How we get paid
We are paid for advice. Never commission.
Commission-funded firms have a financial reason to steer clients somewhere. We removed that reason on purpose. We diagnose and compare. Where implementation coverage is confirmed and separately scoped, independently engaged licensed professionals own the regulated work. Here is exactly how Civita's compensation works.
You pay us. No one else does.
Our fee comes only from you, never from a government, program, partner, developer, fund or provider. Nothing about which route or professional you choose changes what we earn.
The fee does not move with the program.
Whether you choose a $90,000 contribution or a $250,000 one, the mandate fee is the same. That constancy is the proof there is no thumb on the scale.
Third-party costs pass through at cost.
You pay licensed partners and third parties directly wherever possible. If we coordinate an approved charge, it is documented at actual cost with receipts and no markup or benefit to us.
The compensation disclosure
Reported agent economics behind a "free" consultation.
When advice is free, a program, developer, fund or provider may be paying for it, and that payment can shape the recommendation. We publish the reported economics for context, but we do not receive, control, redirect or rebate those payments. They never touch or offset our fee.
| Program | Reported agent commission | What Civita does |
|---|---|---|
| St Kitts & Nevis | ~$50,000, the industry's highest; developer-paid options reach $60,000 – $70,000 | Not received by Civita |
| Vanuatu | ~$40,000 | Not received by Civita |
| St Lucia | ~$35,000 | Not received by Civita |
| Grenada | ~$30,000 – $35,000 | Not received by Civita |
| Antigua & Barbuda | ~$25,000 | Not received by Civita |
| Dominica | 10% of the investment (~$20,000 on a $200,000 donation) | Not received by Civita |
Caribbean citizenship programs may pay a licensed agent a per-applicant amount. The figures above are secondary market reporting from January 2026, not official government tariffs or a promise of what any specific intermediary receives. Arrangements can change and may be shared among local, marketing and introducing parties. Civita does not receive any of these payments. Where a program requires a licensed agent, the client engages that professional directly wherever possible and Civita's fee is unaffected. Read the reported source, published 2026-01-15.
The same numbers, drawn
The rule
One test for every dollar we touch.
If a payment comes from anyone other than our client, we do not accept it. It does not matter whether the amount is flat or variable, product-neutral or product-specific, or paid at introduction, engagement, filing, investment, approval or renewal. The rule is client-paid only.
Mandatory licensed-agent commissions. A few citizenship programs legally require a licensed local agent the government pays on approval. We do not receive or control that payment and are not “entitled” to it. The client contracts with the licensed agent directly wherever possible. Any program-paid amount stays entirely between the program, licensed agent and client; it is never rebated through us, credited to us or netted against our fee.
Partner introductions. When a separately scoped engagement helps you identify an independently engaged lawyer, tax adviser, licensed agent or other professional, that partner pays us nothing. You see the partner's scope and fee and engage the professional directly wherever possible. We do not sell leads or share revenue.
What we never take: commissions, referral or introduction fees, placement payments, marketing allowances, rebates, success fees, revenue shares or other economic benefits from programs, partners, developers, funds or providers. That is the conflict at the center of the market, and the one we will not carry.
Compensation is only one decision input. The public Independent Decision Standard shows how this rule combines with evidence, cost, alternatives, professional boundaries and six permitted recommendation outcomes.