US and EU Pressure Forces Caribbean Citizenship Programmes to Tighten
Washington has suspended visa privileges tied to Antigua and Dominica's programmes; residency mandates are spreading; St Vincent is entering the market under the stricter standard.
Caribbean citizenship-by-investment programmes are under coordinated US and EU pressure, with Washington suspending some visa privileges linked to Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica, and the EU pressing the region toward tighter rules or discontinuation. St Kitts and Antigua have added residency requirements, St Kitts has mandated biometrics, and St Vincent is launching a new programme built to the stricter standard.
For diaspora families weighing a second passport, the window of low-friction options is narrowing. The opportunity is still real, but the risk is timing and compliance — programmes, prices and due-diligence rules are all moving at once.