The Henley & Partners - Kochenov Quality of Nationality Index (QNI) ranks the objective value of world nationalities as legal statuses of attachment to states. It looks at two groups of factors: internal (scale of the economy, human development, and peace and stability) and external (visa-free travel and the ability to settle and work abroad, weighing the quality and also the diversity of destinations).
The 3rd edition, updated with 2017 data, gives a global, dynamic overview of the quality of all the nationalities in the world, providing a sketch of contemporary trends in citizenship and migration regulation worldwide.
Henley & Partners is the global leader in residence and citizenship planning. Each year, hundreds of wealthy individuals, families, and their advisors rely on our expertise and experience in this area. Our highly qualified professionals work together as one team in over 30 offices worldwide.
Prof. Dr. Dimitry Kochenov is an expert in citizenship, nationality, and immigration law. He is Chair of EU Constitutional Law at Groningen University in the Netherlands. Prof. Kochenov also chairs the Investment Migration Council, a global association of investment migration professionals.
Prof. Dr. Dimitry Kochenov holds a Chair in EU Constitutional Law at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and chairs the Investment Migration Council, Switzerland. He has held numerous fellowships and visiting professorships worldwide, including at Princeton University (Crane Fellowship in Law and Public Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School and Visiting Professorship at the Center for Human Values), NYU School of Law (Emile Noël Fellowship), Boston College Law School (Senior Clough Fellowship), Basel Institute for European Global Studies, and Osaka Graduate School of Law and Politics, as well as a Visiting Chair in Private Law (Citizenship) at the University of Turin, Italy. He publishes widely on different aspects of comparative and European citizenship law and migration regulation, and he consults for governments and international organizations on EU constitutional law and citizenship issues. Prof. Kochenov's latest edited volumes include EU Citizenship and Federalism: The Role of Rights (Cambridge University Press, 2017) and The Enforcement of EU Law and Values (Oxford University Press, 2017, with András Jakab, University of Salzburg).
Dr. Christian H. Kälin, TEP, IMCM, Chairman of Henley & Partners, is considered one of the world's foremost experts in investment migration and citizenship-by-investment, a field he pioneered. Holding master's and PhD degrees in law from the University of Zurich, he is a sought-after speaker and advises governments and international organizations. He is the author, co-author, or editor of many publications, including standard works such as the Global Residence and Citizenship Handbook, Ius Doni: The Acquisition of Citizenship by Investment, and the Switzerland Business & Investment Handbook.
