St Kitts and Nevis grants citizenship to approved applicants who contribute US$250,000 to the Sustainable Island State Contribution for a single applicant or a family of up to four, with due-diligence fees of US$10,000 and US$7,500, a mandatory interview for the main applicant, no residency requirement and dual citizenship permitted. Alpha acts as an introducer working with an authorised St Kitts and Nevis agent.
Everything below is written as reference material: the official thresholds and fees we have verified, who qualifies and who is barred, how long it takes, what the passport does and does not give you, and the risks. Where an official schedule figure is not published on this page, we say so rather than estimate it. If another programme fits you better, we say so in the alternatives section.
St Kitts and Nevis, which runs the world's oldest citizenship-by-investment programme (1984), grants citizenship to approved applicants who contribute to the Sustainable Island State Contribution (SISC): US$250,000 for a main applicant alone or a family of up to four, plus US$25,000 for each additional dependant under 18 and US$50,000 for each additional dependant aged 18 or over. Due-diligence fees are US$10,000 for the main applicant and US$7,500 for each dependant aged 16 or over, and every main applicant attends an interview conducted by an independent firm or the Unit. There is no residency or visit requirement and dual citizenship is permitted. Higher-threshold real-estate and public-benefit routes also exist. A St Kitts and Nevis passport gives visa-free access to the Schengen area and the United Kingdom.
Source: Citizenship by Investment Unit, St Kitts and Nevis, ciu.gov.kn (Sustainable Island State Contribution page); verified 17 September 2026. Alpha acts as an introducer working with an authorised St Kitts and Nevis agent.
Active. Administered by the Citizenship by Investment Unit in Basseterre under the Citizenship Act and the Citizenship by Investment Regulations. The SISC replaced the Sustainable Growth Fund in 2023 and its minimum was set at US$250,000 under the 2024 Eastern Caribbean agreement. Mandatory interviews for main applicants have applied since 2023.
| Sustainable Island State Contribution (non-refundable) | USD |
|---|---|
| Main applicant alone, or main applicant with up to three dependants | 250,000 |
| Each additional dependant under 18 | 25,000 |
| Each additional dependant aged 18 or over | 50,000 |
| Fees payable on every application | USD |
|---|---|
| Due diligence, main applicant | 10,000 |
| Due diligence, each dependant aged 16 or over | 7,500 |
| Processing and certificate fees | per the Unit's schedule, quoted in writing |
Verified against ciu.gov.kn on 17 September 2026. The approved real-estate and public-benefit routes carry higher minimums and holding periods; we quote them in writing. Legal translation, attestation and the agent's professional fees are additional.
250,000 contribution + 10,000 due diligence for the main applicant + 7,500 for the spouse = US$267,500 in government charges, before processing, certificate and professional fees.
Applications from nationals of Russia and Belarus have been suspended since 2022. Nationals of certain other countries are subject to enhanced due diligence or residence-abroad conditions set by the Unit. We confirm eligibility at pre-screen before any agreement is signed.
The Unit does not publish a guaranteed processing time; recent files have typically taken several months from submission to approval. The sequence is:
A St Kitts and Nevis passport gives visa-free or visa-on-arrival entry to the Schengen area, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong and most of the Commonwealth Caribbean. It does not give visa-free entry to the United States or Canada. The European Union has been reviewing visa-free access for all Caribbean investor-citizenship states since 2023. Entry rules change; confirm with the destination state before travelling.
St Kitts and Nevis levies no personal income tax, wealth, gift, inheritance or capital-gains tax. Citizenship does not by itself change your tax residency or your obligations where you live or hold assets. We do not provide tax advice.
The Unit applies multi-layer due diligence through independent international firms, regional intelligence sharing and mandatory interviews, and has revoked citizenships obtained through misrepresentation. Approval is decided solely by the Government of St Kitts and Nevis and is never guaranteed.
Alpha Immigration Associates FZC (SPC Free Zone, Sharjah, Reg. 4204438.01; office 309 Opal Tower, Business Bay, Dubai) is not an authorised agent for this programme. We act as an introducer: we pre-screen, structure the family application and manage documents, and the application is filed by an agent on the Unit's authorised list. Our own government designations (Vanuatu, Nauru, Sao Tome and Principe) are on the accreditations page. Editor: Manpreet Kataria, Managing Director. Page reviewed 17 September 2026.
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Government contribution minimums only. Government processing/due-diligence fees, agent fees and bank charges are additional. Verify against the official_url before relying on any figure. Structured data for all programmes: CBI programme database · JSON.
