Pre-Seed · Building in stealth

The fintech layer for
sovereign migration.

ImmiCrypt is the compliance and settlement rail between regulated digital assets — crypto, stablecoins, and the sovereign digital currencies now being piloted by central banks — and the citizenship, residency, and PR programs built to receive capital. On‑ramp, off‑ramp, escrow, and everything a government needs to accept it, in one auditable pipe — built for the individuals, family offices, and Citizenship & Residency Investment Units who move first.

Status
Pre-Seed · Pre-Launch
Coverage
Citizenship · Residency · PR
Rails
Crypto · Stablecoins · CBDC
Headquartered
Kolkata, India · Dubai, UAE
00 — Mandate

Sovereign risk is becoming a portfolio decision. So is sovereignty itself.

Every central bank on earth is deciding what its money looks like next. Every family office is deciding how much of its balance sheet sits in one jurisdiction. Every citizenship‑by‑investment program still runs on bank wires and notarized statements. ImmiCrypt is the layer that lets digital‑native capital move directly into a second passport, a residency permit, or a PR grant — verified, escrowed, converted, and settled, with a record built for the regulator on both ends.

Two curves are crossing at the same time. On one side, 134 countries and currency unions — representing 98% of world GDP — are now researching, piloting, or launching a central bank digital currency, up from just 35 in 2020. The UAE's Digital Dirham completed its first live blockchain settlement in November 2025 and is now legal tender under UAE law, on track for a full rollout by late 2026. India's e‑rupee pilot has crossed six million users across seventeen banks and moved into welfare disbursement and cross‑border trials with Singapore and the UAE. The digital euro is targeting a 2027 pilot and a possible 2029 issuance. This is no longer a research paper — it's plumbing being laid, corridor by corridor.

On the other side, a third of family offices now hold cryptocurrency directly — up from roughly a quarter two years ago — and nearly three in four have either invested or are actively evaluating it, according to BNY Mellon's 2025 survey of ultra‑high‑net‑worth families. Bitcoin and Ether remain the dominant entry points; typical allocations sit near 2% of portfolio and are treated as a deliberate, growing position rather than a curiosity.

Neither side has built the pipe that connects them to investment migration. Citizenship‑ and residency‑by‑investment remains a roughly $50 billion‑a‑year global industry — split between citizenship programs and golden‑visa residencies — and it still runs almost entirely on notarized bank letters and SWIFT wires. A handful of programs have started accepting crypto informally, through licensed agents who quietly convert it to fiat before a government ever sees it. Nobody has built the rail that does it properly, end to end, with the compliance paperwork a Citizenship or Residency Investment Unit actually needs. That's the gap ImmiCrypt exists to close.

Why now

CBDC activity
134 countries researching, piloting, or live — up from 35 in 2020
GDP coverage
98% of world GDP represented by those countries
UAE
Digital Dirham live pilot since Nov 2025; legal tender; full launch late 2026
India
e₹ retail pilot: 6M+ users, 17 banks, ₹1,016cr in circulation (Mar 2025)
Eurozone
Digital euro pilot targeted 2027, possible issuance 2029
Wealth mix
33% of family offices hold crypto directly, up from 26% in 2023

Who we serve

Sovereign individuals
diversifying single‑jurisdiction currency, tax & custody risk
HNI / UHNI
treating a second passport as a standing portfolio line
Family offices
multi‑jurisdiction structuring for principals, heirs & trusts
Advisers & agents
a compliant rail to offer clients instead of ad‑hoc crypto conversion
Government CIUs
next‑generation, audit‑ready settlement infrastructure

What changes

Funding
bank wire → on‑chain, Travel Rule‑compliant settlement
Proof of funds
bank letter → reconstructed, auditable ledger trail
Custody
self‑held or agent‑held risk → regulated, insured, milestone‑gated escrow
Conversion
informal agent conversion → purpose‑built, multi‑asset on/off‑ramp
Timeline
weeks of banking friction → tracked, compliant transfer
Sources
  1. Atlantic Council, CBDC Tracker
  2. Central Bank of the UAE, Digital Dirham
  3. Reserve Bank of India, e‑rupee pilot data (Mar 2025)
  4. European Central Bank, digital euro progress
  5. BNY Mellon, 2025 Investment Insights for Single Family Offices
  6. Industry estimates, State of CBI/RBI market reports, 2025
Landscape

Crypto already buys a passport. It's just not built properly yet.

A small set of citizenship‑ and residency‑by‑investment programs already touch digital assets today — almost always through a licensed agent who converts crypto to fiat before it reaches a government account. Only one program takes it natively. This is the landscape ImmiCrypt is built to formalize.

