Talk:Christian Kälin

Part of an edit requested by an editor with a conflict of interest has been implemented.

Hi, it's Sarah again from H&P. I would like to propose the following changes to this article:

1. In the "Early life and education" section, add the following sentence to the end of the paragraph: He also coined the term ius doni, referring to people who gain citizenship through investment.^[1]
2. In the fourth paragraph of the Career section, clarify the sentence by changing "impacting the transition of the shuttered sugar industry" to "impacting the economic transition away from the shuttered sugar industry."
3. The fifth paragraph of the Career section states that Kälin met with SCL Group CEO Alexander Nix in 2010 and... that's it. This would never be a noteworthy incident to include in an encyclopedia article about Kälin if not for the "guilt by association" implications, which should be avoided per WP:BLP. Please remove.
4. The final paragraph of the Career section is sourced solely to daphnecaruanagalizia.com, a self-published source that involves claims about third parties. In addition, while independent sources do exist that report on Kälin's inquiry into whether the Maltese government would agree with a theoretical libel lawsuit against Caruana Galizia (which did not end up happening in practice), the inclusion of this "incident" is WP:UNDUE in a section on Kälin's career and so should be removed.

Thank you, Sarah Nicklin (talk) 08:17, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

 Partly done: Hi Sarah. I've implemented some of your requests. I agree with your assessment in point 3. The 4th, however, I cannot go ahead with. What could be done to allay any WP:UNDUE concerns would be to include independent sourcing with a rebuttal from either Kalin or the Maltese government, for example. Let me know if you have these. PK650 (talk) 21:55, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

I actually agree with the current sourcing making it undue per WP:PROPORTION (so the first subsection under Wikipedia:Neutral point of view § Due and undue weight). However, this "incident" (and more generally the Galizia-Muscat-Kälin nexus relating to The Daphne Project) was more widely covered and should probably be included in a reworked fashion with appropriate sources (eg ), I just can't find the time or motivation to do so. As it is ultimately on those who want it included to provide appropriate sourcing, I will most likely remove it in a few days if I haven't gone around fixing it by then. Best, 15 (talk) 22:35, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

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Hi, this is Sarah from Henley & Partners. I have a few more paragraphs that I am proposing to be added to the article.

1. Lead
   • Please add the following paragraph:

     Kälin has written extensively on the subject of citizenship by investment, and is the author, co-author or editor of the Global Residence and Citizenship Handbook, the Quality of Nationality Index and the Global Citizenship Review. He has been credited with making citizenship by investment "a legitimate, largely above-board industry."^[1]

2. Career
   • Please expand the fourth paragraph of the Career section (on the topic of Kälin's work with St. Kitts and Nevis) as follows:

     It was reported in 2015 that Kälin's efforts caused St. Kitts and Nevis to become the most popular place to buy a passport in the world and led to the country outperforming other Caribbean nations economically following the global financial crisis of 2007-2008.^[2]

   • Add the following paragraphs in the appropriate places chronologically in the Careers section:

     In 2006, Kälin published the first edition of the Switzerland Business & Investment Handbook, a comprehensive guide to doing business in Switzerland that is found in every embassy in the country.^[3][2]

     Kälin created the Henley Passport Index, first published in 2006, which displays the travel freedom of citizens from each country in the world.^[4]

     In collaboration with Dimitry Kochenov, Kälin authored The Quality of Nationality Index (QNI), an annual academic report published since 2015. The index ranks the quality of nationalities based on factors such as GDP, Human Development Index and freedom to travel and settle abroad.^[5]

     According to Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, Kälin is believed to possess at least five passports personally.^[6]

3. Create a new section called Board memberships, with the following paragraph:

   Kälin is a member of the Governing Board of the Investment Migration Council in Geneva.^[7] He is also the founder and chairman of the Switzerland-based Andan Foundation, which focuses on supporting displaced people.^[3][8]

4. Publications
   • Add a bullet list item with the following text: Global Citizenship Review (editor)^[9]

Pinging PK650 and 15, who helped evaluate and implement my previous request here. Thanks! Sarah Nicklin (talk) 08:24, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

 Question: A couple.

1. "Has written extensively on the subject..." is unsourced, so is the rest of the sentence. Happy to include the second sentence with proper attribution for NPOV reasons.

2. (i) Is fine. (ii): The SBI Handbook being first published in 2006 is unsourced. Handelszeitung says that the Henley Passport Index was first published in 2006, not that the Handbook was. According to the Bloomberg source, the handbook is not found in every embassy in the country, but in every Swiss embassy (around the world). The sentence on the Index is fine. The sentence on QNI is largely fine, but needs a source on it being published annually and it being an "academic" study (the latter needs a source in part for NPOV reasons). The last sentence is fine, but "is believed to" seems unnecessary and is not in the source?

