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The Honest Version

When a second passport earns its Keep.

Most people buy citizenship as an escape hatch. That instinct is exactly what gets them the wrong passport.

Adam Juchniewicz, CEO, 21 CBIDecision guidance, updated 11 July 2026
01 / The Honest Test

A position, not a Purchase.

You assume a second passport is about running. It is not. A citizenship bought in a panic is a liability with your name on it: the wrong jurisdiction, the wrong settlement asset, the wrong order of operations, and you have paid seven figures for a document that solves nothing you actually had. Sovereignty is a position, not a purchase. It is built in sequence, sized to your file, and held across more than one jurisdiction so that no single government is a single point of failure. That is when the money is worth it. When it is not, we will tell you, and the Sovereignty Strategy Session is where we say so out loud.

02 / When It Earns Its Keep

The passport solves a named Exposure.

Permanence

You need durable entry and return rights that do not depend on renewing a temporary residence permission.

Mobility

A specific travel corridor materially changes family, business, or contingency planning.

Sequence

Another irreversible step, such as renunciation, requires a second citizenship to be secured first.

Legacy

Hereditary status creates a durable asset for descendants and the governing law supports the intended transfer.

03 / When It Does Not

The document cannot fix a broken Premise.

Citizenship is usually the wrong purchase when the real need is a residence permit, a tax-residence move, a company, or short-term mobility. It is also wrong when the file cannot survive source-of-funds diligence or the capital would impair the position it is supposed to protect.

A passport is not a tax opinion. It does not erase citizenship-based taxation, change the management location of a company, or replace advice from qualified tax counsel.

04 / The Permanent Exit

Renunciation is its own Project.

If your endgame is cutting US tax citizenship entirely, that is its own sequenced project. Exitly runs US renunciation end to end: CLN filing, exit-tax compliance, State Department scheduling, and covered-expatriate analysis. (Launching Q3 2026.) Until then, /us-exit sizes the exposure so the order of operations is clear.

Program-Specific Starting Points

A defined program uses its own paid screen.

These are distinct from the universal Sovereignty Strategy Session for bespoke and undecided clients.

El Salvador engagement

Book your paid strategy call: $5,000, or 5% less when you settle via BitSettle ($4,750, BTC, Lightning, or USDT). The amount actually paid credits toward the 5% advisory when you retain within 90 days. No obligation to proceed.

Vanuatu engagement

Book your paid strategy call: $500, or 5% less when you settle via BitSettle ($475, BTC, Lightning, or USDT). The amount actually paid credits toward the 5% advisory when you retain within 90 days. No obligation to proceed.

Common Questions

Questions about when cbi makes sense.

Begin Your Sovereignty.

One paid hour with Adam Juchniewicz, CEO. $500, or 5% less when you settle via BitSettle ($475). The amount paid credits toward professional fees on retention. No obligation to proceed beyond the Session.

Adam Juchniewicz, CEO, 21 CBI