passport of St Lucia

Saint Lucia Passport

Passport rankings out of 198 countries

Freedom of travel25

Asset protection27

Quality of life23

"Plan B"5

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Afghanistan

Visa is required

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Albania

eTA

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Algeria

Visa is required

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Andorra

Visa-free for 90 days

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Angola

Visa-free for 30 days

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Antigua & Barbuda

Visa-free

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Argentina

Visa-free for 90 days

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Armenia

eTA

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Australia

eTA

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Austria

Visa-free for 90 days

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Azerbaijan

Visa is required

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Bahamas

Visa-free for 90 days

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Bahrain

eTA

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Bangladesh

Visa upon arrival

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Barbados

Visa-free for 180 days

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Belarus

Visa is required

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Belgium

Visa-free for 90 days

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Belize

Visa-free

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Benin

eTA

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Bhutan

eTA

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Bolivia

Visa upon arrival

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Bosnia & Herzegovina

Visa-free for 90 days

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Botswana

Visa-free for 90 days

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Brazil

Visa-free for 90 days

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Brunei

Visa is required

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Bulgaria

Visa-free for 90 days

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Burkina Faso

eTA

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Burundi

Visa upon arrival

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Cambodia

Visa upon arrival

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Cameroon

eTA

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Canada

Visa is required

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Cape Verde

Visa upon arrival

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Central African Republic

Visa is required

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Chad

Visa is required

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Chile

Visa-free for 90 days

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China

Visa is required

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Colombia

Visa-free for 90 days

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Comoros

Visa upon arrival

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Congo - Brazzaville

Visa is required

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Congo - Kinshasa

eTA

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Costa Rica

Visa-free for 30 days

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Croatia

Visa-free for 90 days

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Cuba

Visa-free for 30 days

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Cyprus

Visa-free for 90 days

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Czechia

Visa-free for 90 days

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Côte d’Ivoire

eTA

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Denmark

Visa-free for 90 days

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Djibouti

Visa upon arrival

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Dominica

Visa-free

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Dominican Republic

Visa-free

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Ecuador

Visa-free for 90 days

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Egypt

Visa upon arrival

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El Salvador

Visa-free for 180 days

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Equatorial Guinea

eTA

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Eritrea

Visa is required

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Estonia

Visa-free for 90 days

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Eswatini

Visa-free for 30 days

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Ethiopia

eTA

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Fiji

Visa-free for 120 days

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Finland

Visa-free for 90 days

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France

Visa-free for 90 days

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Gabon

eTA

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Gambia

Visa-free for 90 days

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Georgia

eTA

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Germany

Visa-free for 90 days

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Ghana

Visa upon arrival

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Greece

Visa-free for 90 days

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Grenada

Visa-free

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Guatemala

Visa-free for 90 days

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Guinea

eTA

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Guinea-Bissau

Visa upon arrival

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Guyana

Visa-free for 90 days

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Haiti

Visa-free for 90 days

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Honduras

Visa-free for 90 days

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Hong Kong SAR China

Visa-free for 90 days

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Hungary

Visa-free for 90 days

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Iceland

Visa-free for 90 days

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India

eTA

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Indonesia

eTA

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Iran

Visa upon arrival

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Iraq

eTA

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Ireland

Visa-free for 90 days

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Israel

Visa-free for 90 days

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Italy

Visa-free for 90 days

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Jamaica

Visa-free

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Japan

Visa is required

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Jordan

Visa upon arrival

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Kazakhstan

eTA

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Kenya

eTA

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Kiribati

Visa-free for 90 days

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Kuwait

Visa is required

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Kyrgyzstan

eTA

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Laos

Visa upon arrival

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Latvia

Visa-free for 90 days

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Lebanon

Visa is required

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Lesotho

Visa-free for 90 days

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Liberia

Visa is required

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Libya

eTA

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Liechtenstein

Visa-free for 90 days

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Lithuania

Visa-free for 90 days

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Luxembourg

Visa-free for 90 days

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Macao SAR China

Visa upon arrival

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Madagascar

Visa upon arrival

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Malawi

Visa-free for 90 days

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Malaysia

Visa-free for 30 days

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Maldives

Visa upon arrival

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Mali

Visa is required

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Malta

Visa-free for 90 days

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Marshall Islands

Visa is required

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Mauritania

Visa upon arrival

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Mauritius

Visa-free for 90 days

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Mexico

Visa is required

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Micronesia

Visa-free for 30 days

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Moldova

Visa-free for 90 days

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Monaco

Visa-free for 90 days

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Mongolia

eTA

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Montenegro

Visa-free for 90 days

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Morocco

Visa is required

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Mozambique

Visa upon arrival

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Myanmar (Burma)