3. Is fine.

4. Seems unnecessary and questionable on NPOV grounds. I can't find any third-party coverage of the GCR, which is needed given that it essentially seems to be an H&P publication, not an independent academic journal. 15 (talk) 23:00, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

• @15: Thank you for taking the lead here. PK650 (talk) 03:05, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

@15: I'll try to respond to your points.

1. Lead
   • Regarding "extensively," I thought that word was appropriate in light of the list of works in the Publications section below, each of which is sourced there. But if you think "extensively" is too subjective, perhaps a more appropriate way to write it would be: "He has published numerous works on the subject..."
   • Regarding the sourcing of the rest of the sentence, this is all sourced in the Publications section and should not need to be sourced again in the lead per WP:CITELEAD.
   • Regarding proper attribution for the second sentence, how about: According to Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, he has been credited with making citizenship by investment "a legitimate, largely above-board industry."
2. Career
   • The source for the SBI Handbook being first published in 2006 is here. (The ref name in the article is "Barber2011.")
   • Regarding the Swiss embassies, yes, I must have misread the source. So can we rewrite: "...that is found in every Swiss embassy around the world"
   • Here is a MarketWatch article that refers to the QNI as "annual." I don't see a reliable source for it being "academic," so we can leave that word out. Same with "is believed to possess" - that can be changed to "possesses."
3. Publications: Per MOS:WORKS, "complete lists of works" are encouraged. I don't see why the list of works should be limited to those published in independent journals.

Thanks! Sarah Nicklin (talk) 14:07, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

1. Mostly done with some rewording, excluded the Global Citizenship Review for reasons described below.

2. St. Kitts and Nevis part from your original post mostly implemented, with some rewording to be closer to the source. SBI Handbook implemented with some hedging due to it being an extraordinary claim.

3. (original numbering) Implemented board memberships as a subheading.

4. GCR is not his "work", he is the editor of the GCR, not an author. I don't think MOS:WORKS includes editorship of journals. That aside, I have NPOV concerns: The journal (or news website?) might very well a legitimate one and accepted within academia, but without third-party coverage, particularly given that H&P people also write for it ("Unilateral Passport Power...") and it republishes H&P reports, I can't be sure that it is not the glorified press section of the H&P website or a similar marketing tool.

Let me know if I missed anything. 15 (talk) 15:30, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

@15: Thanks, this is fine. Just two final quick things here - can we tweak the line on Kälin's own passports as follows: According to Atossa Araxia Abrahamian in 2015, Kälin owns at least five passports personally,^[1]: 72 though when asked by The Economist in 2017, Kälin declined to reveal how many passports he owns.^[2]

And secondly, since we've concluded that the GCR should not be mentioned in the authorship sentence within the lead, I think in its place we should add Kälin's 2019 monograph Ius Doni in International Law and EU Law. So the sentence would now read: He is the author of the Global Residence and Citizenship Handbook and the monograph Ius Doni in International Law and EU Law, and the co-author of the Quality of Nationality Index.

Thanks again, Sarah Nicklin (talk) 12:11, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

Done. 15 (talk) 12:30, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

@15: Just one (hopefully) last thing. While it's true that Kälin argues for citizenship by investment in Ius Doni in International Law and EU Law, that isn't really the main point of the work. Rather, as it says on the publisher's website, the monograph "establishes the concept of ius doni in the contemporary legal and political theorising of citizenship." Perhaps that line can be paraphrased and incorporated into the sentence you added. Sarah Nicklin (talk) 10:20, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Somewhat done with this edit, as I find the publishers description a bit flowery. I have also found this summarising the work, but was unable to in turn summarise it succinctly. You can have a go if you like. 15 (talk) 22:32, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

Part of an edit requested by an editor with a conflict of interest has been implemented.

A few months ago, an edit was made that removed several pieces of well-sourced content without justification and added several paragraphs of WP:COATRACK content, material that is only tangentially connected to Christian Kälin, the subject of the article.

Here are the changes that were made, which should all be reverted:

Lead

1. In describing Henley & Partners, the edit changed "a firm that specializes in helping clients acquire alternative residence and citizenship" to "a firm that specializes in passport sale schemes." (The original language is properly sourced and precise, while the new language is inadequate and reductive.)

2. Deleted the paragraph on Kälin's authorship, a significant part of his career

3. Added a full sentence on Henley & Partners, Kälin's company, which was already described concisely and appropriately in the first sentence.

