RECENT AMENDMENTS

IN RELATION TO APPLICANTS:

Effective 15th December, 2023

All Citizenship by Investment applications submitted to the Unit will be required to undergo interviews. Interviews will be conducted for all principal applicants and their dependents, who are aged 16 years and above, at a cost of US$1,500.00 per application. For identification purposes, all members of the application are required to be present at the interview, along with the identification documents submitted with their applications.

Such interviews will be conducted virtually by independent service providers contracted by the Unit for this purpose. Translation support services will not be required by the applicants, as the independent service provider will have the ability and resources to conduct the virtual interviews in the home or primary language of the applicants.

The US$1,500.00 per family will be required to be paid with the other initial fees payable upon submission of the application."

IN RELATION TO DEPENDENTS:

Effective 11th November 2020

Government of Antigua and Barbuda, has agreed to amend the Antigua and Barbuda Citizenship by Investment Act 2013 by expanding the definition of "dependent" to the following:

  1. A current spouse of the principal applicant;

  2. A child of the principal applicant, or of his or her spouse, who is 0 - 30 years of age and is financially dependent on the principal applicant;

  3. A child of the principal applicant. or of his or her spouse, who is 18 years or older but who is physically or mentally handicapped and who is living with and is fully supported by the principal applicant;

  4. A parent or grandparent of the principal applicant, or of his or her spouse, who is fifty-five years of age or older and who is financially dependent on the principal applicant.

  5. A sibling of the principal applicant, or of his or her spouse, if unmarried;

  6. A future spouse of the principal applicant. A fee of US$50,000 is payable upon application;

  7. A future spouse of dependent children where the dependent child is financially dependent on the principal applicant; and

  8. A future child of a dependent child. A fee of US$10,000 is to be payable for children under 5 years of age and US$20,000 for children 6 - 17 years of age

Cabinet also approved the following:

  1. The fee to add a child shall be US$10,000 for children under 5 years of age and US$20,000 for children 6 - 17 years.

  2. The fees for the addition of adult dependents shall be reduced from US$75,000 to US$50,000.

  3. There shall be no time restriction on when a dependent may be added to an application.

Effective 19th December 2017

The Government of Antigua and Barbuda approved the increase of the age of dependent children from 25 years to 28 years. Dependent children aged 18 and over are still required to be in full time attendance at a University or other Institute of learning with the completion date of the program at least six (6) months from the date the application has been submitted.

Effective 1st May 2018

The Government of Antigua and Barbuda approved the reduction of parental dependents age from sixty-five (65) to fifty-eight (58).

Effective 1st May 2018

The Government of Antigua and Barbuda also removed the requirement for dependent children under the age of eighteen (18) to visit Antigua and Barbuda for five (5) days in the first five years of citizenship. Upon attaining the age of eighteen (18) the residency requirement must be fulfilled as well as the requirement to swear an oath of pledge allegiance to the state of Antigua and Barbuda.