SMA St Kitt Nevis Economic Citizenship Presentation April 2009

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ECONOMIC CITIZENSHIP ST KITTS & NEVIS Presented by Serge Mango Advisors N.V.

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Transcript of SMA St Kitt Nevis Economic Citizenship Presentation April 2009

Page 1: SMA St Kitt  Nevis Economic Citizenship Presentation April 2009

EC

ON

OM

IC C

ITIZ

EN

SH

IPS

T K

ITT

S &

NE

VIS

Pre

sen

ted

by S

erg

e M

an

go

Ad

vis

ors

N.V

.

Page 2: SMA St Kitt  Nevis Economic Citizenship Presentation April 2009

EC

ON

OM

IC C

ITIZ

EN

SH

IP

ST

. KIT

TS

& N

EV

IS P

AS

SP

OR

T

The

Eco

nom

ic C

itize

nshi

p P

rogr

am fo

r S

t. K

itts

and

Nev

is w

as e

stab

lishe

d in

198

4 an

d pr

ovid

es th

e fo

llow

ing

bene

fits

:•

Citi

zens

hip

for

life,

for

appl

ican

t and

all

elig

ible

fa

mily

mem

ber.

•D

ual C

itize

nshi

p is

per

mitt

ed, w

ithou

t the

re

quire

men

t to

notif

y th

e ap

plic

ants

hom

e co

untr

y,

and

with

out a

ny n

eed

for

the

appl

ican

t to

resi

de in

St.

Kitt

s/N

evis

.•

Pas

spor

ts w

ill b

e is

sued

to th

e ap

plic

ant a

n al

l el

igib

le fa

mily

mem

bers

, and

may

be

easi

ly r

enew

ed.

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VIS

A –

FR

EE

TR

AV

EL

Vis

a F

ree

Tra

vel t

o m

ore

than

80

coun

trie

s in

clud

ing

:-

Sch

enge

n C

ount

ries(

24):

Aus

tria

, Bel

gium

, Cze

ch R

epub

lic, D

enm

ark,

Est

onia

, F

inla

nd, F

ranc

e, G

erm

any,

Gre

ece,

Hun

gary

, Ice

land

, Ita

ly, L

atvi

a, L

ithua

nia,

Lu

xem

bour

g, M

alta

, Net

herla

nds,

Nor

way

, Pol

and,

Por

tuga

l, S

love

nia,

Slo

vaki

a, S

pain

, S

wed

en

-S

witz

erla

nd, C

anad

a an

d U

nite

d K

ingd

om

-B

ritis

h co

mm

onw

ealth

cou

ntrie

s(5

3)

(the

Lis

t do

not i

nclu

de H

ong

Kon

g an

d U

SA

): A

ustr

alia

, Ant

igua

& B

arbu

da, B

aham

as, B

arba

dos,

Bel

ize,

Bru

nei,

Cyp

rus,

D

omin

ica,

Gre

nada

, Guy

ana,

Indi

a, J

amai

ca, M

alay

sia,

Mal

dive

s, M

alta

, Mau

ritiu

s, N

auru

, N

ew Z

eala

nd, P

akis

tan,

Sey

chel

les,

St V

ince

nt &

the

Gre

nadi

ne, S

t. Lu

cia,

Sin

gapo

re,

Sol

omon

Isla

nds,

Sou

th A

fric

a, T

rinid

ad a

nd T

obag

o, T

onga

, UK

etc

……

-R

esid

e in

Mos

t of C

AR

ICO

M M

embe

r S

tate

s(15

):

Hai

ti, M

onts

erra

t, S

urin

ame,

et

c…..

- Car

icom

Ass

ocia

te M

embe

rs(5

): A

ngui

lla, B

erm

uda,

Brit

ish

Virg

in Is

land

, Cay

man

Is

land

s, T

urks

& C

aico

s Is

land

s

Page 4: SMA St Kitt  Nevis Economic Citizenship Presentation April 2009

RE

SID

EN

CY

& T

AX

Ful

l Res

iden

cy S

tatu

s an

d th

e rig

ht to

wor

k in

St.