Career

4. Deleted the sentence about how Kälin was credited with helping the economic recovery of St. Kitts and Nevis from the global financial crisis. (This is taken directly from the cited Bloomberg source.)

5. Created a new "St. Kitts and Nevis" subsection, of which all but the first paragraph is complete WP:COATRACK. The other three paragraphs refer to criticisms not of Kälin (the nominal subject of the article), but of the St. Kitts and Nevis government and of the Sugar Industry Diversification Foundation (SIDF). Thank you, Sarah Nicklin (talk) 06:36, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

I was asked to provide a third opinion. I have no prior involvement in this subject area. I've taken the liberty of numbering the above points for clarity.

1. Both versions are redundant. The long one sounds like marketing language, and the short one is clearly PoV-pushing and using loaded language like "scheme". The lead should simply read: Christian H. Kälin (born 1971) is a Swiss lawyer, an author, and the chairman of Henley & Partners.[1][2] The firm is an architect of citizenship-by-investment programs that allow wealthy individuals to buy passports.[3][4] Dubbed the "Passport King" by the media, he is credited with making citizenship by investment "a legitimate, largely above-board industry". However, that final quotation needs a source cited. I'm not certain that "allow wealthy individuals to buy passports" is entirely accurate or neutral; from what I gather, passports are sometimes issued to some heavy investors, and that's not quite the same thing to me. (Follow high-quality sources on how they describe this.)

2. Some version of the authorship paragraph should be restored to the article, clearly. There's more about this in a thread above. I note that two publications are currently mentioned already, just not in a section about publications. I don't agree with the commenter in the thread above that the subject's editorial role on one publication precludes listing it here; we routinely do include such things, with a note that the person was the editor not author.

3. Moot point if my advice on no. 1 is taken. The added sentence about H&P is better than either of the two clauses in the lead sentence.

4. Seems like this should be restored, as it is well-enough sourced, and pertains to the subject's notability. If there are more critical views of Kälin's impact on SK&N, those can also be integrated with reliable independent sourcing.

5. The subsection should exist as should the first paragraph of it, as well as the first sentence of the second paragraph (merge it into the 1st 'graph). The rest of the second 'graph, and the third and fourth 'graphs are off-topic in this article. There's more about this in the thread below; at least one other editor wants to compress this section.

I'll also comment on the thread below.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  21:06, 5 September 2022 (UTC); revised 21:18, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Given lack of objection here or at related WP:TEAHOUSE discussion, I have implemented 1 and 5 above (rendering 3 moot). Points 2 and 4 need specific edit proposals (I don't have the time to dig through edit history to re-obtain the deleted material myself).  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  19:20, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

@SMcCandlish: Thanks for returning here. For Point #2, here is the text of the authorship paragraph that should be restored to the lead:

Kälin has written a number of works on the subject of citizenship by investment. He is the author of the Global Residence and Citizenship Handbook and the co-author of the Quality of Nationality Index. He also wrote the monograph Ius Doni in International Law and EU Law on citizenship by investment.

And for Point #4, here is the text of the sentence that should be restored to the end of the St. Kitts and Nevis subsection:

In 2015, the head of an IMF mission to St. Kitts and Nevis said that the citizenship by investment program improved by Kälin led to the country outperforming other Caribbean nations in its recovery from the global financial crisis.^[1]

Thanks again! Sarah Nicklin (talk) 16:02, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

Done both (minus some redundant linking) and did some additional cleanup, mostly of markup in the bibliography.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  22:21, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

@SMcCandlish: Thank you. Another quick thing - the second sentence of the article refers to "citizenship-by-investment programs that allow wealthy individuals to buy passports." While citizenship-by-investment programs are sometimes known informally as "cash-for-passports" programs, and news articles sometimes casually refer to "buying" and "selling" passports, the reality is that passports are not bought or sold through these programs (that would be illegal), and this language is misleading and inappropriate for an encyclopedia article, where precision is especially important. Rather, citizenship is granted by the country on the condition that the applicant invest in qualifying programs and fulfill qualification criteria.

This same issue of misleading terminology exists at the Henley & Partners article as well, where a line was added to the lead referring incorrectly to "Henley's passport sale schemes." Sarah Nicklin (talk) 10:19, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

I thought it didn't sound right. However, we'll need suggested replacement wording and an independent source for it.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  21:39, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

@SMcCandlish: The end of that sentence can be taken out, and the first part can be appended to the first sentence: "Christian H. Kälin (born 1971) is a Swiss lawyer, an author, and the chairman of Henley & Partners, an architect of citizenship-by-investment programs." The term "citizenship-by-investment programs" is already wikilinked to Immigrant investor programs, so an inline definition of the term (which is already to a certain degree self-explanatory) should not be necessary. At Henley & Partners, I would suggest changing "passport sale schemes" to "citizenship by investment programs" (in that sentence, I would also suggest changing "have stirred controversy" to "have attracted both praise and criticism," but perhaps we should save that for a separate discussion).

