Dominica
CBIU · S.R.O. No. 8 of 2024
✓Lowest entry of the five Caribbean programmes✓No stay and no visit required, ever✓Rules restated in S.R.O. No. 8 of 2024
A second passport is a filing exercise, not a purchase.
Seven citizenship-by-investment programmes, each run by a named authority under a named act. We prepare the file, put it through due diligence, and tell you before you pay which passport still opens the doors you are buying it for, and which one no longer does.
7
programmes we file
27 yrs
on the international market
60+
in-house specialists
Updated
Where we file
Seven programmes, and what each one is actually for
Antigua and Barbuda
Citizenship by Investment Unit · CBI Act, 2013 (No. 2 of 2013)
✓Cheapest for a family of four on the NDF route✓Five days of presence in the first five years✓Passport issued for five years, then renewed
Grenada
CBIC · IMA Grenada · CBI Act No. 15 of 2013
✓Processing time published by the authority itself✓No residence requirement in force today✓Foreign income is not taxed
Saint Lucia
CIU · CBI Board · Minister · CBI Act No. 14 of 2015
✓Fastest published target - around 90 days✓The oath may be sworn abroad✓Youngest of the Caribbean acts, 2015
Saint Kitts and Nevis
CIU - statutory corporation · Cap. 1.05 · SRO 20 of 2024
✓The oldest programme in the world, running since 1984✓No personal income tax since 1980✓Decision window fixed at 120-180 days
Vanuatu
Citizenship Commission · COC · Citizenship Act [CAP 112]
✓Three months by statute, not by promise✓No income, capital gains or inheritance tax✓No EU visa-free access - see below
Türkiye
NVİGM · decree of the President · Law No. 5901, art. 12
✓A G20 economy, not an island jurisdiction✓Property route - the money buys an asset✓Opens the US E-2 route for Turkish citizens
The part agents leave out
Visa-free Europe is not a permanent feature of these passports
The European Union treats investor citizenship as a security and migration risk, and it has already acted on that view once. Anyone selling you a passport on the strength of a Schengen count owes you this page.
✓Vanuatu no longer has EU visa-free travel at all. Suspended in 2022, then removed outright by the Council on 12 December 2024✓The removal was made permanent by Regulation (EU) 2025/11, amending the EU visa regulation 2018/1806✓The five Eastern Caribbean programmes keep visa-free access today, but sit inside the Commission's formal monitoring under the visa suspension mechanism✓Türkiye has never had EU visa-free travel, so nothing there can be lost
We will still file Vanuatu for you. It is the fastest and cheapest passport here, and for some clients that is the point. We will not let you buy it believing it opens Europe.
Ask which passport fits your travel →What it does do
What a second citizenship is worth once the marketing is stripped out
Not a tax plan and not a lifestyle upgrade. A second citizenship is an exit option and a set of rights that do not depend on one government staying friendly to you.
✓A travel document that is not tied to the country you were born in✓The right to enter and live somewhere, whatever happens where you live now✓A banking and residency footprint outside a single jurisdiction✓Citizenship for the family, and in most of these programmes for children born later
None of these programmes changes where you pay tax. That follows residence, not a passport. See the section below.
Get a free eligibility check →What the engagement covers
From eligibility check to the passport in your hand
These programmes are filed through licensed agents, and the authority talks to the agent, not to you. We build the file, run it, and stay on it until the certificate is issued.
Always included:
✓Eligibility and risk assessment before anything is paid✓Choice of programme and route against what you actually want from it✓The full source-of-funds and source-of-wealth file✓Preparation, legalisation and translation of every document✓Filing through the licensed agent and handling every question the unit sends back
Where it is needed:
✓Structuring the investment itself. Fund contribution, property, or business✓Bank account and card in the new jurisdiction✓Tax residency analysis for the family, separately from the citizenship
Property routes need their own diligence: the developer, the title and the exit are three different risks and we look at all three.
| Stage | Who does it | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Eligibility check | Our lawyer | A written yes, no, or "not on these facts" |
| Source of funds | You and us | A documented chain from earnings to the payment |
| Due diligence | The government's vetting firm | An approval-in-principle, or a refusal |
| Investment | You | A receipt the unit accepts |
| Oath and passport | The authority | Certificate of registration, then the passport |
The non-refundable part is the due diligence fee. That is why we do the eligibility work first and why we sometimes tell people not to apply.
Comparison
The seven programmes side by side
Minimums are the single-applicant floor on the cheapest route. Family, agent and due-diligence fees sit on top and change the ranking. Ask us for the real number for your family size.
