The Republic of Nauru launched climate change citizenship by investment program on Nov 13, 2024 to raise revenues to fight climate change and rising sea levels. The donations made to treasury will be used to relocate local people living in low lying areas to higher grounds. The Nauru Economic and Climate Resilience Citizenship Act – No 15 was approved and published in the gazette on 20 August 2024.
Nauru is relatively new golden passport program barely a year old, not very popular and little known to many investors. The Government has launched only treasury contribution (donation) option to citizenship investors.
Nauru is expected to raise $60 million annually through citizenship sales. The first investment application received from German investor for economic citizenship has already approved, 20 more in the processing pipeline.
Nauru is the only citizenship by investment program remains unaffected by international scrutiny and global trends affecting CBI programs running Caribbean and Europe.
Stand Out Benefits
Below are the distinctive features that makes Nauru stand out from rest of the crowd.
- Low and affordable investment (starting from only $105k)
- Fast application processing turnaround 60-90 days.
- No minimum residence requirements
- No physical visit to Nauru required.
- Only country that permits same sex couples.
- Not affected by US visa policy.
- Not affected by EU visa policy and recent CJEU judgment.
- Not listed in OECD blacklist of CBI programs.
- No quotas or limits on number of citizenships granted.
- A discrete second passport to HNWI people seeking high privacy.
- Relatively good passport comes with Visa free benefits to UAE, UK, Russia, Israel (87 countries)
- Easily apply for US (B1/B2), EU Schengen (C/D) and Australia (e600) visas.
Nauru Real Estate
Nauru , a small micro state has no real estate option for citizenship because all lands are owned by local Nauruan people, practically there is no land to buy or sell.
Screening
Applicants undergo thorough due diligence checks and are required to attend an interview. Upon approval, applicants make the required contribution, take the Oath of Allegiance to Nauru, and receive their certificate of citizenship and Nauruan passport. To see the actual costs, please use our Nauru fee calculator.
Nauru CIP Unit
The Nauru Program Office is the administrative body responsible for managing the Nauru Economic and Climate Resilience Citizenship by Investment Program. Established through the Nauru Economic and Climate Resilience Citizenship Act 2024, the Nauru Program Office works in close collaboration with the Cabinet and Ministries.
Consultation
Best Citizenships is a licensed subagent for Nauru economic climate change citizenship by investment program. Please contact us for a free consultation.