Is It Possible to Live in the UK with a Caribbean Passport?

When crossing the British border, confirmation may be required that the holder of a Caribbean passport has enough money to live in the UK. The passport itself must remain valid for the entire period of stay in the UK.

If a Caribbean citizen enters the UK from Ireland, the period of stay in the UK is reduced to three months.

While in the UK, citizens of a Caribbean country cannot be employed by a UK company or marry in the UK.

If the purpose of moving to the UK is employment or study at a British university, you will need to obtain a residence permit or a passport.

Individual cost calculation for Caribbean citizenship

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Participants in Caribbean citizenship programs make a non-refundable contribution to the national government fund, buy shares or apartments in approved real estate projects, purchase government bonds, or invest in local businesses.

The amount of investment depends on the country and the chosen investment option.

Conditions for obtaining citizenship of Caribbean countries by investment

Country

Option and amount of investment

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Time for obtaining a passport — from 6 months

$250,000+
contribution to the state fund

$400,000+
purchase of real estate

Grenada

Time for obtaining a passport — 4 to 6 months

$150,000+
contribution to the state fund

$220,000+
purchase of real estate

Antigua and Barbuda

Time for obtaining a passport –
3 to 6 months

$100,000+
contribution to the state fund

$150,000+
contribution to the University of the West Indies Fund

$200,000+
purchase of real estate

$400,000+
business investment

Dominica

Time for obtaining a passport — 3 to 6 months

$100,000+
contribution to the state fund

$200,000+
purchase of real estate

Saint Lucia

Time for obtaining a passport — 3 to 4 months

$100,000+
contribution to the state fund

$300,000+
purchase of government bonds

$200,000+
purchase of real estate

$1,000,000+
business investments

Are the Caribbean programs worth the investment? Revealing their benefits in the video

Investors also pay for Due Diligence, fees and duties. The total cost of obtaining a Caribbean passport depends on the investment option and the family composition of the investor.

If an investor buys a share, apartment or villa in a Caribbean real estate project, in five years he will be able to sell the object and return the money invested.

As long as the investor owns the property, he can come to the Caribbean and have a free vacation at the hotel in which he has a share. Also, the investor receives income from the lease of the object, up to 5% per annum. All about real estate in the Caribbean.

Examples of real estate for purchase in the Caribbean

St Kitts & Nevis, Frigate Bay

$325,000 — $4,000,000

Share in a villa and apartments in a luxury hotel complex

58 m² — 426 m²

1—3

1—4

St Kitts & Nevis, Basseterre

$350,000+

Fraction in five star hotel under management of Hyatt Group

St Kitts & Nevis, Basseterre

$440,000+

Share in a 5-star hotel managed by Hyatt

Visa-free travel around the world. Caribbean passport holders travel freely to over 140 countries, including the Schengen area, Hong Kong and Singapore. It is allowed to stay in European countries without a visa for up to 90 days in half a year. Citizenship of Grenada or Dominica allows you to visit China without a visa.

How to travel with a Caribbean passport

US visa for 10 years. Citizens of the Caribbean countries obtain B‑1/B‑2 visitor visas in the United States through a simplified procedure.

Obtaining a visa takes about two weeks, and its validity will be 10 years. You can stay in the United States on a type B visa for up to 180 days a year. Learn how an investor got a US visa with the Antigua and Barbuda passport.

Second citizenship for the whole family. Together with the investor, his relatives can obtain a Caribbean passport: a spouse, children, parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters. All family members must be financially dependent on the investor.

There is an age limit for adult relatives, but it is different for each country. For example, children under 28 years old can get an Antigua and Barbuda passport, as well as children under 30 years old in Grenada.

Who can get a Caribbean passport with an investor

If an investor has already received a Caribbean passport, he can still add relatives in the program. As a rule, the accession is given five years after the investor obtains citizenship. But there are nuances. For example, Antigua and Barbuda does not allow siblings to join.

Quality education for children. As citizens of a country belonging to the Commonwealth of Nations, the children of an investor can receive a prestigious education in schools and universities in the UK. For example, if a child has already completed a bachelor’s degree, they can continue their education in the UK with the Chevening Scholarship.

Access to the services of European banks. With the passport of a Caribbean country, investors go through a bank Due Diligence faster at the financial institutions of the European Union and the United States. In the case of citizens of Caribbean countries, banking Due Diligence takes from an hour to a couple of days, and the risk of rejection is minimal.

Optimisation of taxation. There are no real estate, inheritance, dividend or interest taxes in Caribbean countries. For other taxes, the rates are low or you can get benefits. For example, tax residents of Saint Kitts and Nevis do not pay income tax, and corporate tax for small and medium-sized companies is levied at a reduced rate of 17%. How an investor became a tax resident of Dominica in two weeks.

We talked about all the advantages of Caribbean passports in the article Why do you need a Caribbean passport: 9 main reasons.