News feed, Uncategorized Date: 04 March, 2025
One person who knows all about Caribbean Citizenship by Investment is Leila Bagheri. What clients want to learn from her is how many St Kitts and Nevis passport visa-free countries there are.
RIF Trust’s Caribbean expert directs them towards our Passport Index, an invaluable resource which outlines that ““the passport rank combines the number of visa-free, visa-on-arrival, and eVisa countries.””
“For instance, consider the St Kitts and Nevis Passport Ranking. You can look at St Kitts and Nevis passport visa-free countries in 2 ways. The first is the passport rank total and the second nothing less and nothing more visa-free destinations. St Kitts and Nevis’ rating as offering the 16th most powerful global travel document means you should explore the St Kitts and Nevis Citizenship by Investment program in more detail.”
Leila expands: “In this article, you will consult a comprehensive St Kitts and Nevis passport overview, finding out the countries you can travel to without a visa, the destinations requesting a visa on arrival, those asking for an eVisa, and countries insisting you apply for a visa beforehand.”
St Kitt and Nevis’ passport guarantees 166 out of 199 destinations visa-free for you and your dependents. The 166, as discussed above, adds up 3 separate tallies and 199 refers to countries rather than territories like the Cayman Islands. These are the 102 pure visa-free countries:
To calculate the more rounded St Kitts and Nevis passport visa-free countries figure, we take the unadulterated amount along with destinations you can enter with a visa on arrival. Here are the 28 countries:
For the purposes of explanation, to reach the St Kitts and Nevis passport’s 166/199 rank, we combine the 102 previously mentioned St Kitts and Nevis passport visa-free countries, the 28 you can enter with a visa on arrival, and the 36 eVisa destinations. Here are those 36 in full:
Holding the ultimate travel document in our Index, the Syria passport, means you need to obtain a visa before entering 126 destinations. However, the number of countries requesting a visa ahead of time with a St Kitts and Nevis passport is far fewer. These are the relevant 32 destinations:
It goes without saying that the 166 St Kitts and Nevis passport visa-free countries will enhance your business and leisure travel options. Yet this is not the only passport you can invest in by way of a new residency or second citizenship. You will have to compare and contrast the costs of programs, processing durations, and how long naturalization takes.
An undeniable benefit of the St Kitts and Nevis Citizenship by Investment program is that it leads to direct citizenship. After 6-12 months of processing, you become a citizen of the Eastern Caribbean nation and qualify for its passport. Another reassuring aspect of the program is that is the most established Citizenship by Investment in the world, dating back to 1984.
€600,000 is the minimum you can invest to secure the 8th-placed Maltese passport via Maltese Exceptional Investor Naturalization (MEIN), ensuring entry to 176 visa-free destinations. A 7th-positioned Canadian passport (177 visa-free countries) becomes available after a period of 5 years naturalizing via the C$275,000 Canada Start-up Visa.
Joint 6th are the UK passport and the US passport (178/199). Naturalization takes 5 years through the £200,000 UK Innovator Founder Visa. It’s the same length of time if you invest in the $800,000 US EB-5 Investor Visa.
Two 3rd-placed travel documents are the Greek passport and the Portuguese passport, permitting you to visit 181 visa-free destinations. A €250,000 Greek Golden Visa can see you become a Greek national after a 7-year naturalization period while it’s only 5 years from applying for the €325,000 Portuguese Golden Visa before you’re recognized as a citizen of Portugal.
The top passport is the Spanish passport, as it makes 183 visa-free countries accessible. Become a Spanish national in 10 years (or only 2 if you’re from Latin America or the Philippines). The last day to apply for the €350,000 Spanish Golden Visa is Wednesday, April 2, 2025 as the government has announced the program will terminate on the 3rd.
St Kitts and Nevis Citizenship by Investment is a tried and trusted Caribbean program. Yet there are more to programs than mobility as you will discover by consulting an industry authority such as RIF Trust. So, contact us now and we’ll show you how to invest today without any further delay to establishing a new residency or second citizenship.
Date: 04 March, 2025
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