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CitizenX Glossary

A searchable glossary of citizenship, residency, and global mobility terms from CitizenX.

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A

Ancestral Passport
Apostille
Approval in Principle (AIP)

B

Biometric Passport
Birthright Citizenship

C

Charging Order
Citizenship by Descent
Citizenship by Exception
Citizenship by Investment
Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU)
Citizenship Renunciation
Citizenship Revocation
Citizenship-based Taxation
CPLP (Community of Portuguese Language Countries)
CRS (Common Reporting Standard)
Crypto Citizenship

D

Denaturalization
Diplomatic Passport
Discretionary Trust
Double Taxation
Dual Citizenship
Due Diligence

E

EB-5 visa
Economic Citizenship
Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD)
Exit Tax

F

FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act)
Flag Theory
Forced Heirship
Fraudulent Conveyance
Freedom Passport

G

Golden Passport
Golden Visa
Grantor trust

H

High-Net-Worth Individual (HNWI)

I

Investment Immigration
Investor Visa

J

Jus Sanguinis
Jus Soli

L

Letter of Wishes

M

Minimum Presence Requirements

N

Naturalization

O

Oath of Allegiance
Offshore Banking

P

Paper Residency
Passport King
Passport Legacy
Passport Portfolio
Passport Strength
Plan B Passport
Police Clearance Certificate (PCC)
Politically Exposed Person (PEP)

R

Residency by Investment

S

Schengen Area
Second Passport
Source of Funds
Spendthrift Trust
Statelessness
Substantial Presence Test
Supranational Settlement Blocs (SSBs)

T

Tax Residency
Trust Deed
Trust Protector
Trust Settlor

V

Visa-free Access

W

Wealth Tax

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