Antigua and Barbuda has a newly launched citizenship by investment program for investors who can directly acquire citizenship and passport by donation to a charity or through purchase of real estate. The country joins St.Kitts and Nevis and Dominica where the citizenship program is already up and running.  Antigua & Barbuda is one of the most beautiful island nation in Caribbean with beautiful beaches and posh climate to enjoy your summer vacation.

We are pleased to inform that we assist business clients in acquiring passport in Antigua and Barbuda with minimum formalities, the easy way through our specialists in real estate.

Citizenship Benefits

• Stunning caribbean country with white sand and blue waters for exotic holidays.
• Cheapest family oriented citizenship program in the Caribbean.
• Lifetime citizenship for family and children with one time investment.
• Direct citizenship in Caribbean country.
• Visa free travel to EU schengen countries including UK and Ireland.
• No wealth, inheritance, personal income taxes.
• No personal visit required
• No requirement to live in Antigua before or after getting citizenship.
• No interviews, business experience or language tests.
• Fast 3 months processing time for citizenship.
• Best second passport for travel.
• Free movement in the caribbean CARICOM countries.
• Freely hold dual or multiple citizenship with other countries.
• Investments in business ($1,500,000) or real estate ($400,000) also qualify for citizenship.
• Tax free country for citizens who live abroad.

New Regulations 2023

• Mandatory interviews for principal applicant and children.
• 5 day residence requirement reinstated.
• UWI fund open for family of six or more with huge savings
• Oaths can now be taken at Antigua consulates worldwide.
• No government discounts or financing.

Why Antigua CBI?

• Antigua is the cheapest CBI passport for families up to 4 children.
• Second most powerful Caribbean passport with visa free access to 150+ nations
• Excellent support through embassy and consulates worldwide.
• Antigua now upgraded all passports to biometric passports.
• Bitcoin or cryptocurrency not officially accepted for CIP.

The Cabinet has approved new changes

• Restrictions lifted for Iraq nationals can apply for passports. Other countries restrictions are softened
• NDF processing fee becomes $30,000 for families with slight increase.
• Real estate becomes cheaper as government fee for Real estate/Business reduced by $20,000 (now $30,000 instead of $50,0000)
• Nationals of Iraq removed from blacklist can now apply for Antigua CIP.
• Limited Time Offer (LTO): Adding Children now possible at any time, just paying $10,000 (under 6 years) and $20,000 (above 6 years). This offer is valid until 31 Oct 2020.
• University of West Indies (UWI) fund is now open for USD 150,000 (inclusive of processing fee). Only families of six persons or more can apply for this fund. UWI fund is now cheaper for large families than NDF fund.
• Antigua allow stateless people from 4 countries – Brunei, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and UAE to apply for citizenship by investment program.

Residence Requirement

Antigua & Barbuda has reimposed 5 day visit requirement to all investment citizens. This requirement must be met at the time of renewing the passport when it expires after 5 years. This condition is imposed  to add ‘genuine ties’ to the country.

Canada Visa Waiver

Canada has granted conditional visa waiver through electronic travel authorization to citizens of Antigua & Barbuda. Effective Jun 6, 2023, Antiguans who have either held a Canadian visa in the last 10 years or who currently hold a valid United States non-immigrant visa ,can now apply for an eTA instead of a paper visa, when travelling to Canada by air.

Interviews

Effective December 15, 2023, mandatory interviews will be start for all Antigua citizenship by investment applicants aged 16 and above, will have to appear for virtual interviews. The interview fee is $1500 per applicant.

Future spouse and Child

Post citizenship additions makes it easy to include family members or dependants any time. This way you dont have to spend huge amount of money initially.

• A future spouse of the principal applicant. A fee of US$50,000 is payable upon application;
• A future spouse of dependent children where the dependent child is financially dependent on the principal applicant; and
• A future child of a dependent child. A fee of US$10,000 is to be payable for children under 5 years of age and US$20,000 for children 6 — 17 years of age.

Family members

The new CIP legislation expands scope of dependants, makes it possible for investors to add more family members

• A current spouse of the principal applicant;
• A child of the principal applicant, or of his or her spouse, who is 0 – 30 years of age and is financially dependent on the principal applicant;
• A child of the principal applicant, or of his or her spouse, who is 18 years or older but who is physically or mentally handicapped and who is living with and is fully supported by the principal applicant;
• A parent or grandparent of the principal applicant, or of his or her spouse, who is fifty-five years of age or older and who is financially dependent on the principal applicant. (e) A sibling of the principal applicant, or of his or her spouse, if unmarried;

Qualifying Investments for Citizenship

Under the Citizenship program, there are following investment options:

• USD 100,000 donation to National Development fund (NDF)  effective Nov 1, 2017 (or)
• USD 150,000 University of West Indies Fund option  effective from May 2020 for family of six or more
• USD 200,000 investment in real estate (or)
• USD 1,500,000 business investment (or)

Additional costs for dependents are extra.

The passport is granted for 5 year validity period after that it can be renewed. To renew after 5 years, you must have visited Antigua for about 5 days.

