Legal Counsel · Global Mobility · Since 1993
A Licensed Practice.Not an Agency.
Bayat Group has advised private clients on citizenship, residency and immigration since 1993 — from eleven offices, authorised in eleven jurisdictions, led by a practising lawyer.
In Our Own Words
A legacy of excellence spanning more than thirty years.
Three foliosStory · Mission · Values
1993 — 2026
Thirty-three years in one practice.
We opened in Dubai the year before the first Caribbean program most of our competitors now sell was reformed — and before most of them existed.
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Founder · Legal counsel since 1993
Sam Bayat
“I opened a Canadian practice in Dubai in 1993 because families here were making decisions of permanent consequence on the advice of people who bore none of it.”
Jurisdictions
Authorised. Not asserted.
Competitors assert that they are government-authorised. Below is the register: which jurisdiction, which of our legal entities holds it, which authority issued it, and what it permits us to do.
Jurisdictions and entities are drawn from the firm's certificates. Issuing authorities, dates and permissions marked ° are placeholder pending the compliance file.
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What We Hold To
Four commitments
Honest guidance
We say what we think, including when it costs us the instruction — and we put the reasoning in writing.
Confidentiality
Your matter is not a case study, a testimonial, or a name we drop. It does not appear on this website.
Your decision
We advise. You decide. We do not manufacture urgency, and we do not price a deadline we invented.
Responsibility
We remain accountable for the advice after the passport is issued — which is when most of it is tested.
“A program can be sold in an afternoon. The consequences of choosing the wrong one arrive years later, usually to someone else in the family.”Bayat Group · Practice note
Practice Areas
Wider than passports.
Mobility is the entry point. Most client relationships extend into the corporate and private-client work that makes a cross-border life function.
Global mobility
Twenty-nine country programs, filed under authorisations we hold in our own name.
- Citizenship by investment 12 countries
- Residency by investment 12 countries
- Immigration & skilled migration 5 countries
- Digital nomad routes 5 programs
Corporate
The structures a relocated business needs on the other side of the move.
- Business migration Advisory
- Corporate immigration Advisory
- Real estate law Transactional
- Employment law Transactional
Private client
What a second citizenship changes about tax residence, succession and disclosure.
- Offshore trusts Structuring
- Tax planning Structuring
- Succession & estates Planning
- Non-immigrant visas Advisory
Most clients arrive for one program and stay for the structuring around it. Both are handled by the same practice, under the same file.
Discuss a matterInsights
What we are reading now.
Antigua and Barbuda Tables New CBI Bill: 30-Day Residency Requirement and Mandatory Independent Audits
Read →Caribbean Citizenship Programs Need Independent Oversight, Not More Applicant Vetting
Read →Beyond the Second Passport and Golden Visa: Structuring Your Business for a Cross-Border Life
Read →Assessed against your own circumstances, in about five minutes.
- It asks about your circumstances, not your paperwork
- It names the trade-offs before you commit to a route
- It ends with the programs you actually qualify for
A scripted example. Your own assessment is private, and takes about five minutes.
Assessment
An adviser that reads your circumstances, then the rulebook.
40+ official programs, each with its own arithmetic. The assessment maps those rules to your situation in a short conversation and tells you where you actually stand.
- It asks about you, not about paperworkWhere your family is going, what your work needs, what you would not give up. Navigating the rules is our business, not your burden.
- Clear, unbiased reasoningWhen options pull in different directions, it calls out the compromise, detailing what each path costs you before you decide.
- A shortlist tailored to youNo generic marketing. Just the programs your profile actually unlocks, with realistic timelines and capital commitments.
Step one of three
Where should we send your code?
One address, one five-digit code. No password to invent, and nothing sent to you that you did not ask for.
Step two of three
Check your email
We sent a 5-digit code to . It expires shortly, so it is worth doing now.
Setting up your assessment…
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