Nationals from Dominica who intend to travel to the United Kingdom (UK) must now apply for a visa due to changes in that country’s immigration regime. The British Home Office said this week that it was done due to concerns over the island’s (and another country, Vanuata) Citizenship by Investment Program (CBI).
“Careful consideration of Dominica’s and Vanuatu’s operation of a citizenship by investment scheme has shown clear and evident abuse of the scheme, including the granting of citizenship to individuals known to pose a risk to the UK,” Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, said in a statement to the British parliament.
The new visa regime takes effect today, July 19.
“We are today imposing a visa requirement on all visitors from Dominica, Honduras, Namibia, Timor-Leste, and Vanuatu.”
Braverman said, “Nationals of these countries will also be required to obtain a Direct Airside Transit Visa if they intend to transit via the UK having booked travel to another country.”
She said arrangements are being made so that travellers from Dominica, and other countries affected, can apply for UK visas.
“We are also publicising the changes so travellers are aware and can plan accordingly,” she said.
“There will be a four-week, visa-free transition period for those who hold confirmed bookings to the UK made on or before 1500 BST 19 July 2023 where arrival in the UK is no later than 16 August 2023. We have arrangements in hand to provide visas for diplomats from these countries currently working at the embassy in London.”
She made it clear the new visa regime is not a sign of poor relations between the UK and the affected countries.
“The decision to impose these visa requirements has been taken solely for migration and border security reasons and is not a sign of poor relations with these countries,” Braverman said.
“Any decision to change a visa regime is not taken lightly and we keep our border and immigration system under regular review to ensure it continues to work in the UK national interest.”
She said the regime was imposed on Honduras and Namibia because of “a sustained and significant increase in the number of UK asylum applications being made by these nationals.”
“As such, Namibians and Hondurans rank first amongst non-visa nationals for asylum claims,” the Home Secretary said.
“These high numbers are unsustainable, contributing significantly to operational pressures which have resulted in frontline resource being diverted from other operational priorities.”
Now what is next ?is this temporary? Is it ETA for Dominica passport holders?.
What is the advise for People who are applying for Dominica citizenship and still under process, should they continue?
Such a piece of bad news for Dominica. I hope government follows up to regain the visa-free regime like past
None of this is skerrits fault. We all knew it would happen at some time but we all talk complain how criminals buying citizenship yet we all make recommendations what to do with the money. Dominicans yet to understand gov of the people for the people and by the people because they are accepting to live and work under a government of one man, by one man, for one Man. Few gain immense wealth from CBI and they are foreigners, a number of leaches in dominica siphon the rest and the majority of dominicans fall in line in hopes of getting some crumbs that fall thier way. The power to select representation in the legislature has been hijacked, the gov institutions corrupted and the CBI program is ran like a cartel. The CBI cartel with a double toung crook by name of Roosevelt skerrit who has some how manipulate the people’s law enforcement agency to be his personal guards. Unless there is Peaceful mass civil strike then dominica will take what it allows.
Let me see de Starboy of stup….dity explain who in Dominica…..linked to de opposition is connected to this powerful action.
Not even all of Skerrit money plus ALL his millionaire friends money could prevent such action by the UK government!
See people cry for Skerrit….. Dominica and Dominicans they punishing…. technically our passport is less attractive.
Budget coming…… listen to crap explanations and mapwee on truth loving patriotic Dominicans!
Look embarrassment on my country while de leader is chairman of CARICOM eh
Sad to see that this CBI fiasco has caused Dominica to become a by-word in the international community.
Besides the inevitable undue burden and hardship that will certainly inconvenience Dominican travelers, this governmental cluster “fuch” is bound to result in a detestable stain and stench that Nigerians are still fighting hard to dispell.
It is absolutely fair for one to ask the current administration: What progress? For whom? and at what cost???
Dominica was warned months ago. we ignored the warning. Bravo.
To hell with the UK. We love our PM. The West is falling. The East is rising. We still have China and Russia and they provide visa free entry for Dominican citizens. So when one door closes, another open. Thank you to our lovely PM we getting housing all over Dominica, our China Friendship Hospital, our roads and highways are built, our international airport is being built. Soon we will have seaports, more hotels, and factories. They vex because Dominica not depending on them. They vex because our foot in oil. They vex because we love our PM. Tell these hungry English men to will and come again. And we have our queen Baroness Scotland, head of the Commonwealth who will speak on our behalf to King Charles who is a friend of our PM so soon the ban on us Dominican will be lifted. Our PM has links you know…
You are pathetic and obviously detached from the real world.
