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Nationality legislation Current published framework

# 🇨🇻Cabo Verde — Investment nationality and effective community connection

Investment nationality and effective community connection is classified as framework. Its inventory status is nationality legislation. Investment-related nationality provisions. Article 14(4) assesses community connection through language knowledge or entries and stays, under implementing rules; no zero-presence promise is made.

Individual statutory criteria apply.

Evidence & review dates · 13 October 2026

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

[Cabo Verde Official Gazette / Ministry of Foreign Affairs ↗](https://om-mne.gov.cv/np4/?fileName=Lei_n_33_X_2023_Nacionalidade.pdf&newsId=48)[All sources & limitations →](https://cbi.me/citizenship-routes/cabo-verde-investment/#sources)[Suggest a correction →](https://cbi.me/corrections/?page=%2Fcitizenship-routes%2Fcabo-verde-investment%2F)

Selected source-backed facts checked 2026-10-24. Other facts retain their cited source dates.

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Legal outcome

Published nationality legislation

Base amount

Investment-related nationality provisions

Presence

Effective community connection required

Official guidance

No end-to-end deadline confirmed

## Cost breakdown

A complete itemised government-fee subtotal is not listed here. The qualifying amount remains separate from document, professional and other charges.

No complete all-in or family subtotal is calculated.

## Family of four

Household assumptions and eligibility

Principal, spouse and two children aged under 12. Eligibility, age definitions and dependency rules apply.

Separate nationality rules apply; no automatic investor family bundle is established.

## Requirements

Eligibility, presence and exceptions

Law 33/X/2023 includes relevant-investment naturalisation provisions alongside personal and community-connection requirements. This page describes the published law.

Presence

Article 14(4) assesses community connection through language knowledge or entries and stays, under implementing rules; no zero-presence promise is made.

Holding / ongoing duties

Route-specific conditions apply

## Travel access

Destination rules, conditions and source dates

This route does not establish ordinary national-passport privileges. Short visits; personal circumstances and entry conditions apply. Each rule retains its own check date.

UK visits

Nationality legislationThis page describes the cited legislation. Nationality and a national passport require the legal grant process.

Checked 2026-10-13.

- [Law 33/X/2023: Article 14 investment and effective community connection ↗](https://om-mne.gov.cv/np4/?fileName=Lei_n_33_X_2023_Nacionalidade.pdf&newsId=48)Cabo Verde Official Gazette / Ministry of Foreign Affairs · Legislation · Checked 2026-10-24What this source supports

Law 33/X/2023 nationality framework, including the investment/community-connection basis in Articles 13–14. This law is not an operational investment tariff or intake channel.

- [Law 37/X/2024: nationality-law amendment ↗](https://boe.incv.cv/Bulletins/Download/5661)Cabo Verde Official Gazette · Legislation · Checked 2026-10-13What this source supports

Amends Articles 8, 10, 18, 24, 30, 34, 38 and 40; does not replace Article 14 investment conditions.

Schengen visits

Nationality legislationThis page describes the cited legislation. Nationality and a national passport require the legal grant process.

Checked 2026-10-13.

- [Law 33/X/2023: Article 14 investment and effective community connection ↗](https://om-mne.gov.cv/np4/?fileName=Lei_n_33_X_2023_Nacionalidade.pdf&newsId=48)Cabo Verde Official Gazette / Ministry of Foreign Affairs · Legislation · Checked 2026-10-24What this source supports

Law 33/X/2023 nationality framework, including the investment/community-connection basis in Articles 13–14. This law is not an operational investment tariff or intake channel.

- [Law 37/X/2024: nationality-law amendment ↗](https://boe.incv.cv/Bulletins/Download/5661)Cabo Verde Official Gazette · Legislation · Checked 2026-10-13What this source supports

Amends Articles 8, 10, 18, 24, 30, 34, 38 and 40; does not replace Article 14 investment conditions.

USA visits

Nationality legislationThis page describes the cited legislation. Nationality and a national passport require the legal grant process.

Checked 2026-10-13.

- [Law 33/X/2023: Article 14 investment and effective community connection ↗](https://om-mne.gov.cv/np4/?fileName=Lei_n_33_X_2023_Nacionalidade.pdf&newsId=48)Cabo Verde Official Gazette / Ministry of Foreign Affairs · Legislation · Checked 2026-10-24What this source supports

Law 33/X/2023 nationality framework, including the investment/community-connection basis in Articles 13–14. This law is not an operational investment tariff or intake channel.

- [Law 37/X/2024: nationality-law amendment ↗](https://boe.incv.cv/Bulletins/Download/5661)Cabo Verde Official Gazette · Legislation · Checked 2026-10-13What this source supports

Amends Articles 8, 10, 18, 24, 30, 34, 38 and 40; does not replace Article 14 investment conditions.

Canada visits

Nationality legislationThis page describes the cited legislation. Nationality and a national passport require the legal grant process.

Checked 2026-10-13.

- [Law 33/X/2023: Article 14 investment and effective community connection ↗](https://om-mne.gov.cv/np4/?fileName=Lei_n_33_X_2023_Nacionalidade.pdf&newsId=48)Cabo Verde Official Gazette / Ministry of Foreign Affairs · Legislation · Checked 2026-10-24What this source supports

Law 33/X/2023 nationality framework, including the investment/community-connection basis in Articles 13–14. This law is not an operational investment tariff or intake channel.

- [Law 37/X/2024: nationality-law amendment ↗](https://boe.incv.cv/Bulletins/Download/5661)Cabo Verde Official Gazette · Legislation · Checked 2026-10-13What this source supports

Amends Articles 8, 10, 18, 24, 30, 34, 38 and 40; does not replace Article 14 investment conditions.

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

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- Law 33/X/2023: Article 14 investment and effective community connectionCabo Verde Official Gazette / Ministry of Foreign Affairs · Checked 2026-10-24

[Open source publication ↗](https://om-mne.gov.cv/np4/?fileName=Lei_n_33_X_2023_Nacionalidade.pdf&newsId=48)

Legislation

Law 33/X/2023 nationality framework, including the investment/community-connection basis in Articles 13–14. This law is not an operational investment tariff or intake channel.

- Law 37/X/2024: nationality-law amendmentCabo Verde Official Gazette · Checked 2026-10-13

[Open source publication ↗](https://boe.incv.cv/Bulletins/Download/5661)

Legislation

Amends Articles 8, 10, 18, 24, 30, 34, 38 and 40; does not replace Article 14 investment conditions.

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