Top 20 Authorized Investment Migration Firms 2026

This article is part of the Wealth Ranking Private Wealth Rankings Series published by Ranking News. It evaluates leading firms holding current government or program-level authority to promote, represent, prepare, submit or otherwise support applications under citizenship-by-investment and residence-by-investment programs.

Authorization occupies a distinct place within the investment migration industry. A firm may possess extensive private-client advisory experience without holding formal authority from a particular government. Conversely, a licensed local agent may have the legal ability to submit applications even when it maintains a comparatively limited international advisory or marketing operation.

The terminology also varies between programs. Governments use titles including Authorised Agent, Licensed Agent, Designated Agent, Authorised Representative, International Marketing Agent, Marketing Agent and Licensed Promoter. These descriptions are not interchangeable.

In St. Kitts and Nevis, applications can be submitted only through an approved Authorised Agent, while International Marketing Agents promote the program and collaborate with submission agents. Antigua and Barbuda similarly separates locally licensed agents from international Authorised Representatives. Saint Lucia distinguishes locally based Authorised Agents from Marketing Agents and Promoters, while Grenada maintains separate directories for Local Agents and International Marketing Agents.

Other programs apply different structures. Malta requires applications under the Malta Permanent Residence Programme to be submitted through a Licensed Agent. Nauru licenses firms to guide applicants through the full application process, while São Tomé and Príncipe uses the title Marketing Agent but requires all applications to be submitted exclusively through one of these authorized firms. Vanuatu maintains a register of Designated Agents.

This ranking therefore considers the substance of the authority, not merely the title attached to it. Direct authority to prepare, submit and represent an application generally receives greater weight than permission limited to advertising, promotion or applicant introduction.

The category also evaluates authorization at legal-entity level. An international brand may operate through separate subsidiaries, local companies, professional licence holders and program-specific entities. Credit was assigned only where an official government or program register clearly connected the authorized entity with the ranked brand.

This is not a ranking of general advisory quality. Private-client strategy, program comparison and case-management capability are evaluated in the companion Top 20 Investment Migration Advisory Firms 2026 ranking. Government program design, implementation and institutional advisory work are assessed separately in the Top 20 Investment Migration Program Advisors 2026 ranking.

A firm may appear in more than one ranking, but its inclusion and placement must be justified independently under the methodology of each category.

What Defines an Authorized Investment Migration Firm in This Ranking?

A firm considered for this category generally demonstrates several of the following characteristics:

• Current inclusion on an official government, citizenship unit, residence agency or program register
• Authority to prepare, submit or formally represent applications
• Status as a licensed local, designated or submission agent
• Appointment as an authorized international representative, marketing agent or promoter
• A clearly identified legal entity holding the relevant authorization
• Evidence that the authorization remains active at the ranking’s verification date
• Compliance with program-specific licence, renewal and reporting requirements
• Experience operating under government-supervised citizenship or residence programs
• Access to appropriate due-diligence and compliance systems
• Local infrastructure where physical or locally incorporated representation is required
• Established relationships between international advisory teams and locally licensed entities
• Breadth of authorization across several jurisdictions or exceptional depth within an important program
• An operating record sufficiently established to assess regulatory continuity
• Clear disclosure of the firm’s role in relation to applicants, government units and local submission agents
• Relevance to high-net-worth individuals, families and their professional advisers

Authorization was not inferred from marketing language. Statements such as “government approved,” “official partner” or “recognized agent” were not credited unless supported by a current official source identifying the relevant firm or legal entity.

Category Boundary

This ranking is designed to distinguish formal government or program authorization from general participation in the investment migration industry.

The following distinctions were applied:

• Local or direct-submission agents receive the greatest methodological weight because they are legally permitted to prepare, submit or represent applications before the relevant program authority.
• Licensed residence agents are included where program rules require applicants to use those agents for formal submission.
• Designated agents are treated according to the authority granted by the relevant program rather than the wording of the designation.
• International marketing agents, authorized representatives and promoters are included where they hold a current official appointment, but marketing authority is not treated as equivalent to direct-submission authority.
• Exclusive application-channel agents are treated more substantially than ordinary promoters. São Tomé and Príncipe, for example, calls its firms Marketing Agents while requiring all applications to be submitted exclusively through them.
• Professional legal, accounting or fiduciary licences are not sufficient unless the firm also holds a program-specific authorization.
• Approved real-estate developers and investment projects are not included solely because their assets qualify under a citizenship or residence program.
• Sub-agents and referral partners are excluded where they do not appear independently on an official register.
• Government contractors providing visa, identity or consular outsourcing services are excluded unless they hold a specific investment migration appointment.
• Former, expired, suspended or withdrawn authorizations are not credited.
• Program-design mandates and government policy engagements are assessed in the separate Investment Migration Program Advisors ranking.
• General immigration advisers are excluded where no current program authorization could be verified.