01
Cheapest today - Vanuatu
130,000 USD for a single applicant. It is also the one programme on this page with no EU visa-free access at all, so the saving has a price attached.
02
Cheapest that still opens Europe - Dominica
200,000 USD to the fund, with no stay and no visit required at any point, before or after the passport is issued.
03
Fastest published target - Saint Lucia
Around 90 days, published by the CIU itself rather than quoted to you as an agent’s average.
04
The only statutory deadline - Vanuatu
Three months is written into the Citizenship Act. Everywhere else the timeline is a target the authority can miss without consequence.
| Programme | Minimum | Processing | Residence | Passport |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DominicaMore details → | 200,000 USD - fund or property | 3-6 months | None - no stay, no visit | Up to 10 years, renewable |
| Antigua and BarbudaMore details → | 230,000 USD - NDF | Not published by the CIU | 5 days in first five years | Valid 5 years, renewable |
| GrenadaMore details → | 235,000 USD - NTF | 3-6 months (IMA) | None in force today | 10 yrs · 5 yrs under 18 |
| Saint LuciaMore details → | 240,000 USD - NEF | ~90 days (CIU) | None - oath may be sworn abroad | Validity not published |
| Saint Kitts and NevisMore details → | 250,000 USD (SISC) | 120-180 days to a decision | None | Valid 10 years |
| VanuatuMore details → | 130,000 USD - DSP single | 3 months - statutory deadline | None - not even a visit | 5 years, per COC FAQ |
| TürkiyeMore details → | 400,000 USD - property | No authority publishes one | None once granted | 10 yrs · 5 yrs under 18 |
Important: Two authorities do not publish a processing time at all. Antigua and Barbuda, and Türkiye. Any agent quoting you one for those two is quoting their own average, not a commitment.
Nothing in this table is a recommendation. Which one fits depends on your travel, your family and what you would do with the passport. That is the conversation, and it is free.
Before you apply
What every one of these programmes will ask of you
The programmes differ on price and speed. They barely differ on this list, and this list is where applications actually fail.
01
A clean criminal record Police certificates from every country you have lived in, usually for the last ten years, legalised and translated.
02
Source of funds, documented to the payment Not a letter asserting where the money came from. The chain of documents that proves it, from the earning event to the account it sits in.
03
Source of wealth, across the years How the capital was accumulated over a career, not just where it sits today. This is the part most refused files get wrong.
04
No undisclosed visa refusal A refusal from a country the programme has visa-free access to is disqualifying in several of these programmes, and always disqualifying if you hide it.
05
No sanctions exposure Neither you nor a close associate on any sanctions list. Screening is run by an outside firm the government pays, not by us.
06
Medical evidence A medical certificate, and in some programmes an HIV test, for every applicant over the stated age.
07
Full family documents Birth and marriage certificates, passports and photographs for every person on the application, legalised and translated.
08
Proof of address and professional history Utility bills or their equivalent, plus employment or company records covering the period the money was earned.
09
An interview, where it is called for Some programmes require one as standard; others call for one when the risk profile raises a question. It is conducted remotely in most cases.
10
The government due-diligence fee, paid up front Charged per applicant and not refunded if you are refused. This is the money the eligibility check exists to protect.
Note: Politically exposed persons are not excluded, but the file is a different piece of work and the answer is slower. Tell us at the start, not after the refusal.
On the ground
Seventeen offices, our own people
Prague
Czech Republic
Vlkova 532/8, Žižkov
Berlin
Germany
Rankestraße 26
Singapore
Singapore
3 Church Street, #29-68 Samsung Hub
Bangkok
Thailand
Unit P01, Penthouse, VASU1, 1 Sukhumvit 25 Alley
Foshan
China
A-Tower, Yuneng Digital Plaza, 46 Lishui Avenue South
Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan
32 Razzakov Street
How it works
Five stages, and the real timing of each
STEP 01
Eligibility and choice of programme
We look at your passport, your travel, your family and your money, and say which of the seven is worth filing - or that none of them is. Written, free, and before any fee is paid.
STEP 02
The source-of-funds file
The slowest part, and it is on you as much as on us. Bank records, sale contracts, tax returns, company accounts. Everything that turns a balance into a documented history.
STEP 03
Filing through the licensed agent
The application goes to the unit through an authorised agent. From here the authority speaks to the agent, and the agent speaks to us.
