After seeing how Norway artfully blocked Caribbean CBI passport holders from visa-free entry, without requiring any policy changes, by employing an obscure law requiring personal appearance to pick up a passport, insiders in the investment migration industry are wondering if a similar ploy will be the case with the new United Kingdom ETA ( Electronic Travel Authorisation) rules, which became effective on February 25, 2026.
For those who believe UK Migration and Citizenship will be unable to spot them as holders of economic (investment) passports, simply checking all the passports of the five Eastern Caribbean CBI-passport states, and looking at those individuals whose place of birth is other than the country that issued the passport, will result in 99% of those in that category.
We await the screams and cries of those individuals who spent six figures to enter the UK visa-free, and are now blocked from even obtaining a ticket to Heathrow Airport. Remember, the same thing is happening in Fall 2026 with the European Union.
Whether these events will be an existential threat to Caribbean CBI we cannot say, but we will be watching.
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