Bahrain · Manama Established MMXIV · A Decade of Sovereign Advisory
Viru · Group
Sovereign Advisory · Bahrain
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Practice / Citizenship & Residency

Second citizenship,
filed by counsel.

End-to-end Citizenship-by-Investment and Residency-by-Investment mandates across the Caribbean basin, Türkiye, and selected European Union member states. We do not market programmes; we file them — and only after the principal is qualified, the route is correct, and the dossier will withstand the agent's scrutiny.

— The Position

Mobility is a structural asset.

A second passport, a second residency, or a coordinated set of both is — for many principals — the single most consequential structural decision they will make in a decade. It governs taxation, succession, banking access, treaty rights, and the freedom of movement that underlies almost every other plan.

We do not promote programmes. We assess the principal against the field and recommend the route — sometimes a single passport, often a paired residency-and-citizenship architecture across two jurisdictions — that fits the actual life and balance sheet in front of us.

The file is then prepared and submitted by local counsel of record in the issuing state. The firm coordinates the dossier, the diligence, and the timeline. The principal signs once, in Manama, London, Dubai, or wherever discretion places them.

— Programme Schedule

Routes, thresholds, indicative timing.

Indicative as of MMXXVI. Programme terms and thresholds are amended periodically by issuing states; the firm tracks each at the file level.
Jurisdiction Route Minimum (USD) Timing Outcome
St Kitts & Nevis SISC contribution 250,000 6 — 9 months Citizenship · family included
Grenada NTF contribution · E-2 access 235,000 6 — 10 months Citizenship · US E-2 treaty route
Dominica EDF contribution 200,000 5 — 8 months Citizenship · the conservative file
Antigua & Barbuda NDF · family premium 230,000 5 — 9 months Citizenship · large families
Türkiye Real-estate route 400,000 4 — 6 months Citizenship · liquid timing
Portugal Fund & cultural routes 500,000 12 — 24 months Residency · path to citizenship in five years
Greece Golden visa · real estate 800,000 8 — 14 months Residency · Schengen access
Malta MEIN / MPRP pathways 700,000 — 2.5m 12 — 36 months Residency & citizenship pathways
Cyprus Residency by investment 350,000 3 — 6 months Residency · favourable tax regime
— Process

From eligibility to naturalisation.

  1. 01
    Eligibility
    A private review of nationality, residency, family composition, source of funds, and any prior refusals. The principal is positioned realistically against the field before any programme is named.
  2. 02
    Programme selection
    A short memorandum, in plain English, comparing two or three viable routes — with their thresholds, timing, tax consequences, and the firm's recommendation. The choice is the principal's; the recommendation is unambiguous.
  3. 03
    Due diligence
    Source-of-funds documentation, background, professional and personal references, and any prior-application disclosures are assembled to the standard of the issuing agent — not below it.
  4. 04
    Submission
    The dossier is filed by local counsel of record. The firm coordinates the agent, the counsel, and the principal — and is the single point of contact throughout.
  5. 05
    Approval
    Approval, contribution settlement or real-estate completion, oath where applicable, and issuance of the passport or residency card. Coordinated travel where the oath is in-country.
  6. 06
    Continuity
    Renewal calendars, physical-presence requirements, tax-residency reviews, and — where relevant — the path from residency to citizenship five to seven years later.
— Selected Mandates

Anonymised, representative.

MMXX
A coordinated Türkiye–Caribbean architecture.
A Gulf principal sought both visa-free travel and a US-treaty route. We structured a Türkiye real-estate citizenship for the family and a Grenada contribution for the principal alone, opening the E-2 investor-visa path to the United States. Two files, one calendar, one outcome.
Family of fiveUSD 635k combinedEleven months end-to-end
MMXXII
Portugal residency for a European entrepreneur.
A European founder relocating from a high-tax jurisdiction selected the Portuguese fund route. We coordinated the licensed-fund subscription, the local counsel filing, and the NHR / IFICI tax-positioning with Portuguese accountants — clearing the principal's residence well inside the calendar year of relocation.
Single applicantEUR 500k fund routeSeventeen months to residence
MMXXIV
A second file, after a prior refusal elsewhere.
A principal previously refused by a different programme — for documentary reasons rather than substantive ones — was rebuilt from the dossier upward. Source-of-funds reconstructed, references re-secured, and the file was submitted into Dominica with full disclosure of the prior refusal. Approved on first reading.
Single applicantUSD 200k contributionSeven months
— Operating Channels

Three houses in market. One counsel of record.

Global · Programme Index
citizenshipnetwork.com

The firm's master index of citizenship-by-investment and residency programmes — programme schedules, threshold tracking, and the entry point for qualified inquiries.

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English-facing · Editorial
becomeglobalcitizen.com

An editorial channel for principals weighing the structural case for second citizenship — written in plain English, calibrated to the post-graduate reader.

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Türkiye · Real-estate Route
easyturkishcitizenship.com

A dedicated channel for the Türkiye real-estate route — USD 400k threshold, four-to-six-month timing, coordinated with the Real Estate pillar where appropriate.

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— A House Note

A passport is not a brochure item. It is a sovereign document that names a person, and the file that produces it is read by a state. We prepare every file as though it will be read twice.

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