{"schemaVersion":1,"passportCode":"VC","passportUrl":"https://multipassrank.com/passport/st-vincent-and-the-grenadines","scope":"Selected country-topic summaries; not a complete account of citizenship law or personal tax liability. These facts do not change mobility scores.","review":{"decision":"approved","reviewer":"/root","reviewedAt":"2026-09-22","recheckBy":"2026-12-21","candidateSha256":"8dffa268ae7205851ad3e0954dbc85f22c3ce34234e6a34852ba631eda7e4b26","notes":"Independently opened all 17 retained official authorities, checked six topics and 35 facts, and read the supplemental KN 2026 bill and AG 2019 business-tax amendment. Approved after author corrections to two statutory/checklist locators. Scope, stated editions, unavailable citizenship detail, residence-counting ambiguity and conditional foreign-income treatment remain integral. See matching review notes for actual-source reading details. Publication and deployment are separate."},"reviewScope":"A common review is provided only when all topics share one approval. Otherwise consult each topic's review; no collection means no review.","reviews":[{"decision":"approved","reviewer":"/root","reviewedAt":"2026-09-22","recheckBy":"2026-12-21","candidateSha256":"8dffa268ae7205851ad3e0954dbc85f22c3ce34234e6a34852ba631eda7e4b26","notes":"Independently opened all 17 retained official authorities, checked six topics and 35 facts, and read the supplemental KN 2026 bill and AG 2019 business-tax amendment. Approved after author corrections to two statutory/checklist locators. Scope, stated editions, unavailable citizenship detail, residence-counting ambiguity and conditional foreign-income treatment remain integral. See matching review notes for actual-source reading details. 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The verified seven-year constitutional registration route concerns Commonwealth citizens; the complete ordinary naturalisation rules were not established from an accessible national statute in this collection.","scope":"Ordinary adult residence-based citizenship enquiry and the published application process; Commonwealth registration is identified separately, not presented as a universal naturalisation route.","jurisdiction":"Saint Vincent and the Grenadines","facts":[{"id":"vc-cit-commonwealth","label":"Seven years is a scoped registration rule","text":"Constitution section 93(2)(b) permits registration of Commonwealth citizens ordinarily resident for seven years immediately before application. Statutory refusal on defence, public-safety or public-order grounds remains possible; this is not the ordinary naturalisation rule for every nationality.","state":"conditional","sourceIds":["ranks2140-vc-constitution"],"locator":"Constitution section 93(2)(b), its proviso and section 94"},{"id":"vc-cit-clock-gap","label":"Ordinary naturalisation clock unresolved","text":"The Prime Minister's FAQ mentions seven consecutive years of temporary residence or permanent-resident status for registration, without resolving the applicant cohorts. The full ordinary naturalisation clock, qualifying status and absence limits therefore remain unestablished here.","state":"not_established","sourceIds":["ranks2140-vc-cit-faq","ranks2140-vc-constitution"],"locator":"FAQ question 1; Constitution sections 93–94"},{"id":"vc-cit-documents","label":"Identity, references and translations","text":"The citizenship checklist requests the application and reference page, certified photograph, birth certificate and passport biographical page, with spouse and marriage documents where applicable. Documents not in English require an official translation; originals are returned.","state":"documented","sourceIds":["ranks2140-vc-cit-documents"],"locator":"Requirements PDF page 3, Citizenship section and final document note"},{"id":"vc-cit-checks","label":"Medical and police evidence","text":"The checklist requires the applicant's medical certificate and a police certificate from the country most recently resided in for more than six months before arriving in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Additional applicable documents may be requested.","state":"documented","sourceIds":["ranks2140-vc-cit-documents"],"locator":"Requirements PDF page 3, Citizenship items iv–v and additional-documents item vi"},{"id":"vc-cit-process","label":"Submission is not approval","text":"The office permits submission by mail, courier or a representative without being physically present when filing. Applications require investigation. Remote submission does not establish an exemption from the route's residence requirements or a guaranteed decision date.","state":"conditional","sourceIds":["ranks2140-vc-cit-faq"],"locator":"FAQ questions 3–4"},{"id":"vc-cit-language","label":"Language and civic standard unresolved","text":"The collected official checklist and general guidance do not establish the ordinary route's language standard, testing procedure or exemptions. No CEFR level or exemption from testing is asserted.","state":"not_established","sourceIds":["ranks2140-vc-cit-documents","ranks2140-vc-cit-guidance"],"locator":"Requirements PDF page 3; citizenship guidance, application section"},{"id":"vc-cit-retention","label":"Renunciation is a separate enquiry","text":"The office describes an application to renounce Vincentian citizenship, supported by the current passport and birth-certificate copy. That procedure does not establish whether an ordinary naturalisation applicant must renounce another nationality or can retain it; those questions remain unresolved here.","state":"not_established","sourceIds":["ranks2140-vc-cit-guidance"],"locator":"Citizenship guidance, Renunciation of Citizenship section"}],"limits":["The full current Citizenship Act