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Non citizens require an Alien\u2019s Land Holding Licence to purchase real estate in St Lucia. The process involves 4 government departments (Planning Department, the Attorney Generals\u2019 Office, the Prime Minister\u2019s Office or Cabinet for properties larger than 1 acre in size and the Governor General\u2019s Office).<\/p>\n
In the past this process has been known to take up to two years to complete. Meanwhile the record for obtaining the license is six weeks, but this is the exception rather than the rule. A realistic time-frame for the processing of the application is 4-6 months.<\/p>\n
Fees for the license according to the size of the land:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Alien Land License<\/strong><\/p>\n The Alien Land Holding process is now being handled by the Citizenship by Investment office as an additional mandate . This in itself should make the process easier than each request going before Goverment.<\/p>\n The new process has three stages<\/p>\n Step One \u201cELIGIBILITY TO PURCHASE\u201d<\/strong> If your goal is to purchase a home in St Lucia in the future, it would be worthwhile, supplying the required documents and the fee to do this to make your eventual purchase much easier.<\/p>\n St Lucia Homes can be appointed by you to deal with this via one of the highly recommended law firms in St Lucia, STEP TWO ALIEN PURCHASE OF PROPERTIES<\/strong><\/p>\n Once you decide any Villa or land you wish to to purchase it will then be a straightforward process to get a licence to purchase any specific property as your ELIGIBILITY<\/strong> has already been approved<\/p>\n STEP THREE ALIEN INVESTOR ENTRANCE PERMIT<\/strong><\/p>\n Owning a property in St Lucia entitles you to permission to reside in St Lucia as long as you wish , without checking into immigration.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Documents Required in Support of an Application for an Aliens License<\/p>\n All other supporting documents required are available to us here in St Lucia and will be procured and presented along with the application on your behalf.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The local Buyer has to provide the following documents:<\/p>\n Conveyancing<\/strong><\/p>\n Conveyancing in St.Lucia under the new land Registration Act 1984 is by an instrument in notarial form (in St.Lucia all Attorneys are Notaries) duly registered at the Land Registry.<\/p>\n The stamp duty payable on the deed of sale and the registration fee are paid by the purchaser to the Notary who attends to the stamping of the conveyance and its registration in the Registry of Lands.<\/p>\n The Vendor pays a Vendor\u2019s Tax to the Government which in the case of an alien is 10% of the sale price. There is no capital gains tax in St.Lucia but the Vendor\u2019s Tax can be taken to be its equivalent.<\/p>\n Government Stamp DUTY<\/strong><\/p>\n There is a stamp duty of 2% of the purchase price of the property to register the Deed of Sale.<\/p>\n Mortgage<\/strong><\/p>\n If a mortgage is taken, there is a government stamp duty of 1% to 1.2% of the purchase price to register the mortgage.<\/p>\n Legal Fees<\/strong><\/p>\n The legal fees are set at 1% to 1.2% of the purchase price of the property for the legal work. If a loan is required, the lawyer may charge an additional 1 to 1.2%. For obtaining Aliens license and preparing and registering the Deed of Sale a total of 3% is charged except where there are unusual difficulties in obtaining the Aliens Licence.<\/p>\n Power OF Attorney<\/strong><\/p>\n Power of attorney- if one is necessary EC $500.00.<\/p>\n Registration, Copies and Stamps<\/strong><\/p>\n The fees for these services are EC $150.00.<\/p>\n Please note that the above information is a rough guide which is subject to changes.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Non Nationals Non citizens require an Alien\u2019s Land Holding Licence to purchase real estate in St Lucia. The process involves 4 government departments (Planning Department, the Attorney Generals\u2019 Office, the Prime Minister\u2019s Office or Cabinet for properties larger than 1 acre in size and the Governor General\u2019s Office). In the past this process has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlucia-homes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlucia-homes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlucia-homes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlucia-homes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlucia-homes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6361"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stlucia-homes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13200,"href":"https:\/\/stlucia-homes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6361\/revisions\/13200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlucia-homes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\n
\n Up to 1 ACRE<\/td>\n US $1,859<\/td>\n ECD $5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Over 1 ACRE and Up to 10 ACRES<\/td>\n US $3,718<\/td>\n ECD $10,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Over 10 ACRES and Up to 20 ACRES<\/td>\n US $7,435<\/td>\n ECD $20,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Over 20 ACRES and Up to 50 ACRES<\/td>\n US $11,153<\/td>\n ECD $30,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Over 50 ACRES and Up to 100 ACRES<\/td>\n US $14,870<\/td>\n ECD $40,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 100 ACRES and Over<\/td>\n US $18,588<\/td>\n ECD $50,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n
\nYou can do this at any time, and do not need to be in St Lucia to do this .
\nYou will be asked to supply various documents and due diligence will be done so that you can receive an \u201cEligibility to Purchase\u201c . This can be issued for one to ten years and you are able to purchase any properties during your \u201c Eligibilty \u201c status.
\nThis process will be the longest of the three stages, and can be done at any time , without you having sourced any Villa or Land (under one acre) to purchase .
\nThe Eligibilty can also be issued to a company<\/p>\n
\nThis means when you are ready to purchase you have a Lawyer, fully ready to deal with your purchase, and a Realtor who can arrange to show you any properties for sale in St Lucia .
\nPlease note<\/strong>, unlike other countries, there are no restrictions on one realtor dealing with all selected viewings, no matter who is marketing a property.
\nSt Lucia Homes make no charges to \u201cthe buyer\u201d and have no limits on viewings, until you find the home which meets all your criteria .<\/p>\n\n
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