A brand was not automatically credited with every licence held by a loosely affiliated individual, distributor or professional-network member. The official listing had to establish a sufficiently clear relationship with the ranked institution.

Market Overview

The authorized investment migration market is not governed by a single international licensing framework. Each participating jurisdiction determines who may promote its program, who may advise applicants, who may submit applications and what continuing obligations apply to those firms.

The Caribbean contains the most developed collection of agent systems. St. Kitts and Nevis permits applications only through locally based Authorised Agents. Its separate International Marketing Agents promote the program globally and work with submission agents, while CS Global Partners holds the additional designation of Official Government Marketing Promoter.

Dominica also restricts submissions to Authorised Agents. Its current framework requires an agent to maintain an appropriate connection with Dominica, undergo independent and regional due diligence, enter into an agreement with the Citizenship by Investment Unit and pass an annual review before relicensing. CS Global Partners is identified separately as the program’s Authorised Marketing Promoter.

Antigua and Barbuda distinguishes between international Authorised Representatives and locally licensed agents. Representatives may market the program, undertake preliminary client work and prepare matters for processing, but a licensed local agent formally submits the application and communicates with the Citizenship by Investment Unit.

Saint Lucia follows a comparable division. Its Authorised Agents are locally based firms licensed to support and submit applications. Marketing Agents and Promoters identify applicants and promote the program internationally while working through an Authorised Agent for submission. Promoter licences are subject to application and annual fees.

Grenada publishes separate directories for International Marketing Agents and Local Agents. The international firms identify and advise prospective applicants, while the locally licensed agent completes the formal relationship with the Investment Migration Agency and submits the application.

Malta represents an important residence-program model. Applicants to the Malta Permanent Residence Programme must use a Licensed Agent, and Residency Malta publishes the licence number, individual licence holder, associated firm and contact details. This creates a comparatively granular form of professional traceability.

Newer citizenship programs have also adopted formal agent structures. Nauru publishes a list of licensed firms that have undergone program due diligence and are permitted to advertise and guide applicants. São Tomé and Príncipe publishes a geographically organized directory of licensed Marketing Agents, with all applications required to pass through those firms.

Vanuatu’s system is based on Designated Agents, with the official Citizenship Office and Commission listing locally connected entities and the international businesses they represent. The structure illustrates why brand-level verification is necessary: the formally designated entity may use a different legal name from the international advisory brand presented to the applicant.

These differences make authorization analysis more complex than counting logos on program websites. A local submission licence in a mature program, an international promotional appointment and a newly issued agent licence do not confer identical authority or carry the same regulatory significance.

Industry Trend — 2026

Direct-Submission Authority Becomes the Central Distinction

The most important difference within the authorized-firm market is now the distinction between firms that may submit applications and firms authorized principally to market or introduce them.

St. Kitts and Nevis states that applicants cannot submit directly to its Citizenship Unit and that Authorised Agents prepare applications, manage communication and act for applicants. International Marketing Agents operate under a separate framework and collaborate with those submission agents.

Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia and Grenada apply similar divisions, although their terminology and exact responsibilities differ. This increasing clarity helps applicants understand which institution holds legal responsibility for the file and which firm is acting primarily as the international adviser or client originator.

The distinction also affects ranking methodology. A firm may maintain a highly visible international marketing platform while depending on a separate local agent for every submission. Another institution may possess less global visibility but hold direct application authority in several jurisdictions. This ranking gives greater weight to the second capability.

Public Agent Registers Become More Important

Government-maintained agent directories have become central to verifying investment migration claims.

The strongest registers identify not only the international brand but also the authorized legal entity, licence holder, jurisdictional address and program role. Malta’s register provides formal licence references, while St. Kitts and Nevis, Dominica and Saint Lucia publish separate lists according to agent type.

