Digital Citizen

Beware of the new bait in the multiple citizenship industry. A few slick talking mobility influencers have switched from aggressively shilling CBI to aggressively shilling citizenship by merit/exception. As an information consumer, don't ever forget that the springboard benefits (e.g. 3rd country visa-free access, satellite residency rights, treaty benefits) of your citizenship by merit mean nothing if not recognized by other countries. These are benefits dependent on FOREIGN country recognition of the citizenship and its benefits. The rest of the world can and may do to citizenships by merit/exception exactly what they did and are continuing to do to springboard benefits of citizenships by investment - target them and nibble away at their benefits. "No visa-free access. No residency eligibility. Doesn't qualify under our treaty. We don't recognize your passport, etc." In my opinion, especially if those new citizens have a) little or no residency in the country b) nor ancestral ties to the country granting the citizenship by merit/exception. Two things: 1. This doesn't mean you should completely avoid citizenship by investment nor citizenship by merit. It just means you need to know their weaknesses and looming attack vectors to make an informed decision. 2. You'll never learn those weaknesses from clickbait mobility influencers LARPing as citizenship experts. Doesn't matter how many passports they wave around in a video.