CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT

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1 CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT

2 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA AT A GLANCE Barbuda Codrigto CONTENTS Atigua & Barbuda at a glace 3 Locatio 5 Caribbea West Idies St Joh s Atigua Ecoomic Citizeship 7 Two Optios for Citizeship 10 Atigua Real Estate 15 History & Govermet 24 Educatio 26 Explore 27 NTL Trust 35 NTL Immigratio 35 Although Atigua is volcaic i origi, the islad is quite flat with the highest poit at 402 meters. The wid blows through it, creatig a pleasat breeze, carryig away a flotilla of soft white clouds. Also referred to as Waladli or Wadadli by the atives, Atigua is the mai islad of the coutry of Atigua ad Barbuda. Atigua is best kow for its amazig gold ad white sad beaches, turquoise ad clear water, shady palm trees ad the very special Caribbea atmosphere. Beaches are ot the oly attractio of the islad. The capital ad largest city of Atigua ad Barbuda, St. Joh s, is located o the orth-west ad has a deep harbour that is able to accommodate large ships. Nelso s Dockyard, a restored British coloial aval statio, is also a popular attractio amog tourists. Atigua is proud of beig a home to the famous British Admiral, Lord Horatio Nelso, ad carefully preserves may legeds from the time whe he lived there. If a life o Atigua is the life o the beach, the eighborig islad of Barbuda is a beach by itself. This low lyig coral islad, located 30 miles orth of Atigua, is sparsely populated ad ecompasses a expasive lagoo, which is boud by a log udeveloped beach. Atigua, the largest of the Eglish-speakig Leeward Islads, has bee a tourism hub i the Caribbea sice the 1970 s. This West Idies tourist ceter features some of the world s best beaches, ad with a ew airport termial scheduled to ope withi the year, these twi islads ca accommodate daily flights from Europe ad the Americas. 2 3

3 Capital City St. Johs LOCATION Total Area 440 km 2 / 170 mi 2 Populatio 90,000 GDP US$ 1.2 Billio Laguage Eglish Idepedece from UK 1981 Mai Islad Atigua Atigua ad Barbuda lie i the easter arc of the Leeward Islads of the Lesser Atilles, separatig the Atlatic Ocea from the Caribbea Sea. Atigua is 650 km southeast of Puerto Rico; Barbuda lies 48 km due orth of Atigua ad the uihabited islad of Redoda is 56 km southwest of Atigua. Atigua is easily accessible from the Uited States, Caada ad Great Britai. The ew termial of VC Bird Iteratioal Airport (ANU), opeed i 2015, accommodates o-stop commercial flights from Toroto, Miami, New York City, Charlotte, Atlata, Sa Jua ad Lodo-Gatwick, as well as regioal commuter flights from withi the Caribbea area. Visitors wishig to cotiue o to the sister islad, Barbuda, have a short trip by iter-islad flight to Cordigto Airport, or ca travel by ferry lie. Lodo-Gatwick Charlotte Atlata Toroto New York City Miami Sa Jua Atigua WEATHER Average high temperature 82f / 28c Average low temperature 76f / 23c Temperatures o Atigua ad Barduda ormally rage from the mid 70 s i witer moths, to the mid 80 s i the summer. The tropical climate of the islads is fairly moderated due to the costat ortheast trade wids, with velocities ragig betwee 30 ad 48 km / h. There is little precipitatio, with average raifalls of 45 iches per year, makig the islads the suiest of the Easter Caribbea Islads. 4 5

4 ECONOMIC CITIZENSHIP Whe political istability i your ow coutry ca: make obtaiig travel visas difficult, affect your freedom to work, affect your ability to purchase real estate, limit ivestmets opportuities, subject you to puitive tax burdes or currecy cotrols, or your curret passport makes you a target for hostile groups whe travelig abroad, a secod passport ca provide peace of mid i a sea of isecurity. Through a programme of Citizeship by Ivestmet, it is possible to legally purchase a secod passport, provided you ca meet certai qualificatios ad pass a backgroud check. I early 2013, the Seate of Atigua ad Barbuda voted to establish a Citizeship by Ivestmet programme to spur growth o the islads. Gaiig citizeship through ivestig i a coutry s fiacial future is a viable, legitimate way i which to address these challeges, ad provide professioals, ivestors, global etrepreeurs ad their families ewfoud freedom ad security. Presetly there are three programmes available to qualify for Citizeship by Ivestmet: cotributio to the Natioal Developmet Fud (NDF), acquirig govermet-approved real estate, or though ivestmet i approved busiess eterprises. All programmes offer lifetime citizeship, which ca also be passed o to descedats, ad access to extesive visa-free travel. 6 7