As for a source, the OECD defines citizenship by investment programs and residence by investment programs as those that "allow foreign individuals to obtain citizenship or temporary residence rights on the basis of local investments or against a flat fee." Sarah Nicklin (talk) 11:41, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

I've neutralized the activistic, biased wording in both places.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  00:45, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

Hi, this is Sarah from H&P here. I'd like to propose fixing of the information that was recently added in the Career section:

• Please remove the entire Malta subsection as it has got nothing to do with the subject's career directly. It looks like an attempt of violating WP:BLP. More specifically this line - She was assassinated later that year.^[1][2] – is incorrect and misleading; the SWI swissinfo.ch source says that ‘Neither Henley and Partners nor Christian Kälin have been the subject of legal inquiries.' Hence it should be removed.

Also, it is worth noting that these details are added by an editor who is constantly adding only negative information on the page and has distinctly displayed their negative bias, that too over a period of time. Pinging Duke Gilmore, Dellwegg and SMcCandlish as they helped in the previous request. Thank you.

5. Sarah Nicklin (talk) 19:02, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

Reliable sources reported that Kälin was involved in discussions with Maltese leaders to use SLAPP lawsuits against Daphne Caruana Galizia and that's what the Wikipedia article says. Wikipedia reflects what RS say and Wikipedia is not censored. The Wikipedia article does not say or suggest that Kälin or the company that you work for was subject of legal inquiries, so there's nothing "incorrect and misleading" about the text. Thenightaway (talk) 19:55, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

I tend to agree with that, and have addressed this at the related thread here.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  06:14, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Marking this as answered, per above. Z1720 (talk) 02:19, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

@Thenightaway undue weight on negative context and dampening the positive context is not really a neutral approach, which is what I am trying to outline here. The line about assassination has nothing to do with Christian Kälin. If you have used that line from the RS then you should also have mentioned that the company or Christian Kälin were not subject to legal inquiries. This is misleading the readers. I hence urge the community to weigh in. Sarah Nicklin (talk) 15:44, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

FYI talk page topic here Brenthaven (talk) 18:58, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest was declined. The reviewer would like to request the editor with a COI attempt to discuss with editors engaged in the subject-area first.

Hi, it's Sarah from H&P. I'd like to propose the following changes to this article:

1. The last paragraph of the Career section before the Saint Kitts and Nevis subsection is valid from the company's perspective, and not Christian Kälin. Kälin was not personally involved anywhere in this and this should not be on his personal page. In spite of multiple parties involved, this information has been added intentionally only on H&P and Kälin's page by an editor who is constantly adding negative details on the page. The intentions totally appear to be a personal grudge. If it was a neutral intention, the editor would have added the same information on the pages of all other related parties. We are solely being victimized here.

Please remove this paragraph from the page as it is already mentioned on Henley & Partners page.

In 2017, Henley conspired with top Maltese politicians to launch lawsuits against investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia who was reporting on Henley's programs in Malta. Leaked email exchanges between top Henley officials (including CEO Christian Kalin), Malta prime minister Joseph Muscat, Justice Minister Owen Bonnici and Individual Investment Program CEO Jonathan Cardona discussing launching a SLAPP (Strategic lawsuit against public participation) lawsuit against Galizia that was intended to financially cripple her for her reporting. Sarah Nicklin (talk) 12:50, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

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Hi everyone, this is Sarah and I'd like to propose minor additions in the infobox to update Occupation field, Education field and add Known for field. The information I am requesting is already present in the body of the article.

Add

• Known for - IusDoni: The Acquisition of Citizenship by Investment

Update

• Education - University of Zurich (MLaw, PhD)
• Occupation - Lawyer, author, entrepreneur

Updated infobox is below for your ease

Quick facts Christian Kälin, Born ...

Christian Kälin
Kälin in 2015
Born	Christian H. Kälin 1971 (age 54–55)
Education	University of Zurich (MLaw, PhD)
Occupations	Lawyer, author, entrepreneur
Known for	Ius Doni: The Acquisition of Citizenship by Investment
Title	Chairman, Henley & Partners
Website	chriskalin.com

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Also, please add one word 'entrepreneur' in the first line of the article. Updated first line is below for your ease

Christian H. Kälin or Kaelin^[1] (born 1971) is a Swiss lawyer, author, entrepreneur and the chairman of Henley & Partners,^[2][3] an architect of citizenship-by-investment programs that allow wealthy individuals to obtain additional passports.^[4][5][6][7]

Thanks in advance! Sarah Nicklin (talk) 16:48, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

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Hi everyone, this is Sarah from Henley & Partners. Proposing some minor factual additions along with references.

