A free comparison of every open citizenship by investment program: what each asks, what the fees add, and which ones your budget covers.
Compare every citizenship by investment program: what each asks, what the fees add, and which ones your budget covers.
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This free citizenship by investment comparison puts every open citizenship by investment program side by side: what each asks, what the fees add, and what your budget covers.
Enter your budget. The comparison puts every program's minimum in your currency, marks the ones your budget covers, and opens each program's ways to qualify, fees and official pages.
Here's what citizenship by investment is, what each program costs, and what to check before you pay anyone.
What is citizenship by investment?
Citizenship by investment is a legal route to a country's citizenship, and its passport, in exchange for a donation to a government fund or an approved investment.
Unlike a golden visa, it gives you citizenship itself, usually within months and without living in the country. Every program checks where your money comes from before it approves you.
What each program asks
Here's the smallest contribution or investment for each open program, on September 27, 2026:
| Country | Smallest route | Covers |
|---|---|---|
 Nauru | US$90,000 contribution, a limited-time price until December 31, 2026 | The principal applicant, US$2,000 per dependant 16 or older |
 São Tomé and Príncipe | US$90,000 donation to the National Transformation Fund | One applicant, or US$95,000 for a family of up to 4 |
 Dominica | US$200,000 to the Economic Diversification Fund | One applicant, or US$250,000 with up to 3 dependants |
 Antigua and Barbuda | US$230,000 to the National Development Fund | The whole family, parents over 55 included |
 Saint Lucia | US$240,000 to the National Economic Fund | The applicant with up to 3 dependants |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | US$250,000 Sustainable Island State Contribution | The applicant or a family of up to 4 |
 Türkiye | US$400,000 in real estate, held 3 years | The investor |
Grenada's program is open, but its official site couldn't be read on September 27, 2026, so the comparison shows it without amounts. Argentina set out a procedure in July 2025, and its qualifying amounts aren't set yet.
What the fees add
The contribution is only part of the cost. Due diligence, processing and passport fees come on top, per person.
In Saint Kitts and Nevis, due diligence is US$10,000 for the main applicant and US$7,500 for each dependant 16 or older. In Antigua and Barbuda, a family of 4 pays US$20,000 in processing fees plus due diligence for each member. Dominica adds US$1,000 for each interview.
Open a program to see its fee list, and add it up for your own family.
Real estate or a donation
Most Caribbean programs take either a donation or approved real estate. The property route costs more up front, and you can sell it after the holding period:
| Country | Real estate | Hold it |
|---|---|---|
| Antigua and Barbuda | US$300,000 | 5 years |
| Dominica | US$200,000, plus government fees | 3 years after citizenship |
| Saint Lucia | US$300,000, plus administration fees | Not stated on its page |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | US$325,000 with a developer | 7 years |
| Türkiye | US$400,000 | 3 years |
Before you pay anyone
- Check that your own country lets you keep its citizenship
- Check what the new passport adds to yours with the second passport calculator
- Add up every fee for your family, not only the contribution
- Apply only through the government's licensed agents, and read the program's official page yourself
A passport doesn't change where you pay tax on its own. That depends on where you live, and your days there add up, which the 183-day rule calculator counts.
Money isn't evil. Money doesn't care about your country, skin color, or religion. It's the great equalizer.
How to use the citizenship by investment comparison
To see how any of these passports ranks, open the passport index. I wrote about why a second passport is one part of a bigger plan in what is a global citizen, and the rest of my writing on it is under global citizen.
Where the data comes from
Every program's facts come from its government's own page: the immigration office, the ministry, the consulate, or the program's official site. Each program lists those pages, with the date they were read.
Agent and law firm sites help find the official page, and are never the source. When a government page doesn't state a figure, the program shows no amount rather than a guess.
Amounts in your currency use the European Central Bank's daily reference rates, the official pegs of currencies like the UAE dirham and the Eastern Caribbean dollar, and Colombia's official peso rate, so they're close, not exact.
Rules change often, so check the official page before you apply. It's information, not legal, tax or immigration advice.
Who is the citizenship by investment comparison for?
It's for investors and families who want a second citizenship without years of residence, and each of them has a next step:
- Second passport calculator – families checking what a second passport adds to theirs
- Compare passports – investors choosing between 2 or 3 programs' passports
- Golden visa finder – people who'd rather have residence than a new citizenship
- Visa-free countries map – anyone checking where a new passport goes without a visa
- What is a global citizen? – anyone building a life across borders, in my own words
More tools for the road are on the free travel tools page.
Citizenship by Investment FAQs
Questions about citizenship by investment? Here's what to know.
A citizenship by investment comparison puts every open program side by side: what each asks, what the fees add and what your budget covers.
This one covers 8 open programs, each from its government's own page.
Citizenship by investment is a legal route to a country's citizenship in exchange for a donation to a government fund or an approved investment.
Most programs approve you within months and don't ask you to live there.
Nauru and São Tomé and Príncipe start at US$90,000, Nauru's at a limited-time price until December 31, 2026.
In the Caribbean, Dominica starts at US$200,000.
On September 27, 2026, the open programs were Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Nauru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, São Tomé and Príncipe and Türkiye.
Argentina set out a procedure in 2025, and its qualifying amounts aren't set yet.
Most programs don't ask you to live there.
Saint Kitts and Nevis, for one, states no residence or travel requirement.
Yes, most programs include a spouse and children, and some include parents.
Antigua and Barbuda includes dependent parents over 55 with no extra contribution, only their fees.
The citizenship by investment comparison is free, with no sign-up.
The citizenship by investment comparison is for investors and families weighing a second citizenship without years of residence.
I did. I'm Navid Moazzez, and the citizenship by investment comparison is one of my free tools on navid.me.
Read about me, or see my creator profile.
For moving abroad, you can also use the digital nomad visa finder, the golden visa finder, the retirement visa finder, the passport index, the second passport calculator, the visa-free countries map, the Schengen calculator, the 183-day rule calculator and the travel advisory map, all free on navid.me.
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