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RCBI stands for Residency & Citizenship by Investment — a broader category that includes citizenship by investment (CBI), residency by investment (RBI), and citizenship by descent (CBD).
In depth
RCBI stands for Residency & Citizenship by Investment — a broader category of services that includes citizenship by investment (CBI, acquiring citizenship through a financial contribution to the country), residency by investment (RBI, acquiring residency through investment), and citizenship by descent (CBD, acquiring citizenship through ancestry).
Ancestra is an RCBI platform that specializes specifically in the CBD (citizenship by descent) segment of the market.
The RCBI industry is estimated at $20+ billion annually, with major programs in the Caribbean (St. Kitts, Antigua, Grenada, Dominica, St. Lucia), Europe (Portugal, Greece, Malta, Cyprus), and the Pacific (Vanuatu).
Related terms
Citizenship by descent (CBD) is the legal right to acquire a country's citizenship through one's ancestors — typically a parent, grandparent, or great-grandparent — without being born in that country, based on the principle of jus sanguinis.
Jus sanguinis (Latin for 'right of blood') is the principle that grants citizenship based on the citizenship of one's parents or ancestors, regardless of where one is born.
Jus soli (Latin for 'right of the soil') grants citizenship based on being born in the territory of the state, regardless of the parents' citizenship.
Dual citizenship (also called multiple citizenship) is the status of being a citizen of two or more countries simultaneously, with the rights and obligations of each.
Naturalization is the legal process by which a non-citizen acquires the citizenship of a country, typically after meeting residency, language, and integration requirements.
Denaturalization is the legal revocation of a person's citizenship, typically on grounds of fraud, disloyalty, or — historically — persecution.