
15 years in cross-border structuring. Matches the family to the right route - the EDF or an approved property - at the real total cost and leads the file through due diligence to approval.
The lowest entry price in the Eastern Caribbean - 200,000 USD to the Economic Diversification Fund, or 200,000 USD in an approved property held for three years. No residence requirement, no visit, decision in three to six months. Read the US entry restrictions in force since 1 January 2026 before you decide.
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Dominica grants citizenship by naturalisation under s. 101 of its Constitution and the Commonwealth of Dominica Citizenship Act, Chap. 1:10 (ss. 8-9), through a dedicated Citizenship by Investment Unit (CBIU). The commercial terms sit in the Citizenship by Investment Regulations 2024 (S.R.O. No. 1 of 2024, gazetted 8 February 2024) as amended by S.R.O. No. 8 of 2024, gazetted 28 June 2024 and in force from 1 July 2024. Those amendments set the figures you will actually pay: 200,000 USD to the Economic Diversification Fund (EDF) for a single applicant, 250,000 USD for a main applicant with up to three dependants, or 200,000 USD in a government-approved real-estate project on top of a 75,000 USD government fee. Applications are not accepted from you directly - every file goes through an Authorised Agent from the CBIU register.
It suits families who want a second citizenship without moving: no residence or visit is required before or after the grant, dual citizenship is permitted, and the whole process runs remotely. Two facts belong in the decision before any money moves. First, a US Presidential Proclamation of 16 December 2025 has imposed partial entry restrictions on Dominican nationals since 1 January 2026; the Prime Minister's office states that holders of valid US visas continue to travel as normal, but this passport is not a way into the United States. Second, the programme is being rebuilt at regional level - Parliament passed the ECCIRA Agreement Bill on 14 October 2025, creating the Eastern Caribbean Citizenship by Investment Regulatory Authority over Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis and Saint Lucia, with mandatory standards for units and intermediaries, biometrics, escrow accounts and penalties up to 250,000 USD. The date the Authority starts work has not been announced, and its rules can change the terms below.
Naturalisation under the Citizenship Act, Chap. 1:10, run by the CBIU. Current amounts: S.R.O. No. 8 of 2024, in force 1 July 2024.
200,000 USD to the EDF or in approved property. No residence requirement - but US entry restrictions apply since 1 January 2026, and ECCIRA may change the rules.
The 2024 Regulations leave exactly two qualifying investments. The fund route is a one-off non-refundable contribution and ends there; the property route buys an asset you may resell after three years, but carries a separate government fee that closes most of the gap between them.
Two routes only: a non-refundable EDF contribution, or approved property held three years.
A non-refundable contribution to the state fund, priced by family size. The cheapest single-applicant entry in the Eastern Caribbean and the simplest file to run: nothing to hold, nothing to sell, no exit to plan.
A non-refundable contribution to the state fund, priced by family size. The cheapest single-applicant entry in the Eastern Caribbean and the simplest file to run: nothing to hold, nothing to sell, no exit to plan.
A minimum 200,000 USD purchase in a project approved by the Government, plus a government fee scaled to your family. Several applicants may invest in one project, each at no less than the minimum.
From 200,000 USD in an approved project, plus a 75,000 USD government fee. Three-year resale bar.
On top of the investment: due diligence 7,500 USD for the main applicant and 4,000 USD per dependant aged 16 and over; enhanced due diligence, where your nationality triggers it, 25,000 USD for the main applicant, 15,000 USD for a spouse or dependant aged 16 and over and 10,000 USD for a dependant aged 12 to 15; a 1,000 USD processing fee per application; 1,000 USD per interview; 500 USD for the Certificate of Naturalisation and 500 USD for the passport. These are the amounts set by S.R.O. No. 8 of 2024 and still shown on CBIU's own pages as at 26 August 2026. A document titled CBI Amendment Regulation 2025 is posted on the CBIU legislation page as a scanned PDF with no machine-readable text - its S.R.O. number, gazette date and contents could not be verified, so we re-confirm the fee schedule with the Authorised Agent before you transfer anything.
Every claim below traces to a government source: the 2024 Regulations as amended, the CBIU's own published pages, or the Inland Revenue Division. Where the Government publishes nothing, this page says so rather than filling the gap.
200,000 USD to the EDF for a single applicant - below every neighbouring OECS programme since the aligned increase took effect on 1 July 2024. For a family of four the figure is 250,000 USD, which puts Dominica mid-pack rather than first; the advantage is real for one or two people.200,000 USD EDF for one applicant; 250,000 USD for a family of four.
