{"programme_id":"antigua-cbi","country":"Antigua and Barbuda","passport_validity":{"adult_years":10,"child_years":5,"e_passport":null,"notes":"CORRECTED 2026-10-02: Antigua & Barbuda Department of Immigration: adult passports (over 16) 'are valid for ten years'; minor passports (under 16) 'are valid for five years'. The official page states no separate validity for citizens by investment. The earlier claim that CBI citizens receive 5-year passports is not supported by the official page. (unverified)"},"official_fees":{"ordinary_adult_gbp_highcommission":50,"ordinary_child_gbp_highcommission":25,"ordinary_adult_usd_approx":65,"ordinary_child_usd_approx":33,"ciu_passport_fee_usd":300,"ciu_passport_fee_ecd":810,"currency_note":"CORRECTED 2026-06-25 (task #27): prior 'USD 1,000 adult / USD 500 child (CIP schedule)' has NO official basis — it is a third-party-blog figure that propagated into our data and is ~15x the real ordinary fee, and does not reconcile as an EC$ mislabel either. Official ordinary passport renewal fee (Antigua & Barbuda High Commission London, eff. 1 Apr 2025): £50 adult / £25 child (~USD 65/33); lost/stolen £100/£50. The CIU's own Schedule of Fees lists the passport fee as USD 300 / EC$810 per person (issuance within the citizenship application; dual-currency at the ~2.70 peg; no age split). Domestic fees are paid in EC$ revenue stamps (numeric not published on immigration.gov.ag). (unverified)","source_official_highcommission":"https://antigua-barbuda.com/ova_sev/fees/","source_official_ciu":"https://cip.gov.ag/schedule-of-fees/","notes":"Adult passport valid 10 years; child under 16 valid 5 years (Dept of Immigration). CBI investor passport first issued 5 years then renewable for 10, subject to the 5-days-in-5-years residency condition. Prior 'USD 1,000/500' figure unverified and removed."},"typical_processing":{"standard_weeks":"3","emergency_days":"3-5 business days (extra cost)","source_official":"https://immigration.gov.ag/passport/","verified_date":"2026-10-02"},"remote_capable":{"possible":true,"visit_required":"5-day visit must have been completed previously, but renewal application itself can be submitted remotely","in_person_biometric":false,"method":"Through Antigua & Barbuda diplomatic missions abroad or licensed CIP agent","announced_change":null,"note":null},"biometric_status":{"required":"Coming 2026 under ECCIRA framework","in_person_required":null,"details":null,"programme":null,"compliance_deadline":null,"collection_centres":null,"enrolment_fees_usd":null,"fees_include_passport_upgrade":null,"early_enrolment_reduction":null,"authorised_agent_required":null,"vip_service":null,"re_enrolment_at_renewal":null,"source":null,"verified_date":null},"eccira_status":"Not yet operational; none of the proposed measures is in force. Existing rules still apply. Implementation expected later in 2026 per the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (chief executive recruitment under way); no start date announced, originally targeted April 2026.","deadlines":[{"id":"eccira-framework-implementation","requirement":"ECCIRA framework: initial 5-year passports upgraded to 10-year after orientation, a 30-day physical presence requirement within the first five years, and mandatory biometrics","applies_to":"Citizenship by investment citizens of the five ECCIRA member states","effective_or_deadline_date":"Later in 2026 (no start date announced; originally targeted April 2026)","status":"announced_delayed","summary":"The Eastern Caribbean Citizenship by Investment Regulatory Authority framework, established in December 2025, is not yet in force: the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank expects the Authority to begin operating later in 2026 and is still recruiting its chief executive, and no start date has been announced. Existing renewal rules continue to apply until its measures take effect.","official_source_url":"https://www.eccb-centralbank.org/news/fourth-us-caribbean-roundtable-on-citizenship-by-investment-hails-regional-efforts-at-enhanced-governance","last_checked":"2026-09-28"},{"id":"antigua-five-day-residency","requirement":"Five days of physical presence within the first five years, verified at first passport renewal","applies_to":"Citizens naturalised through the Citizenship