Program
How crypto moves today
Entry point
Timeline
Direct El Salvador — Freedom Passport
Accepted natively in BTC/USDt via the government's own payment gateway — the only program that does
US$1M donation + fees
Months
Vanuatu — DSP / CII
Accepted via licensed agents, converted to fiat before remittance
From ~US$130,000
30–60 days
Antigua & Barbuda — CIP
Accepted in select cases via licensed agents
From ~US$100,000
3–6 months
Dominica & Saint Lucia — CBI
Licensed agents convert crypto to fiat, then remit to government
From ~US$100,000
3–6 months
St Kitts & Nevis / Grenada — CBI
Accepted in select cases via licensed agents
From ~US$250,000
3–6 months
Portugal — Golden Visa
Indirect, via regulated crypto‑friendly investment funds; path to EU citizenship in 5 years
Fund‑dependent
Years

The pattern: almost every program that touches crypto today routes around the problem — an agent quietly converts Bitcoin to fiat, then wires it in like any other applicant. There's no standardized compliance trail, no purpose‑built custody, and no government‑side settlement record built for a digital‑asset‑funded application. 2025 alone saw several long‑standing CBI routes closed, restructured, or tightened — a reminder that this is a fast‑moving landscape advisers and applicants need to track continuously, not just at intake. ImmiCrypt is building the rail that turns "routes around it" into "built for it," and the ongoing advisory that keeps a strategy current as programs change.

01–05 — Verticals

Five layers, one rail.

The investment‑migration industry has advisory, compliance, custody, and government relationships — all built for fiat. We're building the same stack for capital that starts and, increasingly, stays digital.

01
Advisory

Sovereign risk diversification

Portfolio‑style advisory for HNI/UHNI individuals and family offices: which second citizenship, residency, or PR — and in what order — actually reduces single‑jurisdiction currency, tax, and custody risk, priced and payable in the assets clients already hold.

The investment‑migration map moves fast — 2025 alone saw long‑standing routes tightened, restructured, or closed, and new programs proposed across the Caribbean, Pacific, and Africa. A one‑time recommendation goes stale; this is built as a standing relationship, not a single transaction.

  • Jurisdiction scoring against visa‑free access, tax treatment, and reporting regime (CRS/FATCA)
  • Multi‑generational and family‑inclusion scenario modeling
  • Continuous monitoring as programs tighten, close, or launch
  • Sequencing across 2nd/3rd citizenship, residency & PR as one portfolio
Client
Individuals, family offices, advisers
Basis
Visa‑free access, tax treatment, reporting regime
Output
Jurisdiction & program shortlist, kept current
Stage
Design partner intake
02
Compliance

Proof‑of‑funds & KYC/AML infrastructure

Source‑of‑funds attestation, sanctions and PEP screening, and Travel Rule‑compliant identity verification for digital‑asset‑funded applications — the documentation layer CIUs actually require, generated automatically instead of assembled by hand.

Since FATF extended Recommendation 16 to virtual assets in 2019, over fifty jurisdictions — including the EU under its Transfer of Funds Regulation, the UK, Singapore, and the US — now require originator and beneficiary data on transfers above threshold. A bank letter was never designed to prove where three years of on‑chain gains came from; this is.

  • FATF Travel Rule‑aligned originator/beneficiary data capture
  • Sanctions & PEP screening against global watchlists
  • On‑chain source‑of‑funds narrative & transaction history reconstruction
  • CIU‑ready packaging, formatted per program requirements
Standard
FATF Recommendation 16 (Travel Rule)‑aligned
Threshold
Originator/beneficiary data above $1,000 / €1,000
Output
CIU‑ready application file
Stage
Spec in progress
03
Custody

Digital‑asset escrow for the application lifecycle

Regulated, insured custody holding an applicant's crypto, stablecoins, or CBDC balance in segregated escrow from intake through approval — releasing against program milestones instead of a single irreversible transfer.

The custody model is designed with reference to the Basel Committee's prudential standard for banks' cryptoasset exposures, so the framework can eventually plug into regulated banking partners rather than sit permanently outside it.

  • Segregated, multi‑signature custody — never commingled with operating funds
  • Insurance‑backed, with Basel‑referenced prudential treatment
  • Milestone‑gated release: intake → due diligence → approval → grant
  • Real‑time attestation available to both applicant and CIU
Model
Segregated, milestone‑gated escrow
Framework
Basel Committee cryptoasset prudential standard‑referenced
Output
Custody attestation for CIU & investor
Stage
Custodian partner search
04
Settlement

On/off‑ramp for CBI & RBI programs

Compliant conversion of BTC, ETH, major stablecoins, or a pilot CBDC balance into the exact currency and instrument a national development fund, government bond, or real‑estate program requires — with full audit trail for both sides.

Every program wants something different — a non‑refundable donation, a government bond subscription, a real‑estate escrow, a development‑fund contribution. The rail routes to the specific instrument each program needs, with ISO 20022‑compatible messaging so it speaks the same language as the correspondent banks already in the loop.