5 VISA FREE TRAVEL A Atigua & Barbuda passport allows visa-free travel to more tha 130 coutries, icludig all Europea Uio coutries, the Uited Kigdom, Irelad, Caribbea ad Commowealth Natios. It is the oly Caribbea CIP providig visa-free etry to Caada. ADVANTAGES OF ANTIGUA & BARBUDA CITIZENSHIP Quick processig 3-4 moths; Iclusio of depedet childre uder *26 years, ad depedet parets or gradparets over 65 years; No requiremet to travel to Atigua ad Barbuda durig the applicatio process; No iterview, educatio or maagerial experiece required; Extesive visa-free travel; No taxes o iteratioal reveue, wealth or iheritace tax. Albaia Aguilla Atigua & Barbuda Adorra Armeia Aruba Austria Bahamas Bagladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Bermuda Bolivia Boaire, St. Eustatius & Saba Botswaa Brazil Bulgaria Burudi Cambodia Cape Verde Cayma Islads Cetro Africa Republic Chad Chile Colombia Comoros Islads Cook Islads Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Curacao Cyprus Czech Republic Demark Djibouti Domiica Domiica Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estoia Fiji Filad Frace Frech Guiaa (Frace) Frech Polyesia (Frace) Frech West Idies Gambia Georgia Germay Gibraltar Greece Greada Guadeloupe (Frace) Guatemala Guiea-Bissau Guyaa Haiti Holy See (Vatica City) Hoduras Hog Kog (SAR Chia) Hugary Icelad Irelad (Rep.) Italy Jamaica Jorda Keya Kiribati Korea (Rep.) Kosovo (Rep.) Laos Latvia Lebao Lesotho Lithuaia Luxembourg Macao (SAR Chia) Macedoia (FYROM) Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Martiique (Frace) Marshall Islads Mauritaia Mauritius Mayotte (Frace) Microesia (Federated States) Moaco Motserrat (UK) Mozambique Nauru Nepal Netherlads New Caledoia (Frace) Nicaragua Niue Norway Palau Palestiia Territory Paama Peru Philippies Polad Portugal Reuio (Frace) Romaia Samoa Sa Mario Seychelles Sigapore Slovakia Sloveia Solomo Islads South Africa Spai Sri Laka St. Barthelemy (Frace) St. Kitts ad Nevis St. Lucia St. Maarte (Netherlads) St.Marti (Frace) St. Vicet & The Greadies Suriame Swazilad Swede Switzerlad Tazaia Timor-Leste Togo Triidad & Tobago Tuisia Turkey Turks & Caicos Islads (UK) Tuvalu Ugada Ukraie Uited Kigdom Vauatu Veezuela Vietam Virgi Islads British (UK) Zambia Zimbabwe *restrictios apply 8 9

6 TWO OPTIONS FOR CITIZENSHIP NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND REAL ESTATE OPTION The Natioal Developmet Fud (NDF) is a o-profit fud established for the purpose of fudig govermet sposored projects, icludig public/private parterships ad approved charitable ivestmets. I order to qualify for this programme, the ivestor makes a desigated orefudable, per-perso NDF charitable doatio. Before trasferrig the fuds, applicatios are submitted with due diligece fees for the applicat ad all depedets over the age of twelve. The etire process takes 3 to 4 moths to complete. NDF DONATION AMOUNTS DONATION AMOUNT US$ 200,000 PROCESSING PER PERSON : INVESTOR US$ 50,000 SPOUSE US$ 50,000 CHILD 0 17 Y.O. US$ 25,000 CHILD Y.O. US$ 50,000 PARENT 65+ Y.O. US$ 50,000 Process of obtaiig citizeship of Atigua & Barbuda through doatio to the NDF 1. The ivestor sigs the NTL agreemet, fills i all applicatio forms, pays due diligece i full, ad 10% of processig fees ad professioal fees. 2. The applicatio is submitted to the Citizeship by Ivestmet Uit (CIU). 3. The due diligece process starts ad usually takes up to 90 days. 4. Oce due diligece checks are complete, approval from the CIU committee is received. 5. Ivestor pays the balace of processig fees ad cotributio amouts to the govermet desiged accout. 6. The CIU procures the Certificate of Citizeship ad passes it to NTL. 7. NTL submits the Certificate of Registratio ad the passport applicatio to the Immigratio Departmet. 8. The documets are issued ad set to the ivestor via a reputable courier service. INVESTMENT AMOUNT Family of 4 with 2 childre (11 years ad uder) CONTRIBUTION US$ 200,000 DUE DILIGENCE INVESTOR US$ 7,500 DUE DILIGENCE SPOUSE US$ 7,500 APPLICATION PROCESSING INVESTOR US$ 50,000 APPLICATION PROCESSING SPOUSE US$ 50,000 PROCESSING CHILDREN US$ 25,000 X 2 FREE** Atigua has bee the regioal tourism hub sice the 1970 s, ad tourism is oe of the pillars of the coutry s ecoomy. I a move to icrease tourism-related developmet, the Citizeship by Ivestmet programme allows for real estate purchase i approved developmets. To qualify, the ivestor must eter ito cotract to purchase real estate worth US$ 400,000 or more o either Atigua or Barbuda. Oce the purchase cotract has bee siged ad the developer has received his iitial deposit (typically percet), the ivestor may apply for citizeship. It is importat to ote that the real estate cotract ca be made cotiget upo citizeship acceptace. Oce citizeship has bee accepted, the real estate purchase will be completed. The oly stipulatio is that the property may ot be sold withi five years or citizeship ca be revoked. Real estate developmets i Atigua & Barbuda cater to those utilizig the Citizeship by Ivestmet programme ad make every effort to esure owership is a hassle-free experiece. Process of obtaiig citizeship of Atigua & Barbuda through govermet approved real estate ivestmet 1. The Ivestor sigs the NTL agreemet, eters ito Real Estate Purchase/Sale Agreemet with the approved real estate developmet, fills i all applicatio forms, ad pays the iitial deposit to the developer ad a portio of the professioal fees ad processig fees. 2. The applicatio is submitted to the Citizeship by Ivestmet Uit (CIU). 3. The due diligece process starts ad usually takes up to 90 days. 4. Oce due diligece checks are completed; approval from the CIU committee is received. 5. Ivestor pays the balace of processig fees to the desigated govermet accout ad the remaider of the real estate purchase amout to the developer. 6. The CIU procures the Certificate of Citizeship ad passes it to NTL. 7. NTL submits the Certificate of Registratio ad the passport applicatio to the Immigratio Departmet. 8. The documets are issued ad set to the ivestor via a reputable courier service. INVESTMENT AMOUNT Family of 4 with 2 Childre (11 years ad uder) REAL ESTATE PURCHASE US$ 400,000 DUE DILIGENCE INVESTOR US$ 7,500 DUE DILIGENCE SPOUSE US$ 7,500 US$ 50,000 additioal processig fee for each depedet over 18 years. Total Ivestmet US$ 315,000* *Professioal fees for citizeship processig are payable for all applicatios ad will vary depedig o the umber of depedets ad applicatio complexity. ** Special offer for NDF doatio APPLICATION PROCESSING INVESTOR US$ 50,000 APPLICATION PROCESSING SPOUSE US$ 50,000 APPLICATION PROCESSING CHILDREN US$ 25,000 X 2 US$ 50,000 Total Ivestmet US$ 565,000* *Professioal fees for citizeship processig are payable for all applicatios ad will vary depedig o the umber of depedets ad applicatio complexity

