Naturalisation and citizenship in Barbados

I am going through this process.

Assuming you do not take the expedient shortcut of simply marrying a Barbadian.

It is a long process - to get immigration status you have to have been legally resident here for five years, then you apply. I then waited for a further five years for "the interview", just last week my lawyer got a request for follow up information - the interview was nine months ago - I am expecting an outcome in the next six months. If all goes well that will give me permanent residence, then I get to wait a for a couple of decades further if I wzmt to go for citizenship snd the passport.

I have a friend who is in his seventies, been here fifty years not his a couple of years back.

If you have ancestral and well documented ties to the island it would go smoother e.g. parents/grandparents.

If not it certainly not a case of fill out a form and a small fee and citizenship comes in the post, i.e. there is no citizenship by investment programme here and unlikely that there ever will be.

Hi Ebbie1000,

If I may ask, if a tourist/visitor gives birth in Barbados, does the baby get immediate citizenship/passport?

Thanks.