Nauru’s register also states that licensed agents undergo background checks and must demonstrate access to recognized due-diligence databases. São Tomé and Príncipe’s public directory identifies its authorized agents by region and establishes that applications must pass through them.

These registers are not always synchronized perfectly across languages, legacy pages or archived program websites. The ranking therefore relied on the principal current public register and did not credit an uncertain appointment solely because it appeared on an older or alternate version of a page.

Authorization Becomes More Entity-Specific

Large investment migration brands frequently operate through multiple subsidiaries. A group may use one legal entity for Malta, another for a Caribbean program and a separate locally incorporated business for Vanuatu or Nauru.

This structure is often necessary because program licences can require local incorporation, resident professionals, physical offices, minimum staffing or individual professional responsibility. Dominica, for example, requires an Authorised Agent to satisfy local presence conditions and undergo independent and regional due diligence. Malta identifies both the individual licence holder and the company through which the service is provided.

For applicants, the relevant question is therefore not simply whether a familiar brand is “authorized.” It is whether the precise contracting entity, application route and local submission agent are authorized for the program being considered.

Regional Governance and Regulatory Convergence

Eastern Caribbean governments continued developing more coordinated regulatory oversight in 2026. Regional discussions have included the Eastern Caribbean Citizenship by Investment Regulatory Authority, intended to strengthen consistency, transparency and supervisory credibility across participating programs. Antigua and Barbuda’s prime minister stated in July 2026 that regional governments had strengthened governance through the establishment of the authority.

Regional regulation could make agent approval, marketing standards, information sharing, enforcement and licence review more consistent. It could also reduce the ability of firms removed from one jurisdiction to continue operating elsewhere without appropriate scrutiny.

For authorized firms, this makes compliance history increasingly portable. Conduct in one program may influence how regulators and government units assess the same group, directors or controlling parties in another.

Due Diligence Extends to the Agent

Applicant due diligence is only one part of program integrity. Governments are also paying closer attention to the firms permitted to originate, prepare and submit applications.

Nauru requires prospective agents to demonstrate investment migration experience, access to a reputable due-diligence database, a clean criminal record for relevant controlling parties and successful completion of the program office’s own due-diligence process. Dominica’s framework similarly subjects Authorised Agents to independent checks and annual review.

These requirements reflect the gatekeeping position occupied by authorized firms. An agent may be the first institution to examine the applicant’s identity, source of wealth, sanctions exposure, business record and documentary history.

A program’s integrity therefore depends partly on whether its authorized firms conduct meaningful preliminary screening rather than simply transferring every prospective client to the government unit.

New Programs Build Formal Distribution Networks

Nauru and São Tomé and Príncipe entered the market with large public agent networks rather than relying only on informal referral relationships.

Nauru’s licensed-agent regime combines authorization to advertise with responsibility for guiding applicants through the full process. São Tomé and Príncipe’s Marketing Agents have an unusually substantive function because the government requires all applications to be submitted exclusively through them.

These newer regimes created opportunities for established international firms to add additional appointments. They also expanded the number of companies able to describe themselves as government authorized.

The ranking does not treat every new licence as equivalent to a long-held submission authority in a mature program. New appointments remain relevant, but institutional history and the quality of the jurisdictional mandate are considered alongside the raw number of listings.

Biometrics and Identity Infrastructure Reshape Agent Responsibilities

St. Kitts and Nevis launched a National Biometric Enrolment and Passport Modernisation Programme in April 2026. New citizenship applicants are subject to biometric enrolment, while existing citizens admitted through the program are being brought into the updated system.

Developments of this kind increase the operational responsibilities surrounding applications. Authorized firms may need to coordinate appointments, identity records, approval stages and post-citizenship requirements in addition to the conventional document-submission process.

The trend also reduces the viability of operating models based primarily on remote document brokerage. Programs increasingly expect traceable identity verification, formal applicant interviews, secure digital portals and continuing contact after approval.

External Policy Pressure Increases the Compliance Burden

In June 2026, the European Commission requested that Antigua and Barbuda phase out its citizenship-by-investment program by 1 June 2028 and introduce additional interim safeguards. The Antiguan government stated that the program would continue while it pursued further regional and European dialogue. It also reported that the other Eastern Caribbean citizenship-program countries had received similar communications.

The development does not itself revoke existing agent licences or close the affected programs. It does, however, increase the importance of accurate marketing and appropriate disclosure.