1. For the infobox |occupation= parameter, please replace businessman with entrepreneur. Now, with Christian Kälin's entrepreneurship with Arnova Capital (which is an investment firm) and SIP Medical Family Office (which is a health-advisory firm), the term "entrepreneur" is more apt as opposed to businessman. As per Entrepreneurship, an entrepreneur is an individual who creates and/or invests in one or more businesses, bearing most of the risks and enjoying most of the rewards. Bearing his association with only Henley & Partners, the term "businesses" was appropriate. But, now with multiple companies and cofounding new companies, the term "entrepreneur" is better suited. Please change occupation in the infobox to - Occupation: Lawyer, author, entrepreneur

2. For the |education= parameter, sharing a reference which states Master's and PhD degrees in Law. Please change education in the infobox to - Education: University of Zurich (MLaw, PhD)^[1]

3. For the |known for= parameter, Quality of Nationality Index is better suited for the "known for" as it is wikilinked and is also mentioned in the body of both the pages of Christian Kälin and Quality of Nationality Index as can be also verified in these links. Please add this in the infobox - Known for: Co-author of Quality of Nationality Index^[2][3][4]

4. Also, since he is the co-author of Quality of Nationality Index, author of Ius Doni in International Law and EU Law and the author of Global Residence and Citizenship Handbook (ISBN-978-0957436299), please add 'author' in the first sentence. Please change the first sentence to -

Christian H. Kälin or Kaelin (born 1971) is a Swiss entrepreneur, author and lawyer who is the chairman of Henley & Partners, an architect of citizenship-by-investment programs that allow wealthy individuals to obtain additional passports.

Thanks in advance! Sarah Nicklin (talk) 08:48, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

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Hi everyone, this is Sarah again. Please add the following items in the Select publications section.

1. Kälin – Kochenov Quality of Nationality Index - ISBN 9781509933235

2. Investment Migration Yearbook 2021/2022 (Christian H. Kälin, ed.) for Investment Migration Council - ISBN 9782839934299

Publisher details are documented below

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/k%C3%A4lin-and-kochenovs-quality-of-nationality-index-9781509933235/

Published by Investment Migration Council https://investmentmigration.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IM-Yearbook-2021-2022.pdf

Thanks in advance! Sarah Nicklin (talk) 06:55, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Approved Only the first publication was added. The second one failed ISBN verification. Regards,  Spintendo  12:31, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

Hi, this is Sarah from H&P. I am proposing two minor additions along with references.

1. Lead paragraph changes: Please add one word 'government advisor' in the first line. The first line could read as

Christian H. Kälin or Kaelin is a Swiss businessperson, author, government advisor^[1] and lawyer who is the chairman of Henley & Partners, an architect of citizenship-by-investment programs that allow wealthy individuals to obtain additional passports.

2. Career section changes: Please arrange the second paragraph of the Career section chronologically and add that he is the inventor of passport index concept. So, the second paragraph could read as

Kälin co-founded Arnova Capital in 2003. He is also the inventor of the passport index concept.^[2] In 2006, he created the Henley Passport Index, which ranks countries according to the travel freedom their citizens get from their passport. Kälin published the first edition of the Switzerland Business & Investment Handbook in 2006. In collaboration with Dimitry Kochenov, Kälin authors The Quality of Nationality Index (QNI), an annual report published since 2015. Kalin has also founded a Swiss health-advisory firm called SIP Medical Family Office. He is a member of the governing board of the Investment Migration Council, and founder and chairman of the Switzerland-based Andan Foundation.

Thanks in advance! Sarah Nicklin (talk) 09:27, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

Done Encoded Talk to me! 23:27, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

@Encoded thanks for reviewing my edit request. I have also posted a request on a related page

Thanks in advance!

Sarah Nicklin (talk) 10:09, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

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Hi, this is Sarah from H&P. I am proposing one very minor addition related to the language for consistency. Please update the info box and replace the word 'businessman' with 'businessperson' so it is in consistency with the introductory line of the page.

Quick facts Christian Kälin, Born ...