Kitt

s/N

evis

Tax

Fre

e S

tatu

s on

fore

ign

inco

me,

cap

ital g

ains

, gift

, w

ealth

and

inhe

ritan

ce ta

x

Page 5: SMA St Kitt  Nevis Economic Citizenship Presentation April 2009

RE

QU

IER

EM

EN

TS

•A

n ap

plic

atio

n re

quire

s a

non-

refu

ndab

le c

ash

paym

ent

of U

S$3

5,00

0 fo

r a

sing

le a

pplic

ant p

lus

US

$15,

000

for

each

dep

ende

nt,

•P

lus

a U

S$3

,500

fee

for

a ba

ckgr

ound

che

ck

on a

ny

pers

on in

clud

ed in

the

appl

icat

ion,

who

is o

ver

18 y

ears

of

age

.

•In

add

ition

to th

e ab

ove

fees

are

the

asso

ciat

ed le

gal

fe

es, n

otar

y fe

es, e

scro

w fe

es a

nd a

dvis

ory

fees

w

hich

will

var

y de

pend

ing

on th

e nu

mbe

r of

per

sons

in

clud

ed in

the

appl

icat

ion

Page 6: SMA St Kitt  Nevis Economic Citizenship Presentation April 2009

AD

DIT

ION

AL

RE

QU

IRE

ME

NT

S

•A

dditi

onal

Req

uire

men

ts, t

he a

pplic

ant m

ust i

nves

t a

min

imum

of U

S$3

50,0

00

in g

over

nmen

t des

igna

ted

real

est

ate,

am

ong

whi

ch th

ere

are

som

e ex

celle

nt r

eal

esta

te d

evel

opm

ents

.

•P

leas

e no

te th

at th

e in

vest

men

t req

uire

d w

as in

crea

sed

by th

e go

vern

men

t fro

m th

e ol

d le

vel o

f US

$250

,000

in

late

200

6.

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PR

OC

ED

UR

E

•W

e re

com

men

d th

at a

pplic

ants

em

ploy

the

serv

ices

of a

our

Nev

is b

ased

Law

yer

to p

repa

re

and

expe

dite

thei

r ap

plic

atio

n. A

s w

ith o

ther

ci

tizen

ship

pro

gram

mes

, the

app

lican

t will

be

subj

ect t

o a

thor

ough

bac

kgro

und

chec

k, b

ut a

re n

ot r

equi

red

to

pers

onal

ly a

ttend

any

inte

rvie

ws

in S

t. K

itts/

Nev

is in

th

is r

espe

ct.

•T

he g

rant

ing

of c

itize

nshi

p is

at t

he s

ole

disc

retio

n

of th

e G

over

nmen

t of S

t. K

itts

& N

evis

, and

th

eref

ore

ther

e is

no

guar

ante

e th

at a

pplic

ant w

ill b

e ap

prov

ed. H

owev

er, a

s m

ost a

pplic

ants

are

car

eful

ly

scre

ened

by

thei

r la

wye

r pr

ior

to s

ubm

ittin

g an

ap

plic

atio

n, a

pplic

atio

ns a

re r

arel

y re

fuse

d.

Page 8: SMA St Kitt  Nevis Economic Citizenship Presentation April 2009

AP

PR

OV

AL

•T

he a

ppro

val p

roce

ss n

orm

ally

take

s be

twee

n 6

to

12 w

eeks

, and

on

appr

oval

of t

he a

pplic

atio

n ci

tizen

ship

doc

umen

ts a

nd p

assp

orts

are

issu

ed.

Page 9: SMA St Kitt  Nevis Economic Citizenship Presentation April 2009

RE

AL

ES

TA

TE

•S

erge

Man

go A

dvis

ors

can

assi

st a

pplic

ants

in fi

ndin

g go

vern

men

t des

igna

ted

prop

erty

that

als

o m

eets

the

appl

ican

ts r

equi

rem

ents

. If n

eces

sary

this

can

all

be

done

with

out t

he n

eed

for

the

appl

ican

t to

pers

onal

ly

visi

t St.

Kitt

s/N

evis

.

Page 10: SMA St Kitt  Nevis Economic Citizenship Presentation April 2009

App

licat

ion

Doc

umen

ts R

equi

red

(1)

•B

irth

Cer

tific

ate

for

each

per

son

in th

e ap

plic

atio

n.•

Cer

tifie

d C

opie

s of

all

pers

ons

Pas

spor

t inf

orm

atio

n pr

ovid

ing

a ph

otog

raph

, sig

natu

re, p

assp

ort n

umbe

r an

d da

te

and

plac

e of

issu

e ar

e re

quire

d. (

colo

r co

pies

are

pre

ferr

ed).

