Apply for Economic Citizenship

Application fee - US$1 000 per investor (Non-refundable)

Processing Fee - US$200 per applicant (Non-refundable)

Naturalization Fee - US$550 per applicant

Stamp Fee - US$15 per applicant

• Для всех заявителей в возрасте старше 16 лет Информационная карта “Disclosure Form” должна заполняться в двух экземплярах
• Форма заявления 12 заполняется в двух экземплярах и заверяется под присягой мировым судьей, комиссаром или нотариусом
• Родитель или опекун заявителей в возрасте до 18 лет подписывает Форму заявления 12 от имени несовершеннолетнего
• Медицинская анкета заполняется сертифицированным практикующим врачом
• Для заявителей в возрасте от 12 до 18 лет оригинал рекомендательного письма от школы / университета
• Для заявителей в возрасте старше 18 лет два личных поручительства. Поручитель должен быть знаком с заявителем в течение по крайней мере пяти лет
• Для заявителей в возрасте старше 16 лет, оригиналы справок о несудимости с отпечатками пальцев, или аналогичный документ, предоставляемый правоохранительными органами из страны рождения и страны проживания
• Для детей в возрасте от 12 до 15 лет подтверждение родителями под присягой, что ребенок не имеет судимости
• Четыре сертифицированных фотографии паспортного размера
• Заверенная копия свидетельства о рождении
• Нотариально заверенные копии университетских дипломов / колледжа, если потребуется
• Для всех работающих заявителей подробное резюме или отчет о роде занятий с указанием должности

Step One: Preparation of applications

Promoters/Agents/Applicants should familiarize themselves with the list of required documents (PDF, 22.1 KB) attached. All the listed documents must be included in the application package in order for applications to be processed.

1. Application Form 12(PDF, 42.8 KB) must be completed in duplicate for all persons desirous of Dominican citizenship, children included. A parent or legal guardian of applicants under eighteen (18) years of age must sign the application Form 12 on behalf of the minor. All Form 12s must be notarized to be complete. Reproductions of the Form 12 are accepted. The section of Form 12 labelled “REFERENCE” can be left undone.
2. Two (2) original personal references (Not Professional References) for the investor, spouse and any child over 18 years old. Testimonials should include a paragraph about the referee, who must be acquainted with the applicant for at least five (5) years. Identical testimonials will not be accepted. Also testimonials should not be from family members. An original letter of recommendation from the Principal/Dean of the school or university for children between 12 and 18 years old.
3. One (1) original Professional reference for the investor. References should be from person who has been acquainted with the investor’s work for at least three (3) years.
4. One (1) original recommendation from the investor’s banker (Not a certificate of Deposit/Bank Statement). The investor must be a client of the bank for at least two (2) years. The recommendation should contain the contact information for the bank. Unsigned bank recommendations will not be accepted.
5. Original Letter of Employment for the investor. If self-employed most recent audited financial statement of the business.
6. Original affidavit by investor stating source of funds.
7. Marriage certificate where applicable. If an applicant is divorced and has remarried then a notarized copy of the Dissolution of the Marriage is required.
8. A letter of application addressed to the Honourable Minister responsible for Citizenship requesting citizenship is required of the investor or the head of the family applying for citizenship stating the reason(s) for applying for economic citizenship.
9. Original Police clearance certificate or a similar document provided by a law enforcement agency confirming the absence of a criminal record is required of all applicants sixteen (16) years and over. Police records are required from country of birth, citizenship and residence (where the applicant has lived for six (6) months or more) if different. Police records are required from a County/State and at Federal Level. All police records must be accompanied by a set of fingerprints. For children twelve to fifteen (12-15), sworn affidavit by parent that child does not have criminal record.
10. Four certified passport size photos. On the reverse side of each photo a notary public should endorse the following statement: I certify that is a true likeness of the applicant Mr./Miss/Mrs./Ms ___".
11. Birth certificate for all applicants.
12. Notarized copies of University/College diplomas.
13. Completed medical for all applicants. Applicants between the ages of 0-5 years will not be required to take an HIV test.
14. Non-refundable Processing Fee of US$200 00.
15. The non-refundable application fee of US$200 and stamp cost of US$15.00 as stated in the list of fees apply to each applicant. These fees and stamp costs must accompany the rest of the application package. Payments can be made in EC dollars and must be net of all bank and transfer charges. The exchange rate is US$1 00 = EC$2 70.
16. A detailed resume/business background report is required of all applicants who are working adults. The occupation of all working adults must be clearly indicated.
17. Completed Disclosure Form for all applicants over 16 years old.
18. Statutory declaration attesting that the information submitted in the application package is correct. If the applicant is experiencing difficulties in obtaining a statutory declaration, the document may be processed in Dominica.
19. Any other document deemed necessary by the Minister.