by Investment Programme","effective_or_deadline_date":"Standing","status":"standing","summary":"An existing condition of the programme, not a new measure: CBI citizens must spend a total of five days in Antigua and Barbuda within the first five years, with compliance checked when the initial 5-year passport is renewed.","official_source_url":"https://cip.gov.ag/","last_checked":"2026-07-04"}],"official_source_urls":["https://cip.gov.ag/","https://immigration.gov.ag/general-services/passports/","https://immigration.gov.ag/passport/","https://antigua-barbuda.com/ova_sev/fees/","https://cip.gov.ag/schedule-of-fees/"],"last_verified":"2026-10-02","human_page":"https://www.mirabelloconsultancy.com/passport-renewal/antigua-and-barbuda-passport-renewal","renunciation":{"country":"Antigua and Barbuda","renunciation_possible":true,"summary":"Under section 7 of the Antigua and Barbuda Citizenship Act, Cap. 22, a citizen who has attained the age of eighteen and who is also, or intends to become, a citizen or national of another country is entitled to renounce citizenship by a declaration on Form REN. 1. The declaration is signed before a Judge, Magistrate or Notary Public in Antigua and Barbuda, or a consular officer abroad, and is registered by the Minister; the person ceases to be a citizen on registration. A person who has no other nationality at registration and does not acquire one within six months is deemed to have remained a citizen. The Minister may withhold registration only in the wartime circumstances set out in section 7(3). The Constitution (section 115) protects dual citizenship, so renunciation is a choice of the citizen, and section 114(1)(e) entitles a former citizen who had to renounce in order to acquire or retain another citizenship to apply to be registered as a citizen again.","legal_basis":{"constitution_s116_3_b_power":"Constitution, section 116(3)(b): there shall be such provision as may be made by Parliament for the renunciation by any person of his citizenship.","act_s7_1_eligibility":"Antigua and Barbuda Citizenship Act, Cap. 22, section 7(1): any citizen of Antigua and Barbuda who has attained the age of eighteen years and who (a) is also a citizen or national of any other country, or (b) intends to become a citizen or national of any other country, shall be entitled to renounce his citizenship of Antigua and Barbuda by a declaration made in such manner as may be prescribed.","act_s2_3_full_age_capacity":"Cap. 22, section 2(3): a person is of full age if he has attained the age of eighteen years and of full capacity if he is not of unsound mind. Section 2(1): 'minor' means a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years. Form REN. 1 requires the declarant to state that he or she is of full age and capacity.","act_s7_1_proviso_six_months":"Cap. 22, section 7(1) proviso: in the case of a person who is not a citizen or national of any other country at the date of registration of his declaration of renunciation, if he does not become such a citizen or national within six months from the date of registration he shall be, and shall be deemed to have remained, a citizen of Antigua and Barbuda notwithstanding the making and registration of his declaration.","act_s7_2_effect":"Cap. 22, section 7(2): subject to subsection (3), where a declaration is made under subsection (1) the Minister shall cause the declaration to be registered in such manner as may be prescribed and, upon such registration, the person who made the declaration shall cease to be a citizen of Antigua and Barbuda.","act_s7_3_wartime_withholding":"Cap. 22, section 7(3): the Minister may, in his discretion, withhold registration of any declaration made at any time when Antigua and Barbuda is at war, where the declaration is made by a person who is or who intends to become a national or citizen (a) of any country with which Antigua and Barbuda is at war, or (b) of any country as respects which, because Antigua and Barbuda is at war, it would, in the interests of national security or public policy, be undesirable or inexpedient for that person to be or become a citizen or national thereof. Section 2(9): being at war means a time when Antigua and Barbuda is engaged in hostilities with another country.","other_grounds_to_withhold":"Section 