Dominica Removes 5-Year Limit for Adding Children to CBI Applications

The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica has officially amended its Citizenship by Investment (CBI) Regulations, removing the five-year time limit that previously restricted when children could be added to a citizenship application after the main applicant was naturalized.

The amendment was signed on 26 November 2025 and took legal effect following its publication in the Official Gazette on 27 November 2025, reinforcing greater flexibility and family protection within Dominica’s CBI framework.

As a result, children can now be added to an approved Dominica citizenship file without a fixed time limitation, provided eligibility requirements are met at the time of application.

For families, this introduces greater flexibility in long-term planning, particularly where children are born or adopted years after the original citizenship approval.

The revision confirms that eligibility criteria, rather than timing, determine whether children may be added to an existing citizenship file.