Authorized firms should not present visa-free travel, program continuation or external diplomatic arrangements as permanent guarantees. Their formal relationship with a program creates an additional responsibility to distinguish current legal rights from future expectations.

Investment and Project Oversight Receive Greater Attention

Authorization is not limited to verifying the applicant. Where programs include approved real estate or investment projects, agents must also understand the current status of the qualifying asset and the relationship between the developer, local agent and government authority.

In July 2026, Grenada’s Investment Migration Agency issued a request connected with the development of a framework and toolkit for assessing the status of CBI-approved projects. This illustrates the increased attention being given to project supervision as well as applicant screening.

Authorized firms that receive commissions from qualifying investments should disclose those commercial relationships. Formal agent status does not automatically mean that every investment presented by the firm has been independently selected or assessed in the client’s interests.

Methodology — Core Eligibility Criteria

To be considered for the Top 20 Authorized Investment Migration Firms 2026, a firm was generally required to:

• Hold at least one current authorization traceable to an official government, program unit, residence agency or citizenship authority
• Maintain an identifiable legal entity connected to the ranked brand
• Possess authority involving application submission, applicant representation, official marketing or another defined program function
• Demonstrate current activity within investment migration
• Maintain sufficient organizational traceability to identify its leadership, contracting entity or official program representative
• Operate under a licence, designation, agreement, appointment or official listing issued by the relevant program
• Demonstrate appropriate compliance and due-diligence capability
• Maintain a credible operating history or an otherwise substantial current authorization portfolio
• Avoid reliance on unsupported claims of government approval
• Demonstrate relevance to private clients and professional intermediaries
• Maintain authorization that had not been publicly withdrawn, suspended or blacklisted at the verification date

A cross-jurisdictional pool of more than 100 brands and legal entities appearing across official agent, representative, promoter and licence registers was reviewed, from which 20 firms were selected.

Where several entities clearly formed part of the same investment migration brand, their authorizations were consolidated for ranking purposes. Consolidation was applied only where the official source linked to the same brand, website or demonstrably related operating group.

An authorization was counted once per program. A firm holding both a promotional role and a direct local licence within the same program did not receive full duplicate credit for the two listings.

Where official pages appeared inconsistent, the principal current register reviewed on the verification date was used. Archived entries, older press releases and alternate-language pages were not treated as sufficient evidence of a current appointment without additional confirmation.

The following were generally excluded:

• Firms describing themselves as government approved without appearing on an official source
• Sub-agents, referrers and introducers without an independent program authorization
• Former agents whose appointments could not be verified as current
• Firms listed only on archived or discontinued program pages
• Approved project developers without an agent or representative licence
• Law firms relying solely on a general professional licence
• Accounting, fiduciary or corporate-service firms without a program-specific appointment
• Visa-processing contractors without an investment migration mandate
• General immigration consultancies without verifiable official authorization
• Individuals whose licence could not reasonably be connected to the ranked brand
• Firms subject to a current official prohibition or blacklist
• Businesses whose present operating status could not be established

Methodology — Ranking Factors

Eligible firms were evaluated through a combination of legal, regulatory and institutional factors, including:

• Number of current direct-submission, local-agent or designated-agent authorizations
• Quality and maturity of the programs in which direct authority is held
• Ability to prepare, submit and formally represent applications
• Breadth of current government and program appointments
• Current status as an authorized representative, marketing agent or promoter
• Regulatory standing and evidence of continuing licence renewal
• Operating history under government-supervised programs
• Local offices, entities, professionals and application infrastructure
• Transparency concerning the exact legal entity holding each authorization
• Preliminary compliance, sanctions and due-diligence capability
• Relationships between international advisory teams and local submission entities
• Experience coordinating government communication and information requests
• Institutional continuity and stability of the authorized platform
• Geographic range of program mandates
• Relevance to private clients and professional advisers
• Absence of material current public regulatory concerns
• Ability to support post-approval, renewal or identity requirements where applicable

Direct application authority received the greatest weight. A portfolio consisting principally of marketing appointments was not treated as equivalent to a portfolio of locally licensed submission roles.

Authorization count was not used mechanically. One demanding and well-established licence may reflect more institutional capability than several lightly supervised promotional appointments.