Toto are you going to respond to a man who says we will go to Russia? Don’t you see there is something wrong with such a brain? Does he even know the sought of welcome people of our complexion will receive there? Just ask Reggie Austrie’s son. Alas, boy we really fall far.
You are not well at all, my god it’s frightening.
“I run things and to hell with the constitution.” A fool in plain sight that the blind people cannot see. Take him down, Britain 🇬🇧
Dominica has incurred the ire of the UK government because of a combination of incompetence, avarice and corruption.
We have seen videos from the Middle East where Dominican passports were being sold on the streets like vendors selling their wares. There were no concerns to due diligence.
As long as the Dominican people allow Roosevelt and his sycophants to occupy the helm of government, ‘crapaud smoke yuh pipe!’
Most things StarBoy touches change to coal dust. This man is the greatest existential threat to Dominica.
Finally, Roosevelt has a mandatory obligation to address the Dominicans on this burning issue. But, knowing him, he will try to keep low and hope it dissipates in thin air.
Here, DNO, let me help you:
https://writeups24.com/caribbean-nationals-will-require-a-visa-to-travel-to-the-uk-starting-from-dominica/amp/
The Torries are on their way out in the UK and are desperate to convince their right wing supporters to give them another chance to govern, after twelve years of inept governance. That same Suella Braverman, of Asian descended, is the same person under fire for her policy of trying to deport immigrants of colour to Rwanda in Africa, while at the same time welcoming Ukrainians and other East European with open arms. She was sacked previously for her ineptitude and corruption but brought back in government by Rishi Sunak as a favour for her support in his bid to become the next inept Torrie PM. No one in the UK cares about Suella and are eager to see the back of these corrupt Torries.
Really! Silly comments that have no relevance to the topic at hand. For Dominica to find itself in this unenviable position is inexcusable. Trying to cast aspersions on the government of the UK for safeguarding its citizens from nefarious characters is simply preposterous.
You should be given Roosevelt and his disciples a severe tongue lashing for making life even more difficult for Dominicans, and further tarnishing the image of the country. It’s not a good feeling to be the laughing stock of the world.
I put the blame for these frequent embarrassments of the country squarely at the feet of the Dominican people. Dominicans’ indifference is the best breeding ground for this continued corruption to grow.
Ibo, You talking frat as usual what the hell do you know about that woman Suella Braverman, useless and was sacked previously and Sunak gave her a top job to the dismay of the British public wants her out, next year general election I will certainly get my chance to kick her and the Tories out after 12 years,
Something else you guys behaving like backwards children, but on the other hand UWP and their blue monkeys is well known for pithole crap as it is.
Dog biter, I want that terrible woman minister out too but this has nothing to do with the criminal misbehaviour of our Prime Minister in Dominica. It has come to the point that I feel embarrassed to say to people that I am from Dominica. This should not be.
UKDominican, lf you are embarrassed to tell people you are Dominican, it’s because of your slave mentality, ” Get out of here stupid !
…and nobody in the UK cares about your CM or his rogue government.
I am asking the Dominica labour party to really connect with the UK 🇬🇧 Dominica diasporan 🇩🇲 and have a plan for those who want to reconnect. Many Caribbean people are moving to Gambia 🇬🇲 and Ghana 🇬🇭 as they have plans for diaspora. The Caribbean region has not set out an open plan. Even some 2nd and 3rd generation diaspora plans.we are considered the missing pieces to the puzzle, work that out lol.
Brother go to Africa if you so desire. The evidence is that many African born people want to leave that continent and go through hardship and risking their lives to find a safe haven in Europe. I wonder why that is. Are they all stupid then? Go to Africa, nobody stopping you bro.
The emergency visa restrictions on Dominicans wishing to travel to the UK should not only be of great concern to all Dominicans, but the people should also be demanding answers from the dictatorship lead by Skerrit. But then again governments are accountable to the people, dictatorships aren’t and as always, the people will be bullied into silent suffering. Anyone who dare question the integrity of the CBI passport selling program will be labeled as promoters of our dirty laundry and destroyers of Dominica.
Never do the apologist blame those who for personal benefits are recklessly selling our passports to unscrupulous characters all over the world. It is because of Dominica’s reckless and highly ill-reputed CBI program that the British government was forced to take emergency action. Mark my words, other countries will be following and ultimately it’s the citizens of Dominica that will pay the price. Skerrit & Co. will continue to travel on diplomatic passports!
