In a tweet on Friday, Bukele stated that El Salvador is offering 5,000 free passports, equivalent to $5 billion in their passport program, to highly skilled scientists, engineers, doctors, artists, and philosophers from abroad.
He emphasized that this represents less than 0.1% of the country’s population, and granting them full citizen status, including voting rights, poses no issue.
He also promised 0% taxes and tariffs on moving families and assets, including commercial value items like equipment, software, and intellectual property.