7 LIST OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION UNDER THE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT PROGRAM LIST OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION UNDER THE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT PROGRAM A. APPLICATION PACKAGE FORMS 1. AB1 Applicatio Form 2. AB2 Photograph ad Sigature Certifi cate 3. AB3 Medical Certifi cate 4. AB4 Ivestmet Cofi rmatio Form 5. AB5 Aget Form 6. AB6 Represetatives ad Services Providers (ot for the applicat) 7. AB7 Aget s Licese Form (ot for the applicat) 8. Applicatio for Atigua ad Barbuda Passport for Applicats 16 Years ad Older (FORM L) 9. Applicatio for Atigua ad Barbuda Passport for Applicats Uder 16 Years (FORM M) B. APPLICANT S DOCUMENTS 10. Passport Forms 2 certifi ed copies for each family member. If idividual has more tha 1 passport, iclude 2 certifi ed copies of each passport; 11. Birth certifi cate 2 certifi ed copies for each applicat family member; 12. Natioal ID card 1 certifi ed copy of the cards listed i Sectios A15 ad A16 of the Form AB1, for each applicat family member. If the applicat is a citize or residet of more tha oe coutry, iclude the ID card of each coutry; 13. Marriage certifi cate 4 certifi ed copies if both spouses are icluded i the applicatio or; 2 certifi ed copies if oly 1 spouse is icluded i the applicatio; 14. Divorce certifi cate (if applicable) 1 certifi ed copy of the documet evidecig the divorce; 15. Military Records If applicable Evidece of Service must be provided; 16. Photos Eight (8) passport- size, color photographs for each applicat: a. No head coverig or glasses; b. Show full face, eyes, ears ad forehead hairlie; c. Head should cover % of the photo; d. No expressio (ot smilig or frowig) with mouth closed; e. 35x45mm, o good quality photo paper, plai white backgroud without shadow; f. Less tha 6 moths old; g. All 8 photos must be the same; h. Oly oe photo to be certifi ed by the same perso who certifi ed AB2. They should had- write o the back of the photo: «Certifi ed a true likeess of (full ame).» Siged / Dated Do ot sig or stamp the back of other photos; i. Esure you follow these specifi c requiremets (See Sectio G of form AB1 as well); j. Attach oe of the 8 photos to form AB2 ad AB Medical HIV test must be less tha 3 moths old (icludig childre); 18. Professioal / character Referece Letter (Mai applicat oly). a. Must be curret (withi the last 6 moths). b. Issued by a attorey, otary public, or chartered accoutat. c. The referece must be o offi cial letterhead ad the followig details should be icluded: i. Mai applicat s full ame, date of birth ad passport iformatio; ii. Period / legth ad type of relatioship (should be loger tha two years); iii. Coduct of the cliet; iv. Cotact iformatio; v. It must be siged ad dated; vi. The referrer s title ad his / her ame must be clearly idicated. 19. Bak referece letter: a. Issued by a iteratioally recogized bak, o their letterhead; b. Typewritte, siged by a seior bak offi cial, statig the period / legth of relatioship. It should ot be older tha 6 moths. 20. Evidece of residetial address (Mai applicat oly) a. It should be ot older tha 3 moths. b. Acceptable documets: utility bill, bak statemet, credit card, or ivoice showig applicat s full ame ad address; 21. Police clearace certifi cate: a. All applicats aged 18 ad older b. Must provide a certifi cate from ay coutry where they applicat has lived for more tha 6 moths over the past 10 years, as well as coutries of citizeship. c. The oly exceptio is if the applicats ca provide satisfactory evidece that they have did ot reside i a coutry of citizeship. d. Police certifi cates must be less tha six moths old at the time applicatio is submitted e. If a police certifi cate is ot available, a separate statutory declaratio must be provided, detailig the attempts made to obtai a police certifi cate. It should also state whether the applicat (ad ay accompayig family members have bee foud guilty, covicted of, or charged with off eces agaist the law i that coutry). The statutory declaratio should be supported by other iformatio attestig to your character f. **Applicatio ca be submitted to the CIU without this documet but proof the request has bee made must accompay iitial applicatio (receipt, photocopy of completed applicatio forms, etc). ** 22. Source of fuds: If applicat has accumulated wealth from employmet / busiess: a. If employee: Letter of employmet or otarized copy of employmet cotract; iclude employmet date, title, ad salary / bous; b. If busiess ower: Proof of busiess ad owership (if busiess ower): i. Curret busiess registratio (or equivalet); ii. Shareholder s register (or equivalet to show owership); If applicat has accumulated wealth through specifi c trasactios such as sale of a property, iheritace, giſt s, etc. iclude supportig documets. 23. If applicable: a. Proof of ame chage, if applicable (other tha marriage); b. For childre age 18 25, uiversity letter ad school trascripts showig cotiuous, full- time studies; c. Mai applicat must submit a affi davit of support for each over- age depedet (childre 18 to 25, parets ad grad- parets over 65), cofi rmig the depedet child is umarried, still i school, ad fi acially depedet; d. Whe a sigle paret is applyig with childre, a affi davit of coset ad kowledge from the other paret, ad a otarized, siged copy of the other paret s photo ID must be icluded; 24. Forms: a. AB1 Applicatio Form; b. AB2 Photograph ad Sigature; c. AB3 Medical Certifi cate; d. AB4 Ivestmet Cofi rmatio Form; e. AB5 Aget Form; f. AB6 Represetative ad Service Providers; g. AB7 Aget s Licese Form; * The AB5, 6 ad 7 are ot usually to be completed by the ivestor. NOTE: The list is ot exhaustive ad other documets may have to be provided by the applicats, depedig o their particular situatio. These documets may iclude compay icorporatio ad good stadig documets, owership or title documets i support of SOF explaatios, or ay other type of documet i support of the applicat s statemets made o the applicatio forms. C. OTHER DOCUMENTS 1) Professioal Services Agreemet to be executed by the cliet ad NTL. 2) Power of Attorey grated by the Ivestor i favour of NTL (wordig provided by NTL) 12 13