Well here we have it. I always predicted that sooner rather than later that rogue CM and his CBI program would be found out by the international community. This is only the beginning! The CM, of course, doesn’t care. He continues to travel on his diplomatic passport. But what about the ordinary citizens of our country? The CM continues to pour misery on the citizens of DA. He has overstayed his welcome by over 10 years now. Get rid of him before it’s too late!
CBi is nothing more than a way to escape the justice of his country or to launder money
fraudsters pay the right to find asylum or to invest their dirty money
It would be funny if Dominica’s own Prime Minister the illustrious yours truly would be denied entry to Britain because of his dealings with people of low character or international criminals. The USA may soon follow Britain and require all people from Dominica to get a visa.
Dominicans wanting to visit the U.S.A. already require a visa, an arrangement that has been in place for as long as I can remember.
The whingers among you should be ashamed of yourselves. Dominica has no industry, the island is just full of proud, delusional wannabees. Without the CBI program, Dominica would be flat broke as it always was before Skerro started selling its passports. Passports are the new Bitcoin for countries like Dominica. The only difference between them and Bitcoin is that their price can only go up. Well done Skerro! Think of it: 100 passports sold in a day even at a measly $50,000 a shot = $USD1.8 billion per annum. Skerro is selling a lot more which is why civil servants are being paid and Dominica is not looking like a war zone any more. So he keeps most of that for him and his mates, not a big deal really, no representation without taxation! :).
You don’t even believe the ridiculous nonsense you are espousing. You have attached yourself to BS (Bovine Scatology).
SCATOLOGY – interest or preoccupation with excrement
Meanwhile this man remains in power. He’ll throw a fete and all be forgiven. What a joke
Well well we finish skerrit finish us best they remove the two parrots on passport and put two manicou
Bon…….. uk.come on,who does that?
When is the StarBoy next press conference? Anxious to hear the verbal contortionist extricate himself out of this one.
Prepare to hear 1 000 ‘arm’ and the implication of Lennox Linton and the UWP in the UK’s visa restrictions.
Well I knew this day would happen. Am I surprised? No.
Starboy has created this climate. Whilst he has been selling our birthright, we’ve seen nothing. Now after all, the passports that he has been selling to these dodgy criminals the UK has said in no uncertain terms that they are posing a security risk to the UK borders.
What are you doltish cult followers going to say now? Will you spin it like a cricket ball, or will the Starboy’s propaganda machine come up with another distraction?
Starboy of Stupidity, the sands of time is becoming smaller. More to come.
Yes once again star boy has done it visa for the UK, ross university gone st Joseph university can’t pay his bills. Farmers have no market he and his wife sucking tax payers dry. It has more to come but labor all the way.
And who care a F about the UK.What are they doing for Dominicans and the poor?Black Dominican slaves bowing to their UK white masters,shameless house ni……We are not going to kneel and hold the feet of some racist country who have stolen our wealth,begging for crumbs,Go hell UK.
Many Dominicans who have relatives living in the UK, children in university ad those who travel there for medical attention and vacation. They care!
Lazy Lin, we know in defence of your demigod, you would write some sort of BS (Bull Snot).
As an independent Island, what you need to ask is, after 19 years, what is your own government doing for Dominicans and the poor?
How can it be that citizens are poorer than before, a place where crime was virtually non existent has now increased exponentially, decent healthcare is non existent and the job market has virtually depleted.
On a very serious note and wanting to understand your point of view, I’m curious for you to enlighten me and list the top 5, fully executed and prosperous initiatives that benefitted all Dominican residing citizens in the last 10 years?
@Behave, Dr.Pm Skerrit, has done much much more than any previous leaders for Dominica like it or not so blue monkeys can make all the noises they like who the hell cares about them including you. Having said that, what have you or ugly Lenny, Thompson Fontaine, and the rest have done for Dominica name me one? Apart from stealing the country furnitures and silverware.
@MBD You haven’t answered the specific question, perhaps you should read it again. For your information, I don’t support any party, just using my rights for freedom of speech and critical thinking where I see fit. I ask a simple question and all I get is the same old insulting response.
Sorry Lin Clown, I personally cannot agree with you on that one!!
Well this can only be done for one reason, and one reason only I think, citizen by investment program. Selling our passports to criminals. Our current government is letting Dominica and Dominicans down. Shame on you Roosevelt and all who is involved.
