Dominica Citizenship by Investment Programme
- Processing time
- 3–4 months
- Physical presence
- None at present, but a mandatory interview is required. A reform was announced in July 2026 — see the disputed point below.
- Family
- Spouse, children up to 25, and financially dependent family members.
Investment routes
Contribution
From $200 000
- Capital
- Non-refundable
Economic Diversification Fund, single applicant. The headline figure: on top sit roughly 75,000 USD in government and due diligence fees, taking the real single cost to about 284,500 USD.
Contribution
From $250 000
- Capital
- Non-refundable
Economic Diversification Fund, family of four. Additional dependants add 25,000 USD (under 18) or 40,000 USD (18 and over).
Real estate
From $200 000
- Holding period
- 3 years
- Capital
- Non-refundable
Approved property, held three years for a CBI resale or five years for a general resale.
Limits and drawbacks
- The 200,000 USD headline is misleading: around 75,000 USD in government and due diligence fees take the real single-applicant cost to roughly 284,500 USD.
- A United Kingdom visa has been required for Dominica passport holders since 19 July 2023, which materially weakens travel value.
- Beyond Russia and Belarus, the programme applies conditional bans on nationals of Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Yemen, and a regional ban on northern Iraq (Kurdistan); eligibility should be checked individually.
- A mandatory interview applies, and the government signalled tighter rules in July 2026 whose detail is not yet published (see the disputed point).
Will Dominica require in-person passport collection or a stay from 2026?
- What the official source says
- The CBIU website does not describe any physical-presence or in-person passport-collection requirement, nor an effective date, as of 19 July 2026.
- What practitioners report
- The Prime Minister announced new requirements in July 2026. Secondary sources cite different measures — mandatory interviews, a five-year name-change ban, and in some reports passport collection or a short stay — without agreeing, and some cite an October 2026 date for certain measures.
- What is not settled
- No official text sets out the scope or the effective date. If a stay or in-person collection is being considered, it would materially change Dominica’s fully remote appeal. Confirm the current rules directly with the CBIU before applying on that basis.
Official sources