1. NDF Contribution

• • US$100,000 contribution – Single applicant, or a family of 4 or less (Processing fees: US$30,000)

• USD 125,000 – Family of 5 or more (Processing fees: US$30,000)

	Single	Family of 4 persons	Family of five or more
Processing fees	$30,000	$30,000 for a family of up to 4 persons	$30,000 for a family of up to 4 persons with incremental payments of $15,000 for each additional dependent.
Contribution	$100,000	$100,000	$125,000
Due Diligence	$7,500	$7,500 + $7,500 for spouse, $2,000 per dependent 12-17, $4,000 per dependent 18 and over	$7,500 + $7,500 for spouse, $2,000 per dependent 12-17, $4,000 per dependent 18 and over

* Other fees payable include passport fees. These fees are subject to change.
* All fees quoted are in US dollars
* Additional Lawyer/Agent fee apply

2. University of West Indies Fund (UWI)

The Government of Antigua introduced the fourth University of West Indies Fund  (UWI fund)  option after a cabinet decision is currently open for applications.

The new university campus is expected to bring economic benefit to the new Five islands campus of UWI and  will inspire many youths to pursue tertiary education in the OECS region.

Foreigners can qualify for Antigua citizenship by making $150,000 one  time contribution to the UWI fund.

• USD 150,000 for a family of six (6) or more (i.e. minimum number of persons per application is 6, includes processing fee).
• One member of the family  will be entitled to scholarship for 1 year (tuition only) at the University of the West Indies campus.

The Government processing fees

• Included (upto family of 6)
• Additional dependants – $15,000

Due diligence fees

• •  USD 7,500 for the main applicant,

• • USD 7,500 for the spouse, USD 4,000 for dependents above 18, and

• USD 2,000 for dependent children between 12–17.

Passport fees: USD 300
Additional Lawyer/Agent fee apply

3. Real Estate Investment

We have our own inhouse real estate specialist assisting all our clients with easy paperwork in purchasing a real estate in Antigua and Barbuda. The value of purchase must be $200,000 to qualify for Antigua/Barbuda passport. You must hold the real estate for 5 years after which you can sell it in the market and still keep the citizenship.

USD 200,000 – Buyback share (fully refundable after 5 years)
USD 400,000 – Full title deed property

Please note there is $30,000 additional Govt processing fee

We offer some of the best real estate projects available in Antigua (CIP approved properties)

Joint investment also possible with each contributing $200,000 for real estate. Please note there is additional $50,000 processing fee for real estate and business option. It does not apply for NDF which is the cheapest option.

Unique offer – We offer $200,000 buyback shares (fully refundable investment after 5 years with returns paid) in hotels and resorts currently built in Antigua & Barbuda.

4. Business Investment

The Antigua Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU) shall after consultation with the Antigua and Barbuda Investment Authority (ABIA) approve businesses, whether existing or proposed, for the purposes of investment in business under the Citizenship by Investment Program.

The two business investment options are:

• Single person investment: Where a person proposes to make an investment in an approved business of at least US$ 1,500,000 on their own behalf.
• Join investment: At least two persons propose to make a joint investment in such an approved business totalling at least US$ 5,000,000, and each of those persons individually propose to contribute at least US$400,000 to the joint investment an application or application for Citizenship by Investment may be submitted on his, her or their behalf through an agent.

Processing fees: US$50,000 for family of four or less  and US$15,000 for each additional dependent

The application process is similar to that of the NDF, namely, upon submission of your application you will be asked to pay the due diligence fees and 10% of the government processing  fees. Upon receipt of a letter of approval you will be asked to pay the balance of the government processing fees and your business investment amount within a 30 day period.  Due to the potential varied nature of such investments any escrow agreement will be negotiated between the parties yet transfer of the investment sums must be made within a 30 day period from issuance of an approval letter.

Approved business projects listed here

Documents Required

These are the documents which must be kept ready, when applying for citizenship.

– Police clearance certificate or Certificate of no criminal record (required for all above 18 years must not be older than 3 months)
– Copy of passport
– Marriage certificate, with spouse as dependent
– Birth certificates
– Health and medical certificate

**All documents must have apostille seal, for use in Antigua and Barbuda. Police documents are required for each country in which the person lived for 6 consecutive months or longer since reaching the age of 18.

Restricted countries

The Cabinet of Antigua and Barbuda, updated the Restricted Countries List as follows:

• Afghanistan
• Iran
• North Korea
• Somalia
• Yemen
• Sudan
• Russia
• Belarus

Nationals of the countries listed are eligible to apply for citizenship in Antigua and Barbuda under the Citizenship by Investment Programme after having met the following criteria:

• Individuals born in these restricted countries but who migrated before the age of majority and/or have maintained permanent residence in Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, for a period of not less than 10 years and maintain no economic ties to any restricted country.

In addition, all applicants will be required to fully comply with the Programme’s due diligence requirements.

The Cabinet of Antigua and Barbuda has taken this position to safeguard the integrity of the Antigua and Barbuda passport and ensure that only persons whose past behaviour will not threaten the very well-being of the Citizenship Programme, can be accepted.

Residence requirements

You must visit Antigua for five days during your five year time, if not the passport will be automatically canceled or you will not be able to renew it. Only main investor has to visit Antigua/

Passport validity

Antigua passport initially issued is valid for 5 years. After first extension, the renewed passport is valid for 10 years. You dont need to redo the investment. Just renew it at the nearest embassy or consulate.

Antigua Passport

As of 2023, Antigua ranks the 30th best passport in the world when it comes to visa free access to 151 countries worldwide, according to Henley. The Government has signed several visa waiver agreements.

Visa free travel

If you become citizen of Antigua & Barbuda, you can travel to United Kingdom, EU schengen countries, Russia and to  a total of 150 countries and territories without visas for a short stay period. You can see full list of countries here