In 2022, Dominica and St Kitts & Nevis ranked first in the Citizenship by Investment Program Index, as per The CBI Index released by Professional Wealth Management Magazine of Financial Times.
Along with Dominica, St Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia secures another top position in Caribbean Countries. It replaced Grenada as the third best Program.
The nations were rated according to nine criteria: Freedom of movement, Standard of living, minimum investment outlay, mandatory travel or residence, citizenship timeline, ease of processing, due diligence, family and certainty of product.
In Freedom Movement, Caribbean countries Dominica, Saint Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis scored 7.
The standard of living pillar ranked fourth in Saint Lucia, whereas Dominica, St Kitts and Nevis secured the fifth position in the Standard of Living.
With a perfect score of ten and a minimal investment requirement of just USD 100,000, Saint Lucia achieved the highest ranking in the pillar of minimum investment.
St Kitts and Nevis secured the top position on the “Citizenship Timeline” with a score of ten.
For the sixth year, the Caribbean Countries kept their perfect score of 10 for the \”easy of processing pillar”.
Dominica, St. Kitts, and Nevis received flawless marks in the \”Due Diligence\” pillar of the CBI Index 2022, demonstrating the Caribbean nations\’ efforts To ensure their residents\’ safety and worry-free living.
In the \”Family Pillar”, all the nations, including Dominica, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, received the same ranking.
Due to its well-known duration, popularity, and stability obtained by Dominica, St. Kitts, and Nevis, the \”Certainty of Product\” pillar achieved a perfect ten score this year.