{"id":253998,"date":"2025-10-15T12:08:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T16:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=253998"},"modified":"2025-10-15T12:35:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T16:35:05","slug":"30-day-residency-mandatory-interviews-and-biometrics-among-features-of-new-cip-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/30-day-residency-mandatory-interviews-and-biometrics-among-features-of-new-cip-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"30-Day Residency, Mandatory Interviews and Biometrics Among Features of New CIP Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-3316070460\" 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=\"\"  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href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/letter-staff-voice-frustrations-over-uncertainty-in-antigua-barbuda-college-of-aadvanced-studies\/?swcfpc=1\"> Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP)<\/a>, including a major change that increases the residency requirement for new citizens from five days to <a href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/youth-unemployment-a-quiet-crisis-uwi-fic-principal-warns\/?swcfpc=1\">30 days over a five-year period.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gaston.browne\">Prime Minister Gaston Browne,<\/a> who chaired the session, said the reforms are part of efforts to strengthen international confidence and align with global standards set by the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and the European Union.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2924744550\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img 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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\n\n\n<p>The changes follow months of regional consultation among countries offering similar investment-based citizenships.<\/p><div id=\"antig-221550039\" 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=\"\"  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height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> Existing CIP citizens will also be required to submit their biometric details when renewing their passports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are some who argue that the requirement should be even longer,\u201d Browne told the committee.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3757471385\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"CM key_WEB 1300x300_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1301\/h:301\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1301\/h:301\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 1301w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:69\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:237\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:178\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1301\" height=\"301\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cBut the reality is that many of these applicants are busy businesspeople who don\u2019t have the time to spend weeks vacationing or engaging in extended stays.\u201d<\/p><div id=\"antig-1280715346\" 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=\"\"  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Centre (JRCC), designed to strengthen background checks and improve transparency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Browne recommended that all member states within the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) operating CIP programs harmonize their implementation timelines to avoid opportunities for \u201carbitrage.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He proposed that all five participating countries\u2014Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Dominica, and Grenada\u2014pass and enforce the new legislation by <strong>November 1<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bill, which has already been endorsed by regional heads of government, is expected to complete its second and third readings in Parliament later this week, followed by Senate consideration next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaFMdgE6mYPT8QGXjA0A\"><strong><em>CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT\u2019S APP GROUP<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a 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