How to Interpret the Tiers

Tier I recognizes the five firms with the strongest overall combinations of direct application authority, jurisdictional breadth, regulatory standing and sustained operation under government-supervised programs. Tier I is ranked from 1 to 5.

Tier II includes established multi-program firms with several current authorizations, one or more substantial direct roles or an unusually important portfolio of formal government appointments.

Tier III recognizes credible authorized firms with meaningful official standing but comparatively narrower direct authority, fewer jurisdictions, a more concentrated regional position or a shorter institutional record.

Tier II and Tier III firms are listed alphabetically. No separate ordinal position is assigned to firms within those tiers.

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Tier I — Leading Authorized Investment Migration Firms

Tier I recognizes firms whose official authorization portfolios extend beyond ordinary international marketing appointments.

The ranked institutions combine direct or exclusive application-channel authority with multiple additional government appointments, established operating histories and demonstrable ability to work within different regulatory structures.

Apex Capital Partners

• Headquarters: Toronto, Canada
• Operating history: More than 30 years

Apex Capital Partners is an international investment migration and private-client advisory firm with one of the strongest verified portfolios of direct application authority in the industry.

Official registers identify Apex as an Authorised Agent in St. Kitts and Nevis, a locally licensed agent in Antigua and Barbuda, and an Authorised Agent in both Dominica and Saint Lucia. These are substantive roles that permit the firm or its locally licensed entities to participate directly in application preparation, submission and government communication. Apex also holds an application-channel appointment in São Tomé and Príncipe.

Apex Capital Partners was included in Tier I in recognition of its concentration of direct authority across established Caribbean programs, its additional international appointments and its long operating history under several government-supervised systems.

Arton Capital

• Headquarters: Montreal, Canada
• Founded: 2006

Arton Capital is an international investment migration advisory firm operating through a network of offices and program-specific entities across private-client and government markets.

The firm holds locally licensed or direct application roles in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica and Saint Lucia. It is also a licensed application-channel firm in São Tomé and Príncipe. Arton’s wider authorization portfolio includes official international marketing appointments in St. Kitts and Nevis and Grenada.

The portfolio is notable for combining local submission authority with international representative and marketing appointments. Arton Capital was included in Tier I in recognition of its direct roles in several established programs, broad cross-jurisdictional authorization structure and sustained institutional presence within investment migration.

EC Holdings

• Headquarters: Singapore
• Launched: 2022

EC Holdings is a Singapore-headquartered investment migration firm established by professionals with backgrounds in private banking, financial planning, diplomacy and citizenship and residence advisory.

Despite its comparatively recent formation, the firm has developed a consequential official authorization portfolio. EC Holdings Ltd. appears on the St. Kitts and Nevis register of Authorised Agents, giving the locally connected entity direct authority to prepare and submit applications. EC Holdings also appears on the licensed-agent register in Nauru and the licensed Marketing Agent register in São Tomé and Príncipe.

EC Holdings was included in Tier I because this ranking places particular weight on the legal substance of current authorizations. Its direct St. Kitts and Nevis role, combined with its appointments in two newer program jurisdictions, gives the firm an authorization profile exceeding that of several longer-established but predominantly marketing-led competitors.

Henley & Partners

• Principal office: London, United Kingdom
• Formed in its present structure: 1997

Henley & Partners is an international residence and citizenship planning firm operating through more than 70 offices. Its private-client, government-advisory and program-authorized activities are conducted through separate group entities where required.

Henley & Partners Malta Limited is a Licensed Agent under the Malta Permanent Residence Programme, with licence reference RES-HENL. Because MPRP applications must be submitted through a licensed agent, this represents substantive application authority. Henley also appears on the licensed-agent register in Nauru and the application-channel register in São Tomé and Príncipe. Its additional appointments include official representative or marketing roles in St. Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Lucia.

Henley & Partners was included in Tier I in recognition of the quality of its Malta licence, its multi-jurisdictional appointments and the regulatory infrastructure supporting its international group.

Savory & Partners

• Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Founded: 2010

Savory & Partners is a Dubai-based citizenship and residence advisory firm with a particularly strong position among private clients from the Middle East and other internationally mobile wealth markets.

Dominica identifies Savory & Partners as an Authorised Agent, placing the firm within the program’s formal application process. Savory also holds an application-channel appointment in São Tomé and Príncipe. Its wider official portfolio includes representative or international marketing roles in St. Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia and Grenada.

