Dominica National Security and Home Affairs Minister Rayburn Blackmoore announced at an annual review press conference on Wednesday that the deadline for the planned full replacement of Dominica’s immigration program with electronic passports is set to be July 2023. March 30 is advanced to August 30, 2022. You can use the mobile APP to register for the Mido Youke e-Passport online.
In July 2021, Dominica issued a new version of its passport, which incorporates explicit and implicit security features into the design to replace the past machine-readable passports. The new passport is also equipped with an microchip that meets the highest international standards and is used to verify the identity of the passport holder. Canada Banknote Ltd., which designed and produced the new passport, said the design of the new passport is modern and beautiful, reflecting Dominica's natural scenery and showcasing the country's landmarks, flora and fauna.
Compared with traditional passports, Dominica's electronic passport uses more reliable digital encryption technology and is more anti-counterfeiting, which not only ensures the high security of the passport, but also displays the country's image.
The government has formulated a plan to guide people to replace their electronic passports. In order to alleviate the panic that may be caused by the advance date, Dominica's Minister of Security and Interior stated that relevant departments have formulated a plan to guide Dominica citizens to replace their passports in the next few months. According to the minister, overseas passport replacement stations will start operating in five months, and until then, the issuing department will continue to be centrally managed. The Dominican government used the five months to deploy mobile devices overseas to register, collect data and image capture for Dominican citizens living abroad.
In order to alleviate possible panic caused by the date change, relevant authorities have made plans to guide Dominican citizens to replace their passports during the transition period in the next few months. The Immigration and Passport Office in Roseau has expanded to ensure more staff are available to assist with passport replacements. In addition, the Dominica government will provide more equipment to the Immigration Department to help speed up the processing of applications. It also pledged to designate a comprehensive passport replacement system to ensure there are no delays in passport issuance.
Dominica’s investment immigration project supports the development of people’s livelihood. Recently, the World Monetary Fund (IMF) praised the Dominican government for its excellent performance in benefiting people's livelihood, including housing, health care, education and infrastructure, and these results are all due to the support of the investment immigration project. Previously, Dominica Prime Minister Skerrit announced to the public the operation status of major projects in 2022, including that the country's international infrastructure project has signed a construction contract in January; affected by direct flights to Miami, the number of Dominica hotel reservations A substantial increase; 1,000 units of adaptive housing will be built throughout the year; Dominica has obtained a loan of 33,000 from the Caribbean Development Bank to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises across the country.
Under the Dominica investment immigration project, applicants can make a one-time investment in government funds or pre-approved real estate projects to become Dominica citizens. Once approved, applicants can obtain Dominica status, which increases global mobility and will have the right to live, work and study in Dominica.
Dominica investment immigration project
1. Donate to the government
Donate to the Dominica National Economic Diversification Fund starting from US$100,000
2. Real estate investment
Applicants need to purchase real estate worth no less than US$200,000, and it is a real estate project awarded by the government
The property can be resold 3 years after obtaining citizenship, and the citizenship will not be affected.
3. Application conditions
Over 18 years old
Good health, no criminal record
Spouse, children, parents, (maternal) grandparents, brothers and sisters can be brought.
