Antigua and BarbudaInvestment
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The UWI Fund option finances the University of the West Indies fourth landed campus.
The University of the West Indies Fund (UWI) option is a mechanism for financing UWI’s fourth landed campus.
Participation requires an investment of US$260,000 for a family of six or more, with six being the minimum number of persons per application. Passport fees are payable separately after approval.
Applicants to the Citizenship by Investment Programme who choose this option will be required to make an investment of US$260,000 for a family of six (6) or more (i.e. minimum number of persons per application is 6).
Upon submission of your application you will be required to pay the full due diligence. Upon receipt of a letter of approval, you will then be asked to pay the passport fees and your contribution. The fees are paid directly to the Unit and your contribution must be made to the Government Special Fund within a 30 day period.
Once received, a certificate of registration of Citizenship will be issued for the primary applicant and their family members which will be submitted to the Passport Office for processing with their passport application and any accompanying documentation.
On the first occasion that you visit Antigua and Barbuda you can take the oath or affirmation of allegiance or you can visit an Embassy, High Commission or Consular Office of Antigua and Barbuda to fulfil the requirement to take the oath or affirmation of allegiance.
The current CIU guidance and the 2016 amendment state that citizenship may be deprived if the citizen does not spend at least five days in Antigua and Barbuda during the five calendar years after registration. The official material does not establish an additional route-specific continuing ownership or investment-holding condition.
## 4. Amendment of section 4 of the principal Act – Deprivation of Citizenship by Investment Section 4 of the principal Act is amended by repealing subsection (1) and replacing it with the following – “(1) In addition to the powers conferred on him by the Citizenship Act, the Minister responsible for Citizenship may by Order deprive any person of citizenship granted under this Act if that person does not spend a minimum of five (5) days in Antigua and Barbuda during the period of five calendar years after his registration.”
Deprivation of citizenship may occur if the citizen does not spend at least 5 days in Antigua and Barbuda during the period of five calendar years after having obtained citizenship and they will not be entitled to repayment of any investment, contribution or purchase price made by them in their original application for citizenship.
Participation requires a minimum of six persons per application (a family of six or more) and entitles one family member to a one-year, tuition-only scholarship at the University of the West Indies; the page does not itemise which relatives qualify beyond the minimum group size or establish residence/work rights from the application.
Applicants to the Citizenship by Investment Programme who choose this option will be required to make an investment of US$260,000 for a family of six (6) or more (i.e. minimum number of persons per application is 6).
Participation in the option will entitle one member of the family to a one year, tuition only, scholarship at the University of the West Indies.
After approval, passport fees and the contribution are payable and the contribution must reach the Government Special Fund within 30 days; citizenship registration and an oath or affirmation follow.
Upon submission of your application you will be required to pay the full due diligence. Upon receipt of a letter of approval, you will then be asked to pay the passport fees and your contribution. The fees are paid directly to the Unit and your contribution must be made to the Government Special Fund within a 30 day period.
Once received, a certificate of registration of Citizenship will be issued for the primary applicant and their family members which will be submitted to the Passport Office for processing with their passport application and any accompanying documentation.
On the first occasion that you visit Antigua and Barbuda you can take the oath or affirmation of allegiance or you can visit an Embassy, High Commission or Consular Office of Antigua and Barbuda to fulfil the requirement to take the oath or affirmation of allegiance.
These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.
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