The direct Dominica authorization is central to the firm’s Tier I position because it distinguishes Savory from firms whose Caribbean portfolios consist only of international marketing appointments. Savory & Partners was included in Tier I in recognition of that direct authority, the geographic breadth of its other appointments and its established Dubai-based operating platform.

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Tier II — Established Multi-Program Authorized Firms

(Alphabetical order)

Astons

• Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Founded: 1989

Astons is an international investment immigration firm advising private clients on citizenship, residence, qualifying investments and cross-border relocation.

The firm appears on the licensed-agent register in Nauru and the application-channel register in São Tomé and Príncipe. It also holds official international roles in Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia and Grenada, where its appointments are representative or marketing-oriented rather than locally licensed submission roles.

Astons was included in Tier II in recognition of its current Nauru and São Tomé appointments, additional Caribbean authorizations and long operating history. Its placement below Tier I reflects the greater weight given to firms holding direct authority across several mature Caribbean programs.

Bayat Group

• Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Founded: 1993

Bayat Group is a Dubai-based legal and investment migration advisory firm serving individuals, families and business owners across citizenship, residence and international mobility matters.

Dominica lists Bayat Migration and Citizenship Services as an Authorised Agent, providing the group with direct participation in the program’s application process. Bayat is also licensed in Nauru and holds an application-channel appointment in São Tomé and Príncipe. Additional official roles are maintained in Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia and Grenada.

Bayat Group was included in Tier II in recognition of its direct Dominica authority, newer-program licences, legal-led operating model and longstanding presence in the Middle Eastern private-client market.

Citizenship Invest — a BLS International Company

• Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Founded: 2009
• Ownership: Acquired by BLS International in 2024

Citizenship Invest is a specialist citizenship and residence advisory business operating as part of BLS International following the completion of its acquisition in October 2024.

The firm appears on the licensed-agent register in Nauru and the application-channel register in São Tomé and Príncipe. It also holds official international marketing or representative appointments in St. Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Lucia.

The acquisition provides Citizenship Invest with access to a larger international group active in visa, identity, consular and citizen-service infrastructure. Citizenship Invest was included in Tier II in recognition of its current program licences, established specialist brand and broader institutional capabilities following its integration into BLS International.

CS Global Partners

• Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
• Founded: 2012

CS Global Partners is a specialist citizenship and residence advisory firm with separate private-client and government-facing activities.

Its authorization portfolio differs from that of firms centered on local submission licences. St. Kitts and Nevis identifies CS Global Partners as its Official Government Marketing Promoter, while Dominica identifies the firm as its Authorised Marketing Promoter. These are named institutional appointments and carry greater significance than inclusion in a general international marketing directory. CS Global also holds an application-channel appointment in São Tomé and Príncipe and additional official roles in Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Lucia.

CS Global Partners was included in Tier II in recognition of the institutional quality of its government-promoter mandates, its specialist operating identity and its continuing participation in officially supervised program distribution.

CTrustGlobal

• Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Operating history: More than 30 years

CTrustGlobal is the international platform associated with Caribbean Trust Immigration Services, providing citizenship and residence advisory services from its principal operating base in Dubai.

Dominica lists the brand-linked Caribbean Trust Immigration Services entity as an Authorised Agent, giving the group direct application authority. CTrustGlobal-linked entities also appear on the licensed-agent register in Nauru and the application-channel register in São Tomé and Príncipe. The firm maintains additional international participation in Caribbean program networks, including Grenada.

CTrustGlobal was included in Tier II in recognition of its direct Dominica status, multi-program licensing, long operating history and established focus on clients from the Middle East, South Asia and Africa.

Discus Holdings

• Headquarters: Birkirkara, Malta
• Operating history: More than 20 years

Discus Holdings is a Malta-based citizenship, residence and private-client advisory firm with experience in investment migration, tax coordination and international financial planning.

Residency Malta lists Discus Holdings Ltd. as a Licensed Agent under licence RES-DISC. This permits the firm to submit applications under the Malta Permanent Residence Programme and represents one of the more substantive forms of authorization assessed in the ranking. Discus also appears on the licensed-agent register in Nauru and the application-channel register in São Tomé and Príncipe.

Discus Holdings was included in Tier II in recognition of its regulated Malta submission role, additional citizenship-program appointments and long operating history. Its portfolio is narrower in geographic terms than those of the Tier I institutions but includes a comparatively high-quality European residence licence.

