Citizenship in St Lucia
Saint Lucia Citizenship by Investment Program was launched in December 2015. It has four types of investments qualify for citizenship under the citizenship-by-investment programme (CIP) rules:
- Sant Lucia National Economic Fund
Saint Lucia National Economic Fund is a special fund established under Section 33 of the Citizenship by Investment Act for the sole purpose of receiving qualifying investments of cash for funding government sponsored projects.
- Real Estate Projects
Applicants are required to buy a property or piece of real estate for at least US$ 300,000 in one of the approved real estate projects in St Lucia such as branded hotels, resorts, boutique properties.
- Business Enterprise Projects
The Cabinet of Ministers will consider enterprise projects to be included on the approved list for the Citizenship by Investment Programme. Approved enterprise projects fall into seven (7) broad categories:
- Specialty Restaurants
- Cruise ports and marinas
- Agro-processing plants
- Pharmaceutical products
- Ports, bridges, roads and highways
- Research institutions and facilities
- Offshore universities
- Government Bonds
Citizenship by investment in St Lucia is also possible through buying US$ 500,000 non-interest-bearing Government bonds, locked in for 5 years.
Second Passport
All economic citizens of St Lucia automatically issued a passport under the Citizenship by Investment Act No 14 of 2015
St. Lucia passport offers visa free travel to 125 countries in the world. The passport issued under citizenship-by-investment programme is valid for 5 years..