LinkedInJune 17, 2026
Dominica sells the cheapest Caribbean passport, 200,000 dollars. St Kitts, which invented the category in 1984, costs 25 percent more and is still not the best value per destination it opens.
The five Eastern Caribbean programs look interchangeable from outside. Under EU pressure they harmonised their minimum investment threshold at 200,000 dollars in 2024, so the headline prices now sit in a tight band. The real gap appears only when you divide the entry price by what the passport actually opens.
Cost per destination reachable without a prior visa, minimum contribution before fees, single applicant, 2026:
- Dominica, 200,000 dollars, 145 destinations, about 1,380 each
- Antigua and Barbuda, 230,000 dollars, 154 destinations, about 1,490
- Grenada, 235,000 dollars, 147 destinations, about 1,600
- Saint Kitts and Nevis, 250,000 dollars, 155 destinations, about 1,610
- Saint Lucia, 240,000 dollars, 144 destinations, about 1,670
The cheapest program is the most efficient per destination. The oldest and most expensive one sits mid pack.
But the ratio hides what matters most, which destinations you are counting. The high-value ones are leaving. The UK removed visa-free access from Dominica in 2023 and Saint Lucia in March 2026, citing risks tied to the citizenship-by-investment programs in both cases, alongside asylum and migration-control concerns in the Saint Lucia decision. On 15 June 2026 Ireland imposed the same requirement on Saint Kitts and Saint Lucia, aligning with the UK and Schengen, so even the 250,000 dollar flagship is now down a European market. A flat cost per destination valued those seats like any other, right up until they disappeared.
The largest block is still in play. The European Commission eighth visa suspension report, December 2025, says operating an investor citizenship scheme may, in itself, constitute a ground for suspending Schengen visa-free access. For most buyers, Schengen is the highest-value block in every count above.
So the 2026 question is not which passport is cheapest per destination today. It is which program keeps its Schengen and UK access the longest, because the count you buy is not the count you keep. Since 2023, two of these five have lost the UK and two have lost Ireland, with Saint Lucia hit by both. Which loses the next market?
Built on GeoCompass, the jurisdiction intelligence layer behind Lucky Nomads.
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