Christian Kälin
Kälin in 2015
Born	Christian H. Kälin 1971 (age 54–55)
Education	University of Zurich (2016, PhD)
Occupations	Lawyer, author, businessperson
Known for	Quality of Nationality Index
Title	Chairman, Henley & Partners
Website	chriskalin.com

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Thanks in advance! Sarah Nicklin (talk) 09:08, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Done Shadow311 (talk) 15:05, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

An impartial editor has reviewed the proposed edit(s) and asked the editor with a conflict of interest to go ahead and make the suggested changes.

Hi, this is Sarah from H&P. I am proposing two factual additions along with references.

1. Please add to the last line of the second paragraph of the career section (my addition in bold to make it convenient for you to understand the additions):
   • He is a member of the governing board of the Investment Migration Council, and founder and chairman of the Switzerland-based non-profit organization, Andan Foundation.^[1] The organization, with board members including Mohammed Nasheed, Mikael Ribbenvik Cassar, Taavi Rõivas and Michael Møller, works in the field of supporting refugees.^[2]
2. Please update the Title in infobox so it mentions Chairman and Partner (my addition in bold to make it convenient for you to understand the additions):

Quick facts Christian Kälin, Born ...

Christian Kälin
Kälin in 2015
Born	Christian H. Kälin 1971 (age 54–55)
Education	University of Zurich (PhD)
Occupations	Lawyer, author, businessperson
Known for	Quality of Nationality Index
Title	Chairman and Partner, Henley & Partners[3]
Website	chriskalin.com

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Thanks in advance! Sarah Nicklin (talk) 08:41, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi, please feel free to proceed to make these minor amendments. Regards, Axad12 (talk) 09:25, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Hi Axad12, thanks for your approval on this page too. I have made the changes to the article.

Sarah Nicklin (talk) 07:51, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

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Hi, this is Sarah from H&P. I'm proposing addition of new information along with relevant reference (my additions are marked in bold to make it convenient for you to understand the additions):

1. Early life and education

• Please edit the Early life and education section as follows. The new proposed lines are in bold:

Kälin was born in 1971 in Zürich. He grew up in Uitikon on Zurich’s Uetliberg. His father was a car mechanic, who later founded his own company.^[1] In his teenage years, Kälin began collecting immigration and citizenship laws from different countries, writing to embassies to request copies of their legislation and keeping the documents in a big binder. He told writer and journalist Atossa Araxia Abrahamian of this time in his life: "What always fascinated me was the inclusionary and exclusionary aspect of citizenship....I wanted to understand how different countries handled this."^[2]

Kälin studied in Paris, Auckland, and Zurich. He holds two doctorates, in law and philosophy. He earned master's and PhD degrees in law from the University of Zurich.^[3] His doctoral thesis was published under the title Ius Doni: The Acquisition of Citizenship by Investment. In the thesis, he wrote in support of citizenship by investment, arguing that it "creates social and economic development opportunities for States."^[4] He also coined the term ius doni, referring to people who gain citizenship through investment.^[5] As a lawyer, he specializes in immigration and citizenship law.^[1]

2. Career

• Please edit the first paragraph of the Career section as follows. The new proposed line is in bold:

At the start of his career, Kälin wanted to work for a major bank, and applied for apprenticeships at UBS and Credit Suisse.^[1] He trained as a banker before joining Henley & Partners as a consultant in 1994. There, he pioneered the concept of "citizenship by investment", whereby people can acquire citizenship in return for investing in a country of which they are not a national.^[6] Kälin makes a distinction between citizenship that can be "earned" through investment that is economically beneficial to a country, and "commodified" citizenship which can be simply bought, claiming that only the former method can be seen as legitimate.^[7] He also considers that "citizenship is inherently unjust".^[8]

• Please edit the second paragraph of the Career section as follows. The new proposed lines are in bold:

Kälin co-founded Arnova Capital, a Switzerland-based investment management firm, with Pendo Löfgren in 2003. The firm's investment algorithms have yielded double digit percentage annual returns since 2003. The firm also focuses on uranium and nuclear technology investments.^[1] As of 2023, the firm's assets under management were over $250 million.^[9] He is also the inventor of the passport index concept.^[10] In 2006, he created the Henley Passport Index, which ranks countries according to the travel freedom their citizens get from their passport.^[11][12] Kälin published the first edition of the Switzerland Business & Investment Handbook in 2006.^[13] In collaboration with Dimitry Kochenov, Kälin authors The Quality of Nationality Index (QNI), an annual^[14] report published since 2015.^[15] Kalin has also founded a Swiss health-advisory firm called SIP Medical Family Office in 1997.^[9] The firm provides international private health insurance and advises people on the selection of doctors and hospitals around the world.^[1] He is a member of the governing board of the Investment Migration Council,^[16] and founder and chairman of the Switzerland-based non-profit organization, Andan Foundation, which was founded in 2017.^[13][17] The organization, with board members including Mohammed Nasheed, Mikael Ribbenvik Cassar, Taavi Rõivas and Michael Møller, works in the field of supporting refugees.^[18] It aims to build new autonomous cities for refugees to address the global migration crisis.^[1]

