No syndication. No rehashes. No PR fluff. First-hand CBI industry observations, policy analysis, and client case debriefs — 11 years of field experience.
Turkey $400K real estate citizenship: real recovery data after the three-year lock — Istanbul outer districts only 70-82%, coast 88-96%. A Los Angeles client case study.
Saint Kitts Priority One 60-day track new rule from CIU dated 2026-05-22: four preconditions for eligibility, 2025 approval rate of 71%, fee payment timing change.
Dominica EDF $200K direct donation versus $200K equity-share real estate: a family-of-four five-year cash comparison with seven-year exit data showing 25-40% resale discounts.
Grenada 30-day residency walkthrough: how IMA counts entry stamps, splitting visits between spouse and children, four common traps, and the local account move most agents skip.
The clients sitting in my LA living room longest these days are not the 40-year-olds building a backup plan. They are 55+ founders mapping life after 65. Antigua looks different through that lens.
The May 24, 2026 US Embassy bulletin confirms that under the Grenada E-2 visa pathway, F-2 derivative status allows children to attend US K-12 and universities full-time without a separate F-1 visa.
The São Tomé NDF medical exam looks like a routine four-hour panel. After running the first Chinese São Tomé approval globally and 17 family files since, I can tell you the actual standard runs three layers stricter than the published checklist.
Dominica age-16 interview requirements after the 2024 reform: the six questions CBIU asks teenagers, document checklist, reschedule rules, and recovery from a failed interview.
Saint Lucia CBI passports run on a five-year cycle. Renewal is straightforward when prepared, brutal when ignored. Six questions I get most often, answered with 2026 numbers from CIRA.
After Saint Kitts CIU issues Approval-in-Principle, there is still one gate: the citizenship oath. I have run this 300+ times over 11 years. Three clients lost 4-6 weeks last year by mishandling this step. Here is the real timeline.
Dominica EDF vs real estate, which one fits? Ken breaks down the seven questions clients keep asking, in Q&A form: real price gap, 5-year sunk cost, secondary market liquidity, retirement family fit.
The Dominica 2027 international airport is on track for 2027 completion at $370M, funded primarily by EDF. Ken on four points: scale, current airport limits, CBI value impact, timing for new applicants.
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