Posted on 07/27/2025 5:32:34 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Scroll through homes for sale in the Eastern Caribbean and it is no longer just bewitching beaches and a laid-back lifestyle being touted to woo buyers.
More and more property listings are offering a passport too – and political and social volatility in the US is said to be fuelling an upsurge in interest.
Five of the region's island nations – Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, and St Lucia – offer such citizenship by investment (CBI) from as little as $200,000 (£145,000).
Buy a home, and you also get a passport that grants the holder visa-free access to up to 150 countries including the UK and Europe's Schengen area.
For the wealthy, the islands' absence of taxes such as capital gains and inheritance, and in some cases on income too, is another major draw. And all five of the region's schemes allow buyers to retain their existing citizenship.
In Antigua, estate agents are struggling to keep up with demand, says Nadia Dyson, owner of Luxury Locations. "Up to 70% of all buyers right now are wanting citizenship, and the vast majority are from the US," she tells the BBC.
"We don't talk politics with them, but the unstable political landscape [in the US] is definitely a factor.
"This time last year, it was all lifestyle buyers and a few CBI. Now they're all saying 'I want a house with citizenship'. We've never sold so many before."
Despite Antigua's programme having no residency requirement, some purchasers are looking to relocate full-time, Ms Dyson says, adding: "A few have relocated already."
US citizens account for the bulk of CBI applications in the Caribbean over the past year, according to investment migration experts Henley & Partners.
Ukraine, Turkey, Nigeria and China are among the other most frequent countries of
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Can I bring all my guns?
After your 10th time going to the beach and your 100th coconut you will get homesick. Guaranteed.
asking for a friend
You put the lime in the coconut and shake it all up.
Spent some time in Antigua when I was in the Navy. Postage stamp island 10 miles by 10 miles. Inhabited primarily by descendants of black slaves brought over by the British who granted sovereignty to the Island in the 60s I think. Nice little island, quiet beaches.
But where else can you experience falling out of a coconut tree one of those sublime experiences that figures into presidential campaigns.
Sounds like a liberal magnet too.
Chose your Caribbean location with care. Seems that a lot of today’s Caribbeans don’t like tourists, especially Americans.
Sort of like what areas of Spain are going through. Advice, until you know your neighbors, postpone your moonlight walks all alone, along the sandy beaches, while listening to your music. Even the American state of Hawaii can be a little dicey for non-Hawaiians in certain areas.
The point isn’t to live on the island after receiving citizenship (though you can).
(Have they got a non-extradition treaty with the United States?
asking for a friend)
John Brennan,
Hillary Rodham Clinton, or
Barack Hussein Obama?
(or all three?)
If I were a billionaire, I might consider seeing how many passports I could collect.
(Can I bring all my guns?)
Same here
And my Social Security?
Now, where did I put my
17 million dollars...?
(looking under the couch 🛋️ cushions)
I’ve known some Bermudians fairly well. Not “down islands” as they called the Caribbean, but there are some similar issues. They used to call it “rock fever”. “Gotta get off the rock, gotta get off the rock!”
Florida was a popular destination. Also NYC (this was the Giuliani era and just after).
>Even the American state of Hawaii can be a little dicey for non-Hawaiians in certain areas.
It was that way 50 years ago. I knew some military dependents who lived there as teenagers. Locals beating up the haoles was a thing back then.
No.
No.
Doubtful. Thats the problem. Southeast Asia, nope. Mexico, nope. Panama? Nope. Carribean islands? Nope.
I’ve never heard of Hillary Rodham Clinton. I don’t know her. I’m sure she is a very nice person.And if I did know anything, I’d never tell anybody. Never. My lips are sealed, you got that Hillary? I’m not telling.
ROTFLOL 😀😃😅😂🤣🤣
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