8 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA REAL ESTATE I order to qualify for the Citizeship by Ivestmet real estate optio, oe must eter ito a cotract to purchase real estate i a authorized developmet. Although there are multiple authorized projects o Atigua & Barbuda, NTL curretly recommeds the developmets highlighted here. I order for NTL to cofidetly recommed a developmet, we take ito cosideratio the followig items: Quality of product: costructio, ameities ad services provided; Re-Sale potetial ad ROI: most cliets pla o sellig after 5 years; Developer history: fiacial backig ad developmet progress; Operatios: maagemet compay, quality ad experiece

9 NONSUCH BAY RESORT Nosuch Bay Resort is oe of the Caribbea s best-kept secrets. The resort is a lavish, private resort comprised of beach cottages, villas ad apartmets, located at the southeast corer of Atigua o what is arguably the islad s most exclusive bay. The resort opeed its doors i 2010 ad has bee successfully operatig for the past 5 years. Phase 1 saw the costructio of 62 oe-, two- ad threebedroom apartmets, 19 villa plots ad 15 three-bedroom towhouses. Phase 2, Maria Resideces, is i the early stages of costructio ad will cosist of 188 apartmet uits. The itroductio of the Nosuch Bay oe-bedroom suite with a plugig pool is a uique opportuity to ow your ow beautiful property o the existig Nosuch Bay Resort. The 600 square foot suite has bee desiged with comfort, elegace ad islad livig i mid. Both phases are approved by the govermet for the Citizeship by Ivestmet programme. TAMARIND HILLS Set o a suset-facig bluff o Atigua s glorious west coast betwee Darkwood ad Ffreye s, two of the islad s most beautiful beaches, Tamarid Hills Resort takes five star extravagaces to ew heights. This stuig collectio of freehold beachfrot villas ad apartmets is beautifully desiged for cotemporary ad stylish Caribbea livig. Each property offers geerously sized iterior ad exterior livig spaces, grad fiishes icludig Europea desiged kitches ad bathrooms, ad private floatig ifiity edged pools, perfectly placed to take i the spectacular views of the Caribbea Sea. A fully maaged ad flexible retal programme is available providig a icome stream whe ot i residece. The completed resort will feature a spa, beauty salo, gym, pilates ad yoga studios, ad superb sports facilities icludig teis, water sports ad ruig tracks. A shoppig galleria will boast a delicatesse ad coveiece store, library, busiess cetre ad more

