Citizenship at the end.
Citizenship by investment (CBI) grants full citizenship under a sovereign legal framework after the qualifying contribution and diligence are complete. The passport is evidence of the status, not the whole strategy.
The Global Options Map
The whole map. Two we build.
There are more than a dozen ways to buy a passport or a residency, and most advisory firms will sell you any of them. We productize two: El Salvador and Vanuatu. Everything else on this page is here so you can see the field clearly, not so we can sell it to you.
Adam Juchniewicz, CEO, 21 CBI
Name the legal Outcome.
A second passport looks like a shopping problem. Pick a country, pay the fee, collect the document. It is not. The passport is the easy part; the tax residency, the Bitcoin paper trail, and the reporting posture are where the real position is won or lost. That is why we map the whole landscape before we name a jurisdiction.
Residence at the start.
Residency by investment (RBI) grants permission to live in a jurisdiction under renewal, presence, and compliance rules. Any later naturalisation is a separate legal sequence, never an automatic passport promise.
Compare the position, not the Brochure.
A jurisdiction belongs on the shortlist only when all five dimensions work together.
Legal outcome
Citizenship, permanent residence, renewable residence, and tax residence are different instruments. Name the status before comparing countries.
Capital and settlement
Separate irreversible government capital, professional fees, liquidity needs, and the lawful payment route before money moves.
Time and presence
Read the preparation period, government review, physical-presence standard, biometrics, renewals, and route to any later naturalisation.
Tax and reporting
A passport does not decide tax residence. Test citizenship-based taxation, the Common Reporting Standard, FATCA, and the client’s actual residence facts separately.
Maintenance and legacy
Passport validity, dependants, hereditary status, renewal, banking, and long-term political durability determine whether the structure still works later.
Context without a Sales Menu.
These cards explain the wider field. They are not intake pages, fixed-price offers, or implied endorsements.
Caribbean citizenship programs
The Caribbean established the modern citizenship-by-investment market. The programs are legitimate, but a familiar menu is not automatically the right Bitcoin-native answer. The dedicated analysis covers the trade-offs without rebuilding it here.
Read the Caribbean analysisEuropean residency by investment
European investment-residence rules are residence permissions, not passports. Qualifying assets, minimum presence, renewal, and later naturalisation conditions move too often for a static price card. We verify the current legal and operational position only when it enters a bespoke brief after the paid Strategy Session.
Turkiye
Turkiye grants citizenship against a $400,000 real-estate investment, a threshold set by Presidential Decision No. 5554 (Official Gazette No. 31834, effective 13 June 2022). It is fast and popular, and it is entirely outside our two productized programs. If it fits your position, we scope it as bespoke work after the Strategy Session.
Argentina
Argentina is a residency-to-citizenship pathway, not a citizenship-by-investment program. Rentista or pensionado residency under Law 25,871 can lead to naturalization after two years under Law 346. A separate investment framework was paused in April 2026; the law remains on the books, but no operational pipeline exists. The operational pause took effect 14 April 2026. Any Argentine work is bespoke, scoped after the Strategy Session.
Two programs. One published Boundary.
El Salvador and Vanuatu are the only productized 21 CBI programs. The records below come from the same active-program source used across the site.
Productized / Recognized
Vanuatu
- Government contribution
- From $130,000
- Processing
- 30 to 60 days
- Visa-free destinations
- 87
- Reporting posture
- CRS participant
The speed-led productized route. Vanuatu participates in the Common Reporting Standard and requires one in-person biometric visit. The trade-offs remain part of the recommendation.
Explore Vanuatu (opens in a new window)
Figures verified July 11, 2026
Productized / Sovereign
El Salvador
- Government contribution
- From $1,000,000
- Processing
- 6 to 8 weeks
- Visa-free destinations
- 132
- Reporting posture
- Non-CRS
The Bitcoin-native productized route. El Salvador is Non-CRS and pairs the citizenship layer with a state Bitcoin Office and strategic Bitcoin reserve.
The government contribution settles in BTC or USDT only, direct to the government wallet. 21 CBI does not custody it.
Explore El Salvador (opens in a new window)
Figures verified May 3, 2026
Outside these two, the jurisdiction has to earn its place in a bespoke brief.
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Who ranks where, honestly
We publish the Bitcoin Passport Index, the first passport ranking built for Bitcoiners. It scores jurisdictions on a Bitcoin lens, including many we do not service and never will. An index ranking is not a serviced program. Read the inaugural 2026 edition and draw your own map.
Read the Bitcoin Passport Index (opens in a new window)Begin your Sovereignty.
No menu. No upsell. Just the map, then a plan. Start with the free Brief. If you want a plan built around your position, book the Sovereignty Strategy Session: one hour with Adam Juchniewicz, CEO, at $475 via BitSettle or $500 via Stripe, creditable toward professional fees if you retain us.
The BitSettle amount is the 5% Bitcoin-native discount. BTC, Lightning, and USDT are our payment rails. Credit cards and bank transfers also accepted as needed. Fees settle via BitSettle.
The Global Options Brief
This public map is the no-email-gate starting point. Read the field, the boundaries, and the two productized choices before anyone scopes your position.
Read from the startSovereignty Strategy Session
One focused hour tests your objective, source of funds, tax and reporting facts, timing, and realistic jurisdiction set.
Bespoke work, if earned
If a wider route survives the Session, 21 CBI names the work product, counterparties, exclusions, and fee in writing before wider work begins.
Review advisory scopeLandscape Questions
Questions about the Map.
No. 21 CBI productizes only El Salvador and Vanuatu. Every regional card outside those two is educational context, and any wider jurisdiction screen is bespoke scope after the paid Sovereignty Strategy Session.
Citizenship by investment grants citizenship under a sovereign legal framework. Residency by investment grants residence permission under stated renewal, presence, and compliance conditions. Residence can lead to naturalisation in some systems, but it is not a passport at the start.
Because investment-residence rules and qualifying assets move. A static figure would turn stale research into a buying signal. Any European option is verified against current law and operations only when it enters a bespoke brief.
Yes, as bespoke advisory only. The paid Sovereignty Strategy Session tests the objective, legal status, source-of-funds position, tax and reporting facts, timing, and counterparties before wider work is scoped.
No. The Bitcoin Passport Index is independent editorial research. It scores jurisdictions that 21 CBI does not service and may never service. An index ranking is not a serviced program.
Adam Juchniewicz, CEO, 21 CBI