Open · limits 2025–present
São Tomé and Príncipe citizenship by investment
São Tomé and Príncipe publishes a qualifying amount of $90,000 for its contribution route. The qualifying family-of-four base amount is $95,000.
Affected adult dependant completion is paused.
Evidence & review dates · 13 October 2026
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- Citizenship subject to approval
- Base amount
- $90,000
- Family-of-four base
- $95,000
- Presence
- No residence / visit
- Reported approval
- 6.8 months average · IMI Q2 2026
- Official guidance
- 2 months (consular target)
Cost breakdown
A complete itemised government-fee subtotal is not listed here. The qualifying amount remains separate from document, professional and other charges.
Processing, due diligence, passport and professional fees require a current itemised quote. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| National Transformation Fund | $90,000 | Non-refundable |
Reported timing and passport access
Observed periods and publisher passport categories
Observed approval times
6.8 months average · 5–9 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
27 visa-free · 39 visa on arrival · 4 eTA
The publisher totals these as 70 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 ↗ · Read the destination-government checks below before booking.
Current and upcoming changes
Official research update · 2026-10-23
Reporting commitment is not verified first-year performance: STP-PRESS’s 21 October 2025 account records the prime minister’s promise of periodic application and fund reports. It does not authenticate the September 2026 first-year figures; those statistics remain unpublished here. Checked 2026-10-23. Official source ↗
Each claim shows its own check date. Other profile facts retain their own dates.
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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: $95,000.
US$95,000 up to 4; adult dependant completion currently restricted
Requirements
Eligibility, presence and exceptions
21 September 2026 notice: adult children 18–30 and dependent parents/grandparents 55 + can be processed/approved, but naturalisation and passport issuance pause pending law. Two-month target is not proven delivery.
- Presence
- Consular guidance says no residence or visit
- Holding / ongoing duties
- No redeemable investment on cited fund option
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.
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
- 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.
Government promotes responsible investment with PCIDGovernment of São Tomé and Príncipe · Checked
Government guidance
Government confirms citizenship program and National Transformation Fund.
Citizenship by investingHonorary Consulate of São Tomé and Príncipe, Berlin/Potsdam · Checked
Official consular guidance
US$90,000 single, US$95,000 up to four; no residence/visit; advertised timing, not a guarantee.
September 2026 naturalisation changesHonorary Consulate of São Tomé and Príncipe, Berlin/Potsdam · Checked
Official consular notice
Adult dependant naturalisation/passport stage suspended pending new law; submission/approval can continue.
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
Prime minister opens the first citizenship-by-investment conferenceSTP-PRESS, state news agency · Checked
State-news account of a prime-ministerial statement
The prime minister promised periodic reporting of applications, amounts allocated, fund balance and sector use. This does not authenticate the September 2026 first-year report or its figures.
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.
São Tomé and Príncipe 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