Immigrant Invest

• Headquarters: St Julian’s, Malta
• Founded: 2006

Immigrant Invest is an international citizenship and residence advisory firm with an operating model centered on preliminary compliance, legal preparation and application management.

Residency Malta lists Imin Malta Limited, the firm’s brand-linked Maltese entity, as a Licensed Agent under reference RES-IMIN. The firm also appears on the application-channel register in São Tomé and Príncipe and maintains international representative or marketing appointments across several Caribbean programs.

No Nauru licence has been attributed to Immigrant Invest in this ranking. The Nauru register’s similarly named IMIN Ltd. entry links to a different commercial platform and was therefore not consolidated with the Immigrant Invest brand.

Immigrant Invest was included in Tier II in recognition of its Malta submission authority, broader program appointments and compliance-oriented organizational model.

Latitude Group

• Principal office: London, United Kingdom
• Formed: 2013

Latitude Group is an international residence and citizenship planning firm with private-client and government-advisory divisions.

Latitude Consultancy Malta Limited is listed by Residency Malta as a Licensed Agent under reference RES-LATI. The group also appears on the licensed-agent register in Nauru and the application-channel register in São Tomé and Príncipe. Its wider authorization portfolio includes official roles in Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Lucia.

Latitude Group was included in Tier II in recognition of its regulated Malta role, multi-program appointment portfolio and international investment migration specialization. Its combination of European residence licensing and citizenship-program appointments provides a comparatively balanced authorization profile.

NTL Trust

• Headquarters: Charlestown, Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis
• Founded: 1994

NTL Trust is a Caribbean-rooted international private-client business providing investment migration, trust, corporate and related cross-border services.

Saint Lucia lists NTL (Saint Lucia) Ltd. as an Authorised Agent, placing the firm within the program’s formal submission structure. NTL also appears on the licensed-agent register in Nauru and the application-channel register in São Tomé and Príncipe. Additional official representative relationships extend its authorization profile elsewhere in the Caribbean.

NTL Trust was included in Tier II in recognition of its direct Saint Lucia authority, additional program licences and more than three decades of operating history. Its Caribbean origins also provide institutional continuity within one of the principal regions for citizenship-by-investment programs.

Vardikos & Vardikos

• Headquarters: Athens, Greece
• Established: 1888

Vardikos & Vardikos is an international legal practice whose work includes citizenship, residence, private-client law and consular matters.

Several of its investment migration appointments are held in the name of Christos Vardikos. Dominica lists him as an Authorised Agent, creating direct participation in the program’s application channel. He also appears on the licensed-agent register in Nauru and the application-channel register in São Tomé and Príncipe, with an additional official role in Saint Lucia.

The firm’s legal structure provides a clearly identifiable professional connection between the practice and its program appointments. Vardikos & Vardikos was included in Tier II in recognition of its direct Dominica authority, cross-program licences and unusually long institutional history.

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Tier III — Specialist and Boutique Superyacht Builders

(Alphabetical order)

Bluemina Citizenship & Residency

• Headquarters: Amman, Jordan
• Founded: 1997

Bluemina Citizenship & Residency is a regional investment migration firm serving clients through a network of offices across the Middle East.

The firm appears on the licensed-agent register in Nauru and the application-channel register in São Tomé and Príncipe. Its broader official portfolio includes international marketing or representative appointments in St. Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia and Grenada.

Bluemina was included in Tier III in recognition of the breadth of its official international appointments, longstanding regional operation and direct access to important Middle Eastern private wealth markets. Its placement reflects the fact that its verified mature-program portfolio is weighted more heavily toward representative and marketing authority than locally licensed submission roles.

Global Citizen Solutions

• Principal office: Lisbon, Portugal
• Launched: 2017

Global Citizen Solutions is an international investment migration and relocation advisory firm with a particularly visible position in Portugal and the wider European residence market.

The firm is listed as a licensed agent in Nauru and as an application-channel Marketing Agent in São Tomé and Príncipe. It also holds official international roles in St. Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Lucia.

No Malta Permanent Residence Programme licence has been attributed to Global Citizen Solutions in this ranking because the firm does not appear on the current official Residency Malta register reviewed for this edition.

Global Citizen Solutions was included in Tier III in recognition of its current Nauru and São Tomé appointments, broader Caribbean representative portfolio and growing international investment migration platform.