3. Personal life

• Please edit the Personal life section as follows. The new proposed lines are in bold:

According to Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, Kälin possesses at least five passports personally.^[2]: 72 When asked by The Economist in 2017, Kälin declined to reveal how many passports he has.^[19] However, according to a 2025 media article, he holds passports from at least Austria, Grenada, Ireland, Malta, New Zealand, Türkiye, St. Kitts & Nevis and Switzerland and was quoted stating "Other people collect watches or cars. I collect passports." Kälin now lives mainly in Dubai and London.^[1]

Thanks in advance! Sarah Nicklin (talk) 08:46, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Not Done. The edit request consists pretty much entirely of trivial and non-encyclopaedic detail. Axad12 (talk) 15:48, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Axad12, thanks for weighing in on my request. Your review and feedback is much appreciated.

I understand that a few of the information might be trivial. So, I have revisited it and selected only the ones which are facts and should add value to the article. The information I am requesting to be added is marked in bold for your convenience:

1. Early life and education

Kälin was born in 1971 in Zürich. He grew up in Uitikon on Zurich’s Uetliberg.^[1] In his teenage years, he began collecting immigration and citizenship laws from different countries, writing to embassies to request copies of their legislation and keeping the documents in a big binder. He told writer and journalist Atossa Araxia Abrahamian of this time in his life: "What always fascinated me was the inclusionary and exclusionary aspect of citizenship....I wanted to understand how different countries handled this."^[2]

Kälin studied in Paris, Auckland, and Zurich. He earned master's and PhD degrees in law from the University of Zurich.^[3] He specializes in immigration and citizenship law.^[1] His doctoral thesis was published under the title Ius Doni: The Acquisition of Citizenship by Investment. In the thesis, he wrote in support of citizenship by investment, arguing that it "creates social and economic development opportunities for States."^[4] He also coined the term ius doni, referring to people who gain citizenship through investment.^[5]

2. Career

Kälin co-founded Arnova Capital, a Switzerland-based investment management firm, with Pendo Löfgren in 2003.^[1] As of 2023, the firm's assets under management were over $250 million.^[6] He is also the inventor of the passport index concept.^[7] In 2006, he created the Henley Passport Index, which ranks countries according to the travel freedom their citizens get from their passport.^[8][9] Kälin published the first edition of the Switzerland Business & Investment Handbook in 2006.^[10] In collaboration with Dimitry Kochenov, Kälin authors The Quality of Nationality Index (QNI), an annual^[11] report published since 2015.^[12] Kalin has also founded a Swiss health-advisory firm called SIP Medical Family Office in 1997.^[6] The firm provides international private health insurance and advisory services.^[1] He is a member of the governing board of the Investment Migration Council,^[13] and founder and chairman of the Switzerland-based non-profit organization, Andan Foundation, which was founded in 2017.^[10][14] The organization, with board members including Mohammed Nasheed, Mikael Ribbenvik Cassar, Taavi Rõivas and Michael Møller, works in the field of supporting refugees.^[15]

3. Personal life

According to Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, Kälin possesses at least five passports personally.^[2]: 72 When asked by The Economist in 2017, Kälin declined to reveal how many passports he has.^[16] As of 2025, Kälin lives mainly in Dubai and London.^[1]

Thanks in advance!

References

Sarah Nicklin (talk) 08:21, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Axad12, just a gentle follow up to check if you had a moment to review my response related to this request. Thanks in advance! Sarah Nicklin (talk) 08:22, 7 February 2025 (UTC)

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

Hi, this is Sarah from H&P. I'm proposing addition of some facts along with relevant reference. I have marked my additions in bold to make it convenient for you.

