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Dominica signals tighter rules — but the detail isn’t settled
Dominica has long been the most fully remote Caribbean citizenship — no interview beyond the mandatory one, no stay, no visit. In July 2026 the Prime Minister announced new requirements. But the detail is genuinely unsettled: secondary sources cite different measures, and as of 19 July 2026 the CBIU website sets out no physical-presence or in-person collection rule, nor an effective date. We report what is announced and what is not yet established, rather than pick a version.
The gap here is between an announcement and a text. A political statement of intent is not the same as a published rule with a scope and a start date, and the two should not be treated alike. As of 19 July 2026, the CBIU’s own investment-options page describes no physical-presence requirement and no effective date for one — so anyone stating flatly that Dominica now requires a stay is ahead of the official record.
Secondary coverage does not agree with itself. Different reports attribute different measures to the July 2026 announcement — mandatory interviews, a multi-year restriction on name changes, and in some accounts in-person passport collection or a short stay — and some cite an October 2026 date for parts of it. When sources conflict and no official text resolves them, the honest move is to lay out the disagreement, not to smooth it into a single confident claim.
Why it matters is straightforward: a stay or an in-person step would materially change Dominica’s core appeal, which has been that everything can be done remotely. Until the CBIU publishes the scope and the effective date, plan conservatively and verify directly. If a fully remote process is essential to you, confirm it is still available for your application before you rely on it.
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