Charmaine Quinland-Donovan

Spear's Review

Charmaine Quinland-Donovan, CEO of Antigua and Barbuda’s citizenship by investment programme, is looking for investors ‘of good character’ to gain what she calls ‘full citizenship of paradise’ in any one of three ways.

A potential new citizen can invest in real estate - a minimum of $400,000 and it must be held for five years - or in a local business. A single investor must invest at least $1.5 million, increasing for each person applying. 

Alternatively, a contribution can be made to the island’s National Development Fund. As this is a significantly lower outlay than investment - $100,000 for a family of four, all of whom can become citizens - it is a popular option but there is no way to recoup the money. The Fund is primarily used for social housing projects.