Approved real estate from 200,000 USD, with resale barred for three years from the grant of citizenship. Neighbouring programmes lock property up for five to seven years at a higher entry price.Three years from the grant, against five to seven next door.
Living in Dominica is not required before or after the grant. The Government announced on 11 June 2026 that it intends to introduce a personal visit requirement for successful applicants, with details promised in the 2026/2027 National Budget - as at 26 August 2026 nothing has been enacted.Not required before or after. A visit rule is announced but not enacted.
Spouse; children under 18 without conditions and 18 to 30 in full-time higher education under full support; unmarried daughters under 25 living with and fully supported by you; adult children with a physical or mental disability. Parents and grandparents of either spouse qualify from 65. Siblings are not on the list.Spouse, children to 30 on conditions, parents from 65. No siblings.
Dominica does not require you to give up your existing nationality, and the passport is issued for up to ten years - five for children under 16. Per CBIU's FAQ, renewal does not require a trip to Dominica.Passport up to 10 years; renewal without travelling to Dominica.
A four-nation free movement agreement between Dominica, Barbados, Belize and St Vincent and the Grenadines took effect on 1 October 2025: the right to live, work and stay indefinitely, without visas or work permits, confirmed on the CBIU's own news page.Live and work in Barbados, Belize and St Vincent since 1 Oct 2025.
The five Eastern Caribbean programmes raised their thresholds together under the OECS Memorandum of Agreement, and the ECCIRA Agreement Bill of 14 October 2025 puts all five - Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis and Saint Lucia - under one regional regulator. What still separates them is price, the length of the property lock-up and what happens if you ever become tax-resident there. Figures for the neighbouring programmes are their official published minimums, checked on the same date as Dominica's.
| Feature | Dominica | Other OECS programmes |
|---|---|---|
| Donation, single applicant | $200,000 - EDF | $230,000-$250,000 |
| Property minimum | $200,000 + $75,000 fee | $300,000-$350,000 |
| Property holding period | 3 years | 5-7 years |
| Stay or visit required | None | Antigua: 5 days over 5 years |
| Country | Donation route | Property route | Personal income tax |
|---|---|---|---|
Dominica | EDF from $200,000 | $200,000 · 3-year hold | 15/25/35% if tax-resident |
Antigua and Barbuda | NDF from $230,000 | $300,000 · 5-year hold | None on individuals |
Saint Lucia | NEF from $240,000 | $300,000 · 5-year hold | 15/20/30% if tax-resident |
St Kitts and Nevis | SISC from $250,000 | $325,000 · 7-year hold | Abolished in 1980 |
Dominica
Antigua and Barbuda
Saint Lucia
St Kitts and NevisThe CBIU assesses the file against the 2024 Regulations and independent due-diligence reports. Nothing here is discretionary window-dressing - each line below is a documented ground on which a file is accepted or refused.
The 2024 Regulations tightened the test for adult dependants from substantial to full support, so files built on the old wording now fail. Verbatim text of the Citizenship Act, Chap. 1:10 and of s. 101 of the Constitution could not be quoted here: the official PDFs on cbiu.gov.dm are scans without machine-readable text, so the wording above follows CBIU's published legislation and FAQ pages. Checked 26 August 2026.2024 Regulations: adult dependants need full, not substantial, support. Checked 26.08.2026.
The CBIU accepts no direct applications. The agent must come from the official register - we select one and hold the mandate for you.No direct applications - the agent must be on the CBIU register.
Forms, medical examination, police certificates and the source-of-funds evidence. Two to six weeks in the CBIU's own Application Process Guide, and the stage where most files are won or lost.Forms, medicals, police certificates, source of funds - 2-6 weeks.
The agent files the application with the Unit and pays the 1,000 USD processing fee. The statutory clock starts from submission.Agent files; 1,000 USD processing fee; the clock starts.
Independent firms and the JRCC vet every applicant; restricted nationalities trigger enhanced due diligence at 25,000 USD for the main applicant.Independent firms and the JRCC; enhanced DD where required.
Required of every applicant aged 16 and over, virtually or in person, at 1,000 USD per interview. The panel is at least three people. Refusing or failing to attend means refusal of citizenship.Everyone 16+, 1,000 USD; non-attendance means refusal.
The 2024 Regulations set three months from submission; CBIU's 2025 Guide says three to four months and its August 2026 material says approximately three to six. The grant is discretionary - no one can promise it.3 months by Regulation; 3-6 months in practice. Discretionary.