1. Early life and education

Kälin was born in 1971 in Zürich. He grew up in Uitikon on Zurich’s Uetliberg.^[1] In his teenage years, he began collecting immigration and citizenship laws from different countries, writing to embassies to request copies of their legislation and keeping the documents in a big binder. He told writer and journalist Atossa Araxia Abrahamian of this time in his life: "What always fascinated me was the inclusionary and exclusionary aspect of citizenship....I wanted to understand how different countries handled this."^[2]

Kälin studied in Paris, Auckland, and Zurich. He earned master's and PhD degrees in law from the University of Zurich.^[3] He specializes in immigration and citizenship law.^[1] His doctoral thesis was published under the title Ius Doni: The Acquisition of Citizenship by Investment. In the thesis, he wrote in support of citizenship by investment, arguing that it "creates social and economic development opportunities for States."^[4] He also coined the term ius doni, referring to people who gain citizenship through investment.^[5]

2. Career

Kälin co-founded Arnova Capital, a Switzerland-based investment management firm, with Pendo Löfgren in 2003.^[1] As of 2023, the firm's assets under management were over $250 million.^[6] He is also the inventor of the passport index concept.^[7] In 2006, he created the Henley Passport Index, which ranks countries according to the travel freedom their citizens get from their passport.^[8][9] Kälin published the first edition of the Switzerland Business & Investment Handbook in 2006.^[10] In collaboration with Dimitry Kochenov, Kälin authors The Quality of Nationality Index (QNI), an annual^[11] report published since 2015.^[12] Kalin has also founded a Swiss health-advisory firm called SIP Medical Family Office in 1997.^[6] The firm provides international private medical insurance and health advisory services.^[1] He is a member of the governing board of the Investment Migration Council,^[13] and founder and chairman of the Switzerland-based non-profit organization, Andan Foundation, which was founded in 2017.^[10][14] The organization, with board members including Mohammed Nasheed, Mikael Ribbenvik Cassar, Taavi Rõivas and Michael Møller, works in the field of supporting refugees.^[15]

3. Personal life

According to Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, Kälin possesses at least five passports personally.^[2]: 72 When asked by The Economist in 2017, Kälin declined to reveal how many passports he has.^[16] As of 2025, Kälin lives mainly in Dubai and London.^[1]

Thanks in advance! Sarah Nicklin (talk) 06:08, 23 May 2025 (UTC)

Done Encoded  Talk 💬 17:18, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

Hi Encoded, thanks for reviewing my edit request. Sarah Nicklin (talk) 10:17, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest was declined. Some or all of the changes may be promotional in tone.

Hi, this is Sarah from H&P. I'm proposing addition of city name and one line fact along with a reference (I have marked the new addition in bold to make it convenient for you to understand). Also removed the 2003 year as it was mentioned twice in the same sentence.

Career section

Kälin co-founded Arnova Capital, a Zug, Switzerland-based investment management firm with Pendo Löfgren in 2003. The firm has developed two investment models, the quantitative Arnova Summa Summarum and the discretionary Arnova Optima Occasio, which invests in sectors such as nuclear energy, oil and gas, and shipping.^[1] As of 2023, the firm's assets under management were over $250 million.

Thanks in advance! Sarah Nicklin (talk) 09:47, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

Not done: A majority of the requested changes are currently written in a promotional tone. Please review WP:Neutral point of view and ensure you follow this before submitting any edit requests. Also, its unclear what "A Zug" is. Mustbeotherwise (talk) 11:30, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi Mustbeotherwise, thanks for weighing in on my request. We really appreciate you taking out the time to review it.

Sarah Nicklin (talk) 08:40, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

The user below has a request that an edit be made to Christian Kälin. That user has an actual or apparent conflict of interest. The requested edits backlog is very high. Please be extremely patient. There are currently 477 requests waiting for review. Please read the instructions for the parameters used by this template for accepting and declining them, and review the request below and make the edit if it is well sourced, neutral, and follows other Wikipedia guidelines and policies.

Hi, this is Sarah from H&P. Please add the academic details about PhD and doctoral thesis at the end of the Early life and education section.

I have marked the addition in bold to make it convenient for you.

Kälin was born in 1971 in Zürich. He grew up in Uitikon on Zurich’s Uetliberg.^[1] In his teenage years, he began collecting immigration and citizenship laws from different countries, writing to embassies to request copies of their legislation and keeping the documents in a big binder.^[2]

Kälin studied in Paris, Auckland, and Zurich. He earned master's and PhD degrees in law from the University of Zurich.^[3] He specializes in immigration and citizenship law.^[1] His doctoral thesis was published under the title Ius Doni: The Acquisition of Citizenship by Investment. In the thesis, he wrote in support of citizenship by investment, arguing that it "creates social and economic development opportunities for States."^[4] He also coined the term ius doni, referring to people who gain citizenship through investment.^[5] Kälin also holds a PhD in philosophy. His doctoral thesis "Citizenship and Human Rights, From Exclusive and Universal to Global Rights: A New Framework" was published by Bloomsbury.^[6][7][8]

Thanks in advance! ~2026-23086-06 (talk) 07:18, 16 April 2026 (UTC)