7 of Cap. 22 states no ground for withholding registration other than the wartime ground in section 7(3). The section contains no reference to pending proceedings, military service, tax or other obligations.","act_s7_4_certificate":"Cap. 22, section 7(4): where a person who has renounced his citizenship under this section desires to be issued with a certificate of such renunciation, that person may, on making application in writing therefor to the Minister, be issued by the Minister with a certificate of such renunciation in the prescribed form.","regs_reg9_forms_and_register":"Antigua and Barbuda Citizenship Regulations, regulation 9: (1) a declaration of renunciation made under section 7 of the Act shall be in the form set out as Form REN. 1 in the Third Schedule; (2) the declaration shall, subject to section 7, be registered in the office of the Minister; (3) a certificate of renunciation issued under section 7(4) shall be in Form REN. 2 and shall be signed by the Minister or by a person authorised by him. Regulation 19: registers are kept in the office of the Minister by the Permanent Secretary.","regs_reg16_witness":"Regulation 16: a declaration made in accordance with regulation 9 shall not be accepted or registered unless it is signed in the presence of (a) in Antigua and Barbuda, any Judge, Magistrate or Notary Public; (b) elsewhere, any consular officer of the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, or any consular officer of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom acting on behalf of the Government of Antigua and Barbuda or, if there is no such consular officer, any person authorised by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda in that behalf, or any person for the time being authorised by law, in the place where the declarant is, to administer an oath for any judicial or other legal purpose.","form_ren1_content":"Form REN. 1 (Third Schedule): the declarant states full name and address, full age and capacity, place and date of birth, whether he or she has been married, the country of which he or she is (or intends to become) a citizen or national, and declares 'I hereby renounce my citizenship of Antigua and Barbuda' by solemn declaration.","constitution_s115_dual_citizenship":"Constitution, section 115 (marginal note 'Dual citizenship'): a person who on 1st November 1981 is a citizen or entitled to be registered as such and is also a citizen of some other country or entitled to be registered as such shall not, solely on the ground that he is or becomes a citizen of that country, be (a) deprived of his citizenship, (b) refused registration as a citizen, or (c) required to renounce his citizenship of that other country, by or under any law; nor refused, or made to surrender, a passport on that ground. Cap. 22 itself provides for loss of citizenship only by renunciation (section 7) and by deprivation orders (sections 8, 9 and 11); it contains no provision under which citizenship ends because another nationality is held or acquired. Renunciation under section 7 is framed as an entitlement of the citizen.","minor_children_and_spouse":"Section 7 of Cap. 22 applies only to a citizen who has attained the age of eighteen years and operates on the person who made the declaration. Cap. 22 and the Citizenship Regulations contain no provision under which a declaration of renunciation extends to the declarant's spouse or minor children, and no procedure for a declaration made on behalf of a minor.","constitution_s114_1_e_reacquisition":"Constitution, section 114(1)(e): subject to section 112(e) and section 117, any person who, having been a citizen, had to renounce his citizenship in order to qualify for the acquisition or retention of the citizenship of another country shall be entitled, upon making application, to be registered as a citizen. Section 114(2): the application is made in such manner as may be prescribed. The Citizenship Regulations (regulation 3) prescribe Forms R.1 to R.7 for applications under section 114(1), including paragraph (e). Cap. 22 contains no separate resumption section.","act_s13_ministerial_discretion":"Cap. 22, section 13: the Minister shall not be required to assign any reason for the grant or refusal of any application under the Act the decision