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Dominica CBI mandatory interview for all applicants 16 and older has been in force for 22 months. Ken in LA walks through the four-tier due diligence, the real 7-9 month timeline, and the three failure modes Chinese applicants keep tripping over.
Dominica's two CBI routes share the same $200K headline. The total cost, holding period, exit liquidity, and processing mechanics behind that headline are completely different. Two real client ledgers tell the story.
Saint Lucia in May 2026 holds the strictest approval and the lowest refusal rate of the Caribbean five. Ken at home in LA on the ECCIRA dual-gate, client segmentation, and the invisible approval gravity asset.
The standard P2 track delivers in 3 to 6 months. Priority One promises 60 days for a flat $25K family premium. Three real client profiles, two cost calculators, and one clear answer on when the $25K is genuine insurance and when it is wasted money.
The $95K São Tomé passport is the starting line, not the finish. The day a recent client handed me the booklet at my LA home, we sat down and mapped the second step: opening US-dollar accounts and upgrading her cross-border payment KYC. Here is what actually happened at three major banks.
Turkey $400K real estate plus US E-2 company route stays the cheapest legal long-term US status for Asian clients in May 2026. Ken at home in LA walks the four steps and family derivatives.
Dominica EDF $200K four-person vs São Tomé NDF $95K three-generation: Schengen visa-free, UK loss, lusophone network, age-16 interview, three-gen breadth. Ken decodes the lowest-budget choice from his LA home.
Dominica's international airport 2027 expansion entered main construction in May 2026. EDF $200K donation funds participate in infrastructure servicing. New 2028 Miami, Paris, London direct routes lift passport usability sharply.
Sao Tome $95K is cheap; the source-of-funds three-layer trace is not. Ken at home in LA answers seven common review questions: corporate accounts, crypto, trusts, bridging, post-approval risk.
Mr. J at my LA home: 17-year-old son starting US college fall 2027, package Grenada E-2 with mother-as-principal plus derivative status. Ken walks the three-layer design and $700-800K five-year ledger.
The headline difference is only $20K. The real all-in difference over five years is closer to $40K — and that is before you decide what to do about Antigua's mandatory 5-day landing requirement. Ken Huang walks through the full 2026 ledger so you can see which household profile fits which passport.
Couple in fifties, overseas children, parents still in China. Antigua at $230K minimum with three-generation coverage and a five-day cumulative landing requirement is the quietest passport built for this family shape in May 2026.
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