{"id":6615,"date":"2016-04-30T01:29:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T01:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/?p=6615"},"modified":"2019-02-12T13:51:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T18:51:31","slug":"antigua-barbuda-raises-cost-of-citizenship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/antigua-barbuda-raises-cost-of-citizenship\/","title":{"rendered":"Antigua &#038; Barbuda: Raises Cost of Citizenship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wealthy businessmen looking for a way around travel restrictions are a key driver of the investment immigration industry \u2013 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/antigua-barbuda-investor-citizenship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antigua &amp; Barbuda\u2019s citizenship program<\/a> one of the most attractive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Beginning May 1<sup>st<\/sup> a family of four can secure citizenship on the Caribbean island in return for a $300,000 investment and $150,000 processing fee.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Countries offering citizenship-through-investment<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6616\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6616\" data-attachment-id=\"6616\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/antigua-barbuda-raises-cost-of-citizenship\/antigua-barbuda-cost-citizenship\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/antigua-barbuda-cost-citizenship.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"394,303\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"antigua-barbuda-cost-citizenship\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Antigua &#038; Barbuda: Raises Cost of Citizenship &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/antigua-barbuda-cost-citizenship-300x231.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/antigua-barbuda-cost-citizenship.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/antigua-barbuda-cost-citizenship-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"Antigua &amp; Barbuda: Raises Cost of Citizenship \" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/antigua-barbuda-cost-citizenship-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/antigua-barbuda-cost-citizenship.jpg 394w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Antigua &amp; Barbuda: Raises Cost of Citizenship<\/p><\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Antigua &amp; Barbuda<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/austria-citizenship-investor-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Austria<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/cyprus-citizenship-permanent-residency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cyprus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/dominica-citizenship-by-investor-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dominica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/malta-citizenship-by-investment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Malta<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/saint-kitts-nevis-investor-residence-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saint Kitts &amp; Nevis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/saint-lucia-citizenship-by-investment-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saint Lucia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The benefits: Visa-free travel to the European Union\u2019s Schengen Area and Canada. Antigua &amp; Barbuda is one of four Caribbean countries to over investment immigration options, but it\u2019s the only one to offer visa-free travel to Canada.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Flexibility of visa free travel is an important benefit in today\u2019s business world, with the world\u2019s most powerful passports offering access to more than 150 countries. Compare that with the least powerful \u2013 Afghanistan \u2013 which allows free travel to only 25 nations. Some major nations are pretty far down the list, with India and Egypt at 51 and China at 50.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Benefits of Antigua &amp; Barbuda citizenship<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Visa-free travel to the Schengen Area and Canada<\/li>\n<li>Citizenship for family members without any additional investment requirements<\/li>\n<li>A second passport at your disposal for ease of travel<\/li>\n<li>Free movement through the Caribbean CARICOM countries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are holding a passport from one of these countries and you have the funds available, the chances are you will be looking at your options for a second passport through investment immigration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/antigua-citizenship-by-investment-target-for-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antigua Citizenship by Investment Target for 2016 \u00a0is $200M<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/skn-passport-holders-affected-by-canada-visa-free-travel-revocation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">15,000 St. Kitts and Nevis Passport Holders Affected by Canada\u2019s Visa-Free Travel Revocation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wealthy businessmen looking for a way around travel restrictions are a key driver of the investment immigration industry \u2013 with Antigua &amp; Barbuda\u2019s citizenship program one of the most attractive. Beginning May 1st a family of four can secure citizenship on the Caribbean island in return for a $300,000 investment and $150,000 processing fee. 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