Washington quietly downgrades two Caribbean passports — and the rest of the region is watching the door
U.S. visas for Dominica and Antigua passport holders have been cut from ten-year multiple-entry to three-month single-entry. If your second passport was your mobility plan, that plan just shrank.
Effective February 2026, the United States reduced visa validity for holders of Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda passports from ten-year multiple-entry to three-month single-entry, and from 1 January it suspended several U.S. visa categories for Dominica citizens. St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia and Grenada have, for now, kept their ten-year multiple-entry terms.
The message to the wider Caribbean is unmistakable. The five Eastern Caribbean states that sell citizenship signed a regional agreement and are tightening due diligence, biometrics and pricing to satisfy U.S. and EU concerns. Whether that is enough to protect the better terms the other three still enjoy is the open question of 2026.
What this means for you: If you bought — or are buying — a Caribbean passport mainly for U.S. access, the calculus has changed. A Dominica or Antigua document no longer delivers easy, repeat U.S. entry. If U.S. mobility is the goal, weigh the programs that still hold ten-year terms, and build your plan on a separate, durable U.S. visa rather than on passport reciprocity that can be revised without notice.