St. Kitts and Nevis was the first country to introduce a Citizenship by Investment programme back in 1984 and is widely regarded as the platinum standard bearer for all CBI programmes. The country already has one of the strictest due diligence processes and now the government has introduced new stricter measures that will strengthen its security checks.

The new measures include the use of biometrics in the form of digital fingerprinting – a first for the Caribbean – as an extra layer of security, as well as new legislation regarding escrow accounts used under the real estate option of its CBI Programme. Meanwhile, its newest investment option – the Sustainable Growth Fund – remains the more straightforward route to St Kitts and Nevis’ citizenship, according to clients’ testimonials.