REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT OPTION

A trusted and strategic diversification strategy for your portfolio. Discerning investors may apply for citizenship through the purchasing of a designated real estate unit of an Approved Development.
The minimum real estate investment in an Approved Development is US$400,000 (resaleable after seven years) for each main applicant.
Within 120 days of acknowledgment from the Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU) of submission of a CBI application, the CIU will advise whether an application is:
  • Approved-in-principle;
  • Denied; or
  • Delayed for cause and is still being processed.

THE FOLLOWING DUE DILIGENCE FEES APPLY TO ALL CBI APPLICATIONS:

  • Main applicant:

    US$10,000

  • Each dependant aged 16 or over:

    US$7,500

Each main applicant is required to attend an interview conducted by an independent professional firm commissioned by the CIU or by officials of the Unit either virtually, in person in St Kitts and Nevis or in person at such other location approved by the Board of Governors of the CIU.
Dependants aged 16 or over may if deemed necessary also be required to attend an interview.

ON APPROVAL-IN-PRINCIPLE OF AN APPLICATION MADE THROUGH A REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT, THE FOLLOWING POST-APPROVAL APPLICATION FEES APPLY:

  • Main applicant:

    US$25,000

  • Spouse of the main applicant:

    US$15,000

  • Any qualified dependant under 18:

    US$10,000

  • Any qualified dependant under 18:

    US$10,000

  • Any qualified dependant aged 18 or over:

    US$15,000

In addition to these fees, real estate buyers should be aware of purchase costs (mainly compulsory insurance fund contributions and conveyance fees).

BENEFITS