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Grenada Citizenship Investment: Donation

Grenada Citizenship
Pathway overview

At a glance

The National Transformation Fund route starts with a non-refundable USD $235,000 contribution, but the applicant must also cover all additional costs, document lawful funds, pass screening and interviews, and receive IMA approval.

Minimum contribution
USD $235,000 for the main applicant and up to 3 ordinary dependents
Additional costs
Diligence, interview, application, processing, passport, agent, and document costs
Application channel
Through an authorized agent; no direct application
Decision
Discretionary after full screening and approval
Investment choices
National Transformation Fund
Keeping other citizenship
Yes

Summary

Grenada's National Transformation Fund (NTF) option is one of two routes under the country's Citizenship by Investment Programme. It is a non-refundable contribution route: the applicant pays money into the government fund rather than buying an asset that can later be sold. The current minimum contribution is USD $235,000 for a main applicant and up to three ordinary dependents. Family composition matters because the regulations prescribe additional or higher amounts for certain dependents.

The contribution is only the starting figure. Due-diligence, interview, application, processing, passport, professional, translation, legalization, and other document costs can apply. A person whose available money only reaches USD $235,000 should not assume the route is affordable without a written calculation for the whole family.

The Investment Migration Agency Grenada (IMA) makes the program decision. An applicant cannot send a personal application directly to the IMA. The process begins through an authorized international marketing agent, working with an authorized local agent. The applicant supplies the required civil, financial, medical, police, and source-of-funds records; the authorities conduct checks and interviews; and the contribution is completed at the stage directed by the official process. Paying professional or diligence fees does not guarantee approval.

Pathway fit check

Eligibility

The main applicant must be at least 18. The IMA's application guide also states that the applicant must be in good health, have no criminal record that prevents approval, and be able to show that the investment funds came from a legal source. Every statement and record must be complete and accurate. The authorities may investigate the applicant, the source and movement of money, included family members, and any other issue relevant to program eligibility or national security.

The current NTF minimum is:

Those amounts come from the 2024 amendment regulations currently published by the IMA. They can be changed by later regulations or circulars, so the figure should be checked again immediately before filing. The program's general enquiries page contains some older price text; for current thresholds, use the later regulation and current program overview.

Only family members who meet the program's legal definition of a dependent can be included. A family relationship by itself is not enough. Age, financial dependence, relationship evidence, and other category-specific conditions may matter. Birth, marriage, custody, adoption, education, or dependency documents may be required depending on the person included.

The contribution and all additional costs must be affordable from lawful, traceable funds. Expect to explain the source of wealth and the source of the specific application funds, and to support that explanation with records such as employment or business documents, tax records, bank statements, sale agreements, inheritance records, or other evidence appropriate to the source. A loan, gift, or third-party sponsor must be disclosed and assessed under the current rules; it should not be presented as the applicant's own unexplained money.

The screening process is substantive. The IMA's guide identifies health, criminal-record, and lawful-funds requirements. Program rules and current notices can also address security concerns, false statements, adverse information, nationality restrictions, and circumstances in which an exception or extra review is required. Because these policies can change, a person who may be affected should obtain a current written pre-screening view from an authorized agent rather than relying on an old online country list.

Grenada also operates a mandatory interview process. The official interview circular covers the main applicant, spouse, sponsor, and dependents aged 17 or older. The interview is part of verification; a favorable conversation does not replace documentary due diligence or guarantee a favorable decision.

Policy watch 2 developments we’re tracking
EU visa-free travel is under policy scrutiny
Announced — not currently law

EU visa-free travel is under policy scrutiny

Current official stage: Annual EU visa-suspension monitoring; no suspension decision announced

Grenada citizenship still carries the current EU short-stay treatment, but the Commission is monitoring its investor-citizenship program under a mechanism that can suspend visa-free access. No suspension has been announced.

Timing: The revised EU mechanism has applied since 31 December 2025, but it does not automatically suspend travel. The Commission has not announced a suspension for Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis or Saint Lucia. It continues annual monitoring and country engagement.

Current pathway rules still apply.

Last checked European Commission — Eighth Visa Suspension Mechanism ReportEuropean Union — Regulation 2025/2441 revising the visa-suspension mechanismCouncil of the EU — explanation of the revised suspension mechanismEuropean Commission — Eastern Caribbean follow-up and recommendations
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What This Route Allows

If the application is approved, the required contribution and remaining amounts are paid, and the final program steps are completed, the route leads to Grenadian citizenship rather than a temporary residence permit. The new citizen can obtain the official citizenship documentation and then apply for a Grenadian passport under the applicable passport procedure. Citizenship permits the person to live in Grenada without a separate immigration status and to exercise the rights that Grenadian law gives citizens.

Qualifying dependents can be approved in the same application when each person fits the program definition, is fully disclosed, supplies the required records, and passes the applicable checks. This can make the route relevant to a family, but it does not mean every relative can be added.

The IMA states that the program does not normally require the applicant to travel to Grenada as a condition of applying. That should not be confused with an exemption from the interview, oath, identity, or passport steps: follow the current instructions for how each must be completed from the applicant's location.

What This Route Is Not

This is not a refundable investment. The NTF payment is a government-fund contribution, not a deposit that matures and not an asset the applicant later sells. It is also not ordinary charitable giving: only payment through the authorized citizenship process, in the amount and at the stage required by the IMA, can satisfy this route.

It is not a guaranteed passport purchase. The IMA can delay, refuse, or seek more information about an application. An agent cannot lawfully guarantee approval, bypass due diligence, conceal a source of funds, or substitute a lower unofficial price for the statutory contribution.

The route does not by itself establish tax residence, eliminate tax obligations elsewhere, create banking access, or promise visa-free entry to another country. Travel rules can change and border authorities apply their own admission rules. It also does not automatically grant citizenship to every future foreign-born generation; Grenada's constitutional descent limits must be checked separately.

Finally, the USD $235,000 headline is not an all-in family quote. Anyone comparing this option with the approved-project route should compare the full non-refundable cost, the treatment of each dependent, and the practical risks—not only the advertised minimum.

Next Steps

  1. Check the IMA's current program page, regulations, circulars, and nationality notices. Save the versions used for the advice because thresholds and policies can change.
  2. Contact an authorized international marketing agent through the official process. Confirm who the authorized local agent will be and how fees and client money are handled before sending documents or funds.
  3. Request a written calculation identifying the NTF contribution, each dependent increment, government fees, diligence and interview fees, passport costs, professional fees, and document or transfer costs.
  4. Complete a confidential pre-screening. Disclose all citizenships, residences, criminal or regulatory matters, prior visa refusals, name variations, business interests, funding sources, and any fact that could affect due diligence.
  5. Build the source-of-wealth and source-of-funds file before filing. Make sure the narrative matches the bank trail and the underlying tax, business, sale, gift, inheritance, or financing records.
  6. Gather civil records, police certificates, medical material, photographs, translations, legalizations, and dependent evidence in the format required by the current checklist. Do not assume a document acceptable in one country is automatically acceptable to the IMA.
  7. File through the authorized channel and complete the required interviews. Respond accurately and consistently to requests for further information.
  8. Make the NTF contribution only when the official process and authorized agent instruct that it is due. After final completion, follow the official citizenship-certificate, oath, and passport instructions.
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