CARIBBEAN     COMMERCIAL     &    IP    LAW    PRACTITIONERS    LLP
Barristers & Attorneys-at-Law

Economic Citizenship Programme - Second Passports in Dominica

Dominica's economic citizenship and second passport program, allows us to to assist clients from around the world to obtain a second passport from the Commonwealth of Dominica. We have been officially appointed by the government of the Commonwealth of Dominica as registered second passport agents of Dominica's Economic Citizenship programme. We are ready to walk you through the process to obtain a second passport. Below is some information about Dominica's second passport program.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us either by email at info@eialawyers.com, call one of our second passport agents, or fill out our brief email us to get more information on how we can help you to obtain a second passport from Dominica.

• Applicant must be over 25 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 MUST 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.
• A letter of application for economic citizenship stating the reason(s) for applying for economic citizenship.
• Signed application forms 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 applicant under the economic citizenship programme shall deposit into the appropriate account at the National Commercial Bank of Dominica the amount of their application. This amount shall not be withdrawn from the account unless the application is withdrawn, rejected or approved.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.
• Processing of applications for economic citizenship can take at least eight (8) weeks.

An applicant for economic citizenship should be familiar with the list of required documents:

• (i) An Application Form must be completed in duplicate for all persons desirous of Dominican citizenship, children included. A parent or legal guardian of applicants under eighteen (18) years of age must sign the application Form on behalf of the minor.
• (ii) Two (2) original personal references (Not Professional References) for the applicant, spouse and any child over 18 years old. Testimonials should include a paragraph about the referee, who must be acquainted with the applicant for at least five (5) years. Identical testimonials will not be accepted. Also testimonials should not be from family members. An original letter of recommendation from the Principal/Dean of the school or university for children between 12 and 18 years old.
• (iii) One (1) original Professional reference for the applicant. References should be from person who has been acquainted with the applicant's work for at least three (3) years.
• (iv) One (1) original recommendation from the applicant's banker (Not a certificate of Deposit/Bank Statement). The applicant must be a client of the bank for at least two (2) years. The recommendation should contain the contact information for the bank. Unsigned bank recommendations will not be accepted.
• (v) Original Letter of Employment for the applicant. If self-employed most recent audited financial statement of the business.
• (vi) Original affidavit by applicant stating source of funds.
• (vii) Notarized copy of most recent tax return for the applicant.
• (viii) Marriage certificate where applicable. If an applicant is divorced and has remarried then a notarized copy of the Dissolution of the Marriage is required.
• (ix) A letter of application addressed to the Honourable Minister for Legal Affairs requesting citizenship is required of the applicant or the head of the family applying for citizenship stating the reason(s) for applying for economic citizenship (x) Original Police clearance certificate or a similar document provided by a law enforcement agency confirming the absence of a criminal record is required of all applicants sixteen (16) years and over. Police records are required from country of birth, citizenship and residence (where the applicant has lived for six (6) months or more) if different. Police records are required from a County/State and at Federal Level. All police records must be accompanied by a set of fingerprints.
• (xi) Four certified passport size photos. On the reverse side of each photo a notary public should endorse the following statement: "I certify that is a true likeness of the applicant Mr./Miss/Mrs./Ms ____________________".
• (xii) Birth certificate for all applicants
• (xiii) Notarized copies of University/College diplomas.
• (xiv) Completed medical for all applicants. Applicants between the ages of 0-5 years will not be required to take an HIV test.
• (xv) A detailed resume/business background report is required of all applicants who are working adults. The occupation of all working adults must be clearly indicated.
• (xvi) Completed Disclosure Form for all applicants over 16 years old.
• (xvii) Statutory declaration attesting that the information submitted in the application package is correct.