Belize.
How Belize sells citizenship for investors: one programme, now closed. Every number and rule below links to the document it comes from.
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Economic citizenship programme
Sells citizenship, and with it a passport.
Official name: Belize economic citizenship programme
Weak evidence. The US State Department reported two buyers paying '$25,000 apiece' in December 2001, shortly before sales ended in January 2002. No official price schedule was found, and the currency is not stated (presumably US$). Consider leaving it empty if only official schedules are wanted.
Notes from the research
Citizenship sold to 'economic citizens' under the Belize Nationality Act; the Act still mentions dependants of an 'economic citizen'. The US State Department listed Belize as selling economic citizenship in 2000 and 2001, at $25,000 per person (currency not stated), and reported that Belize announced it would stop in January 2002 after two buyers linked to a terrorist group were refused US visas. Launched: the year 1995, from an IMF working paper's table only; legal text and numbers sold not found.
Prices and rules
What is measured
No published numbers found for this programme. That is itself worth knowing: see the notes and the documents below.
What happened, and when
The 4 documents behind this page
- 2020-04 · ResearchComparative Regional Report on Citizenship Law: Anglophone Caribbean (RSCAS/GLOBALCIT-Comp 2020/03) · European University Institute, Global Citizenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT)
- 2015-05 · IMFToo Much of a Good Thing? Prudent Management of Inflows under Economic Citizenship Programs (IMF Working Paper WP/15/93) · International Monetary Fund
- 2003-03 · GovernmentInternational Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2002: Offshore Financial Services Table · U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
- 2002-03 · GovernmentInternational Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2001 (issued March 1, 2002): Money Laundering and Financial Crimes · U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
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