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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

Evidence reviewed 13 October 2026Dated research; confirm current terms with the authority.

[Naoero Program Office ↗](https://www.ecrcp.gov.nr/contribution)[All sources & limitations →](https://cbi.me/citizenship-by-investment/nauru/#sources)[Suggest a correction →](https://cbi.me/corrections/?page=%2Fcitizenship-by-investment%2Fnauru%2F)

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Legal outcome

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 →](https://cbi.me/guides/citizenship-by-investment-processing-times/#reported-waits) · 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.

[Publisher dashboard and destination list ↗](https://www.passportindex.org/passport/nauru/) · Read the destination-government checks below before booking.

## 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 requiredShort visits on an ordinary national passport. ETA eligibility and visitor conditions apply.

Checked 2026-10-13.

- [Appendix Visitor: visa national list ↗](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-visitor-visa-national-list)UK Home Office · Immigration rules · Checked 2026-10-13What this source supports

Current ordinary-passport visit-visa requirements. Rules updated 8 October 2026.

Schengen visits

Visa requiredOrdinary 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 ↗](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1806/2025-12-30/eng)European Union EUR-Lex · Government guidance · Checked 2026-10-13What this source supports

Annexes I/II and qualifying footnotes; ordinary national passports only

- [EU visa agreements: Nauru waiver contingent on agreement ↗](https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/infographics/eu-visa-agreements-with-non-eu-countries/)Council of the European Union · Government guidance · Checked 2026-10-13What this source supports

Nauru listed exemption is conditional on conclusion of a visa-waiver agreement

- [Nauru ordinary passport requires short-stay visa ↗](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/publiservice/weisungen-kreisschreiben/visa/liste1_staatsangehoerigkeit/n.html)Swiss State Secretariat for Migration · Government guidance · Checked 2026-10-13What this source supports

Nauru entry: visa required for stays up to 90 days

USA visits

Visitor visa requiredThis nationality is outside the Visa Waiver Program. Individual exceptions may apply.

Checked 2026-10-13.

- [Visa Waiver Program participating nationalities ↗](https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/tourism-visit/visa-waiver-program.html)US Department of State · Government guidance · Checked 2026-10-13What this source supports

Ordinary-national-passport visitor rules; no current CBI nationality in the participating list

Canada visits

Visitor visa requiredNo nationality-based visitor waiver is established here. Individual exemptions may apply.

Checked 2026-10-13.

- [Entry requirements by nationality, status and travel document ↗](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada/entry-requirements-country.html)Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · Government guidance · Checked 2026-10-24What 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.

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.

Find a source

- Citizenship programme costsNaoero Program Office · Checked 2026-10-13

[Open source publication ↗](https://www.ecrcp.gov.nr/contribution)

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 2026-10-12

[Open source publication ↗](https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/publications/cr/2025/english/1nruea2025001-source-pdf.pdf)

Institutional report

2024 launch; no residence; original contribution terms; not current pricing.

- Appendix Visitor: visa national listUK Home Office · Checked 2026-10-13

[Open source publication ↗](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-visitor-visa-national-list)

Immigration rules

Current ordinary-passport visit-visa requirements. Rules updated 8 October 2026.

- Visa Waiver Program participating nationalitiesUS Department of State · Checked 2026-10-13

[Open source publication ↗](https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/tourism-visit/visa-waiver-program.html)

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 2026-10-24

[Open source publication ↗](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada/entry-requirements-country.html)

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 2026-10-13

[Open source publication ↗](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1806/2025-12-30/eng)

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 2026-10-13

[Open source publication ↗](https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/infographics/eu-visa-agreements-with-non-eu-countries/)

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 2026-10-13

[Open source publication ↗](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/publiservice/weisungen-kreisschreiben/visa/liste1_staatsangehoerigkeit/n.html)

Government guidance

Nauru entry: visa required for stays up to 90 days

- IMI reported processing times: Q2 2026IMI Research Unit · Checked 2026-10-23

[Open source publication ↗](https://www.imidaily.com/investment-migration-processing-times/)

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 2026-10-23

[Open source publication ↗](https://www.passportindex.org/passport/nauru/)

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](https://cbi.me/api/v1/programmes/cbi-nru?release=2026-10-25.2) · [Release manifest and checksums](https://cbi.me/open-data/2026-10-25.2/manifest.json)