  • Multi‑asset conversion — BTC, ETH, major stablecoins, pilot CBDCs
  • Program‑specific routing: donation, bond, fund, or escrow
  • ISO 20022‑compatible settlement messaging
  • Dual‑sided audit trail — on‑chain and bank‑side
Inputs
BTC, ETH, USDC/USDT, pilot CBDCs
Messaging
ISO 20022‑compatible
Output
Program‑currency settlement, audited
Stage
Rail architecture
05
Government & CBDC partnerships

First‑mover rail for sovereign digital currency

Working directly with Citizenship & Residency Investment Units and central banks piloting a CBDC — e₹, the Digital Dirham, the digital euro, and what follows — to make sovereign digital currency a recognized settlement instrument for investment migration, not just retail payments.

Central banks are already building the cross‑border rail we'd plug into: the UAE's Digital Dirham runs on mBridge, the multi‑CBDC platform it shares with China, Hong Kong, and Thailand, and the RBI has an active digital‑assets pact with Singapore plus discussions underway with the UAE. Two of ImmiCrypt's home markets are already talking to each other about this. The plan is to be currency‑agnostic and plug into whichever corridor goes live first, not to build a parallel one.

  • Engagement model for CIUs piloting digital settlement
  • Currency‑agnostic — e₹, Digital Dirham, digital euro & beyond
  • Cross‑border corridor design (mBridge‑aware architecture)
  • Reference implementations, not exclusive claims — this is thesis‑stage
Counterparties
CIUs, central banks, pilot programs
Watching
UAE Digital Dirham, India e₹, digital euro
Output
Government‑accepted settlement standard
Stage
Thesis · early conversations
Platform

How the rail works.

One pipeline, run the same way whether the applicant is a single investor, a family office structuring for four heirs, or a government fund taking digital assets for the first time.

01 / Verify

Verify

Identity and liveness checks, sanctions and PEP screening, and a source‑of‑funds narrative reconstructed from the applicant's on‑chain history — plus Travel Rule‑compliant originator data capture above the $1,000 / €1,000 threshold. Nothing moves until asset origin is cleared.

02 / Escrow

Escrow

Cleared assets move into segregated, multi‑signature custody, insured and structured with reference to the Basel Committee's cryptoasset prudential standard — auditable at any point, and released only against agreed program milestones, never as one irreversible transfer.

03 / Convert

Convert

A compliant on/off‑ramp converts the escrowed balance — BTC, ETH, major stablecoins, or a pilot CBDC — into the exact currency and instrument the receiving program requires, with ISO 20022‑compatible messaging so it settles cleanly through correspondent banking.

04 / Settle

Settle

Funds land with the government fund, developer, or bond issuer; citizenship, residency, or PR is granted. Both sides receive a timestamped settlement record — on‑chain and bank‑side — built for the applicant's records and the regulator's audit alike.

Market

The rail doesn't exist yet. That's the opportunity.

Six numbers, six sources — the shape of a market forming on both sides of a gap nobody has filled yet.

134
Countries & currency unions researching, piloting, or launching a CBDC — up from 35 in 2020
Source: Atlantic Council CBDC Tracker
98%
Share of global GDP represented by those countries
Source: Atlantic Council CBDC Tracker
$50B+
Combined annual global CBI & residency‑by‑investment market
Source: Industry estimates, State of CBI/RBI reports, 2025
33%
Family offices now holding cryptocurrency directly, up from 26% in 2023
Source: BNY Mellon, 2025 UHNW family office survey
6M+
Users already on India's e₹ retail pilot, across 17 banks
Source: Reserve Bank of India, March 2025
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Crypto‑native, compliance‑first settlement rails built for CBI/RBI programs today
That's the gap ImmiCrypt is built to close
FAQ

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We'd rather you know exactly what stage we're at than oversell it.

No. ImmiCrypt is pre‑seed and pre‑launch. We're not currently a bank, money services business, virtual asset service provider, or immigration law firm, and nothing on this site is a live financial or immigration service. We're building toward the licenses and registrations this rail will require in each jurisdiction we operate in before handling client funds.

Not yet. Requesting access joins a waitlist and registers your interest — it creates no service relationship, no fee, and no guarantee of onboarding. See our Terms & Disclaimer for the full picture, and consult a licensed immigration attorney for any decision you're making today.

Most programs that touch crypto today do it through a licensed agent who converts Bitcoin to fiat quietly, then wires it in like any other application — see our Landscape section for specifics. There's no standardized compliance trail, no purpose‑built custody, and no settlement record designed for a digital‑asset‑funded application. ImmiCrypt is building that trail, custody, and record as the product itself, not as a workaround.

We're building currency‑agnostic, watching the UAE's Digital Dirham and India's e₹ closely as the two most advanced pilots in our home markets, alongside the digital euro and whatever else central banks make available for cross‑border settlement. The goal is to plug into corridors central banks are already building — like mBridge — not to build a parallel one.

ImmiCrypt Advisory Private Limited is headquartered in Kolkata, India, with a global headquarters function in Dubai, UAE — two markets already in direct dialogue on digital assets (the RBI has an active pact with Singapore and discussions underway with the UAE). We're starting where that corridor is already forming, then expanding as more CBDC pilots and crypto‑friendly CBI/RBI programs mature.

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