Dominica

Dominica is priced exactly at the USD 200,000 OECS Memorandum of Agreement floor because it has already lost two of the three destinations clients buy it for. It is the only one of the five to have lost UK visa-free access, withdrawn in 2023, and it is one of only two named in the US Presidential Proclamation of 16 December 2025, effective 1 January 2026, on the express ground that it has historically had CBI without residency. Of the three headline destinations, the UK, the US and Schengen, only Schengen remains, and the EU has signalled it expects these schemes to end. The discount is real, but so is what has been withdrawn.

The UK withdrew visa-free access for Dominican nationals in 2023. The US suspended immigrant visas plus B-1, B-2, B-1/B-2, F, M and J visas from 1 January 2026, and State Department reciprocity schedules cut B-1/B-2 validity to 3 months single-entry with a bond of up to USD 15,000. This passport is now a travel document for Schengen and elsewhere, not for the UK or the US.

No physical presence is required today, though the regional ECCIRA 30-day rule would change that. Its commencement has slipped repeatedly and was not confirmed in force as at July 2026. Processing runs from 4 to 18 months, the widest and least predictable spread in the region, despite an official 3–4 month target, and the average was 9.3 months in Q4 2025. The 2024 rejection rate was 6.5%, the highest of the three the European Commission published.

Revocation risk is not theoretical here. The Citizenship by Investment Unit has revoked 68 CBI passports since 2024 for fraud. Your citizenship is only as durable as the unit's willingness to defend the file it approved. Separately, applications from Iranian nationals were suspended by CIU memorandum dated 23 March 2026, except in narrow cases requiring no Iranian residence for 10-plus years and no financial or business ties. It is a reminder that nationality-based suspensions can appear with no notice and no grandfathering.

No. Unlike St Kitts and Antigua, Dominica has a real personal income tax reaching 35% above XCD 80,000, on a XCD 30,000 personal allowance. It is not a territorial jurisdiction. Residents are taxed on income including income from overseas. There is no capital gains, wealth or inheritance tax, and a foreign-source income exemption exists for people who retire to Dominica and were not resident there before retirement. Anyone who actually relocates here needs advice. This is not a tax-free island. Dominica is a CRS participant, and the OECD lists its CBI scheme as potentially high-risk for CRS circumvention.

Yes. Dominica permits dual citizenship, so you do not need to renounce your existing nationality. Eligible dependants include a spouse, children under 18, dependent children aged 18–30, dependent parents and grandparents over 65, and dependent siblings under 25 subject to conditions. All applicants aged 16 and over must attend a mandatory interview, charged at USD 1,000 per interview.

No. The USD 200,000 sticker is misleading. Government fees of USD 75,000 (single) or USD 100,000 (family of up to four) sit on top of the property price. Approved-project units are priced well above local market value, and the resale market is almost entirely other CBI buyers. A single applicant is realistically over USD 300,000 all-in for a recoverable asset in a thin market. The holding period is three years from grant of citizenship, or five years if the onward buyer is also a CBI applicant.