Citizenship by Investment: Banned Nationalities

Many of the world’s citizenship by investment programs (CIPs) impose restrictions on the countries and territories from which they accept applications. We’ve compiled an overview of which nationals are barred from applying for each of the major citizenship by investment programs.

Citizens of a particular country are 

– eligible; or
– ineligible; or 
– ineligible * with exceptions

to apply for a citizenship by investment program. While some programs impose blanket restrictions on certain nationalities under any circumstance, others impose partial restrictions that allow more room for individual considerations. Others yet impose no restrictions at all but treat applications from risk-prone regions with extra care.