Investment migration, written for American investors

This is the United States insights desk of Savory & Partners, published from our North American headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas. Everything here is written for people who file a US return: American citizens and green card holders weighing a second nationality, and internationally mobile families who already spend part of the year in the United States and want the rest of their affairs to hold up under the same scrutiny.

Two questions sit underneath almost every enquiry we take. The first is citizenship by investment: programs that grant a passport in exchange for a qualifying contribution, real estate purchase or fund subscription, usually within a defined statutory timeline. The second is residency by investment: the slower, often cheaper route that gives you the legal right to live somewhere without changing nationality at all. For a large share of American families the second answers the actual need, and we say so before a fee is quoted.

The rest of the work is the part that rarely appears in a brochure. Investor immigration is a compliance exercise as much as an investment one: source of funds packs, background screening, disclosures that must match what has already been filed elsewhere. American applicants also carry obligations that travel with them, because the United States taxes worldwide income regardless of where a client lives or what else they hold. A second passport does not change that, and any adviser who implies otherwise is selling something. Our coverage keeps returning to reporting, timing and documentation because those are what determine whether an approval arrives on schedule.

Cross-border relocation adds its own set of practical questions: how long the family must be physically present, whether children can carry the status, how school years and business obligations align with the processing calendar, and what happens to the status if plans change three years in. Articles here work through those cases with dollar figures and real timelines rather than headline minimums, and they say plainly when a program is a poor fit for a US-based applicant.

How to use this hub: start with the topic filters below to narrow to citizenship, residency, tax and reporting, costs, or family planning, then read across two or three pieces before drawing a conclusion. Programs change, thresholds move and due diligence standards tighten, so anything cost-sensitive is worth confirming with an adviser before it becomes a decision.

Our United States operation runs alongside the group's Dubai desk, and complex files are handled jointly: the US team holds the client relationship, the timeline and the reporting picture, while the Dubai team carries the government relationships and the submission itself. You can read more about how the two offices work together on our about page, or contact the US desk if you would rather put the question to an adviser directly.