•P

olic

e R

ecor

d/C

ertif

icat

e,

stat

ing

that

the

appl

ican

t has

no

crim

inal

rec

ord.

•M

arria

ge C

ertif

icat

e .

Onl

y re

quire

d if

the

spou

se is

als

o ap

plyi

ng fo

r ci

tizen

ship

.

•D

ivor

ce C

ertif

icat

e.

Onl

y re

quire

d if

your

new

spo

use

is

also

app

lyin

g fo

r ci

tizen

ship

.

•H

ealth

Cer

tific

ate.

T

his

cert

ifica

te n

eeds

to s

how

that

the

appl

ican

t is

not s

uffe

ring

from

any

con

tagi

ous

or

com

mun

icab

le d

isea

se, i

nclu

ding

HIV

test

. Thi

s ce

rtifi

cate

is

requ

ired

for

all p

erso

ns in

the

appl

icat

ion,

bot

h ad

ults

and

ch

ildre

n.

Page 11: SMA St Kitt  Nevis Economic Citizenship Presentation April 2009

App

licat

ion

Doc

umen

ts R

equi

red

(2)

•A

ffida

vit o

f Sup

port

. T

his

docu

men

t is

requ

ired

only

if th

e ap

plic

atio

n in

clud

es th

e ap

plic

ants

spo

use

and/

or d

epen

dent

ch

ildre

n. T

he a

ffida

vit n

eeds

to s

tate

that

the

appl

ican

t is

prep

ared

to s

uppo

rt th

e sp

ouse

and

dep

ende

nt c

hild

ren.

If th

e sp

ouse

has

inde

pend

ent a

sset

s, a

nd p

rovi

des

a B

ank

Ref

eren

ce le

tter,

the

affid

avit

is r

equi

red

only

for

the

child

ren.

•8

phot

os o

f eac

h pe

rson

in th

e ap

plic

atio

n.

The

re a

re

requ

irem

ents

for

the

phot

os

Page 12: SMA St Kitt  Nevis Economic Citizenship Presentation April 2009

App

licat

ion

Doc

umen

ts R

equi

red

(3)

•B

anke

rs R

efer

ence

. A b

ank

refe

renc

e is

req

uire

d fo

r al

l ad

ult a

pplic

ants

incl

udin

g th

e sp

ouse

and

any

chi

ldre

n 18

and

ove

r. T

he r

efer

ence

lette

r m

ust s

tate

how

long

th

e ac

coun

t has

bee

n m

aint

aine

d, th

e ge

nera

l lev

el o

f th

e ac

coun

t hel

d an

d th

at th

e ac

coun

t rel

atio

nshi

p ha

s be

en s

atis

fact

ory.

•A

sep

arat

e le

tter

may

als

o be

sub

mitt

ed b

y an

ac

coun

tant

or

stoc

k br

oker

if

the

appl

ican

t has

si

gnifi

cant

fund

s in

trad

ing

or in

vest

men

t acc

ount

.

Page 13: SMA St Kitt  Nevis Economic Citizenship Presentation April 2009

App

licat

ion

Doc

umen

ts R

equi

red

(4)

•C

hara

cter

Ref

eren

ce. T

wo

orig

inal

ref

eren

ces

of g

ood

char

acte

r ar

e re

quire

d fo

r th

e ap

plic

ant a

nd e

ach

fam

ily

mem

ber

of 1

8 ye

ars

or o

lder

. The

ref

eren

ces

mus

t be

from

eith

er a

doc

tor,

law

yer,

acc

ount

ant,

bank

m

anag

er, o

r ot

her

prof

essi

onal

. The

nam

e, a

ddre

ss

and

phon

e nu

mbe

rs o

f the

ref

eree

s ar

e re

quire

d.

•P

hoto

grap

hs: E

ight

pas

spor

t siz

e ph

otog

raph

s ar

e re

quire

d fo

r ea

ch p

erso

n in

the

appl

icat

ion.

•A

lette

r fr

om th

e ap

plic

ant g

ivin

g au

thor

ity fo

r S

erge

M

ango

Adv

isor

N.V

. and

it r

etai

ned

law

yer

to a

ct o

n hi

s/he

r be

half.

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itts/

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e w

ill p

roce

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our

appl

icat

ion

thro

ugh

our

law

yer

spec

ializ

ing

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e E

cono

mic

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zens

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