Legal Overview.
Three documents govern your use of passport.sv: the Privacy Policy, the Cookie Policy, and the Terms of Service. This page is the map, and it carries the disclosures we want you to read before you engage. It states how the documents fit together, the principles they share, and the things we will not let you misunderstand.
One framework, written to be read.
Most legal pages optimize for cover. Ours open with plain-language disclosures, then give you the binding text underneath. The clauses are conspicuous on purpose. If a summary ever conflicts with the binding text of the document it belongs to, the binding text governs.
The one line that matters most. passport.sv is a private advisory service, not the Government of El Salvador or The Bitcoin Office. Nothing here is legal or tax advice.
Mandatory disclosures.
Before you read another word of program copy on this site, read these. They are the boundaries of what we are, what we can promise, and what we cannot.
We are not the government.
passport.sv is a private advisory service, not the Government of El Salvador or The Bitcoin Office. Nothing here is legal or tax advice. We help you assemble and submit a strong application; the decision belongs entirely to the Salvadoran authorities.
Our licensed-agent scope.
21 CBI (Bitcitizen LLC) is a Licensed Agent of The Bitcoin Office of El Salvador, authorized by Director Stacy Herbert to submit and process Freedom Passport applications, valid 27 February 2026 to 26 February 2027. Licensing authorizes submission and processing; it does not constitute pre-approval of any applicant by the Government of El Salvador.
Governance and policy risk.
We do not pretend governance risk is zero. El Salvador's Bitcoin policy has shifted under IMF negotiations (the legal-tender status was repealed on 30 April 2025 by Decreto Legislativo No. 199) and could shift again. The $1,000,000 contribution is irreversible. Granted citizenship is constitutionally protected; program terms can change for future applicants.
No Spain or EU fast-track.
A common CBI-industry misconception holds that any citizen of an Ibero-American country, the Philippines, Andorra, Equatorial Guinea, or Portugal automatically qualifies for Spain's two-year reduced-residency pathway. That is incorrect. Article 22.1 of the Spanish Civil Code reserves the two-year track for nacionales de origen, nationals by birth or filiation. A Salvadoran who acquires citizenship through the Freedom Passport, or any CBI program, is naturalized, not de origen, and falls under Spain's standard ten-year residency requirement. The Spanish Supreme Court and the DGSJFP have consistently upheld this reading. The Freedom Passport does not deliver a Spanish or EU fast-track.
Your home-country tax obligations do not change.
A second citizenship does not change your home-country tax obligations. US citizens remain subject to FATCA and worldwide income reporting regardless of a second citizenship. Consult a qualified cross-border tax advisor. If your question is US renunciation specifically, that is a separate matter handled at exit.ly; a Freedom Passport does not, by itself, expatriate you.
Restricted nationalities and sanctions.
The program screens hard, and some applicants are ineligible by rule. Nationals of Cuba, North Korea, Iran, or Syria; residents of Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, or Zaporizhzhia; and OFAC-sanctioned persons cannot apply. We screen against the relevant sanctions lists before we open a file.
No guarantees.
We do not guarantee approval, we do not represent the $1,000,000 contribution as refundable, and we do not inflate mobility or validity figures. Visa-free access, processing windows, and passport validity are stated as they are published and re-verified; they are not promises, and they can change. The contribution is non-refundable once your file is in motion.
Plainly stated.
The principles every one of these documents is built on:
- We do not sell your personal information. Not to anyone, not ever.
- Encryption is the default, not the upgrade. Sensitive communications travel over PGP and Signal; the site is served over TLS.
- The advisory fee is flat. 21 CBI charges a flat 5% advisory fee on the $1,000,000 government contribution, which is $50,000. No retainer, no markup on the government contribution.
- Bitcoin is the settlement asset. The government contribution settles in BTC or USDT only, direct to the government wallet; the firm does not custody the $1,000,000. The 21 CBI advisory fee accepts BTC, Lightning, USDT, or fiat.
- Disputes go to arbitration in Wyoming. Class actions and jury trials are waived. The detail is in Section 14 of the Terms.
The three documents.
Document hierarchy.
passport.sv is part of the Bitcitizen ecosystem, and its legal framework is layered:
- passport.sv-specific documents control. Where the Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, or Terms of Service on this site address a matter specific to passport.sv, those documents govern.
- Bitcitizen LLC documents fill the gaps. For matters not specifically addressed here, the Bitcitizen LLC Privacy Policy (bitcitizen.io/privacy) and Terms of Service (bitcitizen.io/terms) apply.
- Engagement letters address the transaction. When an engagement begins, the signed engagement agreement governs the specifics of that matter alongside these site policies.
Contact.
Questions about any of these documents can be directed to contact@passport.sv. The operating entity is Bitcitizen LLC, 30 N Gould St, Ste R, Sheridan, WY 82801, United States. For matters that warrant encryption, request our current PGP public key by replying to any signed message we have sent you.
Read the program before you read the fine print.
The whole Freedom Passport program, the math, and the process are published on the open pages of this site. Start with the Brief; the legal documents are here when you need them.
Read the Freedom Passport Brief