citizenship-site

Portugal — country anchor

Portugal is the anchor cluster: 107K monthly volume, 45K easy-win, 7% of working pool. Three Sprint 1 pages establish the Portugal hub plus the two flagship programs (Golden Visa post-2023 real-estate elimination, D7 highest-easy-win density at KD 0-12). Editorial standards: process_navigation disclaimer, primary-government citation density (Lei Orgânica references, SEF/AIMA portals, dre.pt for gazette publications), changes_log present on both program pages documenting the 2023 real-estate route removal.

Spain — successor programs + 'is it dead' flagship

Spain is the Sprint 1 marquee. The Golden Visa was killed by Ley Orgánica 1/2025 and the "is it dead" flagship is the AIO-resistant traffic page (34.6% AIO penetration vs corpus 73.8% — half-rate). Three pages: the flagship, the Non-Lucrative Visa successor, and the country hub. The flagship is 4,500 words with primary BOE citations, a named expert interview, full migration math for stranded GV holders, and a four-option matrix structure.

Descent — co-flagship pillar plus Ireland + Germany hubs

Descent is the co-flagship cluster (48,060 monthly volume across descent-tagged keywords, almost entirely KD 1-10). Three pages: the citizenship-by-descent pillar (which routes into country-specific hubs), Ireland descent hub (8,200 vol head term at KD=10), Germany descent hub (5,300 vol head term at KD=6). Counter-strategy for the 85.6% AIO penetration on descent procedural queries: every descent country hub links forward to the interactive /descent/eligibility-checker/ (built Sprint 2, lives in cluster_10_calculators in Phase 2). The hubs ride citation density and operator-byline credibility; the checker is the AIO-immune funnel asset.

Program pillars — Golden Visa + CBI

Top-of-funnel pillar pages. Two pages: the Golden Visa pillar (6,000 vol at KD 6-58 — high KD, AIO-vulnerable, built as link target not traffic page) and the Citizenship by Investment pillar (4,300 vol at KD 6-55, same posture). Pillars are "explain the program type" pages that link out to country-specific programs. They are NOT traffic-acquisition pages; AIO eats them. Their value is internal-link compounding and topical-authority signal.

Decision-stage listicles

Decision-stage discovery listicles. Three pages: easiest second citizenship for Americans (7,050 vol at KD 4-8 — Sprint 1 anchor), best countries for Americans to move to (3,400 vol at KD 0-14 — lifestyle-disguised Plan-B), and cheapest citizenship by investment (1,400 vol at KD 0-6 — CBI comparison feeder). All three are decision-stage; intent is comparison and triage, not deep program knowledge. Lighter citation density (1-per-600) than program profiles, but every numeric ranking claim cited.

UAE Golden Visa

UAE is a single Sprint 3 page: the Golden Visa profile. UAE cluster is 26K total volume, 10K easy-win — sixth-largest country in the corpus, but the UAE GV audience is different (international HNW, not American retiree) and the program rules are less stable than the EU set. One profile page covers it; Dubai-tagged queries (separate 12K volume) are Phase 2.

Mexico dual citizenship

Mexico is the v2-discovered missed cluster (15,380 monthly volume, almost all at KD ≤ 5, "dual citizenship mexico" alone is 5,800 vol at KD=1). Single Sprint 3 page: the dual-citizenship anchor. Lifestyle and retirement audience overlaps with American outbound migration. The page is the entry point; Phase 2 fills permanent residency, temporary residency, retirement visa, and digital nomad visa spokes.

Americans overlay — dual citizenship + Act 60

Two pages: the americans/dual-citizenship/ overlay anchor (15,200 vol at KD 4-41 — US-audience cornerstone) and the americans/puerto-rico-act-60/ operator flagship (Sprint 4, research-heavy, operator byline). The dual-citizenship page is the cross-border tax map for Americans considering a second passport. The Act 60 page is the operator-credibility anchor — the operator is actively navigating Act 60 relocation and the byline is what makes the page non-replicable by competitors.

Caribbean CBI — investigative due-diligence + comparison matrix

Two pages. (1) Sprint 2 Caribbean CBI due-diligence investigative piece — operator byline, FT-investigation framing, the editorial-credibility content AIO cannot summarize. (2) Sprint 3 Caribbean CBI comparison matrix — covers all five active programs (Dominica, St Kitts, Grenada, St Lucia, Antigua) in one ComparisonTable. The matrix replaces five individual Caribbean country profiles cut per strategy_v2 §5. The investigative piece is the operator- credibility differentiator per strategy_v2 §11.3 (revised from v1's "play it straight in launch"). Phase 2 will follow up with deep-dive individual profiles on the highest-volume Caribbean (Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts) once authority is established. Caribbean Five total: 31,960 monthly volume — 60% larger than v1 estimated.

Interactive calculators (AIO-immune tooling)

AIO-immune interactive tooling. One Sprint 1 build: the CBI Cost Calculator (uncontested keyword space — 0 AIO competition because interactive). The calculator is the lead-capture asset at the moment of highest intent. Phase 2 ships the Irish descent eligibility checker (Sprint 2), Golden Visa eligibility calculator, Passport Power calculator, Portugal D7 income requirement calculator. Cluster carries lighter editorial standards because pages are largely interactive UI plus methodology; word count is low.