10 PAPAYA HOTEL & SPA With breathtakig views throughout, Papaya Hotel & Spa will be the cetrepiece of the exclusive Redezvous Bay commuity. Offerig exquisite villas, a expasive health spa, wellbeig experieces, ad urivalled etertaimet ad diig spaces, Papaya is to be operated by Agelo Zaragovia, the creative mid behid three award-wiig boutique hotels. These iclude Nayara Hotel, Spa & Gardes i Costa Rica curretly raked No. 2 Hotel i the World o TripAdvisor, the world s largest travel web site. Papaya Hotel s 55 oe- ad two-bedroom villas are the perfect opportuity to ow a five-star property with all the beefits of a world-class resort i oe of the most stuig locatios i the world. Each villa combies effortless owership with added advatages: freehold owership of ewly costructed, fully furished properties, HODGES BAY RESORT elegat desig, highest quality fiishig, impeccable service ad ameities, oe moth s use per year for free, o outgoig costs for the first five years, ad Set o ie acres of lush tropical gardes ad sady beaches, Hodges Bay Resort & Spa is scheduled to ope sprig This exclusive beachfrot resort spa ad residetial developmet is located o the orth shore of Atigua. Hodges Bay Resort & Spa is set to assume icoic status as a flagship developmet for Atigua. Bledig a cotemporary style with the charm ad character of the islad, Hodges Bay Resort & Spa will offer sophisticated hotel accommodatios, a uique collectio of residetial villas, pethouses ad executive resideces, iovative diig optios ad extesive leisure facilities. Hodges Bay Resort & Spa is a multi-millio dollar developmet that will brig the islad right back to the forefrot of cotemporary extravagace, ot just i the Caribbea but throughout the world. a share of hotel profit. The Papaya Hotel & Spa Villas are the first opportuity for property owership at Redezvous Bay ad are approved uder the Atigua & Barbuda citizeship programme. It s oe thig to be a guest at Hodges Bay Resort & Spa, but for those lucky few that have the chace to be a ower of oe of our luxury resideces, it s aother world. But it s a world that is shrikig, as there are a limited umber of resideces left available for owership opportuities. Discover your opportuity to be a part of the ew defiitio of islad livig i Atigua

11 NELSON S RETREAT Situated withi Eglish Harbour, Nelso s Retreat delivers picture postcard views of historic Nelso s Dockyard o the southeast of the islad. This boutique style developmet comprises of six ultra moder apartmets with urivalled dockyard views! Overlookig turquoise waters ad historic forts, Nelso s Retreat employs cotemporary desig, i order to facilitate moder-day coastal livig. Each apartmet will feature impressive idoor / outdoor livig spaces, a cotemporary desiged ifiity pool, ad a su terrace that sits betwee the six luxury apartmets. All fixtures ad fittigs will be of the highest iteratioal stadards, brigig the epitome of high quality livig to the Caribbea. DANIEL BAY Owers ad guests will have the optio of a 24 hour cocierge service ad the grouds will be impeccably maitaied at all times. Nelso s Retreat cosists of six ultra-moder apartmets: Four, 1,610 square feet / 150m 2, two-bedroom apartmets Two, 1,250 square feet / 115m 2, oe-bedroom apartmets Surrouded by spectacular waters ad secret coves, Daiel Bay is the perfect settig for a luxury, gated developmet comprisig of five stylish homes. The homeowers will ejoy private, direct access to the sea ad uiterrupted views of the crystal blue waters of Willoughby Bay. I additio to the spacious ad impeccably desiged idoor- outdoor livig spaces, owers ad their guests will ejoy a private su terrace ad ifiity pool All surrouded by lush tropical ladscapig. Nelso s Retreat offers both fractioal ad whole owership of the luxury apartmets. Each home will occupy half a acre of prime, beach-frot lad, ecompass approximately 6,500 square feet of impressive idoor ad outdoor livig spaces, ad will boast a cotemporary desiged ifiity pool ad split level su terrace. Daiel Bay provides absolute privacy, exclusivity ad security, while also beig just a few miutes drive from Eglish Harbour ad Nelso s Dockyard. The Daiel Bay villas comprise of six bedrooms ad eight bathrooms. All fiishes, fixtures ad furishigs are to a five-star stadard. Homeowers ad their guests will ejoy the very best i moder coastal livig

12 A competitive model was developed to compare similar CIP ivestmet optios, ad the Pleasure Cove Resort & Spa developmet is the frot-ruer i terms of locatio, ameities ad pricig. The project was created by a reputable, dedicated team of professioals to attai optimum ivestmet performace ad provide ivestors with the best real estate value ad operatioal retur o ivestmet. Pleasure Cove Resort & Spa is exclusively marketed though NTL ad Citizeship Real Estate ivestmets, CREI. PLEASURE COVE RESORT & SPA The very first thig you will otice whe you arrive at Pleasure Cove o Dickeso Bay, the orth-west corer of Atigua, is the white-sad beach overlookig clear blue waters that stretch to the horizo. With 47 rooms, this will be a delightful boutique resort oe with some of the best persoalized service i all of Atigua. Pleasure Cove Resort & Spa is ulike ay other developmet beig offered through the Atigua ad Barbuda Citizeship by Ivestmet Program (CIP)