Visa is required

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Namibia

Visa is required

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Nauru

Visa is required

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Nepal

Visa upon arrival

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Netherlands

Visa-free for 90 days

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New Zealand

Visa is required

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Nicaragua

Visa-free for 90 days

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Niger

Visa is required

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Nigeria

eTA

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North Korea

Visa is required

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North Macedonia

Visa is required

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Norway

Visa-free for 90 days

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Oman

eTA

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Pakistan

eTA

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Palau

Visa upon arrival

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Palestinian Territories

Visa-free

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Panama

Visa-free for 90 days

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Papua New Guinea

eTA

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Paraguay

Visa is required

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Peru

Visa-free for 180 days

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Philippines

Visa-free for 30 days

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Poland

Visa-free for 90 days

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Portugal

Visa-free for 90 days

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Qatar

eTA

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Romania

Visa-free for 90 days

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Russia

Visa is required

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Rwanda

Visa-free for 30 days

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Samoa

Visa upon arrival

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San Marino

Visa-free for 90 days

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Saudi Arabia

Visa is required

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Senegal

Visa upon arrival

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Serbia

Visa is required

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Seychelles

Visa-free for 90 days

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Sierra Leone

Visa upon arrival

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Singapore

Visa-free for 30 days

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Slovakia

Visa-free for 90 days

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Slovenia

Visa-free for 90 days

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Solomon Islands

Visa upon arrival

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Somalia

eTA

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South Africa

Visa is required

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South Korea

eTA

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South Sudan

eTA

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Spain

Visa-free for 90 days

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Sri Lanka

Visa upon arrival

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St Kitts & Nevis

Visa-free

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St Lucia

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St. Vincent & Grenadines

Visa-free

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Sudan

Visa is required

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Suriname

Visa-free for 180 days

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Sweden

Visa-free for 90 days

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Switzerland

Visa-free for 90 days

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Syria

eTA

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São Tomé & Príncipe

eTA

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Taiwan

Visa-free for 30 days

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Tajikistan

Visa-free for 30 days

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Tanzania

Visa-free for 90 days

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Thailand

eTA

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Timor-Leste

Visa upon arrival

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Togo

eTA

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Tonga

Visa upon arrival

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Trinidad & Tobago

Visa-free

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Tunisia

Visa-free for 90 days

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Turkey

Visa upon arrival

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Turkmenistan

Visa is required

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Tuvalu

Visa upon arrival

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UAE

eTA

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Uganda

eTA

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Ukraine

Visa is required

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United Kingdom

eTA

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United States

Visa is required

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Uruguay

Visa is required

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Uzbekistan

Visa-free for 30 days

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Vanuatu

Visa-free for 120 days

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Vatican City

Visa-free for 90 days

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Venezuela

Visa-free for 90 days

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Vietnam

eTA

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Yemen

Visa is required

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Zambia

Visa-free for 90 days

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Zimbabwe

Visa-free for 90 days

About Saint Lucia

A Saint Lucia passport can be obtained by birthright, naturalization, through marriage, or by investment. Citizenship of the country opens visa-free access to 145 countries of the world, allows you to get a tourist visa to the United States for 10 years and optimize taxes for yourself and your business.

Saint Lucia is an island nation in the Caribbean. It is located on the island of the same name, which is part of the Windward Islands group. The country is part of the Commonwealth of Nations. The head of state is the Queen of Great Britain. The economy of Saint Lucia is based on tourism and agriculture.

Population

186.164

Capital

Castries

Official language

English

GDP per capita

$12.270

Time zone

UTC-4

Currency

East Caribbean dollar

Saint passport ranking and benefits

  • 1

    Visa-free travels to 147 countries

    Saint Lucia citizens can spend up to 90 days out of the 180 days in the Schengen countries and up to 180 days in the UK. A visa is also not required to visit Hong Kong, Singapore and other countries.

  • 2

    Visitor visa to the USA for 10 years

    St Lucia citizens get a B‑1/B‑2 visa to the USA for 10 years. It allows one to spend up to 180 days a year in the country to visit family, travel, undergo treatment and attend business meetings.

  • 3

    Registration of a company in St Lucia

    The Saint Lucia passport’s strength allows investors to register their companies in the country. Opening bank accounts abroad and accepting payments from foreign business partners is easier. Information about the company’s owner is not recorded in the trade registry.

  • 4

    Tax optimisation

    There are no taxes on global personal income and company revenue in St Lucia. Taxes are also not imposed on capital growth, inheritance and salary.

