Caribbean
Dominica
From USD 200,000
- About three to six months, as published
- No residence rule in the regulations
- Visa-free short stays in Schengen
Caribbean citizenship by investment
The Caribbean five
Five island states whose passports travel visa-free to the Schengen area, with a new regional regulator on the way.
Information checked 4 October 2026
Programmes
Five programmes, five starting prices
Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda
From USD 230,000
- First reply in about 90 days, as published
- Five days in the first five years
- No UK visit visa needed
Caribbean
Grenada
From USD 235,000
- Approval within 60 business days, as published
- No residence rule in force
- Visa-free short stays in Schengen
Caribbean
Saint Lucia
From USD 240,000
- About 90 days, as published
- Visa-free short stays in Schengen
- Children qualify up to 21 without conditions
Caribbean
St Kitts and Nevis
From USD 250,000
- Decision in 120 to 180 days, as published
- No residence rule in force
- No UK visit visa needed
Government minimum. Agent and professional fees are additional.
Residence
Do any of them make you live there?
Today, Antigua and Barbuda is the clear case, with five days in the first five years. Saint Lucia's law has required residency and a genuine link since 1 January 2026, but no regulation yet says what that means in practice.
The bigger change is regional. The agreement setting up the Eastern Caribbean regulator requires each main applicant and dependant to spend 30 days in the country, and every one of the five has enacted it. It starts only when the regulator is operating and the five agree a date, which had not happened at the last official word.
Eligibility
Can Russian or Iranian citizens apply?
Russian citizens are not accepted by Dominica and St Kitts and Nevis; the other three name no bar on their official pages. Iranian citizens are not accepted by St Kitts and Nevis, and are refused unless conditions are met by Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda. Both sets of conditions turn on at least ten years spent living outside Iran and no economic ties to it.
Regional rules
A common floor and a new regulator
Under a 2024 memorandum the five agreed a common minimum price for any investment option, so no programme can undercut the others below it.
The regulator, the Eastern Caribbean Citizenship by Investment Regulatory Authority, was agreed in September 2025. Until it is operating, the shared rules that depend on it, the 30-day presence rule among them, stay on paper.
Travel
How other countries treat these passports
From 1 January 2026 the United States suspended visitor, student and immigrant visas for nationals of Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica, giving as its only country-specific reason that each “has historically had CBI without residency”.
The UK requires visit visas of Dominica (since 2023) and Saint Lucia (since March 2026); Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis and Antigua remain visa-free with an electronic travel authorisation. All five are still visa-exempt for short Schengen stays, but the European Commission has named their investor schemes as a concern to examine under its suspension mechanism.
Start with a private consultation
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Sources and last checked
- Commonwealth of Dominica Citizenship by Investment Regulations, 2024 (S.R.O. No. 8 of 2024, gazetted 28 June 2024), checked 4 October 2026
- Antigua and Barbuda Citizenship by Investment (Amendment) Regulations 2024, Statutory Instrument 2024 No. 50 (made 25 July 2024), hosted by CIU, checked 4 October 2026
- Grenada Citizenship by Investment (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, SRO 15 of 2024 (gazetted 28 June 2024, in force 1 July 2024), checked 4 October 2026
- Citizenship by Investment (Amendment)(No. 2) Regulations, S.I. No. 106 of 2024 (in force 1 July 2024), checked 4 October 2026
- St Kitts and Nevis Citizenship by Substantial Investment Regulations, 2024 (SRO No. 20 of 2024), checked 4 October 2026
- CIU — Citizenship page, checked 4 October 2026
- Saint Lucia Citizenship by Investment (Amendment) Act No. 22 of 2025, s 8 (inserting s 30A 'Residency and genuine link requirments'), checked 4 October 2026
- Antigua and Barbuda — Eastern Caribbean Citizenship by Investment Regulatory Authority Agreement Act, 2025 (No. 18 of 2025), Agreement Art. 48.2(a), checked 4 October 2026
- Citizenship Unit of St Kitts and Nevis (ciu.gov.kn), 28 Sep 2026, checked 4 October 2026
- Citizenship by Investment Unit of St Kitts and Nevis — Eligibility criteria, checked 4 October 2026
- Citizenship by Investment Unit of Dominica — Banned nationalities, checked 4 October 2026
- Citizenship by Investment Unit of Antigua and Barbuda — FAQ, checked 4 October 2026
- OECS Commission media release, 22 June 2024, checked 4 October 2026
- Federal Register Vol. 90 No. 242 (19 Dec 2025), Proclamation 10998 (FR Doc. 2025-23570), govinfo.gov, checked 4 October 2026
- Home Office, Explanatory memorandum to Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules HC 1715, 19 July 2023 (GOV.UK), checked 4 October 2026
- Home Office, Explanatory memorandum to Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules HC 1691, 5 March 2026 (GOV.UK), checked 4 October 2026
- European Commission, Eighth Report under the Visa Suspension Mechanism, COM(2025) 792 final, 19.12.2025, checked 4 October 2026