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Exact status
What residence, permanent-residence, citizenship or other legal status is actually obtained, separate from the document evidencing it?
Public standard · Version 1.0
A shortlist is not a decision.
Every material Civita recommendation must identify the exact status, model cost through exit, expose the downside, compare credible alternatives, disclose financial interests and preserve unresolved questions.
The independence rule
The answer cannot change our compensation.
Civita is paid only by the client. We do not accept commissions, referral fees, introduction fees, placement payments, marketing allowances, rebates, revenue shares or success fees from a government, developer, fund, project, licensed agent or provider.
A negative conclusion is a valid paid outcome. If another professional or provider has an implementation or product interest, that interest belongs in the decision record before the recommendation is relied upon.
Ten mandatory questions
What every recommendation must prove.
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Client fit
Does the route fit the confirmed objective, family, nationality, budget, timeline, presence tolerance and risk preference?
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Five-year cost
What is committed, what is spent, what continues through year five and which assumptions drive the model?
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Recovery and exit
What capital may be recovered, when, through which mechanism, with what liquidity, market, tax and transaction risks?
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Failure conditions
Which eligibility, policy, source-of-funds, family, timing, investment or implementation issue could break the plan?
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Alternatives
Which credible routes, the current position and any suitable non-investment pathway were compared?
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Open questions
What remains unresolved, what evidence is missing and could that uncertainty block the recommendation?
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Professional ownership
Which conclusions belong to licensed immigration, legal, tax, securities, investment or other professionals?
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Compensation
Who is paid if the client proceeds, by whom and could that interest influence a recommendation?
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Decision classification
Which one of the six permitted outcomes below controls the recommendation?
Six permitted outcomes
Every report ends with a decision, not a sales funnel.
One classification controls the recommendation. Conditions, blockers, evidence and the next review trigger remain visible beneath it.
Proceed now
The route fits, blocking gates are clear and the required transaction-specific professional steps are identified.
Proceed after licensed review
The route appears to fit, but a named legal, tax, immigration, securities, investment or other licensed conclusion must be resolved first.
Wait
An identified policy event, evidence gap, family event, liquidity event or timing constraint makes commitment premature.
Use a non-investment route
Employment, family, ancestry, talent, retirement or another ordinary pathway may meet the objective more appropriately.
Maintain the current position
The client's existing citizenship, residence, mobility, tax or investment position already serves the objective better.
Do not proceed
No reviewed route fits, the downside is disproportionate, a material gate is blocked or the evidence is insufficient.
Evidence states
Uncertainty stays visible.
A source link is not enough. Every material claim carries an evidence state, a review date and the limits of what the source establishes.
Verified
Current primary authority directly supports the narrow claim.
Verified with limit
Authority supports the claim subject to a stated exception or unresolved implementation issue.
Open material question
The answer is not established or requires licensed interpretation; it remains visible and may block the decision.
Superseded
A newer controlling source or factual development replaced the record; it cannot support a current recommendation.
The cost standard
Entry through exit, not the advertised minimum.
The five-year model separates qualifying capital, non-refundable spend, government and diligence charges, professional and carrying costs, renewals, exit costs and modeled net recovery. Recovery is a scenario, never a guarantee.
See the public cost methodologyThe audit trail
The reasoning must be reproducible.
Each client recommendation receives a Decision Ledger ID connecting the confirmed brief, alternatives, cost assumptions, gates, evidence, professional questions, conflicts and any later change to the conclusion.
Read how facts are verified and correctedApplied, not aspirational
Judge the report against the standard.
The Program-Fit Report applies this structure before expensive counsel, investments or government charges enter the picture.