A guide to citizenship of Nauru:terms, cost and risks

The Nauru programme is called the Nauru Economic and Climate Resilience Citizenship Program and runs under the Nauru Economic and Climate Resilience Citizenship Act 2024. It is administered by the Nauru Program Office. The stated purpose of the programme is to fund economic diversification and measures to adapt to climate change.

The contribution for the main applicant is $90 000 for applications filed before 31 December 2026 and $115 000 thereafter. On top of the contribution come the application fee ($5 000 for the applicant and $2 000 for each dependant), due diligence ($6 000 and $3 000 for a dependant aged 16 and over), the bank check with the transfer fee, and a passport fee of $500 for each passport.

Because a time-limited discount is in force: the contribution is $25 000 lower for applications filed before 31 December 2026. Which tariff applies is decided by the date the application is filed, not by the date of the consultation or of the agreement. The promotion has been extended and adjusted before, so we check the condition as at the date of your filing.

The programme’s official page states that the application may include the spouse and dependants, parents, brothers and sisters included. The programme publishes no age conditions for each category in its open material, so we confirm the right to include a particular relative in writing before filing.

That is how the official Nauru fee table works: the additional contribution and the due diligence fee are charged for dependants aged 16 and over. It differs from most programmes, where the threshold is 18, and it affects the total for a family with teenagers noticeably.

For each brother or sister of the applicant or of the spouse the contribution is $15 000 whatever their age. It is a separate tariff: it is higher than the extra payment for other dependants and has to be allowed for in the family budget in advance.

No. The contribution under the Nauru programme is non-refundable, and the programme’s official material describes no mechanism for returning part of the amount. If you are offered an option with a return, the terms and the legal basis must be confirmed in writing before the agreement is signed.

The programme’s official page states that there is no minimum stay and no visit requirement. We confirm the particular filing procedure and how the documents are issued against the process in force as at the date of filing, and fix it in writing before the work begins.

The programme gives a guide of three to four months. That is the programme’s own stated period, not a standard carrying liability if it is missed: the check may take longer, and the competent authority may request further information and defer its decision.

No. The United Kingdom introduced a visa requirement for citizens of Nauru from 15:00 GMT on 9 December 2025 and removed Nauru from the list of countries whose citizens may use the electronic travel authorisation. ETA applications from citizens of Nauru closed on 20 January 2026. The citizenship-by-investment programme was named expressly as the reason for the decision.

We do not claim visa-free entry to the European Union on a Nauru passport. Nauru appears in Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 with a footnote: the visa exemption applies only from the date a visa-waiver agreement with the European Union enters into force. In addition, the updated visa-suspension mechanism names citizenship-by-investment programmes expressly as a ground for ending visa-free travel.

We do not publish that number. Rankings of visa-free destinations are compiled by private companies, their data changes and they disagree with one another, and the decisions of the United Kingdom and the European Union in recent years show how quickly such a list shrinks. The verifiable source is the visa rules of the particular country as at the date of travel; we check the destinations you need one by one.

By itself, no. Citizenship does not end tax obligations in other countries and does not make the applicant a tax resident of Nauru automatically. Tax residency is determined by the law of the particular countries and by the facts — where you live, where the centre of your interests lies, how many days a year you spend there.

Yes. The decision is taken by the competent authority of the Republic of Nauru after the mandatory check. A complete file does not mean automatic approval, and no adviser can guarantee the outcome. The costs of the check are not returned if the application is refused.

The set depends on where the capital came from. Usually it is the contracts and documents for the sale of a stake or an asset, dividend resolutions and statements, income certificates and tax returns, documents on an inheritance or a gift, bank statements for the period required with explanations of large transactions, and evidence of the ownership structure of the business. The first consultation takes place without handing over any documents.