Economic Citizenship (1997-2001 programme) [historical, discontinued]
Citizenship in Grenada
- Eligibility
- Grenada operated an economic-citizenship programme from 1997 to about 2001 under the pre-2013 s.5A/5B/5C cluster of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act No. 31 of 1996: the Grenada Citizenship Order SRO 47/1997 set a national development levy of EC$45,000 (s.5B) and an approved-project investment of EC$45,000 (s.5C), with authorised agents under s.5E; the Eighth Schedule also carried an s.5A registration fee of EC$60,000 (adult plus up to three dependants under 25, EC$15,000 each additional). Discontinued about 2001; the predecessor to the 2013 Citizenship by Investment Act. Historical; not a currently-available pathway.
- Timeline
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Overview
Grenada operated an economic-citizenship programme from 1997 to about 2001 under the pre-2013 s.5A/5B/5C cluster of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act No. 31 of 1996: the Grenada Citizenship Order SRO 47/1997 set a national development levy of EC$45,000 (s.5B) and an approved-project investment of EC$45,000 (s.5C), with authorised agents under s.5E; the Eighth Schedule also carried an s.5A registration fee of EC$60,000 (adult plus up to three dependants under 25, EC$15,000 each additional). Discontinued about 2001; the predecessor to the 2013 Citizenship by Investment Act. Historical; not a currently-available pathway.
Legal basis
Primary statute: Citizenship (Amendment) Act No. 31 of 1996 ss.5A/5B/5C/5E; SRO 47/1997; Eighth Schedule. Operative 1997–2001. Authority: Minister (historical).
Example scenarios
Not available — the 1997-2001 economic-citizenship programme is historical and was discontinued ~2001; the current investment route is the 2013 CBI (GD-INV-01/02).
GD-HIS-01 documents the earlier economic-citizenship programme (1997-~2001) under s.5A of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 1996 (Eighth-Schedule fee EC$60,000 adult + up to three dependants under 25, plus EC$15,000 per additional dependant under 25). It was discontinued around 2001 and is recorded for completeness only. The currently available investment pathway is the Grenada Citizenship by Investment Act No. 15 of 2013 (US$235,000 NTF or US$270,000+ real estate).
The parent's validly acquired 1990s citizenship remains citizenship (subject to any deprivation grounds); the child's claim then runs through ordinary descent/registration rules, not through GD-HIS-01.
GD-HIS-01 is a discontinued ACQUISITION route; it does not retroactively invalidate citizenship validly granted while it operated. The parent, if validly registered as a citizen under the 1996 s.5A economic programme, holds citizenship (a registration citizen, hence theoretically subject to s.9 deprivation for fraud, with due process). The child's own claim is assessed under current descent (s.97, but note the descent-only generational limit) or the s.5A/SRO 68/2016 grandchild registration — not under the closed historical programme.
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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