13 HISTORY & GOVERNMENT This resulted i the costructio of Nelso s Dockyard, ow a cultural heritage site ad maria, oe of Atigua s fiest physical assets. Nelso s Dockyard is ow home to some of Atigua s sailig ad yachtig evets such as, Atigua Sailig Week ad the Atigua Charter Yacht Meetig. The islads achieved idepedece from the British i 1981, becomig the atio of Atigua ad Barbuda. The islads remaied part of the Commowealth of Natios, ad remais a costitutioal moarchy, with Quee Elizabeth II as Quee of Atigua ad Barbuda. Durig electios i March 1994, power passed from Vere Bird to his so, Lester Bird, but remaied withi the ALP which wo 11 of the 17 parliametary seats. The Uited Progressive Party wo the 2004 electios ad Baldwi Specer became Prime Miister, removig from power the logestservig elected govermet i the Caribbea. Nelso's fame exteds beyod the islad of Atigua. I 1785 Nelso laded at Nevis ad met Fraces Nisbet, a 25-year old widow of a plater, ad a mother to a 5-year old so. The couple became egaged, ad o March 11, 1787 became married at Fig Tree Church, St. Joh's Parish, Nevis. Christopher Columbus made the first Europea coectio with the islads i 1493 durig his secod Caribbea voyage. Columbus sighted the bigger islad, Atigua, i passig ad amed it after Sata Maria la Atigua, the miracleworkig sait of Seville. However, Europea settlemet did t occur for over a cetury, largely because of Atigua s lack of fresh water ad the determiatio ad resistace of the Carib. I 1632 it was coloized by a group of Eglishme ad a successful sugar era was established By the ed of the eighteeth cetury Atigua had become a importat strategic port as well as a valuable commercial coloy. Kow as the gateway to the Caribbea, it was situated i a positio that offered cotrol over the major sailig routes to ad from the regio s rich islad coloies. Most of the islad s historical sites, from its may ruied fortificatios to the impeccably restored architecture of Eglish Harbourtow, are remiders of coloial efforts to esure its safety from ivasio. Admiral Lord Horatio Nelso arrived i 1784 at the head of the Squadro of the Leeward Islads to develop the British aval facilities at Eglish Harbour, commadig the British fleet. Nelso became upopular with the locals merchats by eforcig strict commercial shippig laws, kow as the Navigatio Act

14 EDUCATION EXPLORE The educatio system i Atigua ad Barbuda is heavily iflueced by the British system, a legacy of British rule for so may years. Both public ad private schools are available, ad educatio begis as early as age three i oe of the may kidergartes across the coutry. Primary school is offered for ages five through twelve, ad secodary educatio commeces for four or five more years. It is required for childre i Atigua ad Barbuda to atted school betwee the ages of 5 ad 16. There are over 70 schools spread across the coutry ad most of these are state ru. Class size averages aroud 20 studets ad Atigua has oe of the highest literacy rates i the Caribbea. The coutry also has three colleges, which icludes the Uiversity of Health Scieces, Uiversity of the West Idies (which also has braches i other parts of the Caribbea) ad the Atigua State College, which provides techical ad teacher traiig. Studets who wish to study for degrees that are ot available i the coutry opt for uiversities i Europe or North America. There are several private schools available if you prefer ot to use state ru istitutios. It is worth otig that the fees for these ca be quite high ad there may be waitig lists, depedig upo the locatio ad cost of the school. School curriculums i the coutry are similar to those i the UK ad the US. Studets cover the basic core subjects such as Eglish, math, sciece, history ad geography, with some schools makig the study of a secod laguage madatory, usually Spaish. Explore the Islads Atigua is a exemplary Caribbea islad su-dreched, friged with dazzlig white sad ad located ext to a warm aquamarie sea. Featurig excellet hotels ad villas, this islad has a log traditio of sailig, both i historic associatio ad i moder form. (Horatio Nelso was statioed here ad Atigua serves as the veue for the Caribbea s major regatta). However, it s the easy life ad friedly isladers, as well as the wide variety of beaches that drive people to visit

