On March 29^th, 2025, the St. Vincent Times published an article, which stated that the “The European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) has approved amendments to the European Union visa regulations that could potentially end visa-free access to the EU for countries running Citizenship-by-Investment Programs in the Caribbean.”

The article mentioned the countries of Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia.

It further stated that reasons that may trigger this event such as: “an increase in serious criminal offenses connected to nationals of that country”, “deterioration in the EU’s external relations with a third country listed”, and an “increase in the number of third-country nationals arriving legally in that third country and then irregularly entering the territory of the Member States.”

Minister of Government and Heavy Weight panelist of the “Let’s Talk Program”, Spencer Brand, made this comment on the article on Tuesday April 1^st:

He continued:

Minister Spencer Brand.