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Citizenship·Open·since 2015

Citizenship by investment programme

Sells citizenship, and with it a passport.

Official name: Saint Lucia Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP Saint Lucia)

Lowest price for one person: US$240,000

National Economic Fund from 1 Jul 2024; the amount covers an applicant with up to three dependants, so a single applicant pays the same. Alternatives: enterprise Option 3 US$250,000 (t-df72f95314), real estate US$300,000 (t-1125ad0c7c), National Action Bond US$300,000 (t-19c9485fef).

Notes from the research

Act No. 14 of 2015; regulations SI 89 of 2015 (2 Oct 2015); CIU operating from Oct 2015; first applications 1 Jan 2016. Fiscal year April-March.

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What is measured

  • Programme agency balance sheet989
  • Government spending on running a CBI programme615
  • CBI unit revenue354
  • Applications received335
  • Applications approved300
  • Money the programme handed to the government247
  • Programme agency cash flows228
  • Applications turned down159
  • Money the government received from selling citizenship103
  • Investor-programme bonds sold (count)101
  • Government income from selling citizenship, as a share of the economy88
  • CBI government bond purchases86
  • Donations paid into the government's fund85
  • Change in a line of the programme agency's accounts (as printed)43
  • Applicant share41
  • Due diligence reports, orders or interviews handled by a provider37
  • Payments out of a CBI-financed account or fund29
  • Net income of the programme agency29
  • CBI fees collected by the programme unit27
  • Fund contributions held by the CBI unit pending remittance26
  • Program citizenships revoked22
  • Planned investment in approved programme projects19
  • Programme board attendance18
  • Processing time17
  • Staff working on a programme16
  • Applications processed12
  • Investor-programme bonds outstanding12
  • Investor-programme bonds repaid12
  • Change in applications processed (percent, as printed)11
  • Share of CBI revenue from one component10
  • People who became citizens10
  • Licensed programme agents9
  • Programme applicants identified as high risk7
  • Programme staff movements6
  • Hotel rooms in programme real-estate projects6
  • Balance of a CBI-related government account5
  • Jobs linked to programme investors5
  • Share of programme agency costs by component5
  • Share of applications turned down5
  • Licence fee per agent4
  • Change in applications received (percent, as stated)4
  • Programme board meeting time4
  • Programme money against its target4
  • Investment projects approved for a programme3
  • Investment stated for one application2
  • Programme board meetings2
  • Number of fund contributions (donations) received2
  • All money paid by buyers, including property purchases2
  • Programme staff with a trait2
  • Savings on due diligence fees2
  • Investors approved, not counting family members2
  • Visa-free destinations2
  • Share of applications decided1
  • Applications pending1
  • Fund contributions approved but not yet collected1
  • CBI money due to the government (calculated)1
  • All money paid by buyers, as a share of the economy1
  • Public cost of a programme project1
  • CBI real-estate investment inflows1
  • Project proposals received1
  • Estimated economic benefit of a programme1
  • Investment intended (pipeline)1
  • Programme money as share of project cost1
  • Investment by programme investors1
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