Turkey and Cyprus have revoked in the thousands, four programs in the dozens, and five with the thinnest safeguards not at all.
Vanuatu shuts investor citizens out of the ballot for life. St. Kitts closes parliament to them forever. Turkey draws no line at all.
Philip J. Pierre and Gaston Browne told EU Commissioner Magnus Brunner that citizenship by investment finances development in the Eastern Caribbean. Saint Lucia’s account of the meeting announced no change to the June 2028 phase-out date.
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Turkey, Egypt, and Cambodia pass citizenship down without limit, while three of the five Caribbean programs pass nothing down automatically.
Common-law partners, same-sex spouses, and fiancés get very different answers depending on the jurisdiction, ranging from a notary visit to an outright second file.
The letter offers a 24-month transition; Browne says all five Caribbean CBI states got one and vows the program will continue.
From June 15, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Nicaragua lose visa-free access to Ireland. The move follows the UK and runs alongside a hardening EU stance on golden passports.
A government publication has exposed the identities of more than a hundred CBI applicants. The CIU says it had no idea.
The brochures advertise three to six months. The IMI Processing Times Tool tells a different story. Here is what each Caribbean CBI program delivers from filing to passport in 2026.
Audited FY24 financials show EC$90 million surplus on EC$240 million revenue; category-level application data withheld for a third year.
PM Pierre says the country has “no intention of stopping the CIP”; Deputy PM Hilaire rejects any link between the suspension and program.
Saint Lucia’s CBI program registered 5,642 applications in 2023-24, up 423%, and London calls the practice “inherently high-risk.”
Browne uses inaugural Caribbean-EU forum to argue CBI vetting exceeds European standards; calls for engagement over coercion as Brussels and Washington tighten the screws.
Washington’s scrutiny of Caribbean CIPs may already be affecting travel access, with or without formal restrictions.
Caribbean CIPs should tighten vetting “pending discontinuation of those schemes,” reads a recent report by the EU Commission.
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New potential rules could force CBI applicants to stay to play, or risk losing out for failing to prove “genuine links.”
“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.
