On the 27th of July 2023, the government of Saint Kitts and Nevis announced radical changes on the basic investment laws for the citizenship program in the country, these changes will include eligibility of applicants, pricing of investment options, security check fees and requirements, application processing duration, and collecting registration certificates to obtain the citizenship by investment, and these changes will have an immediate effect.
Now, the applicants of the Citizenship by Investment program can include dependents under the following conditions:
- Children under the age of 18.
- Children between the ages of (18-25) years old enrolled in a recognized educational institution of secondary or high level and they are fully supported by the main applicant.
- Children aged 18 or above who are not qualified physically or mentally.
- Parents of the main applicant or parents of the spouse, aged 65 or over, that live with the main applicant and they support them fully.
Basic Changes:
- Siblings are no longer eligible to be included as dependents.
- Grandparents are no longer eligible to be included as dependents.
- Raising the minimum age of parents to 65.
- As for the wife, it will remain unchanged.
New Investment Options:
The government also announced new investment options related to the citizenship by investment program which are as follows:
- Sustainable island state contribution option.
- Real Estate Investment option.
- Investment option selling a private house.
- Public benefit option.
Changes about Security Check
- Fees:
Modifying the non-refundable security check fees of the Citizenship by Investment Department for each application to become as follows:
- 10,000 USD for the main applicant.
- 7,000 USD per dependent aged 16 or Above.
Compulsory Interviews:
In accordance with the Six Principles Agreement concluded between the five Caribbean countries granting the citizenship by investment and the United States on the 25th of February, 2023, the Citizenship by Investment Unit will conduct mandatory interviews as a new part of the security check phase, and the interview requirements will be as follows:
- Every main applicant under processing must attend an interview conducted through an independent professional company authorized by the unit.
- Every applicant who has not received his registration certificate yet and has not been interviewed must attend the interview.
- A dependent whose age is 16 years or above is entitled to attend the interview, if necessary.
Basic Requirements for the Interview:
- Implicitly the interviews will be conducted virtually.
- The Person who will be interviewed must attend the interview alone and answer the questions directly and he/she shall not have the right to authorize a legal representative or have a person responsible for supporting him/her or answering on their behalf.
- The Citizenship by Investment Unit will provide a certified translator to attend the interview in cases where the interviewee doesn’t speak English, or English was not his mother tongue.
Prohibiting applicants of the following nationalities from applying to the program: Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Russia, and Belarus.
For more information about Saint Kitts and Nevis Citizenship by Investment Program, please contact our offices on the following numbers:
United Arab Emirates Office: – Dubai : 0097143383783
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Office – Riyadh : 00966112046200
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Office – Jeddah : 00966126546486
Jordan Office – Amman : 0096265522510
Turkey office – Istanbul : 00908502591177
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