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How Dominica sells citizenship for investors: one programme, open today. Every number and rule below links to the document it comes from.

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Citizenship·Open·since 1993

Citizenship by investment programme

Sells citizenship, and with it a passport.

Official name: Commonwealth of Dominica Citizenship by Investment Programme

Lowest price for one person: US$200,000

Economic Diversification Fund contribution of US$200,000 for a main applicant (S.R.O. 8 of 2024, from 28 Jun 2024; confirmed by the CBIU brochure). The real-estate route is also US$200,000 (t-0c2ddb08dd), but it adds a US$75,000 government fee. Fees excluded.

Notes from the research

Originally the Economic Citizenship Programme (ECP); administered by the Citizenship by Investment Unit (CBIU). Routes: Economic Diversification Fund contribution and approved real estate. Under EU request (June 2026) to phase out by 1 June 2028.

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Prices and rules

Ways in that apply today (minimum amounts)
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What is measured

  • Money the government received from selling citizenship493
  • Government spending on running a CBI programme350
  • Government income from selling citizenship, as a share of the economy144
  • Primary balance excluding CBI revenue, percent of GDP134
  • Primary balance excluding CBI revenue (amount)112
  • Fiscal balance excluding CBI proceeds106
  • Overall balance excluding CBI revenue (amount)67
  • Payments out of a CBI-financed account or fund49
  • All money paid by buyers, as a share of the economy38
  • All money paid by buyers, including property purchases36
  • Staff working on a programme19
  • CBI development-fund assets as a share of GDP17
  • Hotel rooms in programme real-estate projects16
  • Homes built with programme money15
  • Selling citizenship as a share of all government income12
  • Jobs linked to programme investors12
  • Passports issued10
  • People who became citizens10
  • Programme running costs as a share of government spending9
  • Applications received8
  • Applications turned down7
  • Balance of a CBI-related government account7
  • Money credited to a CBI-financed account or fund5
  • Change in CBI revenue to government (percent)4
  • Income of the development fund paid for by passport sales, as a share of the economy4
  • Processing time4
  • Spending on a CBI-financed public project, percent of GDP3
  • Public facilities built with programme money2
  • Share of applications turned down2
  • Change in applications received (percent, as stated)1
  • CBI fees collected by the programme unit1
  • CBI share of non-tax revenue1
  • Investment projects approved for a programme1
  • Programme projects completed1
  • Money the programme handed to the government1
  • Visa-free destinations1
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