For a lone applicant, the Heritage route now costs US$25,000 more than the new Solo option, which needs no DNA test.
Three African countries now sell citizenship outright, with the price floor below $100,000 for the first time in three decades. Botswana is months away from making it four.
Most golden visas cover a spouse and minor children. These nine go further, allowing parents, grandparents, siblings, and adult children well into their thirties.
Six continents, six fastest routes to a new passport. CBI programs dominate where they exist. Where they do not, naturalization timelines decide the race.
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.
Program opens for applications on Dec 7. Lifetime residency, 40-day approval. Agents earn $12K per approved client.
