{"id":45,"date":"2023-07-19T07:30:12","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T07:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cbiu.gov.dm\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2026-03-31T13:52:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:52:30","slug":"enhanced-due-diligence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/simplydev.co\/dominica\/dominica-citizenship\/enhanced-due-diligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Enhanced Due Diligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Enhanced Due Diligence<\/h1>\n<h2>Due diligence requirements<\/h2>\n<h5>Mandatory interviews<\/h5>\n<p>All applicants sixteen years of age or over will be required to attend a mandatory interview. During this time, a third-party due diligence agency will perform stringent background checks on the information you have provided.<\/p>\n<h5>The mandatory interview fee is US$1,000 per interview.<\/h5>\n<p>Interviews will be held virtually, via a secure platform. Applicants will be contacted directly by authorised interviewers for scheduling interviews. Thereafter, applicants and their dependants will attend virtual interviews; Authorised Agents\/Licenced Promoters cannot attend interviews on their behalf. All applicants must hold identification documents, and supporting documents deemed necessary for the interview.<\/p>\n<p>Interviews will be conducted in the applicant\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s native language or a language of his\/her choosing. All applicants 16 years and over are expected to attend interviews; applicants who are unable to join with the rest of their family must pay for additional interviews. Documents requested via the interview will be routed via the Authorised Agent.<\/p>\n<h2>Standard due diligence requirements<\/h2>\n<p>Applicants are subject to the standard due diligence fees as follows:<\/p>\n<table style=\"width:100%; max-width:100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Main applicant:<\/td>\n<td>US$7,500 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Spouse:<\/td>\n<td>US$4,000 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Each dependant sixteen years of age or over:<\/td>\n<td>US$4,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Enhanced due diligence fees may apply, with the cost to be born on the applicant.<\/p>\n<h2>Enhanced due diligence<\/h2>\n<p>Enhanced due diligence is conducted on all Iranian applicants.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Iranian applicants include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Applicants who are citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran; and<\/li>\n<li>Applicants who are domiciled in the Islamic Republic of Iran.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Iranian applicants are required to pay the following enhanced due diligence fees:<\/h3>\n<table style=\"width:100%; max-width:100%; \">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Main applicant:<\/td>\n<td>US$25,000 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Spouse:<\/td>\n<td>US$15,000 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Each dependant sixteen years of age or over:<\/td>\n<td>US$15,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Each dependant twelve to fifteen years of age:<\/td>\n<td>US$10,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The enhanced due diligence fees above are inclusive of the standard due diligence fees of\u00c2\u00a0<strong>US$7,500<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0for the main applicant and\u00c2\u00a0<strong>US$4,000<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0for each dependant sixteen years of age or over and the mandatory interview fee. As such, all Iranian applicants are not required to additionally pay the standard due diligence fees or the mandatory interview on top of the aforesaid enhanced due diligence fees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enhanced Due Diligence Due diligence requirements Mandatory interviews All applicants sixteen years of age or over will be required to attend a mandatory interview. During this time, a third-party due diligence agency will perform stringent background checks on the information you have provided. The mandatory interview fee is US$1,000 per interview. Interviews will be held [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-45","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplydev.co\/dominica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplydev.co\/dominica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplydev.co\/dominica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplydev.co\/dominica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplydev.co\/dominica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/simplydev.co\/dominica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplydev.co\/dominica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplydev.co\/dominica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}