Grenada
Eastern Caribbean island state on the EU's list of passport-sale schemes to close.
Brussels wants Grenada's passport-for-investment programme wound up by 1 June 2028, under a European Commission request sent in June 2026. Two other states on the same list sought a longer wind-down on 24 September and came away with no deal.
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Grenada is one of five Eastern Caribbean states whose passport sales the European Union wants ended. Commissioner Magnus Brunner's letter of June 2026 grouped Grenada with Dominica, St Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and Antigua and Barbuda, and set 1 June 2028 as the closing date for each programme. The same letter set two vetting safeguards with a September deadline.
Grenada's scheme sells citizenship to foreign investors. Much of a Grenadian passport's value to buyers lies in Visa-free travel to Europe's Schengen area, which is the lever behind the Commission's request.
On 24 September 2026 two of Grenada's neighbours, Saint Lucia and Antigua and Barbuda, pressed EU officials in New York for more time. Grenada did not join that request, and the talks ended without agreement. Technical talks with Brussels follow in October, so Grenada's own position on the 2028 date is the open question for the island.
Does Grenada sell citizenship?
What deadline has the EU set for Grenada's passport scheme?
Which other countries did the EU's letter name?
