Dominica Citizenship by Investment

Yes. Dominica can revoke citizenship for false information, security concerns, and activity likely to bring the country into disrepute. Its citizenship by investment regulations also address changing your name within five years of naturalization and receiving a prison sentence of at least 12 months after becoming a citizen. The sentencing provision has no stated cutoff after naturalization. Complete disclosure during the application is essential, and you should obtain advice before making a name change during the restricted period.

Dominica’s post-citizenship family route covers the main applicant’s eligible children under 18; it does not establish unlimited inheritance through successive generations born abroad. The 2025 amendment removed the requirement that a child be born or adopted within five years of the main applicant obtaining citizenship. An application is still required, and grandchildren need their own qualifying basis rather than automatically benefiting from this provision.

Yes, Dominica and three other CARICOM nations implemented a historic full free movement agreement on October 1, 2025, granting citizens the right to live, work, and study indefinitely without visas or work permits. Participating nations include Dominica, Barbados, Belize, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Dominica’s citizenship regulations prohibit investment citizens from changing, or seeking to change, their names during the first five years after naturalization, except through marriage. Breaching this restriction can lead to loss of citizenship. After five years, any proposed change still needs to follow the applicable legal and passport procedures.