Investors must be over 21 years of age.

Applicants for Economic Citizenship must be of outstanding character.

Application must be on the prescribed form and all necessary supporting documentation must be provided. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT ALL PHOTOCOPIED DOCUMENTS MUST BE CERTIFIED AS A TRUE COPY BY A NOTARY PUBLIC. FAX COPIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. ALSO ALL DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED NI1SI BE IN ENGLISH. DOCUMENTS WHICH HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE MUST BE TRANSLATED BY AN OFFICIAL TRANSLATOR WHO SHOULD NOT BE THE AGENT/PROMOTER OF THE INVESTOR.

Included in the package also must be a letter of application for economic citizenship addressed to the Minister of Legal Affairs, Immigration and Labour stating the reason(s) for applying for economic citizenship.

Application forms must be signed by applicant or by the parent or lawful guardian of children below eighteen (18) years old.

Applicants must have a basic knowledge of the English language.

Each investor/applicant under the programme shall deposit into the appropriate account at the National Commercial Bank of Dominica the amount of their investment. This amount shall not be withdrawn from the account unless the application is withdrawn, rejected or approved. In either of the first two cases the applicant will be refunded. However, if the application is rejected because of false information or declarations, forged or fraudulent documents submitted by the applicant then the investment will be forfeited to the Commonwealth of Dominica and shall not be refunded.

If the application is refused, all sums (net of bank charges and exchange rate differential) paid into the designated account shall be refunded to the applicant within one (1) month of the rejection of the application. However, no sums paid as fees to Government on applications for economic citizenship shall be refunded. A request for refund shall be addressed to the Minister for Finance.

All applicants for Economic Citizenship must have a promoter/agent. Overseas promotes must work with a local agent/promoter.