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What does investment migration actually cost?

Minimum investment thresholds across the 98 citizenship- and residency-by-investment programmes Mirabello tracks. Headline figures below use established, operational programmes; newer "emerging" routes are reported separately because they are not yet comparable. Figures are the published minimum qualifying investment and exclude government, due-diligence and professional fees.

Last updated 2026-09-12
98Programmes tracked
$250,000Median operational CBI
$250,000Median operational residency
11 / 76Operational CBI / residency

What is the cheapest citizenship by investment?

$130,000
cheapest operational programme

Vanuatu has the lowest published entry point among established programmes at $130,000. Cheaper figures circulate, but they belong to emerging routes: Botswana Impact Investment Program at $75,000, São Tomé and Príncipe at $90,000, Nauru at $115,000. Those are newer and less established, and we do not treat them as the market floor. Government and due-diligence fees are additional in every case.

What is the median cost of citizenship by investment?

$250,000
across 10 operational CBI programmes

The median minimum investment across the 10 operational citizenship-by-investment programmes we track is $250,000.

What is the median cost of a golden visa or residency programme?

$250,000
across 64 residency programmes

The median minimum investment across the 64 residency-by-investment programmes we track is $250,000.

What is the full range of investment thresholds?

$1,500-$75,000,000
of the 87 operational investment-migration programmes Mirabello tracks

Published minimums run from $1,500 to $75,000,000, of the 87 operational investment-migration programmes Mirabello tracks. The spread reflects very different products, from low-cost residence permits to major-economy investor visas.

The detail

Full breakdown

ProgrammeCountryMinimum investment
VanuatuVanuatu$130,000
DominicaDominica$200,000
Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda$230,000
GrenadaGrenada$235,000
Saint LuciaSaint Lucia$240,000
St. Kitts and NevisSt. Kitts and Nevis$250,000
EgyptEgypt$250,000
TurkeyTurkey$400,000
Source and scope. Mirabello programme backbone, each threshold verified against the official government source with a recorded verification date. Figures are indicative and change without notice; every figure in the Mirabello backbone carries a source, a verification date and a confidence score.

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Mirabello Consultancy, “What does investment migration actually cost?”, 2026-09-12. https://www.mirabelloconsultancy.com/statistics/investment-migration-costs

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Mirabello Consultancy provides information and advisory services on investment-migration programmes. Figures are indicative, verified against official sources and provenance-tracked, and are information, not legal, tax or immigration advice. Programme terms change, confirm the detail with a specialist before acting.