DOCUMENTS SHOULD NOT PRE-DATE THE SUBMISSION OF THE APPLICATION TO THE FSU BY MORE THAN THREE (3) MONTHS

Step two: Submission of application

The complete application package should be submitted to:

• The Manager
• Financial Services Unit
• Ministry of Finance
• 5th Floor Financial Centre
• Roseau
• COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA
• Tel: (767) 266 3073
• Fax: (767) 448 0054
• E-mail: fsu@dominica.gov.dm

Step Three: Comfort Letters and Investment Deposits

After careful consideration of the application by the Financial Services Unit, the promoter/agent/applicant will be issued a comfort letter from the Minister of Finance and Social Security. Upon receipt of the comfort letter, the stipulated investment should be deposited into the Citizenship account at the:

• National Bank of Dominica
• For credit to Ministry of Finance & Planning Government of Dominica – Economic Citizenship Account No. 115003026
• 64 Hillsborough Street
• Roseau
• Commonwealth of Dominica
• Swift code: NCDMDMDM at BANK OF AMERICA, NEW YORK

The name of the investor should be indicated clearly on the Wire Transfer/Deposit Slip.

Simultaneously, notification of the payment/deposit should be faxed to the Manager of the Financial Services Unit. All investments should be net of bank and transfer charges.

INVESTMENTS WILL NOT BE TRANSFERRED FROM THIS ACCOUNT EITHER FOR PRIVATE OR PUBLIC SECTOR PROJECTS’ USE UNTIL NATURALIZATION CERTIFICATES HAVE BEEN ISSUED.

Step Four: Interviews, Taking Of Oaths & Naturalization

1. Interviews
   It is mandatory that all investors be interviewed by a government appointed committee or committee members. Interviews are to be conducted in Dominica. The interview will be conducted in English and therefore applicants are expected at a minimum to be able to communicate verbally in English. Also if an investor is unable to travel to Dominica and wish to have his interview conducted overseas then he would be required to pay US$3 000 plus the full cost (hotel, airfare and Per Diem) for three members of the interview panel. It should be noted that under no circumstances will an interview be waived. Government has an approved list of translators who are able to assist in the case where an applicant is not fluent in the English language. A fee of US$100 will be charged for the use of a translator. Interviews will only be conducted where all documents are in order one (1) week prior to the date of the interview and the agent/promoter confirms that the investor will be attending the interview. The questions posed at the interview will fall within the following categories:
   • Personal information and eligibility for Dominica citizenship
   • Social, political and economic life in Dominica
   • Reason for seeking Dominica Citizenship and proposed contribution to Dominica's socio-economic growth
   • Allegiance to Dominica
   
   It is the responsibility of the promoter/agent/applicant to make the appropriate arrangements and appointments through the Financial Services Unit with regard to the interview.
   The agent will be notified about the results of the interview one month (1) after the interview date. If the application is recommended by the interviewing committee for further processing, it will be forwarded to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Labour, that is the ministry responsible for granting economic citizenship. It should be noted that submission of an application to this ministry does not guarantee economic citizenship.
2. Taking of Oath
   Upon final approval of application by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Labour each applicant is required to sign an Oath of Allegiance before a Notary Public, Justice of Peace or Commissioner of Oaths. Parents or legally appointed guardians of minors, ages zero to sixteen (0 -16) must sign the Oath of Allegiance on the behalf of the minor. At this point, each applicant is to pay a registration fee of US$1 000 00. A Certificate of Naturalization is then prepared and forwarded to the promoter/agent/applicant.

Step Five: Procurement of Passports

Passports can only be issued after the applicant has been granted citizenship of the Commonwealth of Dominica, that is, after he/she is issued a Certificate of Naturalization under the authority of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Labour. The applicant/agent/promoter is entirely responsible for the securing of passports. No government officer or department is responsible for applying for passports for any individual. Passports can be procured by submitting the following to the Immigration Office, Police Headquarters, Roseau:

1. Certificate of Naturalization
2. Certified copy of birth certificate
3. Completed passport application forms for each applicant along with Government Treasury receipt of EC$100 on Form "A" for adults or Form "B" for children (0-16 years). These forms must be submitted as issued by the Immigration Department. Reproduction or duplicates will not be accepted.
4. Two passport-size photographs - 2.5" x 2"

The following procedure is to be adopted for the conduct of due diligence investigations: -

1. The Disclosure Form (PDF, 43.8 KB)is to be completed in duplicate for all applicants sixteen (16) years and above.
2. The agent/promoter/investor should forward the original Disclosure Form together with the necessary payment to the due diligence agency. The duplicate form together with the other required application documents will be submitted to the FSU.
3. After the background investigation has been completed, the due diligence company will forward the results directly to the FSU.

It should be noted that the cost of the investigation is the responsibility of the applicant.