{"id":20558,"date":"2017-10-17T06:46:08","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T10:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/?p=20558"},"modified":"2020-06-05T23:29:35","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T03:29:35","slug":"investing-abroad-in-st-lucia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/blog\/investing-abroad-in-st-lucia\/","title":{"rendered":"Investing Abroad in St. Lucia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Obtaining a second passport is one of the most important things a person can do to safeguard their future. A second citizenship grants a \u201cPlan B\u201d to work, live, invest, or retire to a new country if your primary country proves increasingly unsatisfactory, unaffordable, or unstable. <\/span><\/p>\n

The great thing about countries that allow for dual citizenship is that you don\u2019t have to give up your primary passport to gain an additional one, increasing your global freedom. <\/span>One of the more attractive countries for second citizenship (ranked as the 37th best passport in the world) is the small island nation of St. Lucia in the Caribbean\u2019s Lower Antilles<\/span><\/a>. This country offers foreign investors the opportunity to swiftly and efficiently <\/span>receive a second passport through one of the more affordable citizenship through investment programs in the world<\/b>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Some of the Perks of the Citizenship Through Investment Program<\/b><\/p>\n

When compared to other means of obtaining a second citizenship, such as naturalization, getting a St. Lucia passport through investment is quick and offers some great benefits to the holder. Some of these benefits include the lack of restrictions on physical residency in the country to qualify, no need to be in St. Lucia for the processing, no tax on worldwide income, legal residency for dependent children below 25 years of age and seniors above 65 years of age, and no interview process to be approved. <\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps one of the most attractive parts of receiving citizenship by investing abroad in St. Lucia is the visa-free travel to the Schengen Area countries of the EU (26 nations in total, including Switzerland), Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom. <\/span><\/p>\n

Who Can Apply for Citizenship Through Investment?<\/b><\/p>\n

So long as a potential foreign investor has a clean criminal record and passes a health examination from an approved doctor, they are capable of applying for St. Lucian citizenship through investment. The investment itself must satisfy one of the following criteria to be approved:<\/span><\/p>\n