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São Tomé and Príncipe Citizenship
Vanuatu Citizenship
Malta Permanent Residence
Status
Open
Open
Open
Type
Citizenship
Citizenship
Residency
Entry from
US$90,000
US$130,000
~€170,000
Investment routes
- National Transformation FundUS$90,000
- Development Support ProgrammeUS$130,000
- Rent route~€170,000 total
- Purchase route€375,000 property
Timeline
About 2–5 months
About 2–4 months
About 4–6 months to approval
Minimum stay
None; fully remote
None (one biometrics appointment in person)
None
Schengen travel
Visa required for the Schengen Area
Visa required for the Schengen Area
Visa-free Schengen travel with the permit
Route to citizenship
Citizenship granted directly
Citizenship granted directly
No direct route. Naturalisation is a separate process after about 5 years' physical residence, assessed case by case
Visa-free access
About 60 visa-free or on arrival; 93–99 if eVisa destinations are counted
About 87–94
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Family
Spouse, children under 18 and dependent parents (adult children on hold since April 2026)
Spouse, children under 18, dependent children aged 18 to 25 and dependent parents over 50
Spouse, children, parents and grandparents (four generations)
Things to know
Travel access is more limited than Caribbean passports and includes many eVisa destinations.
Read allVanuatu passport holders need a visa for the Schengen Area (visa-free access was suspended from 2022 and ended permanently in February 2025) and for the United Kingdom (since July 2023).
Read allThis is a residence programme. Malta's citizenship-by-investment route closed after an EU court ruling in April 2025.
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