🇦🇺 Australia NIV
From €0: No financial investment required. Invitation-only, based on exceptional achievement in a specific field.
0 days/year · citizenship in 4 years
Source: Australian Department of Home Affairs · verified 2026-04-15Loading...
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Most golden-visa “finders” sell a programme. This one just ranks the active residency-by-investment routes against your budget and goals, and shows you the minimum, the days you have to spend there, and how long to a passport — each quoted straight from the official source with the date we checked it. Closed and paused programmes are never shown. This is decision support, not legal advice.
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Enter an investment budget and (optionally) what you want it to do. We rank the active residency-by-investment programmes — every minimum, presence rule and citizenship timeline is quoted straight from the official source, with the date we verified it. Closed programmes are never shown. Not legal advice.
26 active programmes offer a direct route to citizenship; fastest: Antigua CBI (0 years). 3 active programmes have no direct investment→passport route. Every timeline is the legal-residence minimum quoted from the official source — backlogs and language/good-conduct tests can extend it.
Years-to-citizenship is the legal-residence minimum, projected verbatim from each programme’s official record — not legal advice. Verify with the named authority.
29 active programmes, each verified against its official source (most recent 2026-04-15). We never show a closed programme or fabricate a figure.
From €0: No financial investment required. Invitation-only, based on exceptional achievement in a specific field.
0 days/year · citizenship in 4 years
Source: Australian Department of Home Affairs · verified 2026-04-15From €46,000: ~€46K ($50K) Occupation Permit (business route) OR ~€345K ($375K) Integrated Resort Scheme real estate.
0 days/year · citizenship in 7 years
Source: Economic Development Board Mauritius · verified 2026-04-15From €60,000: €50K equity in Latvian company paying ≥€40K/year in taxes + €10K state fee = €60K total.
0 days/year · citizenship in 10 years · Schengen · EU pathway
Source: Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (PMLP) · verified 2026-04-15From €83,000: ~€83K ($90K) minimum contribution — second cheapest CBI globally after Nauru.
0 days/year · citizenship in 0 years
Source: São Tomé and Príncipe Government (secondary industry sources) · verified 2026-04-15From €97,000: ~€97K ($105K) contribution — currently the cheapest direct-citizenship programme globally.
0 days/year · citizenship in 0 years
Source: Republic of Nauru Citizenship Unit · verified 2026-04-15From €114,000: ~€114K government-related costs (main fee €60K + contribution €37K + DD + NGO) + property.
0 days/year · citizenship in 5 years · Schengen · EU pathway
Source: Residency Malta Agency (RMA) · verified 2026-04-15From €120,000: ~€120K ($130K) contribution to Development Support Program (DSP). Fastest CBI processing globally (~1 month).
0 days/year · citizenship in 0 years
Source: Vanuatu Citizenship Office · verified 2026-04-15From €184,000: ~€184K ($200K) Economic Diversification Fund (EDF) contribution for single applicant; $250K for family of up to 3; $260K family of 4; +$25K per additional dependant.
0 days/year · citizenship in 0 years
Source: Commonwealth of Dominica Citizenship by Investment Unit · verified 2026-04-15From €184,000: ~€184K ($200K) National Transformation Fund (NTF) donation for single; $235K for family of 4.
0 days/year · citizenship in 0 years · Schengen
Source: Grenada Citizenship by Investment Committee · verified 2026-04-15From €184,000: ~€184K ($200K) National Development Fund (NDF) donation for single; UWI Fund $260K covers family of 6 (best family value in Caribbean).
1 days/year · citizenship in 0 years · Schengen
Source: Antigua & Barbuda Citizenship by Investment Unit · verified 2026-04-15From €200,000: €200,000 cultural/heritage donation is the cheapest route (non-refundable).
7 days/year · citizenship in 10 years · Schengen · EU pathway
Source: Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo (AIMA) · verified 2026-04-15From €200,000: €200K investment in a private-investment fund, OR €400K creating at least 10 jobs.
0 days/year · citizenship in 0 years · Schengen
Source: North Macedonia Ministry of Interior (secondary industry sources) · verified 2026-04-15From €221,000: ~€221K ($240K) National Economic Fund (NEF) donation — standardised minimum.
