So why is the market for passports booming? Some point to the efforts of a Swiss lawyer named Christian Kälin, a man labeled by Bloomberg as the “passport king.” Kälin’s firm, Henley & Partners, is the world’s leading citizenship planning firm and also advises countries on how to design these programs. The firm was a sleepy immigration consultancy that also helped with wealth management. But then in 2006, Kalin advised St. Kitts on setting up its economic citizenship program, and the results were stunning.
The $2 Billion Market for Passports
