Due diligence is getting longer. That is good news.

Programme units now commission enhanced reports from multiple independent providers, cross-check biometric data against international databases and conduct recorded interviews. That work takes months rather than weeks.

Clients occasionally read this as inefficiency. It is the opposite. The value of a second citizenship is entirely dependent on how other states treat the passport it produces, and that treatment reflects confidence in the vetting behind it. Every week added to due diligence is a week invested in the visa-free network that makes the document worth holding.

The practical consequence is that files must be complete when submitted. Requests for further information are the single largest cause of delay, and almost all of them are avoidable at the preparation stage.