The Sierra Leone direct citizenship program is a fast-track route to citizenship, offering foreign investors the opportunity to acquire Sierra Leonean citizenship within 60 to 90 days.
The program, which has two investment pathways starting at US$100,000, offers additional benefits like discounted gold bullion purchases (up to 20kg over five years) and eliminates lengthy residency requirements.
To qualify for the Sierra Leone Citizenship by Investment Program, all applicants must meet the following requirements:
Donation Pathways
The program offers two distinct pathways to citizenship:
Fast Track Naturalization
Heritage Naturalization
Additionally, applicants can include qualifying family members for an extra fee of US$10,000 per dependent. Eligible dependents include:
Applicants are awarded Sierra Leone citizenship immediately upon approval.
Browse 195 countries’ paths to citizenship in the hyper-detailed IMI Citizenship Catalog.
Applications for this program may be directed to The GO-FOR-GOLD Program.
Legislation upon which this program is based is Non-Citizenship (Registration, Immigration and Expulsion) Act 1965.
Sierra Leone now has the most flexible dependent criteria worldwide, allowing multiple families to qualify under one investment.
From golden visa closures to crypto source of funds to new programs, the first half of 2025 brought a lot of change to investment migration.
The new options shorten the path to Sierra Leone’s citizenship from eight years to only 60-90 days.
See more statistics on this program and others in the IMI Data Center.