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May 7 USD/TRY at 45.25. Lira down 18% over 12 months. SPS escrow live since May 1, mandatory CBRT FX conversion, and a 3-year sale lock. Ken's actual ledger for a 45-year-old cross-border trader weighing the Turkey $400K route as a US E-2 second pathway.
Grenada's IMA residence-requirement final review wraps up in H2 2026. Filing 2-3 months before the announcement carries lower tail risk under standard Caribbean CBI conventions. Ken Huang walks through a 38-year-old single mom with a 12-year-old son and explains why single-parent families face higher window risk than two-parent families.
Most Antigua CBI applications go through NDF $230K. The 2024 amendment that recognized joint business investment dropped the $1.5M solo floor to $750K per applicant when two clients partner. Ken Huang walks through a 40+ internet founder with $20M cashed out who reframed his choice from NDF to joint business investment.
Vanuatu's official line is visa-free to 95 countries. After UK 2023 cancellation plus EU 2024 Schengen suspension plus Singapore/Hong Kong/Dubai layering on screening, real usable count in 2026 is 40-50. Ken Huang walks through the region-by-region breakdown plus a Shenzhen cross-border e-commerce founder who picked the wrong passport for his actual travel pattern.
Vanuatu is the fastest passport in the 2026 nine — 4-6 months, $130K, fully remote. But "95-country visa-free" is 2022 data: Schengen suspended 2024, UK canceled 2023. Real usable visa-free is now 40-50 countries. Ken Huang walks through a Shanghai industrialist's case and the Vanuatu plus São Tomé two-track plan.
After the April 2026 Saint Kitts reforms, 22-28-year-old children become a real decision point: file with parents now at roughly $430K all-in, or have them apply solo in 5-7 years for an estimated $930K+. Ken Huang walks through one second-generation succession family's three-hour conversation in his LA living room.
Saint Lucia is the "middle of the road" Caribbean CBI, but the 60+ retirement-planning client share grew from 8% in 2024 to 15% in Q1 2026. Ken Huang walks through one 60+ planner who skipped Saint Kitts for Saint Lucia: NEF $240K, no residence requirement, Europe-heavy profile, asset structure already placed.
Saint Kitts CBI 2026 has two routes: SISC contribution at $250K one-time, or $400K real estate with a 7-year sale lockup. Ken Huang walks through a cross-border e-commerce founder's near miss with real estate, and why "the building is still there in 7 years" is a 2018 sales line, not 2026 reality.
Grenada is the only Caribbean CBI with a US E-2 channel. That part is true. The pitch "get the passport, send your kid on E-2" is not. From 2022 to 2025 E-2 refusal rates nearly tripled. Ken Huang walks through a 50+ client's $315K loss and the three real E-2 requirements 90% of agents skip.
$230K family-of-four is the NDF leg, not the real total cost. Add DD, government processing, passport fees, and legal, and a family of four lands at $305K-$315K. A Pearl River Delta export owner did the math at my LA home and chose Saint Kitts instead. The reason wasn't money; it was the 5-year-5-day residency, which the May 6-9 summit may raise to 30 days.
May 6, the Caribbean Investment Summit CIS 2026 opened in Saint Lucia. 350 delegates. 10th anniversary. Chairman Julian Charles confirms five-country single regional regulator legislation signed; ECCB-led recruitment open. That gives a 90-180 day window to lock in under existing rules. A Hong Kong PE partner's actual choice: not Saint Lucia, not the fastest, but Saint Kitts.
A 60+ Web3 holder spent two hours at my LA home. He didn't want E-2. He wanted his two adult children's inheritance protected from capital gains attribution. Grenada has zero tax on worldwide income, capital gains, inheritance, but only for tax residents. $235K NDF is just leg one; the all-in plan lands at $360K-$400K. As of May 2026, this is the post-summit reality.
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