Globevisa Group

• Headquarters: Singapore
• Founded: 2002

Globevisa Group is an international immigration and investment migration organization with an extensive operating network across Asian source markets and major destination jurisdictions.

Globevisa Group (Hong Kong) Limited appears on the licensed-agent register in Nauru and the application-channel register in São Tomé and Príncipe. The group also holds official representative or international marketing roles in Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia and Grenada.

Globevisa’s wider institutional scale is substantial, but this ranking assesses only verified government or program authorization. Globevisa Group was included in Tier III in recognition of its current licences, established operating history and major presence across Asian private wealth markets. Its tier placement reflects a verified authorization portfolio concentrated primarily in newer-program and international representative roles.

Guide Consultants

• Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Founded: 2016

Guide Consultants is a Dubai-based citizenship and residence advisory firm serving clients across the Middle East and other international markets.

Dominica identifies Guide Consultants Inc. as an Authorised Agent, giving the firm a direct position within the program’s application process. Guide Consultants LLC also appears on Nauru’s licensed-agent register. Its additional official appointments include international marketing or representative roles in St. Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Lucia.

The direct Dominica authorization is a meaningful credential and distinguishes Guide Consultants from firms holding promotional appointments alone. Guide Consultants was included in Tier III in recognition of that direct authority, its Nauru licence and its wider Caribbean participation. Its placement reflects its comparatively shorter institutional history and narrower overall authorization portfolio.

Harvey Law Group

• Principal office: Hong Kong
• Founded: 1992

Harvey Law Group is an international investment immigration law firm advising private clients through a network of offices and licensed legal professionals.

Dominica lists Harvey Law Group as an Authorised Agent, giving the firm direct authority within the citizenship program’s application structure. The firm also appears on Nauru’s licensed-agent register and holds official international representative or marketing roles in Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Lucia.

Its law-firm structure provides an identifiable professional framework for handling applicant representation, legal documentation and more complex immigration matters. Harvey Law Group was included in Tier III in recognition of its direct Dominica authorization, Nauru licence, international legal infrastructure and long operating record in investment immigration.

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Remarks

The firms recognized in this ranking represent several different forms of official investment migration participation. These include locally licensed submission agents, designated agents, residence-program licence holders, authorized international representatives, government marketing promoters and program-approved international marketing firms.

The tiers reflect relative standing within this defined category. They consider the substance of the authorization, the number and quality of direct mandates, regulatory continuity, legal-entity transparency, compliance infrastructure and breadth of current official appointments.

The ranking does not imply that every authorization confers the same legal powers. A Marketing Agent may be permitted to advertise and identify applicants but remain unable to submit an application. A locally licensed agent may have direct submission authority but limited international advisory capability. Applicants should establish the precise role held by each firm in the relevant program.

Authorization belongs to the legal entity or individual named by the program authority. It does not automatically extend to every office, affiliate, employee, referrer or sub-agent using the same commercial brand.

Before entering an engagement, clients should verify:

• The precise legal entity that will sign the engagement agreement
• The current official program register
• Whether the firm may submit directly or must use a separate local agent
• The identity of that local submission agent
• The fees payable to each firm or intermediary
• Any commissions received from governments, developers, funds or qualifying investments
• Responsibility for preliminary compliance and source-of-funds review
• The arrangements used to protect sensitive personal and financial information
• Whether post-approval services are included
• Whether the appointment remains active at the time of submission

Government authorization does not constitute government endorsement of a firm’s overall service quality. It does not guarantee application approval, processing time, investment performance, visa-free travel or the continuation of a program.

A licence may be renewed, suspended, restricted, restructured or withdrawn. Firms may also change their operating entities or relationships with local agents. The official program register should therefore be checked immediately before engagement and again before submission.

The ranking names commercial brands for readability, but the underlying assessment was conducted at the level of identifiable authorized entities. Where a brand operated through several companies, only appointments clearly linked to that brand were consolidated.

Broad professional networks were not automatically credited with every licence held by separately governed member firms. This affected institutions such as international accounting and legal networks whose local entities may possess program licences without operating as a unified global investment migration platform.

The ranking does not constitute immigration advice, legal advice, investment advice, tax advice, financial advice or a recommendation of any particular firm, citizenship program, residence program or qualifying investment.

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