Officially Appointed Authorised Marketing Agent

A specialist advisory firm for one programme.

Advance Citizenship advises on the São Tomé & Príncipe Citizenship by Investment Program and no other. The same team manages your application from the first call to passport delivery, and you deal directly with the people responsible for it.

Founder

Dean Kolthek

Dean founded Advance Citizenship after more than 30 years in international investment, banking and finance. He takes client calls himself and gives advice based on what the programme rules allow, not on what is easiest to sell.

Managing Director

Selina Kolthek

Selina is industry-certified and oversees every application from the first consultation through to passport delivery. She is one of your two points of contact throughout the process.

Why Advance Citizenship

One programme, in detail.

We advise on the São Tomé & Príncipe Citizenship by Investment Program only. It is a single government-sanctioned pathway, and we know its requirements, costs and timelines in detail.

The same team handles your file from the first call to the moment your passport arrives. There is no referral chain and no intermediary.

Advance Citizenship Pty Ltd is an Australian-registered company headquartered in Sydney. Clients are accepted regardless of country of residence, with the sole exclusion of North Korean nationals. Applications are prepared, certified and lodged remotely, so no client is required to travel to Australia or to São Tomé & Príncipe. Consultations are held by video call or WhatsApp in the client's time zone.

Consultations and correspondence are conducted in English and Portuguese. This website can be read in 9 languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Vietnamese. Supporting documents in other languages are handled through certified translation.

Advance Citizenship is listed on the official São Tomé & Príncipe Government register of Authorised Marketing Agents. View the official agent list at cip.gov.st →

Licence No. STP-2025-18 — issued by the Citizenship Investment Unit, São Tomé & Príncipe

Verification

How to check this designation for yourself.

Legal instrument: Decree Law No. 07/2025 — the São Tomé & Príncipe legislation governing the Citizenship by Investment Program and the appointment of marketing agents.
Government register: Advance Citizenship appears on the official register of Authorised Marketing Agents kept by the São Tomé & Príncipe Citizenship Investment Unit. Check the register at cip.gov.st →
Before transferring funds: Verify any agent against the official register maintained by the Citizenship by Investment Unit before transferring funds. Programme payments must be made only through an officially Authorised Government Agent, in accordance with the Citizenship by Investment Programme's approved payment procedures. Advance Citizenship is authorised to receive and process programme payments on behalf of the São Tomé & Príncipe Government. Never transfer programme funds to an unauthorised intermediary or an individual's personal account.

References

01Government of São Tomé & Príncipe — Decree Law No. 07/2025. Legislation establishing the Citizenship by Investment Program and the appointment of authorised marketing agents.
02Citizenship Investment Unit, São Tomé & Príncipe — Register of Authorised Marketing Agents. Official list against which any agent can be checked before funds are transferred.
03Citizenship Investment Unit, São Tomé & Príncipe — Programme fee schedule. Source of every contribution, submission, processing and document issuance figure published on this site.

Editorial note: Fees and processing times are set by the Government of São Tomé & Príncipe and may be revised by decree. Nothing on this page is legal or tax advice.

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