Wealthy indians, looking for a second citizenship outside India, can now apply for citizenship in the cricketing country “Dominica” in Caribbean (West Indies). Dominica is a beautiful caribbean country with tropical rain forests, waterfalls and mountains. There are no taxes and no requirement to live in the country before after getting citizenship.
Commonwealth Dominica (in West Indies) grants economic citizenship to investors and their family members within 4 months, who pay $100,000 (approx Rs 67 lakh) to the national fund of Dominica. There is no requirement to travel to Dominica to apply, instead can be done through authorised agent. You have to expect additional expenses such as lawyer fee, around $22,000 to $25,000. All in all the total costs to get citizenship will be around 120,000 dollars, that is around Rs. 80 lakh.
Indians also can get citizenship in other countries such as St Kitts Nevis, Antigua etc, but it will cost more Rs. 1.4 Cr plus fees. Citizenship in Europe is even more expensive no less than 6-7 crores investment.
Indian passport is currently ranked among the worst 20 passports in the world at the bottom, when it comes travel freedom for indians, able to travel to foreign countries without appling visa. Indian passport is ranked No 85th in the world with visa free travel to only 52 countries (at the bottom). Dominica passport is ranked No 41 best passport in the world with visa free travel to 119 countries, according to Henley and Partners Visa Index 2016.
Further, Indian citizens who frequently travel abroad, face lot of problems obtaining visas for schengen countries and UK using indian passport. Once you get second citizenship in Dominica, you dont need to apply for visa to travel to 26 schengen countries (Germany, France, Switzerland, Sweden etc), United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong and to over 119 countries using the Dominica passport.
Indians should be aware that Indian citizenship law, does not allow dual citizenships. The solution is, if you become a citizen in foreign country, apply for Indian OCR passport (same like indian passport no voting rights), then surrender your indian passport, and finally use the foreign passport and OCR to travel. This second citizenship will be more useful to travel around the world, for NRIs living outside India in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar etc.
Only those indians, who have no criminal record can apply for citizenship in Dominica. All candidates must go through background checks by Dominica government in home country. You must also produce police certificate, birth certificates, health clearance certificate, bank references, business background and other documentation to be eligible for citizenship.
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