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Tuesday 14 June 2011

Go ahead - Apply for Citizenship

The process to acquire citizenship from the Commonwealth of Dominica is not unduly long.  An application for dual citizenship begins with the securing of a promoter, agent or retainer and the appointment of an agency to perform due diligence investigations on the applicant's behalf. Completed application forms along with the relevant supporting documents and stipulated fees are submitted by the retainer to the Government Department responsible for processing the documents.  The application is scrutinized.

Afterwards, the Government Department issues a comfort letter to the retainer.  When that letter is received the stipulated economic investment is paid into the Citizenship account and notification of the deposit (indicating the name of the investor) is sent to the Manager of the Government Unit.  An interview (conducted in English) then follows.  There is flexibility with regards to the location for the interview. The successful application is forwarded to the Ministry of National Security, Immigration and Labour – the unit responsible for granting economic citizenship.

If the application is finally approved, the applicant signs the Oath of Allegiance before a Notary Public, Justice of Peace or Commissioner of Oaths and pays a registration fee.  A certificate of Naturalization is forwarded to the agent or applicant. [It is only at this point that the economic investment paid by the applicant is drawn by the Government]. The applicant or agent then applies for a passport. Passport application is made to the Immigration Office, Police Headquarters. The entire process takes approximately eight (8) weeks.

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