1,800+ applications since 2016
A second passport, picked the way it should be
26 government-run citizenship and residency programs in one place. Filter by budget and region, pull a real cost breakdown, then compare side by side. Every number on this site comes from the program statute or the official price sheet, never a broker brochure.
Showing 26 of 26 programs.
Vanuatu
from $130,000
- 100% online process
- 123 visa-free destinations
- No residency requirements
- Average Processing: 6 weeks
Dominica
from $200,000
- 100% online process
- 167 visa-free destinations
- No residency requirements
- Average Processing: 12 weeks
Antigua and Barbuda
from $230,000
- 100% online process
- 167 visa-free destinations
- Minimal residency (~5d/yr)
- Average Processing: 3 months average
Saint Lucia
from $240,000
- 100% online process
- 156 visa-free destinations
- No residency requirements
- Average Processing: 3-4 months for clean files
Grenada
from $235,000
- 100% online process
- 155 visa-free destinations
- No residency requirements
- Average Processing: 14 weeks
St. Kitts and Nevis
from $250,000
- 100% online process
- 172 visa-free destinations
- No residency requirements
- Average Processing: 14 weeks
Türkiye
from $400,000
- Physical presence required
- 138 visa-free destinations
- Physical presence required
- Average Processing: 3–4 months for clean files
Malta
from €690,000
- Minimal residency (~15d/yr)
- 184 visa-free destinations
- Minimal residency (~15d/yr)
- Average Processing: 12 months
Cambodia
from $245,000
- Physical presence required
- 106 visa-free destinations
- Physical presence required
- Average Processing: 3-6 months for clean files
Egypt
from $250,000
- Minimal residency (~1d/yr)
- 111 visa-free destinations
- Minimal residency (~1d/yr)
- Average Processing: 6-9 months for clean files
North Macedonia
from €200,000
- No residency requirements
- 156 visa-free destinations
- No residency requirements
- Average Processing: 3-4 months for clean files
Jordan
from $1,000,000
- Minimal residency (~5d/yr)
- 105 visa-free destinations
- Minimal residency (~5d/yr)
- Average Processing: 3-6 months for clean files
El Salvador
from $1,000,000
- Minimal residency (~1d/yr)
- 157 visa-free destinations
- Minimal residency (~1d/yr)
- Average Processing: 4-8 weeks for clean files
Portugal
from €250,000
- Minimal residency (~14d/yr)
- 181 visa-free destinations
- Minimal residency (~14d/yr)
- Average Processing: 32 weeks
PausedSpain
from €500,000
- Minimal residency (~1d/yr)
- 181 visa-free destinations
- Minimal residency (~1d/yr)
- Average Processing: 12 weeks
Greece
from €250,000
- No residency requirements
- 184 visa-free destinations
- No residency requirements
- Average Processing: 26 weeks
Hungary
from €250,000
- Minimal residency (~90d/yr)
- 184 visa-free destinations
- Minimal residency (~90d/yr)
- Average Processing: 18 weeks
United Arab Emirates
from $545,000
- 100% online process
- 189 visa-free destinations
- Minimal residency (~1d/yr)
- Average Processing: 8 weeks
Mauritius
from $375,000
- Minimal residency (~0d/yr)
- 153 visa-free destinations
- Minimal residency (~0d/yr)
- Average Processing: 12 weeks
United States (EB-5)
from $800,000
- Physical presence required
- 180 visa-free destinations
- Physical presence required
- Average Processing: 2 years
Argentina
from $500,000
- Physical presence required
- 177 visa-free destinations
- Physical presence required
- Average Processing: 16 weeks
Italy
from €250,000
- 100% online process
- 188 visa-free destinations
- Minimal residency (~0d/yr)
- Average Processing: 14 weeks
Panama
from $200,000
- Minimal residency (~1d/yr)
- 145 visa-free destinations
- Minimal residency (~1d/yr)
- Average Processing: 10 weeks
ClosedMontenegro
from €350,000
- Minimal residency (~15d/yr)
- 159 visa-free destinations
- Minimal residency (~15d/yr)
- Average Processing: 24 weeks
ClosedCyprus
from €300,000
- Minimal residency (~1d/yr)
- 182 visa-free destinations
- Minimal residency (~1d/yr)
- Average Processing: 8 weeks
PausedAustria
from €3,000,000
- Minimal residency (~0d/yr)
- 184 visa-free destinations
- Minimal residency (~0d/yr)
- Average Processing: 2 years
Why people do this
What a second passport actually gets you
The honest pitch. Fewer queues, more options if something at home shifts, a few real tax angles, and your children inheriting it all.
Visa-free travel
A second passport gets you visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 90 to 194 destinations. No embassy queue, no two-week wait for a Schengen sticker.
Tax positioning
Several jurisdictions in our portfolio have no personal income tax, no capital gains, and no inheritance tax on worldwide income. Whether that's useful depends entirely on your residency status.
Family included
Most programs cover spouse and dependent children automatically. Parents, siblings, and adult children fit in some programs and not others.
Business mobility
EU citizenship lets you set up shop in any of the 27 member states. Treaty passports give you visa categories nobody else can use.
Education and healthcare
Once the passport is issued, public services treat you the same as someone born there. School fees, university tuition, public hospitals.
Spread the risk
Holding more than one citizenship means a single government can't suddenly redirect your life with a tax change, capital control, or political reshuffle.
Concierge volume
We cap the desk at 30 active files. One named principal handles every engagement end to end. When we are full we tell you and either book a calendar date or refer you on.
Three quick tools
Narrow it down before you call us
Compare programs
Pick up to four programs and see them side by side across 13 specs. Best value in each row is highlighted.
Open compare →Full-cost calculator
Investment threshold plus government processing, due diligence per adult, dependants. Pick a program and a family shape, get a real number.
Calculate cost →Eligibility quiz
Six questions about your budget, who's coming, and what you want from the passport. Two minutes, three programs at the end.
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