0 days/year · citizenship in 0 years · Schengen
Source: Saint Lucia Citizenship by Investment Unit · verified 2026-04-15From €230,000: ~€230K (USD 250K) SISC contribution — non-refundable donation. Plus due diligence fees (~$10K main, $7.5K per adult dependant).
0 days/year · citizenship in 0 years · Schengen
Source: St. Kitts and Nevis Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU) · verified 2026-04-15From €230,000: ~€230K ($250K) non-refundable contribution, OR $300K real estate, OR $350K business investment, OR $500K bank deposit (held 3 years).
0 days/year · citizenship in 0 years
Source: Arab Republic of Egypt — Cabinet General Secretariat · verified 2026-04-15From €250,000: €250,000 for commercial→residential conversion or listed-building restoration anywhere in Greece.
0 days/year · citizenship in 7 years · Schengen · EU pathway
Source: Enterprise Greece / Greek Ministry of Migration · verified 2026-04-15From €250,000: €250,000 in MNB-approved real estate investment fund (min 40% Hungarian residential exposure).
0 days/year · citizenship in 8 years · Schengen · EU pathway
Source: Hungarian National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing (OIF) · verified 2026-04-15From €250,000: €250,000 in an Italian innovative startup (startup innovativa).
0 days/year · citizenship in 10 years · Schengen · EU pathway
Source: Italian Ministry of Economic Development (MISE) · verified 2026-04-15From €276,000: ~€276K ($300K) real estate investment, unencumbered, held 5 years. Threshold rises to $500K after 15 Oct 2026.
0 days/year · citizenship in 5 years
Source: Servicio Nacional de Migración de Panamá · verified 2026-04-15From €300,000: €300,000 investment + €50,000 annual secured income requirement.
0 days/year · no direct citizenship route · EU pathway
Source: Cyprus Civil Registry and Migration Department · verified 2026-04-15From €368,000: ~€368K (USD 400K) real estate investment — direct citizenship route, not a golden visa. Property held 3 years.
0 days/year · citizenship in 0 years
Source: Republic of Turkey Ministry of Interior — Directorate General of Migration Management · verified 2026-04-15From €450,000: ~CHF 450K minimum annual lump-sum tax (varies by canton; Zurich & Basel-Stadt abolished; Geneva ~CHF 450K floor).
183 days/year · citizenship in 10 years · Schengen
Source: Swiss Federal Tax Administration · verified 2026-04-15From €460,000: ~€460K (USD 500K) minimum for Wealthy Global Citizens category. Other categories are income-based or talent-based without fixed investment.
0 days/year · no direct citizenship route
Source: Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) · verified 2026-04-15From €500,000: €500,000 bank deposit (not a fee — remains yours, must be maintained). Plus obligatory Monaco property (purchase or 12-month+ lease).
90 days/year · citizenship in 10 years
Source: Government of the Principality of Monaco · verified 2026-04-15From €500,000: €500K into an existing or new Luxembourg company (commercial/industrial/craft). Real estate explicitly excluded from qualifying investments.
90 days/year · citizenship in 5 years · Schengen · EU pathway
Source: Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg · verified 2026-04-15From €516,000: ~€516K (AED 2,000,000) property investment — full valuation required, not just down payment.
0 days/year · no direct citizenship route
Source: UAE Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs & Port Security (ICP) · verified 2026-04-15From €736,000: ~€736K (USD 800,000) Target Employment Area (TEA) investment; USD 1,050,000 non-TEA.
183 days/year · citizenship in 5 years
Source: US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) · verified 2026-04-15From €2,760,000: ~€2.76M (NZD 5M) Growth category (higher-risk investments); NZD 10M Balanced category (broader acceptable investments).
7 days/year · citizenship in 5 years
Source: Immigration New Zealand · verified 2026-04-15From €6,900,000: ~€6.9M (SGD 10M) minimum business investment; €17.3M (SGD 25M) for fund; €138M (SGD 200M) for family office route.
183 days/year · citizenship in 2 years
Source: Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) · verified 2026-04-15