Dominicans haven’t realised that the USA going to watch this and say ” if the UK can readily do that to a commonwealth country. One of there past colonies 🤔. Something up with that. Let us watch Dominica closer and maybe even make it harder for them to get our visa “
Well this should be of no surprise to Dominicans. The sad thing is the average Dominicans will be affected and those in positions will continue to suck the Island.
Dominicans wake up, nothing this government is doing is for your interest. We are slowly seeing the long term effects of the selfish and bad decisions made by this government.
Not just that, with his diplomatic passport Skerrit and his Cabinet do not need any visa so this doesnt affect them.
Sorry Lin Clown, I personally cannot agree with you on that one!!
Traveling to the UK visa free is somewhat disheartening no doubt, but this pales in comparison to what the restriction will mean for the hot bread passport sales. Note a considerable decline in demand of this once hot comodity is on the horizon. Capital projects underway in DA will suffer, as well as the Yes we Care, NEP, Int’l Airport etc. and even…dare I say; the Public Sector Salaries. Our government and people have become overly dependent on the CBI, which drove them to be most reckless. The true cost will be felt in all corners of the already ailing Dominican Economy.
Correct you are. And in turn will filter down to the private sector as Government is one of the biggest if not the biggest employer on island. We have already seen the closure of a few banks in the last few years because loans arent being paid or taken due to them simply giving people free money and houses. How will all of this affect us? Will taxes be raised? will the cost of living skyrocket even further than it already is? These days a dry bakes is 1.50 sometimes 1.75 depending on where you go.
I personally didn’t expect anything different. Recall the CBS ,60 minutes program which mentioned the security apparatus of America and its friends. The double doctorate dude and his goons thought it was a damn joke and wanted to execute the then leader of the opposition, Mr Lennox Linton, as if he was giving Dominica bad name and bad publicity. The Labor party foolish supporters jumped on the bandwagon too. Now let them disprove that the actions of Skerritt, his passport agents and criminal ambassadors are what have us in this predicament. Time will tell all the time. Wait for more countries to do the same.
Well wait for it. The “me-the-people” leader will find a way to reach his comatose supporters with the view that he and they are under attack why this situation has come to pass. Remember he once said that entering Dominica through the back door was not new and was no big deal, despite the criminal activity associated with illegal entry into the country. His version of CBI, which is mainly focused on selling passports in countries associated with terrorists and criminals, to include him appointing some of those criminals as ambassadors for Dominica, is yielding it’s fruits. He and his stinking rich pals, off of selling our birthright, aren’t the ones who will have to endure the pain of this new headache to travel to Britain, but it’s the common folks who will feel it. Let the supporters of Labor who kept him in office drink of their ignorance and hardheaded ness. More restrictions are to come just keep your eyes and ears open. Corruption doesn’t pay.
Skerrit has done such a brilliant job of making his supporters dependent on him that outside the few who made themselves stinking rich, few of his other supporters can afford to travel outside the region. So, these travel restrictions will have little effect on their voting pattern.
UK has never stop trying to restrict immigration from its former territories. They imposed visa requirements on Jamaica using crime as an excuse, they tried wind rush sending back Caribbean nationals who only new England as their home. Now their excuse is the CBI.
Antigua & Barbuda, St. Kitts & Nevis, Grenada, St. Lucia all these neighbouring countries have the same Citizen By Investment schemes, yet only Dominica has been penalised. Why?
Is it that Roosevelt giving diplomatic passports to known international fraudsters, the likes of Francesco Corolla, Alison Madueke, NG Lapseng, Ali Zeza Monfared helped to make this decision by the UK government a no brainer?
This low caliber man of self is rapidly causing the ruination of this once sporting and economic powerhouse, at least, of the sub Caribbean region.
Anything these super powers do they are right. The easiest thing for low information individuals to do is to blame Skeritt. Hongkong a former British colony now under Chinese rule, England has advised citizens of hongkong that they can come to England without documentation. Concerns about Dominica CBI? Total rubbish. What is the issue that prompted this move by the British authorities?
You, counterfeit Putin: “What is the issue that prompted this move by the British authorities?”
It has been explained in the simplest manner. Has your brain walked out your head in protest of your ignorance and stupidity? Typical diehard of the StarBoy of STUPIDITY.
AA point, you there then!!! I know you running scared because Britain is interfering with your bread basket? I’m sorry for you my lady.
Man go do some research, all the islands are under the same program, it just started with Dominica but every month a different island will be added.
Dominica is just the first, by the end of 2023 all these countries you mentioned will have to apply for visa to enter the UK. If you listened to the UK Prime Minister he said that they need one billion pounds for their Healthcare system and they will be increasing the visa fees to raise the funds.
