Descendant / grandchild registration (s.5A, SRO 68/2016)
Citizenship in Grenada
- Eligibility
- Registration of a descendant (notably a grandchild of a Grenadian) as a citizen under the operative s.5A (Citizenship (Amendment) Act 1996), implemented by SRO 68/2016 (gazetted 4 Jan 2017; reg 4B + Part II Third Schedule; fee EC$500). Section 5A registration operates in practice: SRO 68/2016 (and reg 4A) are expressly made under 'section 5A of the Act', so the descendant/grandchild registration route is administered. However, the consolidated principal Act marks ss.5A-5E 'Repealed', and the verbatim operative text of s.5A (Citizenship (Amendment) Act No. 31 of 1996) is not byte-confirmed — operative-in-practice, with the statutory-text status carried as unresolved pending primary-source verification. Do not assert the route is closed.
- Timeline
- standard
Timeline
Timeline: standard. Document burden: medium. Required: none of residency/language/presence/renunciation.
Legal basis
Primary statute: Citizenship (Amendment) Act No. 31 of 1996 s.5A; SRO 68/2016. Operative 2016-12-01–present. Authority: Ministry of Home Affairs.
Example scenarios
nationality: British
Eligible to apply — grandchild/descendant registration under operative s.5A (1996) implemented by SRO 68/2016.
Although automatic descent (s.97) stops because the father is Grenadian by descent only, the operative s.5A under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 1996 — implemented by SRO 68/2016 (reg 4B + Part II Third Schedule, fee EC$500) — provides a statutory REGISTRATION route for a grandchild of a Grenadian, extending transmission beyond the constitutional first-generation limit. This is registration on application (not automatic), distinct from GD-DSC-01/02.
nationality: Canadian
Eligible for grandchild registration at EC$500 — vastly cheaper than CBI; this is the route to use.
With a documented Grenadian-by-birth grandmother and a descent-only mother, the applicant is a grandchild within SRO 68/2016's s.5A descendant registration (fee EC$500 / ~US$185). This statutory registration confers full citizenship by descent-registration without the US$235,000+ CBI outlay. CBI is only the path for applicants with no qualifying ancestry; here ancestry registration is the correct, far cheaper route.
Informational summary compiled from primary legal sources — not legal advice. Citizenship law changes; verify with the competent authority before acting. Last verified 2026-06-14.
Track changes to this route
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