15 BEACHES Dickeso Bay Cosidered the premier beach o the islad, Dickeso Bay is oe of the more easily accessible beaches. Lie i the warm sad, take a tour o a glassbottomed boat or ejoy a multitude of watersports. Dickeso Bay is a mile of west-facig golde sad with lively sports ad beach bars. A popular beach, this locatio is usually heavig with people. Jolly Beach A magificet mile-log stretch of white sad, backed with palms, set i a huge bay with jade water, ad eclosed by massive headlads. There are a hadful of hotels i the bay, causig the beach to become busy. But do t mid the crowd, there are busiesses o the beach who ret kayaks ad pedalos (British paddle boats). Jolly Dive also offers daily scuba trips. The extesio of Dickeso Bay to the south, officially called Ruaway Bay, is also a lovely stretch of sad ad much quieter. Pigeo Poit Beach A crackig stretch of sad at the mouth of Falmouth Harbour, Pigeo Poit is the mai public beach o the south coast. Backed by sea grape trees ad the occasioal palm, it has calm ad shallow water, makig it a great beach for families with childre. It is popular with the locals ad ofte quiet durig the week, with a just a few bathers from earby hotels. Atigua families ejoy weekeds ad holidays here, brigig their picic baskets ad stereos. Three woderful stretches of sad Ffrye s Bay, Darkwood Beach ad Crab Hill Bay / Johso s Poit, ca be foud o the southwest corer of the islad. They are remote by Atigua stadards ad relatively udeveloped, with oly a few beach bars ad a couple of small hotels, but the sad is stuigly white ad the suset views are superb. Visited mostly by idepedet travelers who wat to escape the crowds, these beaches grow popular with cruise ship passegers, who occasioally tur up o excursios. Go late i the afteroo to avoidig these crowds, at which time they will ormally be back o board their ship. Half Moo Bay This lovely curve of light pik ad white sad is foud o the east coast of the islad. A reef protects it from the full force of the Atlatic. Half Moo Bay is certaily ot udiscovered, but ormally it is deserted. Islad tours ad locals visit occasioally, but ofte times you ll have the place to yourself

16 ACTIVITIES & ATTRACTIONS Museum of Atigua ad Barbuda The Museum, located i dowtow St. Joh s, provides a iterestig backgroud of the atio s history from 10,000 years ago. Lear how the islads were formed ad who lived here. Discover how the lives of the Arawaks ad Caribs iflueced life o the islad. Lively displays iclude aciet tools ad artifacts, shells, various flora ad faua ad the islad s aval ad slavery history. The gift shop icludes colour prits ad etchigs of 18th ad 19th cetury Atigua, locally hadmade pottery, hadicrafts ad books. Nelso s Dockyard Nelso s Dockyard, the largest of Atigua s Natioal Parks, is still used today as a workig dockyard. The fully restored buildigs of the Dockyard cotai shops, hotels ad maria busiesses. Ejoy the sceic trails ad atural beauty of the park ad visit the historic forts. There are edless opportuities to capture the beauty of the parks. With may glorious boats i the dockyard, the beautiful harbour, the historic sites ad the uforgettable views from places such as Shirley Heights, brig your camera or you ll have regrets. Betty s Hope The first efficiet large-scale sugar estate i Atigua, Betty s Hope is ow a popular tourist attractio that features two sugar mills. Restoratio of oe sugar mill is completed, with fuds beig raised by The Betty s Hope Trust to cotiue restoratio. Devil s Bridge Shirley Heights Lookout The reaso they chose this locatio is easy to uderstad. Shirley Heights has spectacular view over Eglish Harbour ad Falmouth Harbour, the scee that is ofte used as the icoic image of Atigua. A visit to Shirley Heights is cosidered oe of the must do evets i Atigua. The buildigs have bee adapted to fuctio as a bar ad restaurat, ad its ifamous Suday eveig party is always a hit. Composed of limestoe rock, the rugged terrai of Devil s Bridge is the result of millios of years of aciet reef formatio. For hudreds of thousads of years, the Atlatic s waves have crashed ito the east coast of Atigua creatig a atural arch, or bridge. Numerous geysers ad blowholes surroud the arch as waves cotiually break agaist the coastal rocks. Stigray City A short boat ride takes you to Stigray City, where you ca pet ad feed stigrays i their atural eviromet. Lear all about these amazig creatures from a experieced guide. Sorkel o colourful coral reefs where the calm, clear, shallow water makes it easy ad fu for everybody! 30 31