The contribution or the property purchase is made only after approval in principle, not before. Your money is not at risk while the file is under review.Paid only after approval in principle - never before.
The Certificate of Naturalisation is issued at 500 USD, the passport at 500 USD - three to six weeks. No oath and no trip to Dominica are required as things stand.Certificate 500 USD, passport 500 USD, 3-6 weeks. No oath.
Official timings differ between government sources: three months from submission under the 2024 Regulations, three to four months in the CBIU Application Process Guide 2025, and approximately three to six months in CBIU material of 13 August 2026. We plan against the longest of them.

EDF against property for your actual family: contribution, government fee, due diligence, interview and passport fees added up before you commit, not after.EDF or property, with every fee totalled for your family up front.
The pack that decides the outcome - origin of wealth, banking trail, police certificates and medicals, assembled to survive independent due diligence the first time.Origin of wealth and banking trail built to clear due diligence.
The CBIU takes no application from you directly. We run the file through an agent on the official register and stay on it through every query and enhanced-due-diligence request.The CBIU takes no direct filings - we run it through the register.
Preparation for the mandatory panel interview for every applicant aged 16 and over, then the Certificate of Naturalisation and the passport itself.Panel interview prep from age 16, then certificate and passport.







Read this section rather than the CBIU's marketing pages. The Unit's "Benefits" page and FAQ advertise zero personal income tax and no tax on foreign income; the Inland Revenue Division administers a 15/25/35% personal income tax, and CBIU's own analytical paper confirms worldwide taxation for individuals who are ordinarily resident. The reconciliation is simple: citizenship on its own creates no tax residence in Dominica, so most new citizens never touch these rates - but the rates exist, and if you move there they apply to you.
A Dominica passport puts you on no tax roll by itself. Residence turns on physical presence of more than 183 days, on maintaining a permanent home you actually occupy, or on being treated as resident by reference to the preceding or following year.Residence needs 183 days, a permanent home, or prior-year status.
Rates in force since 1 January 2018: nothing on the first EC$30,000, 15% from EC$30,001 to 50,000, 25% from EC$50,001 to 80,000 and 35% above EC$80,000. This is the Inland Revenue Division's published scale.Free to EC$30,000, then 15%, 25% above EC$50,000, 35% above EC$80,000.
CBIU's own paper, "Citizenship vs Residency: The Taxation Implications of Citizenship", states that ordinarily resident individuals pay income tax on all income from any source, inside or outside Dominica. Resident but not ordinarily resident means foreign income is taxed only as remitted. Non-residents face no worldwide charge at all.Worldwide income taxed; non-residents face no worldwide charge.
Two arms of the same government disagree in writing. Where the marketing page and the revenue authority conflict, plan against the revenue authority - and against the tax residence you actually hold, which for most applicants is not Dominica and does not end because you acquired a second passport.CBIU marketing says zero; the revenue authority says otherwise.
None of the three appears in the Inland Revenue Division's list of administered taxes. That is an absence from the official list rather than a statutory exemption we can quote, so treat it as the current administrative position. Corporate income tax is 25%, with VAT, excise, PAYE, withholding and road and departure taxes also administered.Absent from the IRD's list. Corporate income tax is 25%.
Dominica exchanges financial account information under the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information (Common Reporting Standard) Act, 2019 (Act No. 6 of 2019). The Inland Revenue Division published the reportable-jurisdiction list for the 2025 period on 5 January 2026 - 85 jurisdictions. A second citizenship does not make an account invisible.Act No. 6 of 2019; 85 reportable jurisdictions for 2025.
*Dominica citizenship does not by itself make you tax-resident in Dominica, and it does not end tax residence where you live now. We model your real position - both countries - before you apply.
We provide end-to-end support, from choosing the route and preparing the source-of-funds file to submission through a licensed agent and collection of the passport - with an individualized approach to each family.

15 years in cross-border structuring. Matches the family to the right route - the EDF or an approved property - at the real total cost and leads the file through due diligence to approval.

Builds the application itself: police certificates, medicals, the source-of-funds evidence and the Authorised Agent submission. His document sets are the reason files clear due diligence the first time.

First point of contact for international families. Runs the whole process remotely, across time zones and languages - from the first call to the Certificate of Naturalisation and the passport.
Full-service support - route selection, the source-of-funds file, submission through an Authorised Agent, and the passport at the end. Including an honest read on the US entry restrictions and the ECCIRA reforms before you commit.