STEP 04
Government due diligence
An outside vetting firm checks you, your money and your associations. Questions come back; answering them fast is what keeps the file moving.
STEP 05
Investment, oath and passport
On approval-in-principle you pay the contribution or complete the purchase. Then the certificate of registration, then the passport.
Why Prifinance
Why bring this to a law firm rather than an agent
Licensed agents are paid to file applications. We are paid to tell you whether filing one is a good idea, and that is a different job.
01
We are not paid by the programme
Our fee does not change with which country you pick, so the recommendation is not a commission.
02
The refusal risk is assessed first
The due-diligence fee is not refundable. We would rather lose the engagement than have you lose that money.
03
The source-of-funds file is built by lawyers
This is the same work we do for licence applications and bank onboarding, for 27 years and 400+ regulatory files.
04
You are told what the passport does not do
Including where it has already stopped working, and which programmes are under formal monitoring.
05
The company, the account and the tax question in one place
Most people who buy a passport need a structure around it. It is the same team down the corridor.
Your team
The people who will run your file
Dmitri Mihhailov
General Partner
Leads Prifinance's corporate practice and oversees client engagements, with senior expertise in international company structuring and bank-account setup.
Eugeniu Bevziuc
Corporate services advisor
Corporate services and compliance: documents, legalisation and the questions the due-diligence firm sends back.
Alex Danila
Company formation specialist
Your day-to-day contact - coordinates incorporation, documents and the bank introduction, from the first call through to launch.
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Good to know
What citizenship does - and does not - do to your taxes
This is the most oversold part of the whole market. A passport is not a tax residence, and none of these programmes moves your tax base by itself.
Tax follows residence, not citizenship
Except for a handful of countries, where you pay tax is decided by where you actually live. Buying a Caribbean passport while living in Europe changes nothing.
The islands themselves are genuinely low-tax
Saint Kitts and Nevis has had no personal income tax since 1980, and Vanuatu levies no income, capital gains or inheritance tax at all. That matters only if you move there.
The Caribbean states do tax residents
Dominica, Grenada and Saint Lucia all run personal income tax with rates up to 30-35% once you are ordinarily resident. Grenada does not tax foreign income.
CRS does not care about your new passport
Banks report on tax residence, and a second citizenship does not erase the first one. Anyone selling a passport as a reporting fix is selling you a problem.
Important: If the reason for the passport is tax, the conversation you need is about residence and exit taxes first. We will have that one before we file anything.
Client notes
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FAQ
Questions we get before the first payment
Which programme is the cheapest?+
Vanuatu, at 130,000 USD for a single applicant. Among programmes that still carry EU visa-free access, Dominica at 200,000 USD.
Which is the fastest?+
Vanuatu has a three-month deadline written into the Citizenship Act, and Saint Lucia publishes a target of around 90 days. Antigua and Barbuda and Türkiye publish no processing time at all.
Do I have to live there?+
In five of the seven, no, not even a visit. Antigua and Barbuda requires five days of presence in the first five years. Türkiye requires nothing once citizenship is granted.
Is the money refundable if I am refused?+
The investment itself is only paid after approval-in-principle, so it is not at risk. The government due-diligence fee is paid up front and is not refunded. That is the money the eligibility check protects.
Can I be refused, and why does it happen?+
Yes. The usual causes are an undocumented source of funds, a visa refusal that was not disclosed, adverse media, or a sanctions association. Almost none of them are about the amount of money.
Does a second passport lower my taxes?+
By itself, no. Tax follows residence. Changing residence is a separate exercise with its own consequences, including exit taxes in some countries.
Do I have to give up my current citizenship?+
These programmes do not ask you to. Whether your own country allows dual citizenship is a question about its law, and we will check it before you file.
What happened with Vanuatu and the EU?+
Visa-free travel was suspended in 2022 and then ended altogether - the Council removed Vanuatu from the EU visa-free list on 12 December 2024, made permanent by Regulation (EU) 2025/11.
Could the Caribbean programmes lose visa-free access too?+
They keep it today, and they are inside the Commission's formal monitoring under the visa suspension mechanism. We do not predict outcomes; we tell you the status when you ask.
Can my family be included?+
Yes - spouse, children and, in most of these programmes, dependent parents. Each additional person changes the total, sometimes enough to change which programme is cheapest for you.
Free consultation
Find out whether you would be approved - before you pay anything
Tell us your citizenship, where you live, roughly where the money came from and what you want the passport for. You get a written answer: which programme, what it will really cost for your family, and what in your file needs work.
Written assessment within 2-5 business days