london antigua is not the only country that fugitive rich indians like mehul choksi can simply buy citizenship forthe caribbean is a popular hotspot for people seeking socalled citizenshipbyinvestment in return for investing in the countrys infrastructure and development anyone can get a second passport and citizenship without any need to have been born or even spent any time there it is one way these caribbean islands fund their development and the process takes just a few monthsto get an antigua and barbuda passport choksi would just have had to pay a minimum of 200000 rs 13 crore as a contribution to the antigua national development fund or make an investment of 400000 rs 27 crore in a real estate project in antigua or an investment of 1500000 rs 103 crore in a business there with the passport he can now enjoy visafree travel to approximately 132 countries including the uk and all the countries of the schengen area he does not even need to live in antigua and only needs to spend five days there in five years to retain his citizenshiphowever according to the citizenship by investment unit of antigua website an applicant who is the subject of a criminal investigation is an ineligible applicant the website states deprivation of citizenship will occur where such registration as a citizen was obtained by false representation or fraud or wilful concealment of material factsanyone with enough cash can also buy a passport for st kitts and nevis and have it within four months all they have to do is to make a 150000 rs 103 crore contribution to the st kitts sustainable growth fund or a 200000 rs 13 crore investment in a government real estate project once they have that passport there are 141 countries you can enter visafree including the uk and indiathose looking for a lowcost option can consider dominica where an applicant can get irrevocable second citizenship and passport with no visit to the country or even physical residency required for just 100000 all they have to do is to make a 100000 rs 68 lakh contribution to the dominica government fund or spend 200000 rs 13 crore on real estate therewith that they get visafree or visa on arrival access to more than 115 countries around the world including the eu switzerland singapore and hong kong since the local law does not contain any restrictions on holding dual nationality obtaining second citizenship by investment in dominica is a confidential process that does not even require a person to renounce their existing citizenshipit is a similar requirement for the sought after destination of st lucia where applicants have only to make a contribution of 100000 rs 68 lakh in the national economic fund 500000 rs 34 crore in saint lucia government bonds or buy a house worth at least 300000 rs 206 crore to get citizenshipgetting citizenship of malta is much more expensive and costs at least 1000000 rs 68 crore but it