on which is at his discretion, and such a decision shall not be subject to any appeal or review in any court.","act_s16_false_statements":"Cap. 22, section 16(1): any person who, for the purpose of procuring anything to be done or not to be done under the Act or under Chapter VIII of the Constitution, makes a statement he knows to be false in a material particular, or recklessly makes such a statement, is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for three months or to both.","citizens_by_investment":"Citizenship by Investment Act, 2013 (No. 2 of 2013, as enacted), section 3(1): a person approved under that Act is registered under the provisions of the Citizenship Act as a citizen of Antigua and Barbuda. Section 7 of Cap. 22 applies to 'any citizen of Antigua and Barbuda' and draws no distinction by mode of acquisition. The 2013 Act as enacted does not mention renunciation. Its only provision on repayment concerns deprivation: section 4(2) states that a person deprived of citizenship under section 4(1) shall not be entitled to repayment of any investment, contribution or purchase price made in the original application. No official source read states whether an investment or contribution is recoverable after a voluntary renunciation."},"procedure":{"decided_by":"The Minister responsible for citizenship (Cap. 22, section 7(2): the Minister causes the declaration to be registered). The current ministerial portfolio and office are not named in the legislation read.","where_to_file":{"in_country":"The declaration is registered in the office of the Minister (regulation 9(2)); registers are kept there by the Permanent Secretary (regulation 19). No official page naming the current receiving office or address was found.","abroad":"The Regulations do not designate a filing office abroad. Regulation 16(b) provides only that, outside Antigua and Barbuda, the declaration is signed in the presence of a consular officer of Antigua and Barbuda or another person listed there. The High Commission in London publishes no renunciation procedure."},"form":{"name":"Form REN. 1, Declaration of Renunciation of Citizenship (Third Schedule to the Citizenship Regulations); certificate issued on Form REN. 2","url":"https://laws.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Cap-22-The-Antigua-and-barbuda-Citizenship-Regulations.pdf","note":"Pages 49 to 51 of the Regulations PDF. No stand-alone fillable form was found on an official site. Regulation 13: where the scheduled form is unsuitable to the particular case the Minister may authorise the declaration to be made in some other form."},"steps":["The citizen, aged eighteen or over and holding or intending to acquire another citizenship or nationality, completes the declaration on Form REN. 1 (section 7(1); regulation 9(1)).","The declaration is signed in the presence of a Judge, Magistrate or Notary Public in Antigua and Barbuda, or abroad a consular officer or other person listed in regulation 16(b).","The declaration is submitted to the Minister; the prescribed fee for registration of the declaration is payable (Fifth Schedule). The Minister may require supporting documentary evidence (regulation 15 applies to applications under the Regulations).","The Minister causes the declaration to be registered in the office of the Minister, unless registration is withheld under the wartime ground in section 7(3).","On registration the declarant ceases to be a citizen of Antigua and Barbuda (section 7(2)).","If desired, the former citizen applies in writing to the Minister for a certificate of renunciation, issued on Form REN. 2 on payment of the prescribed fees (section 7(4); regulation 9(3)).","If the declarant was not a citizen or national of another country at registration and does not become one within six months of registration, he or she is deemed to have remained a citizen (section 7(1) proviso)."]