{"id":188299,"date":"2023-10-16T08:46:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T12:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=188299"},"modified":"2023-10-16T08:46:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T12:46:12","slug":"dominica-may-have-sold-thousands-more-golden-passports-than-it-disclosed-analysis-suggests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/dominica-may-have-sold-thousands-more-golden-passports-than-it-disclosed-analysis-suggests\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominica may have sold thousands more \u2018golden passports\u2019 than it disclosed, analysis suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-4147985255\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-1824585792\" class=\"antig-before-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medicalbenefitsscheme\" aria-label=\"ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:341\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><header>\n<p class=\"dcr-amp-1rkchyz\"><span style=\"color: #222222;font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'segoe ui', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', sans-serif;font-size: 15px\">The Guardian &#8211; The <\/span><a style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'segoe ui', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', sans-serif;font-size: 15px\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/caribbean\">Caribbean<\/a><span style=\"color: #222222;font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'segoe ui', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', sans-serif;font-size: 15px\">\u00a0island of Dominica may have sold thousands more \u201cgolden passports\u201d than its government has publicly disclosed, according to analysis that raises questions about the transparency and governance of its $1bn (\u00a3822m) citizenship by investment scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<p>An investigation by the Guardian and 14 other international news organisations, in partnership with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.occrp.org\/\">Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project<\/a>, has conducted the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/oct\/11\/golden-passports-dominica-citizenship-by-investment-cbi-scheme\">first detailed examination<\/a> of the identities and numbers of individuals who paid for Dominican citizenship.<\/p><div id=\"antig-402322582\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:169\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:576\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:432\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:864\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"ad-1\" class=\"dcr-amp-1jgityn\" data-sort-time=\"1\">\n<div class=\"dcr-amp-8hefes\">\n<div class=\"i-amphtml-svc i-amphtml-loading-container i-amphtml-fill-content amp-hidden\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"i-amphtml-new-loader i-amphtml-new-loader-size-default\">\n<div class=\"i-amphtml-new-loader-spinner-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>By scouring libraries and archives for copies of the government\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/dominica\">Dominica<\/a>\u00a0Official Gazette, which is only available on paper and has not been digitised, reporting partners found 7,700 names declared in public records since 2007.<\/p>\n<p>New citizens were named in the gazette up to December 2018 and no names have been published since.<\/p><div id=\"antig-963302493\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-2472124471\" class=\"antig-content_12 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:169\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:576\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:432\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:864\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Analysis of government budget data suggests as many as 19,000 individuals may have obtained citizenship between 2016 and 2022. Most passports were sold after 2015, when the EU introduced visa-fee travel for Dominican citizens, sparking a jump in sales from hundreds a year to thousands.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1645716784\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ReggaeInTheParkAntigua\" aria-label=\"lucanio\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The figures include some individuals naturalised via marriage or immigration, but the vast majority are thought to have paid for citizenship.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ad-2\" class=\"dcr-amp-1jgityn\" data-sort-time=\"1\">\n<div class=\"dcr-amp-8hefes\">\n<div class=\"i-amphtml-svc i-amphtml-loading-container i-amphtml-fill-content amp-hidden\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"i-amphtml-new-loader i-amphtml-new-loader-size-default\">\n<div class=\"i-amphtml-new-loader-spinner-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Adding 19,000 new citizens would place Dominica among the biggest sellers of second nationalities, alongside Turkey and the Caribbean island of St Kitts, according to government declarations collated by Dr Kristin Surak, an associate professor of political sociology at the London School of Economics.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3145041931\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"500X500 (1)\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Dominica golden passport buyers can either pay $100,000 a head in a non-refundable donation to the government, or invest $200,000 in a local business.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme accounts for more than half of government revenues and has been key to funding jobs, housing, health and education.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3808665957\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chtamarketplace.com\/\" aria-label=\"Social FaceBook Cover Desk_Mobile\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:711\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:711\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:111\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:379\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:285\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:569\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:711\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"949\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Dominica\u2019s government did not respond directly to detailed requests for comment on the numbers of people who obtained citizenship by investment.