getty Images
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Although Canada closed its federal investment immigration scheme five years ago, regional versions still exist, such as in Quebec.
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Mount Rushmore in South Dakota in the US. There has been a “dramatic” rise in the number of applicants for the US scheme from the Middle East.
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Applicants can secure a second passport in Cyprus by making a €2m investment and buying a Cypriot residence of at least €500,000.
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The UK offers one of the most expensive citizenship by investment programmes in the world.
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For a more cost-effecitve second passport, check out Vanuatu.
Five of the most expensive second passports you can buy - and a budget option too
Pricier citizenship by investment schemes can cost as much as $12.47m
Suzanne Locke
16 September, 2019
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