was not obtained from an accessible national primary source. Constitutional Commonwealth registration and the office's general registration FAQ must not be flattened into a universal naturalisation clock.","The Constitution source is the government's copy marked updated in 2005. The citizenship checklist is undated; conflicting displayed fees are omitted. Descent, marriage and investment routes are outside this collection."],"review":{"decision":"approved","reviewer":"/root","reviewedAt":"2026-09-22","recheckBy":"2026-12-21","candidateSha256":"8dffa268ae7205851ad3e0954dbc85f22c3ce34234e6a34852ba631eda7e4b26","notes":"Independently opened all 17 retained official authorities, checked six topics and 35 facts, and read the supplemental KN 2026 bill and AG 2019 business-tax amendment. Approved after author corrections to two statutory/checklist locators. Scope, stated editions, unavailable citizenship detail, residence-counting ambiguity and conditional foreign-income treatment remain integral. See matching review notes for actual-source reading details. Publication and deployment are separate."},"url":"https://multipassrank.com/passport/st-vincent-and-the-grenadines/citizenship","disclaimer":"General information, not legal advice or a finding of eligibility. Requirements depend on the route, applicant and filing date. Verify the official instructions before applying."},{"code":"VC","topic":"taxes","title":"St Vincent: personal income-tax scope","summary":"Personal tax depends on residence, ordinary residence and income source, not possession of a Vincentian passport. The law has multiple residence tests and a specific receipt-based foreign-income rule for limited resident cohorts.","scope":"Baseline individual income-tax residence, income scope and filing; no rates, tax calculation or comprehensive special-regime advice.","jurisdiction":"Saint Vincent and the Grenadines","facts":[{"id":"vc-tax-residence","label":"Residence is not only a day count","text":"Residence includes a permanent abode with some presence, at least 183 days in the basis period, or presence continuous with qualifying presence in an adjoining year. The abode test preserves specified whole-year absences for education, medical treatment, government duties or government-sponsored labour schemes, subject to the Comptroller's satisfaction.","state":"conditional","sourceIds":["ranks2140-vc-tax-act"],"locator":"Section 2, resident definition (a)(i)–(iii), PDF page 12"},{"id":"vc-tax-scope","label":"Resident and nonresident scope","text":"Residents generally include domestic and foreign income; nonresidents include Vincentian-source income. Ordinary residence specifically refers to the permanent-abode limb, not every resident. Employment exercised in the country is domestic-source regardless of where payment or the contract occurs.","state":"conditional","sourceIds":["ranks2140-vc-tax-act"],"locator":"Section 2, ordinarily resident; sections 8(1) and 10(1)(a)"},{"id":"vc-tax-foreign","label":"Limited foreign-income receipt rule","text":"Residents not ordinarily resident, and ordinarily resident officers or crew of international ships, include foreign income only to the extent received locally. Compulsory remittances under a government-contract overseas labour scheme are specifically included for ordinarily resident workers.","state":"conditional","sourceIds":["ranks2140-vc-tax-act"],"locator":"Section 8(2)–(3), PDF page 16"},{"id":"vc-tax-filing","label":"Returns and withholding","text":"The revenue department lists 31 March after the calendar year as the personal income-tax return and payment deadline. Employer PAYE and withholding on covered payments to nonresidents are separate collection obligations; deductions do not turn citizenship into the tax-residence test.","state":"conditional","sourceIds":["ranks2140-vc-tax-guide"],"locator":"Taxes page, Personal Income Tax, Pay As You Earn and Withholding Tax sections"},{"id":"vc-tax-treaties","label":"Agreement-specific double-tax relief","text":"Section 60 authorises double-taxation agreements, including source and relief rules, with agreements and changes published by Gazette order. Relief requires checking the applicable agreement; no universal exemption or particular treaty entitlement is established here.","state":"conditional","sourceIds":["ranks2140-vc-tax-act"],"locator":"Section 60(1)–(3), PDF page 53"}],"limits":["The IRD-hosted statutory compilation is not represented as a newly consolidated 2026 edition. Current guidance was read alongside it; rates, allowances and old subsidiary treaty lists are not reproduced as current entitlements.","General information only. Residence, source, remittance and agreement eligibility require individual analysis; corporate taxation and social contributions are outside this baseline."],"review":{"decision":"approved","reviewer":"/root","reviewedAt":"2026-09-22","recheckBy":"2026-12-21","candidateSha256":"8dffa268ae7205851ad3e0954dbc85f22c3ce34234e6a34852ba631eda7e4b26","notes":"Independently opened all 17 retained official authorities, checked six topics and 35 facts, and read the supplemental KN 2026 bill and AG 2019 business-tax amendment. Approved after author corrections to two statutory/checklist locators. Scope, stated editions, unavailable citizenship detail, residence-counting ambiguity and conditional foreign-income treatment remain integral. See matching review notes for actual-source reading details. Publication and deployment are separate."},"url":"https://multipassrank.com/passport/st-vincent-and-the-grenadines/taxes","disclaimer":"General information, not personal tax advice. Nationality, tax residence and source of income are different questions. 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