Saint Kitts, Saint Lucia, and Grenada retain ten-year, multiple-entry terms; only Antigua and Dominica face the downgrade.
Washington agrees to honor existing visas, while Antigua considers a 90-day CBI residency requirement.
Antigua PM calls US travel ban an error, says program presents no risk whatsoever to security. Dominica seeks urgent clarity.
“We will not be bullied”: Caribbean leaders push back as US targets CBI nations with possible travel bans.
The regional regulatory framework culminates efforts that began in 2023, driven by increasing international scrutiny of CBI programs.
“The Caribbean has done its part.” Daisy Joseph Andall discusses political pressure on Caribbean CBI programs, calls for a narrative shift.
Antigua & Barbuda reveals it sends “every CBI program application to the US” and that the program is no threat to US security.
Caribbean CIPs have registered 59,258 applications since 2014. Chinese investors drop out of top spot in 2023-2024
Antigua & Barbuda’s brinkmanship on MoA implementation, which saw it remain the cheapest Caribbean CIP for a month, appears to have paid off.
The new CBI regulator aims to balance economic needs with compliance, tradition with progress, and national interests with global demands.
Caribbean CBI countries have implemented four of six US-proposed principles. Two remain as nations prepare for new oversight.
Stephen Barnes summarizes the six ready-to-detonate threats to the CBI market, and offers an alternative path forward.
Manpreet Kataria, Patrick Peters, Nisha Mc Intyre, Omer Kahraman, and Anastasia Barna speculate on who will benefit from the Caribbean MoA.
The new prices are lower than the ones the CIU previously proposed in June, and the memo outlines new criteria for dependent children.
Antigua & Barbuda indicated it was unable to implement the necessary legislative changes on time for the June 30 deadline.
OECS confirms St Lucia’s signing of the MoA and commits to the June 30 deadline. Raises questions about legislation and upcoming procedures.
Patrick Peters: “The current scandals of the Caribbean CBI industry are exactly that – growing pains. And growing pains suck.”
Antigua & Barbuda’s information minister says his government has offered to let the EU audit the citizenship by investment program.
Ukrainians – in a grimly ironic twist – remain excluded from the program because of the very belligerence to which they have fallen prey.
PM Browne says EU and US lawmakers are effectively forcing Caribbean countries to choose between CBI and visa-free travel to Schengen.