CitizenX Acquires ntltrust.com: A New Chapter for NTL Trust

CitizenX has acquired ntltrust.com. Nicholas Stevens, the owner of NTL Trust, will join CitizenX as a strategic advisor and continue to lead the NTL Trust brand.

With roots stretching back to 1994, NTL Trust brings more than 30 years of experience helping individuals, families, and professional partners navigate international opportunities.

This next chapter brings that experience together with CitizenX’s technology, privacy-first approach, and white-glove concierge service.

For us, this is not just about collecting brands or building a larger network of offices. We want to bring together people who understand why citizenship matters, and give them better tools to serve their clients.

We believe the future of investment migration belongs to businesses that combine experienced people with modern technology. NTL Trust is a natural fit for that vision.

Why NTL Trust

Technology is essential to what we are building. But technology alone does not replace decades of experience, trusted relationships, or the judgment that comes from helping clients through consequential decisions.

NTL Trust has deep Caribbean roots and a history of working across the region’s citizenship by investment programs, including St. Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, and Saint Lucia.

That institutional knowledge matters. Understanding a program means more than knowing its minimum contribution or the destinations its passport can access. It means understanding how to approach an application, where complications can arise, and which questions a client should ask before committing.

NTL Trust also brings strong business-to-business expertise. For professional partners, referring a client is an extension of their own reputation. They need confidence that the people receiving that introduction will communicate clearly, exercise good judgment, and treat the relationship with care.

Our goal is to combine that relationship-driven approach with the technology and operational consistency needed to serve more clients without losing the personal attention that brought them to us.

Just as importantly, Nick brings clear free-market principles. We share the conviction that individuals should have more choice over the countries they build their lives around, and that governments should compete to attract them.

It is an honor that he has chosen to join forces with us.

An industry ready for its next chapter

The residence and citizenship by investment industry has long been fragmented across smaller, relationship-driven firms.

There is real value in that model. Personal trust, local knowledge, and specialist experience cannot simply be replaced by software. We want to preserve those strengths while improving the experience around them.

Clients should not have to choose between attentive service and a well-designed digital platform. They should be able to have both.

They should understand the costs before making a commitment. They should know what is happening with their application. And they should expect their most sensitive information to be handled with care.

We believe consolidation should raise those standards, not simply create larger versions of the same businesses.

The opportunity is to bring experienced operators together around shared technology, stronger processes, and a clear commitment to the client. That is the kind of company we are building at CitizenX.

More choice requires better guidance

Argentina’s October 2 announcement of its citizenship by investment program is an important example of the market’s expansion. The government outlined contribution and government-bond routes, with applications expected to open during the fourth quarter of 2026.

We expect more governments to explore ways to attract capital and new citizens through thoughtfully designed programs.

But more options do not automatically make the decision easier.

For an applicant, the right question is not simply, “Which passport can I get?” It is, “Which citizenship makes sense for my life, my family, and the risks I want to reduce?”

Someone building a second base may have different priorities from someone seeking greater travel freedom. A family thinking about its children’s future may evaluate a program differently from an entrepreneur who needs more flexibility today.

Our view is that citizenship should be approached as a long-term decision, not a transaction driven by a headline price or an ambitious processing estimate.

As the market expands, we expect applicants to place greater value on clear explanations, realistic expectations, privacy, and consistent service. Bringing NTL Trust’s experience closer to CitizenX helps us pursue that standard.

Technology should make the service more personal

CitizenX combines a digital citizenship platform with personal concierge support, published pricing, and a focus on privacy and data security. Clients can manage their process and follow its progress through the platform while receiving help from our team.

The purpose of that technology is to reduce administrative work so those people can spend more time on what matters: understanding a family’s circumstances, explaining trade-offs, preparing an application carefully, and answering questions.

A better platform should mean less time chasing documents and more time providing useful guidance. Greater scale should mean more consistent service, not less individual attention.

That is what we want to bring to the NTL Trust client experience: the continuity of a familiar brand, supported by the technology and concierge model we are building at CitizenX.

Building on Plan B Passport

This acquisition follows CitizenX’s acquisition of Plan B Passport in 2025.

The principle behind both decisions is the same: bring together people and brands that share our mission, while preserving the qualities that made clients trust them in the first place.

We are not interested in making every business look and sound identical. Different brands build different relationships and reach people in different ways.

What should be consistent is the standard behind the experience: clear communication, transparent pricing, careful handling of personal information, and service that respects the importance of the decision being made.

NTL Trust is the next step in that strategy.

What changes for NTL Trust clients

The NTL Trust brand will stay. Nicholas Stevens will continue to lead it while joining CitizenX as a strategic advisor.

NTL Trust clients will soon be invited to onboard to the CitizenX platform. During the transition, new clients will be onboarded through CitizenX’s technology.

For clients with applications already underway, any transition will be coordinated individually rather than treated as an automatic transfer of their existing engagement.

Our objective is continuity with a better experience: preserving the relationships clients value while introducing a more organized way to manage their citizenship journey.

For CitizenX, the opportunity is equally clear. Nick’s experience, Caribbean relationships, and understanding of professional partnerships will help inform how we develop the business and serve our clients.

More choice. Less dependence.

Our ambition goes beyond making citizenship applications easier to manage.

We believe people should have greater choice over where they belong, where they build, and which countries they rely on. A passport portfolio is one way to pursue that independence.

Achieving it should not require choosing between an experienced advisor and modern technology, or between personal service and transparent pricing.

Bringing ntltrust.com into CitizenX is another step toward that future.

Welcome to the next chapter of NTL Trust.

To explore your own citizenship options, create a CitizenX account and speak with our team of citizenship experts.