The five Eastern Caribbean citizenship programs agreed a common minimum contribution and a shared set of due diligence expectations. In practice, the headline number moved less than the operating reality behind it.
Cost. The floor removed the discounting that used to separate the programs on price. Choosing between them is now a question of processing behaviour, family definitions and travel access rather than a few thousand dollars of contribution.
Due diligence. Expect mandatory interviews, deeper source-of-funds review and cross-program information sharing. A file that would previously have cleared with a bank letter and a salary certificate now needs a documented, traceable narrative for every material sum.
Timeline. Well-prepared files still complete in the historical window. Weak files stall far longer than they used to, because the checks that used to be sampled are now applied to everyone.
What we changed. We pre-screen source of funds before engagement, not after. If a file will not survive the standard, we say so before anyone pays a government fee.