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Grenada's real estate route has three tiers: $235K NTF donation, $270K shared ownership, $350K full title. The middle tier is where four-person families with a five-year horizon actually end up — once they understand what the structure really gives them.
Saint Lucia advertises a 90-day target. Many brokers still quote 4 to 6 months. Actual 2025 to 2026 processing has stretched to 18-20 months. Seven Q&A blocks for anyone already in the queue or being pitched this passport right now.
Sao Tome starts at $95,000. Dominica starts at $200,000. The price gap is double, but the visa-free lists, family scope, processing speed and program risk are not on the same axis. A side-by-side, with the trade-offs that actually drive the choice.
Vanuatu lost EU Schengen visa-free status in December 2024 and UK access back in 2023. For most HNW Chinese families looking at a second passport, those two losses change the math. Here is the full story of one client conversation last week.
The April 14 biometric rule is widely covered. The buried clause is this: anyone who became a Saint Kitts citizen before that date has 14 months left to enrol fingerprints and iris data, or face passport revalidation issues.
A rumor of Schengen visa-free restoration for Vanuatu by mid-2026 is moving fast. An essay-length walk through why the EU cycle makes that unlikely and what clients should actually decide.
In April 2026, parliaments in Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts, and Saint Lucia had all passed enabling legislation for ECCIRA. The May Caribbean Investment Summit Saint Lucia hosted was no longer a signing ceremony — it was an operational handover.
Two Turkish Interior Ministry rules took effect on 1 May 2026: residence permit issuance fees rose ninefold, and biometric capture moved to same-day. The CBI main applicant route is unaffected by the permit hike, but the spousal/parent permit-first path needs recalculation. Property valuation gate unchanged.
Dominica CBI in 2026 runs the strictest DD cycle in its history. Eight questions cover the four-tier DD, real costs, lost UK visa-free, and what the EU yellow card means.
Saint Kitts is $250K, Antigua is $230K. After Saint Kitts' January 2026 Genuine Link reform, the $20,000 gap is the small story. The big story is residency burden: Saint Kitts wants ongoing connection, Antigua wants five days landed in five years. Ken Huang gives the two-scenario quick read.
Antigua's October 2025 CBI reform package — mandatory interview for every applicant including adult dependents, biometric capture for new citizens and existing passport-renewal cases, $300 biometric passport — enters implementation in 2026. NDF still starts at $230K for a family of four.
April 2026 Grenada IMA reforms: cumulative 30-day landing, age-17 biometrics, DD fees up $2.5K-3K. A four-hour LA conversation lays out the real ledger.
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