Get a consultation →Our legal team will assess your case at no cost and put it in writing: which programme, which route, what the total cost is for your family composition, and where the due-diligence risks sit.
The qualifying investment is 200,000 USD to the Economic Diversification Fund for a single applicant, or 250,000 USD for a main applicant with up to three dependants; extra dependants add 25,000 USD each under 18 and 40,000 USD each from 18. The property route is 200,000 USD in an approved project plus a government fee of 75,000 USD for the main applicant or 100,000 USD with up to three dependants. Due diligence, processing, interview, certificate and passport fees come on top. All figures are from S.R.O. No. 8 of 2024, in force since 1 July 2024.
Two: the EDF contribution, which is non-refundable and has no holding period, and a purchase in a government-approved real-estate project, which cannot be resold for three years from the grant of citizenship. Several applicants may invest in one project provided each meets the minimum separately.
The 2024 Regulations require a decision within three months of submission. CBIU's Application Process Guide 2025 sets out two to six weeks for documents, three to four months to approval and three to six weeks for naturalisation; CBIU material of 13 August 2026 says approximately three to six months overall. Plan against three to six months and treat anything faster as upside.
No. There is no residence requirement before or after the grant, and no oath or visit is required as things stand. On 11 June 2026 the Government announced its intention to introduce a personal visit requirement for successful applicants, with details promised in the 2026/2027 National Budget - as at 26 August 2026 it has not been enacted, and the parameters are not published.
Your spouse; children under 18 without conditions; children aged 18 to 30 in full-time higher education at a recognised institution and fully supported by you or your spouse; unmarried daughters under 25 living with you and fully supported; adult children with a physical or mental disability under full support; and parents or grandparents of you or your spouse aged 65 and over with substantial support. Siblings are not included in the 2024 Regulations.
No. The Unit accepts applications only through an Authorised Agent from its official register. Agents pay 20,000 USD to register and 15,500 USD a year to renew, which is one reason the register is short and the quality varies - choosing the agent is part of the work, not an administrative formality.
Yes, and it is mandatory for every applicant aged 16 and over, held virtually or in person, at 1,000 USD per interview. The panel is at least three people: the Attorney General or a representative, the Unit's director or deputy or the Financial Secretary, the chief of police, and the permanent secretary of the ministry responsible for immigration. Under the 2024 Regulations, refusing or failing to attend means refusal of citizenship.
Only if you become tax-resident there. CBIU's marketing pages advertise zero personal income tax, but the Inland Revenue Division administers 15% from EC$30,001, 25% from EC$50,001 and 35% above EC$80,000, and CBIU's own paper confirms that individuals who are ordinarily resident are taxed on worldwide income. Citizenship on its own creates no tax residence - and it does not end the tax residence you already have.
Treat that as a no. A US Presidential Proclamation of 16 December 2025 imposed partial entry restrictions on Dominican nationals with effect from 1 January 2026. The Prime Minister has stated that holders of valid US visas continue to enter as normal, and the Government points to the CBI reforms of 14 October 2025 as its answer to the concerns in the Proclamation. Buy this programme for the free movement pact with Barbados, Belize and St Vincent and the Grenadines and for the cost of entry - not for US access.
Three things. ECCIRA, the regional regulator created by legislation passed on 14 October 2025, will impose standards, biometrics, escrow accounts and penalties up to 250,000 USD across five states - its start date has not been announced. A CBI Amendment Regulation 2025 is posted on the CBIU legislation page but is a scan without machine-readable text, so its number, effective date and contents are unverified; the published amounts have not moved. And the visit requirement announced in June 2026 is still only announced. We re-check all three before any file is submitted.
EDF 200,000 USD single, 250,000 USD for four; property 200,000 USD plus a 75,000 USD fee.
Two - the EDF contribution, or approved property with a three-year hold.
3 months by Regulation, 3-6 months across CBIU's own materials.
No. A visit requirement was announced in June 2026 but is not in force.
Spouse, children to 30 on conditions, parents and grandparents from 65. No siblings.
No - only through an Authorised Agent on the CBIU register.
Yes, mandatory from age 16, 1,000 USD. Non-attendance means refusal.
Only if tax-resident: 15/25/35%. Citizenship alone creates no residence.
No. Partial US entry restrictions on Dominican nationals since 1 Jan 2026.
ECCIRA regional regulator, an unverified 2025 amendment, a proposed visit rule.
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