},"required_documents":["Declaration of renunciation on Form REN. 1, signed before a Judge, Magistrate or Notary Public (in Antigua and Barbuda) or a consular officer or other person listed in regulation 16(b) (abroad)","Such documentary or other evidence as the Minister may from time to time determine (regulation 15)"],"government_fees":{"structure":"Fifth Schedule (Table of Fees) to the Citizenship Regulations, as replaced by S.I. 2004 No. 33: item 9, for registration of declaration of renunciation of citizenship, 100.00; item 10, for the grant of a certificate of renunciation of citizenship of Antigua and Barbuda, (a) on application 50.00 and (b) on issue of a certificate of renunciation 100.00; item 12, for witnessing the signing of an application or declaration referred to in regulation 16, 30.00. Items 9 and 10 are payable to the Commissioner of Inland Revenue; item 12 is payable by means of stamps if before a public officer, in any other case to the person.","amount":"100 ($ as printed in the Table of Fees; the instrument does not name the currency)","currency":"$ as printed in the Table of Fees; the instrument does not name the currency","notes":"The two official texts agree on every renunciation amount. The latest fee instrument found is dated 2004. No current operational source (ministry page, consulate fee list) states a renunciation fee, so the amount actually charged at filing in 2026 is not confirmed. S.I. 2003 No. 45 (regulation 18(3)) exempts certain long-term residents and Cabinet-determined classes from Fifth Schedule fees. S.I. 2018 No. 3 sets three citizenship fees under the Immigration and Passport Act and names no renunciation fee. Fees charged abroad by a consulate are not published.","amount_status":"As stated on the official source listed."},"official_processing_time":null,"confidence":"high","sources":[{"title":"The Antigua and Barbuda Citizenship Act, Cap. 22 (Laws of Antigua and Barbuda, revised edition; commencement 19 August 1982)","url":"https://laws.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cap-22.pdf","publisher":"Ministry of Legal Affairs, Government of Antigua and Barbuda (laws.gov.ag)","tier":"A"},{"title":"Antigua and Barbuda Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2021, No. 5 of 2021 (Official Gazette Vol. XLI No. 31, 13 May 2021)","url":"https://laws.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/No.-5-of-2021-Antigua-and-Barbuda-Citizenship-Amendment-Act-2021.pdf","publisher":"Ministry of Legal Affairs, Government of Antigua and Barbuda (laws.gov.ag)","tier":"A"},{"title":"The Antigua and Barbuda Constitution Order 1981, Cap. 23 (Chapter VIII, Citizenship, sections 111 to 117)","url":"https://laws.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cap-23.pdf","publisher":"Ministry of Legal Affairs, Government of Antigua and Barbuda (laws.gov.ag)","tier":"A"},{"title":"The Antigua and Barbuda Citizenship Regulations (subsidiary legislation under Cap. 22; S.I. 24/1982, S.I. 18/1983, S.I. 19/1985), with Forms REN. 1 and REN. 2 and the Fifth Schedule (Table of Fees)","url":"https://laws.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Cap-22-The-Antigua-and-barbuda-Citizenship-Regulations.pdf","publisher":"Ministry of Legal Affairs, Government of Antigua and Barbuda (laws.gov.ag)","tier":"A"},{"title":"The Antigua and Barbuda Citizenship (Amendment) Regulations 2004, Statutory Instrument 2004 No. 33 (Official Gazette Vol. XXIV No. 68, 20 September 2004)","url":"https://laws.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/No.-33-of-2004-The-Antigua-and-Barbuda-Citizenship-Amendment-Regulations-2004-made-by-the-Minister-under-section-15-of-the-Antigua-and-Barbuda-Citizenship-Act-Cap.-22.pdf","publisher":"Ministry of Legal Affairs, Government of Antigua and Barbuda (laws.gov.ag)","tier":"A"},{"title":"The Antigua and Barbuda Citizenship (Amendment) Regulations, 2003, Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 45","url":"https://laws.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/SI-No.45-2003-The-Antigua-and-Barbuda-Citizenship-Amendment-Regulations-2003-made-by-the-Minister-under-section-15-of-the-Antigua-and-Barbuda-Citizenship-Act-Cap.22.pdf","publisher":"Ministry of Legal Affairs, Government of Antigua and Barbuda (laws.gov.ag)","tier":"A"},{"title":"Antigua and Barbuda Citizenship (Amendment) Regulations 2001, Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 47","url":"https://laws.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/No.-47-2001-Antigua-and-Barbuda-Citizenship-Amendment-Regulations-made-by-the-Minister-Under-Section-15-of-the-Antigua-and-Barbuda-Citizenship-Act-Cap.