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Is Caribbean citizenship through investment valid for life?
Caribbean citizenship provides individuals with a long-term commitment and endless opportunities, unlike temporary residency and travel visas.
People try hard to organize their lives both personally and professionally, so they look for different opportunities for this purpose. Caribbean citizenship by investment is one of the best decisions in this regard.
Caribbean citizenship is considered a security guarantee for individuals in the event of political or economic instability in the individual’s first country, and it also qualifies investors to build a prosperous life. Today we shed light on the question many are asking: Is Caribbean citizenship permanent?
Is Caribbean citizenship for life?
Before answering this question, it should be noted that the Caribbean Citizenship Program is the most famous citizenship program around the world, which enables investors to obtain citizenship and a strong passport from one of the Caribbean countries after investing in its fields.
Investors may always wonder: Is Caribbean citizenship permanent? This question is one of the focal points that comes to the minds of those interested in Caribbean citizenship programs. When you apply for the Caribbean Citizenship Program from St. Lucia, St. Kitts, Nevis, Dominica, Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, your citizenship will be permanent and irrevocable, without the need to cancel your first citizenship as well.
This means that once you become a citizen of one of the mentioned Caribbean countries, you will be able to retain their citizenship and passports for the rest of your life as long as you do not engage in any criminal activity. Not only that, you will pass the citizenship on to your future grandchildren so that they can all benefit from the benefits of this citizenship.
It is worth noting that Caribbean citizenship is a legal citizenship program documented in the Constitution, and cannot be revoked by future policies and governments. This means that you will be able to enjoy all the rights that other citizens enjoy.
Since Caribbean citizenship is a permanent citizenship, investing in it is a permanent investment, as it gives applicants the opportunity to gain freedom of movement, build a business, benefit from favorable tax laws, and gives their family members the right to benefit from the health and education systems.
Is Caribbean passport as permanent as Caribbean citizenship?
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Many people confuse citizenship with a passport. The passport has expiration powers, but this does not mean that citizenship expires as well. When citizenship is obtained by investment, you are then given passports to travel.
It is important to distinguish between citizenship and a passport, as a holder of Caribbean citizenship can retain his citizenship throughout his life, unlike a passport which has an expiration date. In addition, some people may obtain citizenship without a passport.
Passports are issued for a specific period that varies from one country to another. For example, Dominica and St. Kitts offer passports valid for 10 years, while the rest of the Caribbean countries will have passports valid for 5 years and can easily be renewed an infinite number of times as long as the individual is a citizen of that country without having to be present for each renewal.
Ways to lose Caribbean citizenship
A holder of Caribbean citizenship can lose their citizenship, either voluntarily or by having it withdrawn by the government. This is why governments conduct intensive care in order to select people with a clean criminal record and money from unsuspicious sources so that things do not reach this stage.
Citizens may voluntarily renounce their citizenship if they wish to acquire a second citizenship and if the country of which they obtained citizenship does not accept dual citizenship, such as Japan, China, or Saudi Arabia.
Another situation in which citizenship can be revoked is if the government revokes your citizenship. These cases are very rare because citizenship is protected by constitutions, but are likely due to incorrect or false information being provided while applying for citizenship or when committing major crimes or carrying out terrorist operations.
These matters cancel the nationalities of not only people who obtained citizenship through investment, but of all citizens. But you can still resort to legal action to prevent this, and the government must abide by the court’s decision, regardless of its opinion.
Read our other articles about Citizenship by Investment programmes, and if you have an interest in a Caribbean Citizenship programme, you can leave us a message to be contacted to you as soon as possible by one of our second citizenship experts.
About Author
Taher Shehab
As co-founder and CEO, Taher Shehab has guided Global Citizen Consultants to be a leader in providing citizenship by investment in over 20 territories, including the Caribbean.
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