If its so then they could just let you pay for a visa at the airport,, wouldn’t that be good enough!!
I hope these blind supporters will finally wake up and realize what this DLP govt is doing to this country.
CCS, It’s no worst than when Edison James, and his incompetent government was destroying Dominica, even Ugly Lenny, was able to buy his house cash ask him where the money came from, and listen to his am am am without an answer to the question.
Or when PJ and the DLP was trying to sell the country to communists and KKK members? You forgot about that one? to the point that the mural painted on the side of the treasury was removed because it reminded all of us of what the DLP did in its early days? the reason why for half my life DLP would and could only win portsmouth and grandbay for 25 years? well.. tables do turn. And they will keep on turning. everything is a cycle. Your time may be over sooner than you expect. So keep crying about the 4.5 years edison james was PM. And not open your eyes about the almost 25 years Skerrit has been fleecing the country. But i know, It is YOUR eyes and you will see what you want to see. But just because you dont want to see it, that doesnt mean its not there as a fact. your ignorance will not be your saving grace.
If we knew better, The answer to your Question is no I have not forgotten Patrick John, and his crap and I was not a supporter of his anyway, the fact that you guys as expected jumping on the bandwagon without understanding why the UK imposes visa restrictions on Dominica, and others even some Europeans it’s about securities ,Spain has put some restrictions on UK holiday makers no big deal they follow the rules and move on. Dominica is a different kettle of fish, rubbish talking parrots politics lies and criminals on Q95 radio asking their trouble makers out on the street to create mayhem and the Government is doing nothing about it, why cant we take the war to the b*****Ds.
Dogs keep walking with your eyes closed, we will see how far you will reach.
Dog molester, your comments are nothing more than decomposing cadaver beyond recognition.
Don’t expect them to have an epiphany. These addicts are perpetually intoxicated with the Fool-Aid they have consumed directly from the mouth of the serial LIAR.
They will say is “Workers” that do that
From 2024 US citizens will have to apply visa to enter the UK. I guess it is Skeritt that cause that.
If you know anything about the UK MP Suella Braverman, she is NOT joking and is unrelenting especially when it comes to the UK border control. It will take a lot to get this decision overturned. What a blow for Dominican citizens, who are being penalised through no fault of their own.
Dominicans like it so. They continue to defend and support the most corrupt ruler in the Caribbean probably in the entire world.
He keeps his well choreographed ‘press conferences’, plaster them on YouTube, and fool the simpletons and unsuspecting. However, he cannot deceive the UK government. They have the goods on him.
Ibo, You also doing the same bloody hypocrite your lots are all zombie drug takers ugly Lenny, is asking Pm Skerrit, for millions of jombie dollars to pay off his debt owing to people, and pretending it’s for election this guy came straight out of a comic book 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂
I do not agree. A lot of Dominicans are penalised by condoning the actions of their leader, a known law breaker and liar.
@Toto, Who are the lot the people, apart from ugly Lenny, on Q95 radio talking lies and crazy Crap to fools like you lots.
How many Dominicans travel to England?
Dominicans travelling to the U.K. from Dominica are relatively few. Most arrivals with a Dominican passport in the U.K. would come from Dubai. In particular Indian, Pakistani but also Russian and Iranian citizens. The last two groups alone number abt. 1 million at the latest estimate. Dubai very rarely grants its citizenship to foreigners but gives residency status instead. There are at least 8 daily non-stop flight between Dubai and London (duration less than 8 hrs.) It are these people that will be most handicapped by the new visa restriction if they hold a Dominican passport and will not now be too pleased with an expensive document of little value.
Malatete, you are so knowledgeable l will put you in the league of
smarta**
They can blame their illustrious the great yours truly PM because he likes to hang around with shady people.
It’s not “No fault of their own” the people decided on their leader, the decisions the Kader makes is the responsibility of the people to say enough is enough, so far the people have been quiet. That little demonstration they keep doing where less then 1% of the population turns out for it while 100% of the people feel for it will never make this government take us seriously. This is just the beginning. Soon it will be passport denied from all 1st world countries. The world is moving forward and if we the people don’t secure our democracy we will be lower than a 3rd world country. All it will take is a terrorist to be caught with one of our passports doing some attack on the United States or England and the world will turn it’s back on us like they did Cuba. Wake up Dominica, the clock is ticking away at our future… labour ka twava 🤣🤣🤣