Disclosing past criminal records within the Caribbean CBI applications

[hlepic211]

Does anyone know if it's a good idea to disclose your past (expired) criminal records when applying for let's say St. Kitts or Grenada citizenship by investment programs?
My issue is that the offence was in 2015 and has expired a few years ago and was moved to an archive. But if they do local criminal record checks at the country of residence - they might find out. The actual red flag is that the offence is related to a financial crime (not tax evasion, but still...)

The police clearance certificate is clean because of that expiry period (local law).

Maybe there are CBI countries where they don't dig that deep in their DD procedures?

All other papers are fine.

 

[Sols]

It depends on whether the law, where you are applying, states that you must disclose it even after it's expired. Speak with a local lawyer with expertise in CIP law, off the record, over an unrecorded phone call, to get their opinion.

Generally speaking, it'd be wise to disclose it. It's a lot better to be rejected than to have the passport revoked out of the blue one day when they discover (nosy journalists, new forms of exchange of information, data leak, repeat due diligence).

You wouldn't want to be on vacation somewhere with just your Kittitian passport and find out it's been revoked when you try to fly home.

 

[lory]

They started with this already years back when we applied for a FX license in Cyprus, so they asked for it in the BVI and finally in Curacao.