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Nauru citizenship by investment
Nauru publishes a qualifying amount of $90,000 for its contribution route. The qualifying family-of-four base amount is $92,000. The subtotal of itemised single-applicant charges is $102,700, before unlisted costs.
US$90,000 offer ends 31 December 2026.
Evidence & review dates · 13 October 2026
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- Citizenship subject to approval
- Base amount
- $90,000
- Family-of-four base
- $92,000
- Published single subtotal
- $102,700
- Presence
- No residence requirement
- Reported approval
- 5.6 months average · IMI Q2 2026
- Official guidance
- 3–4 months to approval (office target)
Cost breakdown
| Published item | One applicant |
|---|---|
| Treasury contribution | $90,000 |
| Application | $5,000 |
| Due diligence | $6,000 |
| Bank charge | $1,200 |
| Passport | $500 |
| Published subtotal | $102,700 |
Offer expires 31 December 2026. Benefactor, agent, document and any additional charges excluded. Pinned open-data subtotals include only supported dated line items; comprehensive total and exact family acceptance remain unresolved. Different currencies remain separate.
Qualifying routes
| Route | Base amount | Condition |
|---|---|---|
| Treasury contribution | $90,000 | Temporary 2026 offer; non-refundable |
Reported timing and passport access
Observed periods and publisher passport categories
Observed approval times
5.6 months average · 4–7 months reported range
Practitioner observations, Q2 2026 (April–June), as published by IMI. Small provider samples of recently approved files leave pending cases out. This is not an official target or a forecast for your application. Passport delivery is a separate stage.
How to read these averages and ranges → · Source checked 2026-10-23. Original publisher attribution is in the source notes below.
Passport Index snapshot
42 visa-free · 39 visa on arrival · 5 eTA
The publisher totals these as 86 destinations. This is a third-party index snapshot checked 2026-10-23, not a government guarantee. It concerns an ordinary national passport after citizenship and passport issuance; residence alone does not give these rights.
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Family of four
Household assumptions and eligibility
Principal, spouse and two children aged under 12. Eligibility, age definitions and dependency rules apply. Base amount: $92,000. Published-charge subtotal: $115,700.
Per-dependant application fees; 16 + contribution and due diligence additions
Requirements
Eligibility, presence and exceptions
Published single-applicant government items total US$102,700 before agent/document costs: 90 k + 5 k + 6 k + 1.2 k + 0.5 k. Recheck tariff after offer expiry.
- Presence
- No residence under 2025 IMF description; office advertises 3–4 months
- Holding / ongoing duties
- Offer for applications filed before 31 December 2026
Travel access
Destination rules, conditions and source dates
Ordinary national passport after nationality and passport issuance. Short visits; personal circumstances and entry conditions apply. Each rule retains its own check date.
- UK visits
- Visa required
Short visits on an ordinary national passport. ETA eligibility and visitor conditions apply.
Checked 2026-10-13.
- Appendix Visitor: visa national list ↗UK Home Office · Immigration rules · Checked
What this source supports
Current ordinary-passport visit-visa requirements. Rules updated 8 October 2026.
- Appendix Visitor: visa national list ↗UK Home Office · Immigration rules · Checked
- Schengen visits
- Visa required
Ordinary national passport, short visits; entry conditions and document validity still apply. Nauru’s Annex II listing is treaty-conditional; do not treat it as an operative waiver.
Checked 2026-10-13.
- Consolidated Regulation 2018/1806, 30 December 2025 ↗European Union EUR-Lex · Government guidance · Checked
What this source supports
Annexes I/II and qualifying footnotes; ordinary national passports only
- EU visa agreements: Nauru waiver contingent on agreement ↗Council of the European Union · Government guidance · Checked
What this source supports
Nauru listed exemption is conditional on conclusion of a visa-waiver agreement
- Nauru ordinary passport requires short-stay visa ↗Swiss State Secretariat for Migration · Government guidance · Checked
What this source supports
Nauru entry: visa required for stays up to 90 days
- Consolidated Regulation 2018/1806, 30 December 2025 ↗European Union EUR-Lex · Government guidance · Checked
- USA visits
- Visitor visa required
This nationality is outside the Visa Waiver Program. Individual exceptions may apply.
Checked 2026-10-13.
- Visa Waiver Program participating nationalities ↗US Department of State · Government guidance · Checked
What this source supports
Ordinary-national-passport visitor rules; no current CBI nationality in the participating list
- Visa Waiver Program participating nationalities ↗US Department of State · Government guidance · Checked
- Canada visits
- Visitor visa required
No nationality-based visitor waiver is established here. Individual exemptions may apply.
Checked 2026-10-13.
- Entry requirements by nationality, status and travel document ↗Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · Government guidance · Checked
What this source supports
Entry conditions depend on citizenship, travel document, status and transport. Foreign residence does not itself create a new nationality. Canadian and US permanent residents have separately described document rules.
- Entry requirements by nationality, status and travel document ↗Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · Government guidance · Checked
Global category counts, where shown above, are attributed publisher snapshots. The selected destination rules here use government evidence. Recognition of a document is separate from visa exemption.
Sources
Publications, supporting claims and review dates
Checked means the cited material was reviewed, not that the authority published a new rule that day. Source authority and retrieval limitations are recorded below.
Citizenship programme costsNaoero Program Office · Checked
Government guidance
US$90,000 offer through 31 December 2026; US$5,000 application, US$6,000 due diligence, US$1,200 bank charge and US$500 passport. | Published contribution and fee schedule; applicant age bands and per-person/application distinctions
Nauru 2025 Article IV, Annex VIInternational Monetary Fund · Checked
Institutional report
2024 launch; no residence; original contribution terms; not current pricing.
Appendix Visitor: visa national listUK Home Office · Checked
Immigration rules
Current ordinary-passport visit-visa requirements. Rules updated 8 October 2026.
Visa Waiver Program participating nationalitiesUS Department of State · Checked
Government guidance
Ordinary-national-passport visitor rules; no current CBI nationality in the participating list
Entry requirements by nationality, status and travel documentImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · Checked
Government guidance
Entry conditions depend on citizenship, travel document, status and transport. Foreign residence does not itself create a new nationality. Canadian and US permanent residents have separately described document rules.
Consolidated Regulation 2018/1806, 30 December 2025European Union EUR-Lex · Checked
Government guidance
Annexes I/II and qualifying footnotes; ordinary national passports only
EU visa agreements: Nauru waiver contingent on agreementCouncil of the European Union · Checked
Government guidance
Nauru listed exemption is conditional on conclusion of a visa-waiver agreement
Nauru ordinary passport requires short-stay visaSwiss State Secretariat for Migration · Checked
IMI reported processing times: Q2 2026IMI Research Unit · Checked
Reported processing series with identified source types · Publisher attribution; original charts may require membership.
Selected reported averages and ranges for recently approved applications during April–June 2026.
Nauru / Naoero passport dashboardPassport Index / Arton Capital · Checked
Publisher passport-access snapshot
Publisher-reported destinations on an ordinary national passport: visa-free, visa on arrival and eTA are separate categories. Their sum is the publisher mobility score; it is not a visa-free-only count or a government entitlement.
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Open research data
These programme claims are pinned to release 2026-10-25.2. Partial evidence, missing fields and conflicting official statements remain visible.
Claim revisions, conditions and source dates · Release manifest and checksums