Grenada Citizenship Cost in 2026: Every Fee, the Family Math, and the $30,000 the Industry Keeps

A single applicant should budget about $259,500 all-in for Grenada citizenship in 2026, and a family of four about $275,000 to $285,000. The advertised number is $235,000, and unusually for this industry, the gap between headline and reality is modest, because Grenada’s donation already covers a family of up to four. What the marketing does hide sits elsewhere: a real estate route that costs meaningfully more than its sticker, and a flat $30,000 commission that explains every “free consultation” you have been offered.

Standing disclosure first: Grenada standardized its marketing-agent commission at a flat US$30,000 per approved application in April 2025, and industry reporting puts the practical range at $30,000 to $35,000. That helps explain why some consultations are free. Civita charges a flat published fee, is paid only by clients, and never receives, controls, redirects or rebates an agent-side payment. Now the arithmetic.

The donation route: where the family math shines

The National Transformation Fund contribution is $235,000 for a main applicant plus up to three qualifying dependents. Like St Kitts, and unlike the per-person programs, Grenada prices the first four people flat: a couple with two children pays the same contribution as a bachelor, an effective $58,750 a head.

On top of the donation, from Civita’s verified cost model:

Line item	Single applicant	Couple + 2 children
NTF donation	$235,000	$235,000
Due diligence and per-person fees (application, interview, issuance; minors lower)	~$8,000	~$24,000
Government processing	~$1,500	~$1,500
Legal and professional	~$15,000	~$15,000 to $24,000
All-in	~$259,500	~$275,000 to $285,000

The dependent net stretches further than most programs: spouse, children, parents and grandparents under age and dependency rules, and unmarried dependent siblings, part of one of the widest dependent nets in the Caribbean. Every person beyond the included four adds tiered government and due-diligence fees, and siblings draw the heaviest scrutiny in vetting.

The real estate route: read the second line

Real estate starts at $270,000 for shared ownership in an approved project or $350,000 for a sole purchase. The number that the listings underplay is the government real estate fee of roughly $50,000, which exists precisely to close the gap with the donation route. Add due diligence, legal, and closing costs and the shared-ownership route lands past $340,000 all-in, against $259,500 for the donation, with a five-year minimum hold before resale and a resale market composed mostly of other citizenship buyers who would rather buy new. The property route only makes sense if you want the property. As passport financing, it is the expensive door.

What you are buying, and the clock worth knowing about

Citizenship is hereditary and the passport combines China, Schengen and UK access. Grenada’s US E-2 treaty is distinct, but it is not an immediate right to live in America. If nationality was acquired through investment and the applicant has not previously received E status, US law requires at least three continuous years of domicile in Grenada before applying. A separate qualifying US business investment is still required, and E-2 is not a green card. See the Grenada E-2 guide.

Regional governments have announced stronger genuine-link standards, but the official Grenada application guide currently publishes no physical-presence day-count. Treat future visits as a planning risk and confirm the national rule in force with the Investment Migration Agency before filing; do not treat an industry deadline as enacted Grenadian law.

Full program analysis, verified this month, lives in our Grenada report; the head-to-heads are in St Kitts vs Grenada and Grenada vs St Lucia. The one-line read: Grenada is not the cheapest Caribbean passport and does not pretend to be; it charges a roughly $35,000 premium over the region’s $200,000 floor for the E-2 treaty and one of the broadest travel maps in the Caribbean, the only one pairing China, the UK, and Schengen with a US treaty, and for the buyers who need either, that premium is the best-priced line item in the market.