Dominica's passport just lost its easy door to America — ten-year U.S. visas cut to three months

From February 2026, the United States cut visa validity for Dominica passport holders from ten-year multiple-entry to three-month single-entry, and from 1 January it suspended several immigrant and non-immigrant U.S. visa categories for Dominica citizens. Dominica’s CBI program — the world’s oldest, running since 1993, with entry near US$200,000 — also tightened its restricted-nationality rules this year.

A Dominica passport still offers visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 140-plus countries, and citizens remain eligible to apply for a U.S. ten-year visitor visa on the normal individual basis. What changed is the automatic, repeat U.S. access that made the passport attractive to some buyers.

What this means for you: If U.S. travel was your reason for a Dominica passport, that reason no longer holds the way it did. Existing citizens planning U.S. trips should apply for a standard U.S. visa rather than rely on passport terms that can shift. Prospective applicants weighing U.S. access should look hard at the Eastern Caribbean programs still holding ten-year multiple-entry.