Who is your CBI agent? Romell I.P. Tiwari

Romell is the Managing Director of AIT International Lifestyle Investments Ltd. He has more than 30 years’ experience in banking, corporate finance and development of business plans for real estate project funding by banks and joint venture investors.

How would you describe your professional ethos?

In my profession, the value standards that I have lived by are honesty, integrity, and confidentiality. To magnify such values, it is also important to be competent by keeping up to date with professional development and current issues.

What three adjectives best describe you?

Honourable, helpful and professional.

In your experience, what is the primary motivation for people investing in Antigua & Barbuda?

I would say having a second passport that allows for more flexible travel options and a backup plan in case of any disaster occurring in their home countries.

What lifestyle or business opportunities do potential investors find most appealing?

Ownership of freehold titles in investment in real estate is very desirable for them.

Can you share an inspiring success story of someone whose life or business was transformed through this programme?

A client and spouse living in Africa adopted two children from India. The children lost their Indian citizenship when their passports expired, as neither adoptive parent held Indian citizenship under Indian law. The children could not attend school in their new country, and the father applied for citizenship for both the children and himself, although the children had become stateless. The approval offered by the Antigua & Barbuda Citizenship by Investment Unit (although it involved a complex and lengthy process to ensure that the laws of Antigua and its citizenship programme were not compromised) changed their lives. The children are now attending university in South Africa and expect to graduate soon.

What is the most rewarding part of helping people obtain second citizenship?

Being able to help people improve their lifestyle and economic condition.

How will major development boost interest in Antiguan citizenship?

It will attract people of medium and high net worth to become citizens of a country where the weather is generally perfect all year round, the people are friendly, and there is a stable government managing the economic affairs of the country.

What’s one thing you wish more people knew about Antigua & Barbuda?

Our citizenship programme has the highest standards of due diligence and our government and multi-ethnic people believe in welcoming all who abide by our laws and way of living.

To contact Romell, visit www.aitms.ag