-22.pdf","publisher":"Ministry of Legal Affairs, Government of Antigua and Barbuda (laws.gov.ag)","tier":"A"},{"title":"The Immigration and Passport (Citizenship and Citizenship Amnesty) (Fees) Regulations, 2018, Statutory Instrument 2018 No. 3 (Official Gazette Vol. XXXVIII No. 20, 1 March 2018)","url":"https://laws.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/No.-3-2018-THE-IMMIGRATION-AND-PASSPORT-CITIZENSHIP-AND-CITIZENSHIP.pdf","publisher":"Ministry of Legal Affairs, Government of Antigua and Barbuda (laws.gov.ag)","tier":"A"},{"title":"Antigua and Barbuda Citizenship by Investment Act, 2013, No. 2 of 2013 (as enacted)","url":"https://laws.gov.ag/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Antigua-and-Barbuda-Citizenship-By-Investment-Act-2013.pdf","publisher":"Ministry of Legal Affairs, Government of Antigua and Barbuda (laws.gov.ag)","tier":"A"},{"title":"High Commission for Antigua and Barbuda in the United Kingdom, consular fees (effective 1 April 2025)","url":"https://antigua-barbuda.com/ova_sev/fees/","publisher":"High Commission for Antigua and Barbuda, London","tier":"A"}],"last_verified":"2026-11-11","human_page":"https://www.mirabelloconsultancy.com/concierge-services/antigua-barbuda-citizenship-renunciation","disclaimer":"Facts from official sources as cited; information, not legal advice. Renouncing a citizenship is permanent in most cases: take advice in both countries concerned before filing."},"eccira_context":{"established":"December 2025","implementation_expected":"later in 2026 per the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (chief executive recruitment under way); no start date announced, originally targeted April 2026","key_changes":{"physical_presence":"30 days within first 5 years (minimum 5 days in year 1)","tiered_passport":"Initial 5-year passport, upgraded to 10-year after orientation + 30-day stay + biometrics","biometric_mandatory":true,"e_passport_standards":"Matching European/North American systems"},"current_status":"Not yet operational; none of the proposed measures is in force. Existing rules still apply.","status_source":"https://www.eccb-centralbank.org/news/fourth-us-caribbean-roundtable-on-citizenship-by-investment-hails-regional-efforts-at-enhanced-governance","status_verified_date":"2026-09-28","member_countries":["St. Kitts and Nevis","Antigua and Barbuda","Dominica","Grenada","St. Lucia"],"non_members":["Vanuatu"],"status_corroboration":{"source_url":"https://eccira.org/updates","tier":"official (the Authority's own website)","observed":"Updates page: 'No updates published yet. Operationalisation updates and stakeholder notices from the Authority will be published here.' Recruitment page: no open vacancies. About page: established by a regional Agreement signed by the Heads of Government in September 2025.","verified_date":"2026-09-28"},"official_website":"https://eccira.org"},"disclaimer":"Provided by Mirabello Consultancy Ltd. for general information only, indicative and subject to change without notice; not legal, financial, tax, or immigration advice, nor an offer or solicitation. Programmes are operated and governed solely by the respective sovereign governments. No warranty of accuracy or completeness; Mirabello accepts no liability for reliance on this information. © Mirabello Consultancy Ltd. This data and its selection, structure and provenance are Mirabello's proprietary compilation — permitted for interactive, attributed use only; systematic bulk extraction, scraping, or redistribution to rebuild a competing dataset is prohibited (acceptable-use terms: https://mcp.mirabelloconsultancy.com/v1/terms). Terms: https://www.mirabelloconsultancy.com/ai","cta":"Ready to proceed? Book a free, discreet consultation with Mirabello Consultancy for an exact, personalised quote.","book_url":"https://www.mirabelloconsultancy.com/contact-us-for-your-free-consultation?utm_source=mcp&utm_medium=ai-agent&utm_campaign=book_consultation&programme=antigua-cbi","provider":"Mirabello Consultancy","source":"Mirabello Consultancy","verified_by":"Mirabello Consultancy (IMC member, ACAMS-certified team)","book_a_consultation":"https://www.mirabelloconsultancy.com/contact-us-for-your-free-consultation","terms":"https://www.mirabelloconsultancy.com/ai","data_updated":"2026-11-13T05:30:03.238Z"}