Antigua & Barbuda Expands Definition Of Dependents

• Published date: 10 March 2021
• Subject Matter: Immigration, General Immigration
• Law Firm: CCLEX
• Author: Dr. Antoine Saliba Haig

Within two weeks from the news that siblings were allowed to be added in the same application under the Saint Kitts & Nevis Citizenship programme, the Citizenship by Investment Unit of Antigua & Barbuda announced that the cabinet of ministers agreed to amend the Antigua & Barbuda Citizenship by Investment Act of 2013 by expanding the definition of dependent to include siblings. By virtue of this amendment, all five Caribbean citizenship by investment programmes are now allowing the addition of brothers and sisters to the same application.

The term 'dependents' in Antigua & Barbuda now includes the following:

• Spouse of the Main Applicant
• Child of the Main Applicant or the Spouse up to the age of 30, if financially dependent on the Main Applicant
• Child of the Main Applicant or the Spouse (no age limit) with special needs
• Parent or Grandparent of the Main Applicant or the Spouse who is over the age of 55, if financially dependent on the Main Applicant
• A sibling of the Main Applicant or the Spouse, if unmarried
• A future spouse of the Main Applicant. A fee of USD $50,000 is payable upon application
• A future spouse of dependent children where the dependent child is financially dependent on the Main Applicant
• A future child of a dependent...