17 FOOD & DRINKS Atigua offers a wide variety of restaurats, bars ad ightly etertaimet. Some of the best restaurats are foud i the islad's hotels; Carmichael s at the Sugar Ridge Hotel above Jolly Bay; East at Carlisle Bay i the south of the islad; Sheer at Cocobay, ad The Cove at Blue Waters offer some of the best diig experieces. These hotel restaurats offer a great settig to ejoy a meal, whether o the beach or with a hilltop view. Before veturig out, please check the hotel schedules as some of the hotels close over summer moths. Harmoy Hall Harmoy Hall is located o a hilltop overlookig Nosuch Bay. It is surrouded by gardes ad sits ext to a restored stoe widmill, makig the views from this hillside diig deck superb. A art gallery ext door is a great place to admire after luch. The cuisie is Mediterraea ad Italia with fresh pasta ad Caribbea fish prepared daily. Catherie s Café Plage Now set at the far ed of Pigeo Poit Beach, Catherie s Café Plage offers elegat luches with fresh igrediets ad a Frech touch. Here you ca ejoy lobster cakes, sapper papillote ad tartiflette. Trappas Set behid a white picket fece i the heart of the Eglish Harbour, Trappas is a fu ad lively restaurat with tables estled uder parasols. The meu, writte o a huge moveable board, is extesive ad eclectic, featurig everythig from calamari ad grilled shrimp, to smoked salmo pizza ad spicy Thai fish. Hemigway s Caribbea Cafe Located i St. Joh s, iside a white ad lime gree creole house with a ti roof ad platatio shutters, you ll fid the charmig Hemigway Café. This lively café features idoor seatig, as well as tables outside o the verada overlookig the street. The food is a ice mixture of Caribbea cuisie with a iteratioal flare. For example, oe ca expect to fid Atigua fricassee of saltfish, or calypso chicke with a vailla ciamo sauce o the daily meu. Jacqui O s Beachhouse Papa Zouk Fish Rum Referred to by locals as The Rum Shop for offerig the largest rum selectio i the Caribbea, this rustic creole styled seafood restaurat offers a selectio of chicke ad meat dishes by request. Le Bistro Located o Hodges Bay, orth of St. Joh s, kow as oe of the most elegat restaurats o the islad, tables at Le Bistro are located betwee a sceic villa ad a plat-filled verada. The meu is Frech, with some cocessios to the climate ad the regio. Dishes iclude a bouillabaisse of Caribbea fish, ad smoked marli carpaccio with lime ad fresh herbs. YUM! With a chic rustic iterior ad a amazig beach settig, this icoic restaurat bar has become a favourite amog tourists ad locals. Jacqui O s has restored the relaxed lifestyle ad expected good time whe visitig the Caribbea. With a very friedly ad relaxed atmosphere, it truly is a uique experiece. Sheer Rocks Restaurat Bar Louge Sheer Rocks is Atigua s hidde gem, perched atop a rocky cliff that overlooks oe of the most jaw-droppig views the islad has to offer. The Mediterraeaispired meu is created with a emphasis o fresh, local ad seasoal produce. Sheer Rocks is ifamous for its tapas luches, custom-made cocktails ad ifiity pluge pool. As the su sets, the restaurat trasforms ito a romatic retreat where you ca choose from the A la Carte or tastig meuwith optioal wie pairig, to make your experiece eve more memorable. Sheer Rocks was voted third best restaurat i its class i the etire Caribbea Regio i the 2014 Travelers choice awards by Tripadvisor

18 NIGHTLIFE There are so may fu thigs to do after dark i Atigua, the choices are edless. Dace clubs, ightclubs, ad discos play the best local ad iteratioal music. Local music cosists of soca, reggae, dacehall ad calypso featurig the best hits i both the U. S. ad Europe. You ca also fid great live music i smaller itimate bars ad other veues. Feelig lucky?? Try gamblig at the Casio! We develop secure ad compliat cross-border wealth maagemet solutios. Our cliets are fiacial professioals, global etrepreeurs, ivestors ad their families: idividuals who value a fresh ad idepedet approach by parters who speak their laguage, based o traditioal values such as persoal service, discretio ad prudece. Our speciality is holistic iteratioal plaig. We coordiate ot just corporate, trust ad private bakig matters, but we also advise o ad implemet essetial residece ad citizeship strategies that are too ofte take for grated. We help cliets ot just with legal tax mitigatio ad asset protectio, but more importatly to maage broader geo-political ad macro-ecoomic risk ad opportuity. ABRACADABRA RESTAURANT & DISCO-BAR SINCE 1985 is located i Eglish Harbour. Abracadabra has all the right igrediets for a magical ight out o Atigua.. KING S CASINO i the heart of St. Joh s, is Atigua s largest casio. Kig s features 16 differet table games icludig Blackjack, Roulette ad Texas Hold em Poker. It also has the latest slot machies, simulcasts live horse racig, ad accepts wagers o every sportig evet i the world. SUGAR CLUB is located i the Sugar Ridge Hotel, across the street from the etrace to Jolly Harbour. This restaurat ad bar are iformal ad have a buzzy, busy feel with great food. NTL s busiess immigratio programs are aimed at successful global etrepreeurs who may ot eed a secod citizeship, but are lookig to establish residece whether temporary or permaet to facilitate worldwide travel, to ope a busiess i a low tax coutry, ad to provide a safe ad secure base for their families. The hadful of coutries we have chose to work with may ot be obvious choices, but we ivite you to read further as they check the boxes for us ad may of our cliets. ON ISLAND EXPERTS NTL Immigratio s citizeship coordi ator works extesively with cliets ad closely with the govermet to esure the best possible outcomes i the applicatio process. The Greada based coordiator reviews each applicatio package before submittig to the Govermet ad adds local kowledge of real estate developmets o the islads to NTL s worldwide clietele. If you decide that you would like to visit Greada, NTL ca coordiate hotel, activities, visitig approved real estate developmets ad poits of iterest. Please cotact us to schedule a visit to the coutry! Qualify for Citizeship with the New Passport for You ad Your family though ivestmet i Luxury Real Estate i the idyllic islad paradises of Atigua & Barbuda, The Commowealth of Domiica, Greada ad The Federatio of Sait Kitts ad Nevis. Start your ecoomic citizeship jourey today by browsig our extesive selectio of Citizeship by Ivestmet qualifyig properties ad cotractio our professioal team of o islad experts

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