Current Status by Program (2026)
Sudanese nationals are treated differently by each of the five established programs. This is the current position, which we reconfirm before every application:
| Program | Status for Sudanese Nationals | Detail |
|---|
| Antigua and Barbuda | Restricted, conditional exception | Applicants must have migrated before the age of majority, or held permanent residence in an approved country for at least 10 years with no ongoing ties to Sudan |
| Dominica | Restricted, conditional exception | Assessed case by case; generally requires at least 10 years of residence outside Sudan with no business ties or assets remaining there |
| St Kitts and Nevis | No formal restriction | Sudan does not appear on the SRO 27 of 2023 exclusion list, though enhanced due diligence applies to applicants connected to the region |
| Grenada | No formal restriction | No published banned or restricted list; every application is assessed individually under enhanced due diligence |
| St Lucia | No formal restriction | Sudan is not on St Lucia's published exclusion list, though applications typically draw closer scrutiny given the ongoing conflict |
In short: no program currently excludes Sudanese nationals outright. Two programs require the applicant to meet a specific long-term-residence exception, while the other three apply enhanced due diligence without a formal restriction. None of the five treats a Sudanese application as routine.
Why Enhanced Scrutiny Exists
It is worth being clear about what is, and is not, driving this scrutiny. Following a January 2025 US determination that the Rapid Support Forces committed genocide in Darfur, subsequent sanctions have targeted specific RSF commanders and linked entities, not Sudanese nationality as a whole. What drives Caribbean program caution is a combination of anti-money-laundering risk assessment, the practical difficulty of verifying identity and financial documents from a country in active civil war, and the broader due diligence tightening Caribbean CBI programs have applied to conflict-affected nationalities generally since 2023.
Sudan's Currency and Banking Fragmentation
Since the civil war began in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, Sudan's monetary system has progressively split along the same lines as the territorial conflict. Areas held by the Rapid Support Forces have developed their own parallel financial infrastructure, including a Rapid Support Forces-aligned bank and associated digital transfer application not recognised by Sudan's Central Bank, while cross-border trade in these areas increasingly relies on foreign currencies such as the South Sudanese pound, the Chadian franc, the Libyan dinar, and the US dollar rather than the Sudanese pound. Khartoum's economy has contracted by an estimated 40 percent since the war began, and the conflict has displaced roughly 15 million people, the largest displacement crisis in the world.
Because of this, applicants funding a qualifying investment from money currently inside Sudan should expect detailed questions about which currency system and banking channel the funds passed through. As with other clients facing currency or banking instability, we generally find it more straightforward when the qualifying investment is funded from income or assets already held outside Sudan, including in the UAE or elsewhere in the GCC.
What This Means in Practice
We want to be direct about this rather than optimistic. If you are currently resident in Sudan, fund your investment primarily through Sudan's domestic banking system, or cannot produce consistent, verifiable identity documentation, your realistic options are currently limited to St Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, or St Lucia, and even there approval depends heavily on the strength of your file. If you left Sudan years ago, have built your life and finances in the UAE or another established country, and can document that history clearly, a genuine pathway also exists through Antigua and Barbuda or Dominica under their long-term-residence exception.
Our role is to establish honestly, before you spend any money, which category you fall into, and to be clear when a case is not realistically fundable rather than taking it on regardless.
Documents Sudanese Applicants Typically Need
- Valid passport with at least 6 months' remaining validity, plus a recent passport-size photograph
- Birth certificate and, where applicable, marriage certificate, or recognised alternative evidence where original Sudanese civil records are inconsistent or unavailable
- Police clearance certificates from Sudan, where obtainable, and from every other country of residence over the past 10 years
- Evidence of long-term residence outside Sudan, where applying under a conditional exception pathway
- Full documentary evidence tracing the source of the qualifying investment, including which currency system and banking channel any Sudan-origin funds passed through
- Medical certificate and, on most programs, a mandatory interview for the main applicant and dependents aged 16 or older
Foreign-issued documents generally require translation and attestation before submission. Our document attestation team handles this in parallel with the citizenship application to avoid delays.
Why Choose Takween Advisory
Takween Advisory is a UAE-based business consultancy advising high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurs, and families across the GCC on citizenship by investment. Dubai and the wider UAE are home to a significant Sudanese business community, and we have direct experience assessing which Sudanese national applications are realistically fundable given current program policies, exception criteria, and Sudan's specific currency and documentation challenges.
We screen every case honestly before recommending next steps, and help build the strongest possible documentation and source-of-funds file from the outset, particularly where original civil records or standard banking channels are difficult to access.
For a confidential, honest assessment of your eligibility, contact our team today.
