St. Kitts and Nevis Citizenship Investment Program

The St. Kitts & Nevis Citizenship by Investment Program is the oldest of its kind in the world. Established in 1984 the program grants citizenship through real estate investment to qualified applicants.

About St. Kitts & Nevis

St. Kitts & Nevis has been independent since 1983 and forms part of Lesser Antilles a group of islands located 2,000 km to the southeast of Miami. The Federation comprises two islands Nevis and St Kitts and the truly appropriate slogan of the local tourism authority is: Two islands - one paradise.

The country's reputation is untouched, St Kitts & Nevis is part of the Commonwealth; the Head of State is the Queen of England and is a well-functioning democracy based on the British parliamentary system.

Conveniently positioned for business people, the official and business language is English. The Federation is a member of the United Nations (UN), the British Commonwealth, of the Organization of American States (OAS), Caricom and various other international organizations.

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank has its headquarters on St. Kitts. It maintains the stability of the Eastern Caribbean Dollar (EC$), the national currency of most Eastern Caribbean countries, which is pegged to the US dollar.

Location

St. Kitts & Nevis are located in the northern part of the Leeward Islands in the eastern Caribbean separated by a channel two miles wide. St. Kitts is 23 miles long and 5 miles wide, encompassing an area of 68 square miles. The island's point of highest elevation is Mt. Liamuiga, at 3,792 feet. Nevis is located to the south and is approximately 7 miles in diameter, covering a total of 36 square miles.

St. Kitts and Nevis Citizenship Investment Program

The Citizenship Investment Program of St. Kitts and Nevis was established in 1984 and is the oldest and most respectable program of this kind in the world and the only one to provide you with such an international passport in only 4 months while most others take 5 years. The St Kitts and Nevis Citizenship program is based on the statute which means the granted citizenship may not be revoked no matter of changes in the governmental executives or policy. Regulations regarding citizenship-by-investment are contained in Part II, Section 3 (5) of the Citizenship Act, 1984.The St Kitts and Nevis passport is valid for 10 years and once it expires it can be renewed at any St Kitts and Nevis Consulate.

Documents required for St Kitts Application Process

• Application forms (Our St Kitts lawyers can run you through these)
• Copy of valid and unexpired passport
• Copy of the same for Dependents
• Copy of current Identity Cards
• Copy of the same of for dependents
• Medical certificates
• HIV test report
• Birth certificates for applicant
• Copy of the same for dependents
• Police certificates for all applicants aged 16 and over
• 6 passport size photos for each applicant
• Bank references (our St Kitts immigration lawyers can assist here.)
• Personal Recommendations(our St Kitts immigration lawyers can assist here.)
• Professional references(our St Kitts immigration lawyers can assist here.)
• Utility bill – to prove residential address

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Visa Free Travel Countries

The Citizenship By Investment Program of St. Kitts and Nevis established in 1994 is the oldest and most respectable program of this kind in the world. Its passport has more and more countries added to its visa free travel list every year. In 2009, St. Kitts and Nevis signed a treaty with the European Union and now passport holders can travel freely throughout Europe to all 27 Schengen Countries.

The government of St Kitts & Nevis has a fresh and international outlook, it has opened up the doors to its Citizenship program to all nationalities without exception.

Visa Free Travel Countries

*The list of countries is subject to variations depending on each government’s policy and so is access to these countries.

Business Opportunities in St. Kitts & Nevis

St Kitts and Nevis is conveniently positioned for business people the official and business language is English and its national currency is pegged to the US dollar.

One of the most attractive features of St Kitts and Nevis is its generous tax regime: you are not liable for Wealth, Gift, Inheritance, Foreign Income or Capital Gains Tax. There is no Personal Income tax, no restriction on the repatriation of profits and imported capital, Tax holidays for certain qualified investment projects and generous incentive packages including corporate tax incentives, full exemption from import duties, tax relief benefits and export allowance.

It also represents a huge business opportunity having signed a Free Trade agreement with Canada, therefore no taxes are paid for goods manufactured in the island and exported to the Canadian market.

In addition to this as a citizen of the Caribbean Community you enjoy duty free trading in 15 countries in the region - see further information below.

Main Industries

Real Estate

The fact that St Kitts and Nevis is the most reputable option to obtain a second Citizenship-via-Investment it has attracted substantial foreign capital into the country. This fact has lifted and maintained the stability of the property industry positioning St Kitts as a prime investment destination, a sound investment in its own right. Developments such as The Four Seasons, The Marriott, and upcoming projects such as The Mandarin Hotel and Residences located at Christophe Harbour, have placed St Kitts on the jet-setters' radar.

Financial Services

St. Kitts is the home of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank and the Eastern Caribbean Stock Exchange, which are two important pillars of the Regional Financial Sector and is one of the more recent international financial centers to emerge in the world.

Tourism

St. Kitts is one of the most sought-after tourism destinations in the Caribbean region, with stay over visitor arrival averaging an increase of 13.4 percent over the past five years. This upturn in visitor arrival is expected to continue well into the future with the anticipated completion of the renowned Christophe Harbour development. Tourism being the most important growth sector offers first-class investment opportunities to foreign investors to participate in the expansion of tourist facilities. Manufacturing: St Kitts and Nevis offers good opportunities for the labour-intensive manufacture of goods for export to the European Community, Canada and the United States which allow reductions or exemption in import duties on certain goods manufactured in the island. The government supports new industries through substantial tax breaks offered to new investors.

Agriculture

In the past the main industry of St Kitts and Nevis was the Sugar Cane. Nowadays the island presents good potential for the introduction of new high value crops which are suitable for tropical conditions. Investors in this sector of the economy are able to take advantage of regional trade agreements derived from St. Kitts' membership in CARICOM and the OECS to gain access to wider markets.

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