Lebanese Family Obtains Dominica Citizenship — Global Mobility Restored in 62 Days
How a Beirut entrepreneur rebuilt his family's global mobility through the Caribbean's most affordable citizenship programme
$175,000
62 days
145 countries
Lebanese
Client Background
Nationality
Lebanese (Beirut)
Profile
International trading company — operations across Gulf, Africa, and Europe
Family Size
Married couple + 3 children (ages 10, 14, 17)
Net Worth
$4.8M (held in USD offshore — Lebanon banking exposure avoided)
Primary Goal
Restore international mobility for entire family after Lebanese passport limitations intensified
Secondary Goal
Provide children with a stable second citizenship unconnected to Lebanon's instability
The Challenge
The Lebanese passport has become one of the most restricted in the world. The client's 17-year-old was rejected for a UK student visa study tour. His wife was denied entry to the UAE on an expired visa and faced a 3-month wait for renewal. International business meetings were becoming impossible without weeks of advance visa planning. The 2019 financial collapse had made wealth preservation outside Lebanon the family's top priority — they needed a second citizenship that would function as a full replacement for daily international life.
Programme Recommended
Dominica Citizenship — Economic Diversification Fund ($100,000 for family of 5)
Why This Programme
- Most affordable family CBI programme globally — $100,000 total for family of five
- Dominica passport: visa-free access to 145 countries including Schengen, UK, Singapore
- 60-day processing — among the fastest for a full family application
- No visit to Dominica required — entirely document-based
- Lebanese nationals have strong track record through Dominica due diligence
- Children maintain citizenship into adulthood — generational benefit
Investment Made
Timeline from Enquiry to Approval
Day 1
Application submitted — full family documentation package
Day 14
Citizenship by Investment Unit begins formal due diligence
Day 35
Background clearance — in-principle approval received
Day 45
EDF contribution transferred — certificate of citizenship issued
Day 55
All five passports submitted for issuance
Day 62
Five Dominica passports received via DHL — family mobility restored
Key Benefit Achieved
Five Dominica passports in 62 days — the client's daughter flew to the UK for her university placement visit the following week, visa-free.
Outcomes
Dominica citizenship for all five family members — issued simultaneously
Visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 145 countries including Schengen, UK, Singapore, UAE
UK student visit completed by daughter within 2 weeks of passport receipt
Client's Gulf business meetings now accessed without advance visa planning
Children's future unlocked — Dominica citizenship passed to grandchildren
Annual cost of maintaining citizenship: zero — no renewal fees, no visit requirements
"When your daughter is rejected from a UK school trip because of her passport, that's the moment you act. Within 62 days, my entire family had Dominican passports. Two weeks later she flew to London for her university placement — no visa, no delays, no uncertainty. The Lebanese situation is what it is, but my children's future is no longer limited by it."— Trading company owner, Beirut — Dominica Citizenship client, April 2026