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3793221449\" class=\"antig-content_6 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"ad-3\" class=\"dcr-amp-1jgityn\" data-sort-time=\"1\">\n<div class=\"dcr-amp-8hefes\">\n<div class=\"i-amphtml-svc i-amphtml-loading-container i-amphtml-fill-content amp-hidden\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"i-amphtml-new-loader i-amphtml-new-loader-size-default\">\n<div class=\"i-amphtml-new-loader-spinner-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The prime minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, defended the scheme in two press conferences held after being approached by the Guardian and other publications for comment, describing the background checks on passport applicants as \u201crobust\u201d, with candidates undergoing \u201clayers of due diligence\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Thomson Fontaine, the leader of the opposition Union Workers party, is a former International Monetary Fund economist who has campaigned for years for greater accountability on the scheme.<\/p>\n<p>He responded to the latest concerns, saying: \u201cThe problem is that there is an absolute lack of transparency in the way passports are granted and the checks that are carried out on applicants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome people who have received passports are nowhere to be found officially. There is no transparency about how passports are obtained. The accounts presented by the CBI are incomplete.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"ad-4\" class=\"dcr-amp-1jgityn\" data-sort-time=\"1\">\n<div class=\"dcr-amp-8hefes\">\n<div class=\"i-amphtml-svc i-amphtml-loading-container i-amphtml-fill-content amp-hidden\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"i-amphtml-new-loader i-amphtml-new-loader-size-default\">\n<div class=\"i-amphtml-new-loader-spinner-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The investigation\u2019s estimate of the number of passports sold come from analysis of Dominica\u2019s official budget documents. Dominica charges\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbiu.gov.dm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DOM-Agent-Page-PDF_list-of-application-steps_final.pdf\">\u201cnaturalisation certificate fees\u201d<\/a>\u00a0for every successful golden passport application. The fee was reduced in October 2017 from $750 to $250 per applicant.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.finance.gov.dm\/budget\/estimates\">budgets<\/a>\u00a0appear to have reported naturalisation certificate fee income from the 2016\/17 financial year, in a line item labelled as \u201ccertificate of naturalization (CBI)\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The documents show nearly 8m East Caribbean dollars (\u00a32.4m) in fees in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.finance.gov.dm\/images\/documents\/estimates\/2018_2019_approved_estimates.pdf\">2016\/17<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.finance.gov.dm\/images\/documents\/estimates\/2019_2020_draft_estimates.pdf\">2017\/18<\/a> financial years, a figure that suggests 3,961 people naturalised during those two years alone, if the budget figures are correct.<\/p>\n<p>This is more than twice the 1,664 names published in the official gazettes for the period.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ad-5\" class=\"dcr-amp-1jgityn\" data-sort-time=\"1\">\n<div class=\"dcr-amp-8hefes\">\n<div class=\"i-amphtml-svc i-amphtml-loading-container i-amphtml-fill-content amp-hidden\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"i-amphtml-new-loader i-amphtml-new-loader-size-default\">\n<div class=\"i-amphtml-new-loader-spinner-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Between 2016 and 2022 the reported naturalisation fees add up to 16m East Caribbean dollars, a figure that, when taking into account the fee reduction, suggests 19,000 people became naturalised citizens in that period.<\/p>\n<p>The official budgets also show that sales of passports surged after 2015 when Dominica, along with a number of other Caribbean countries, was granted visa-free travel to most EU member states for up to 90 days a year.<\/p>\n<p>The UK followed suit later.<\/p>\n<p>The UK withdrew visa-free travel for citizens of Dominica and a number of other states which sell citizenship last year, citing national security concerns. However, access to the EU remains unchanged.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ad-6\" class=\"dcr-amp-1jgityn\" data-sort-time=\"1\">\n<div class=\"dcr-amp-8hefes\">\n<div class=\"i-amphtml-svc i-amphtml-loading-container i-amphtml-fill-content\">\n<div class=\"amp-active\">\n<div class=\"i-amphtml-new-loader i-amphtml-new-loader-size-default\">\n<div class=\"i-amphtml-new-loader-spinner-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Any government has the legal right to set its own standards on who becomes a citizen. Dominican passports are popular with Chinese, Russian and Iranian nationals, who often face restrictions when crossing borders, registering businesses or opening bank accounts in western countries.<\/p>\n<p>Surak, the author of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hup.harvard.edu\/catalog.php?isbn=9780674248649\">The Golden Passport<\/a>, a book about the schemes, said: \u201cIn a lot of countries, the data are not as clearly reported as they should be. It can be challenging to get basic numbers and sometimes they don\u2019t always add up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt varies country to country, and it also varies over time,\u201d she said, citing improvements in schemes operated by Malta, Grenada and St Lucia. \u201cCompared to some other countries, Dominica leans toward the \u2018having issues\u2019 side of the spectrum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/LgZXQuHl9MhCtCAAZEbcrd\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/LgZXQuHl9MhCtCAAZEbcrd\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/LgZXQuHl9MhCtCAAZEbcrd\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/LgZXQuHl9MhCtCAAZEbcrd\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"antig-2648236863\" class=\"antig-in-comments_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/@hadeedmotorsltd\" aria-label=\"Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guardian &#8211; The Caribbean\u00a0island of Dominica may have sold thousands more \u201cgolden passports\u201d than its government has publicly disclosed, according to analysis that raises questions about the transparency and governance of its $1bn (\u00a3822m) citizenship by investment scheme. 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