Date: 2012
Type: Working Paper
The Pros and Cons of Ius Pecuniae: Investor citizenship in comparative perspective
Working Paper, EUI RSCAS, 2012/14, [GLOBALCIT], EUDO Citizenship Observatory
DZANKIC, Jelena, The Pros and Cons of Ius Pecuniae: Investor citizenship in comparative perspective, EUI RSCAS, 2012/14, [GLOBALCIT], EUDO Citizenship Observatory - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/21476
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The aim of this paper is to look at economic aspects of citizenship and compare states offering naturalisation to investors. By analysing different investor citizenship programs, the paper highlights the normative tension between those states that seek to maximize their economic utility and grant citizenship to investors by waiving all other naturalisation requirements, and those that uphold genuine ties with the polity as the core of citizenship by retaining them. The paper is developed as a two-level analysis of investor citizenship, starting from a global overview of facilitated access to citizenship, which is a common, yet seldom used discretionary tool of the governments. In the context of the global comparison, the paper highlights the distinction between the facilitated naturalisation for investors in countries that offer residence in the first instance (e.g., the UK, the U.S., Canada, Belgium, Australia, Singapore), and those that waive other regular naturalisation criteria (e.g., Commonwealth of Dominica and St. Christopher and Nevis). Following the global overview, the paper offers a more in-depth comparison of European countries that offer citizenship by investment while dropping other requirements, such as residence, language and knowledge of the country for these applicants.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/21476
ISSN: 1028-3625
External link: http://eudo-citizenship.eu
Series/Number: EUI RSCAS; 2012/14; [GLOBALCIT]; EUDO Citizenship Observatory
Keyword(s): Citizenship Investment Facilitated naturalisation St Christopher and Nevis Dominica Austria Montenegro
Sponsorship and Funder information:
Research for the EUDO Citizenship Observatory working papers series has been jointly supported by the European Commission grant agreement JLS/2007/IP/CA/009 and by the British Academy Research Project CITMODES (both projects co-directed by the EUI and the University of Edinburgh).