Vanuatu: fastest, cheapest — but lost EU visa-free access
The EU and UK removed visa-free privileges for Vanuatu passports. The program's biggest benefit is gone. Viking Global…
Kiribati — The climate refugee lawsuit that shaped international law, and the phosphate fund that survived where Nauru failed
Kiribati is where the lawsuit first brought climate change into international human rights law, the country that went to buy land in another…
Marshall Islands: once sold passports in the 1990s — and the very treaty with the US forced it to stop
Marshall Islands once had a citizenship sales program in the 1990s and had to terminate it. The reason is well worth reading: the very treaty…
Samoa — New Zealand quota, customary land and world's strangest citizenship case
Samoa has its own permanent residency quota in New Zealand, 81% of land is customary land unable to be sold to foreigners, and just…
Papua New Guinea — 800 languages, 97% customary land, and the 200th nation that could be born here
Papua New Guinea is the most linguistically diverse country on the planet and the place with the world's highest rate of customary land. It is also…
Micronesia — COFA Treaty, 607 islands and questions about U.S. entry rights
Micronesia is the final piece of the COFA trio with Palau and Marshall: citizens can live and work in the U.S. without a visa, like…
Tuvalu: world's first climate migration treaty, and a nation living by .tv domain name
Tuvalu signed with Australia a treaty allowing certain citizens each year to relocate to Australia, stating climate change as reason — treaty…
Tonga — Kingdom never colonized, and passport sales case that left the most expensive lesson in the Pacific
Tonga is the only Pacific nation never colonized, with all land belonging to the Crown and unable to be sold. Yet…
Palau: citizens can live and work in the US indefinitely — but outsiders can barely get in
Palau citizens can live, work, and study in the United States indefinitely without a visa, thanks to the Compact of Free Association.…
Nauru: citizenship program we recommend not to buy
Nauru launched an investment-based citizenship program to raise climate adaptation funds. But the UK has revoked visa-free…
Solomon Islands — Surprisingly strong passport, 87% customary land, and a rare international intervention that ended the right way
Solomon Islands holds a tier 30 passport — much stronger than many wealthier nations. Behind that number is 87% customary land…