IT IS NOW, 2025, AND SAINT KITTS GOVERNMENT CAN NOW PROCEED TO REVOKE CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT (CBI) PASSPORTS OBTAINED THROUGH FRAUD, AS PROMISED BY ITS PRIME MINISTER; ARE THEY NOW THEREFORE TO BE CONSIDERED VOID?

CBI passport of a convicted Chinese national 

New Years' Day was the deadline for individuals who purchased a Citizenship by Investment (CBI/CIP) passport from the Federation of Saint Kitts & Nevis at an illegal discount to make arrangements to pay the difference between the amount they paid and the legal price. Although the country's prime minister, TERRANCE DREW, had publicly promised swift action against that those who failed to pay the sum they owe under Kittitian law, his government has, to date not revoked or cancelled the passports of any of the offenders, who bypaying an illegally discounted sum, have committed a criminal act under the Saint Kitts law. We have checked all Saint Kitts media, and all official government publications, and there has not been any such action to date, more than two weeks after the announced deadline, but imminent action is expected.

We do note that the SKN government never identified Galaxy as being the fraudulent promoter in their public announcements, obviously not to offend them and not to disrupt the ongoing fraud that they are perpetrating in Saint Lucia. Additionally, and even more  problematic, the government has NEVER sent out such notices to the over 22,000 CBI passport holders of the Jail Project. How can it possibly hope to recover from those individuals if it conveniently neglects to solicit them for the balances owned? 

The legal status of those illegally-obtained SKN CBI passports has been called in question by attorneys who are concerned that a court of competent jurisdiction will at one point rule that they should now be considered void ab initio (from the beginning of their issuance), which raises liability issues for any financial institution that accepts them at account opening as identification documents. This is due to the fact that they have effectively been declared illegal by Saint Kitts officials. Bank compliance officers, immigration officials, and other professionals who must secure proof of identity for real estate transactions, are urged to verify that any individual who proffers a SKN passport for any purpose, conduct an enhanced due diligence investigation, to rule out the possibility that it is one of those which have been illegitimately-obtained. Accepting a discounted passport, given actual notice of their illicit status, may constitute negligence and give rise to personal liability, if they are used for criminal acts.