Barbados rules out citizenship by investment under new immigration policy
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November 5, 2026
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Barbados will not sell passports or residency status under proposed immigration reforms that establish a permanent residency pathway to would-be investors, Home Affairs Minister Gregory Nicholls has vowed.
“Barbados does not grant citizenship by investment,” Nicholls told Senate lawmakers who on Wednesday took up the Immigration Bill and the Barbados Citizenship Bill, which were passed in the House of Assembly last week.
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He made clear that the new legislative framework strictly avoids conferring citizenship through monetary means.
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