The only option is optionality

All investment migration programs allow the main applicant to include a spouse, most include the whole family, and some even allow for the inclusion of a wide array of dependents. For instance, the African island of Mauritius’ residence by investment program allows unmarried and dependent natural, step-, or adopted children of any age to be included in the application.

The Mediterranean nations of Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, and Spain allow the investor’s parents and in-laws to obtain residence rights as well. The same applies to Mauritius and the Southeast Asian nations of Malaysia and Thailand, as well as the Caribbean islands that offer additional citizenship acquisition.

Others, such as the Antigua and Barbuda and Malta investment migration programs, stretch across four generations and even include the applicant’s grandparents.

A wide range of program options spanning Asia, Europe, and North America allow applicants to include same gender (civil) partners in their applications. These countries include: Australia, Austria, Canada, Cyprus, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Latvia, Malta, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, the UK, and the USA.

Those investors who want to ensure that the benefits of their investment are transferred to their descendants may opt to apply for the Dominica, Grenada, or St. Kitts and Nevis citizenship by investment programs, which allow for the transfer of citizenship by descent, as well as all the global mobility, tax, and lifestyle benefits of Caribbean citizenship.

Similarly, Malta’s Citizenship by Naturalisation for Exceptional Services by Direct Investment is often earmarked as a legacy investment that plants seeds today for a better tomorrow thanks to its legislation, which also grants the automatic transfer of Maltese citizenship to future generations.

Citizenship Through Investment