Grounds for obtaining a Saint Lucia passport

St Lucia allows dual citizenship

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Birth to citizens of the country

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Marriage to a citizen of the country

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Work for the country's government

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Naturalization

Estimated time: 7 years

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Repatriation

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Adoption

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Parents citizenship

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Special conditions

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Special services to the state

Obtaining a Saint Lucia passport by naturalization: requirements for applicants

Knowledge of state language

Assimilation or cultural knowledge

Stable financial status

Good health

No criminal records

St Lucia passport by investment

The citizenship by investment programme has operated in St Lucia since 2015. Investors obtain a powerful St Lucia passport under a simplified procedure, without visiting the country, getting a residence permit and passing exams on the country’s language and culture.

$240,000+

Investments

6+ months

Obtaining period

5—7 years

Time frame for returning investments

Who can get a St Lucia passport

  • Investor with a legal income

    • over 18 years old

    • with no criminal records

  • Spouse

  • Children under 30

    • financially dependent on the investor

  • Parents

    • over 55 years old

    • financially dependent on the investor

  • Siblings

    • under 18 years old

    • not married

    • have a parent’s or guardian’s consent to participate in the programme

Investment conditions

Investors can choose one of four options to participate in the St Lucia citizenship by investment programme:

  • $100,000+ — a non-refundable contribution to the National Economic Fund;

  • $250,000+ — a purchase of government bonds;

  • $300,000+ — a purchase of the real estate;

  • $1,000,000+ — business investments.

The most popular options are contributing to the government fund and purchasing government bonds.

The sum of a fund contribution depends on the family size. A couple must pay $140,000, and a family of four — $150,000. For each family member, starting from the fifth one, the investor must pay an additional $15,000.

When choosing the option to purchase government bonds, investors must pay $500,000+. However, until the end of 2022, investors can buy Covid‑19 Relief Bonds that cost $250,000+. The investor can return money in 5—7 years.

Besides investing, it is required to pay for Due Diligence for every family member over 16, government fees and services charges.

Saint Lucia!!! Expenses for a family of 4

Investor, their spouse and children of 10 and 17 years old

Expenses

Fund contribution

Purchase of bonds

Investments

$150,000

$250,000

Due Diligence

$17,500

$17,500

State fee

$75,000

Other duties and fees

$7,050

$7,050

Total

$174,550

$349,550

Step-by-step procedure for obtaining a St Lucia passport by investment

1

1 day

Preliminary Due Diligence

A certified Compliance Anti Money Laundering Officer checks information on the investor and their family against international databases. The check is confidential. The investor provides only a passport; other documents are not required.

Immigrant Invest has its own Compliance Department. The preliminary Due Diligence check allows us to decrease the refusal risk to 1%.

Take a short anonymous test and learn more about the nuances of Due Diligence checks.

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2

2—3 weeks

Preparation of documents

Immigrant Invest lawyers provide an investor with a list of personal and financial documents needed for the application. They also fill in government forms, notarise copies and translations, and draw affidavits.

When the documents package is ready, the application is sent to the CBI Unit for consideration.

3

Up to 3 months

Due Diligence

The investor and all family members over 16 undergo Due Diligence. The CBI Unit processes the documents and decides whether to approve or reject the application.

4

Up to 3 months

Fulfilment of investment conditions

When the application is approved, the investor fulfils investment conditions: contributes to the government fund, buys bonds or real estate, or invests in a business. The investor has 90 days for it.

5

Up to 4 weeks

Collection of passports

A passport and a naturalisation certificate are prepared within 4 weeks from the day the investment is credited. The documents are sent to the address chosen by the investor.

Frequently asked questions

  • How to obtain a strong passport of St Lucia?

    A St Lucia passport can be obtained by birth, marriage, naturalisation and investment. To obtain citizenship by naturalisation, a foreigner must live in the country for at least 7 years. Investors obtain St Lucia citizenship by investing in the country’s economy. The minimum sum is $100,000. The process takes 3—4 months and doesn’t require trips to the country or integration into society.

  • How much do I need to invest in getting a St Lucia passport?

    The St Lucia citizenship by investment programme offers four options:

    • $100,000+ — a non-refundable contribution to the National Economic Fund;

    • $250,000+ — a purchase of government bonds;

    • $300,000+ — a purchase of the real estate;

    • $1,000,000+ — business investments.

    Until the end of 2022. investors can use a 50% discount on the purchase of bonds. To participate in the programme, an investor buys Covid‑19 Relief Bonds that cost $250,000. The invested money can be returned in 5—7 years.

  • Who can obtain a St Lucia passport along with the investor?

    A Saint Lucia passport is ranked high and can be obtained by the investor’s spouse, their children under 30, parents over 55, and siblings under 18. All family members besides a spouse must be financially dependent on the investor.

  • What are the benefits of a St Lucia passport?

    The power of the St Lucia passport allows its holders to freely travel to 147 countries, including the Schengen states and the UK. Moreover, they can get a B‑1/B‑2 visa to the USA for 10 years, open a company abroad and optimise taxes.

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