Best CBI passports

The Caribbean has been the birth place of Passport schemes through investment. Today there are five caribbean countries offering instant passports for donating to state or through real estate investment in a hotel.

The Caribbean CBI schemes are the cheapest compared to Europe. This is mainly prices have come down to half of what existed few years ago.,

  • Antigua is the cheapest to apply as a family
  • Saint Lucia is the cheapest scheme for single persons who dont have a family, closely followed by Dominica.
  • St Kitts is the strong powerful passport in terms of Visa free travel.
  • Grenada is the best CBI schems of all,  only country that has visa free access to China and Russia, along with UK, EU schengen area etc. Also provides access to E-2 investor visa to enter US.

Here are the comparison of of the citizenship schemes in the Caribbean. This will show important differences between the schemes.

Citizenship by Investment (CBI) St Kitts Antigua Grenada Dominica St Lucia
Launched 1984 2013 2013 1993 2015
Donation $150,000 $100,000 $150,000 $100,000 $100,000
Real Estate $200,000 $200,000 $220,000 $200,000 $300,000
Price for Single Persons  (Govt fee)* $157,750 $132,800 $158,500 $109,950 $109,500
Family of 4 (Govt fee)* $207,500 $141,200 $220,000 $218,300 $207,500
Safety Score 45.59 32.72 72.9 57.9 52.9
Visa free countries 154 149 142 137 145
Personal visit required No No No No No
EU schengen visa free yes yes yes yes yes
Visa free to United Kingdom yes yes yes yes yes
Visa free to United States no no no no no
Visa free to Canada no no no no no
Visa free to Russia yes yes yes yes no
Visa free to China no no yes no no
GDP billion 0.89 2.3 1.8 0.6 2.6
How Rich – GDP per capita $ 15573 25998 16600 9720 15225
Population 55K 103K 108K 74K 179K
CBI Passport time (months) 3 3 3 3 3
Residency conditions 0 5 days 0 0 0
Dual citizenship yes yes yes yes yes
Oath ceremony No yes yes yes yes
E-2 treaty with US no no yes no no
Education Rank 130 129 95 97 117
Healthcare Rank 100 86 85 35 68
Human Development Index Rank 72 70 75 103 90
Publish citizens names in Official Gazette no no no yes no
Government Debt 65% 92% 84% 81% 82%
Personal Income Tax 0 0 0 0 0
Currency XCD (Eastern Caribbean Dollar XCD XCD XCD XCD
Due Diligence Good Good Good Good Strict
CBI Transparency Bad Good Good Bad Average
Passport Validity 10 5 5 10 5
Biometric Passport yes yes yes no no
Right to Vote / Government Office no no yes no no
Honorary Citizenship no no no no no
Third Generations Citizenship no no yes no no
Passport renewal fee USD 350 300 175 1200 (expedited) 80

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