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Moldova Citizenship by Investment Program (“MCBI”) is governed by the Law No. 1024 of June 2, 2000 on the citizenship of the Republic of Moldova and the Government Decision No. 786 of October 4, 2017 on acquiring citizenship by investment.
Successful applicants will be issued Biometric (e-passport) valid for 7 years.
A minimum non-refundable contribution to the PIF starting from
Moldova requires minimum required investment for citizenship starts from EUR 250,000. Additional fee apply
Home buyers will also qualify for permanent residence card, along with citizenship and passport.
Moldova has the cheapest real estate prices in Europe. The Property prices currently at lowest levels opening up vast opportunities for foreign investor in the real estate sector.
Moldova has a simple, smooth application process, in most cases the decisions are made within 90 days. The Secretariat of the Commission of the Public Services Agency of Moldova is responsible for examining the citizenship file by participating in the investment program of the Republic of Moldova
Government fees:
In addition, applicants are required to pay government fees of
Due diligence fee:
Due diligence fees are
Passport fee:
Biometric passport fees amount to EUR 300 per individual
The regulations stipulate that the issuance of a certificate of naturalization under the MCBI program shall take a maximum of three months from the date on which the complete application is submitted, provided that the due diligence processes are carried out without difficulties.
Before an application is submitted to the government, all the relevant information provided (including the background of the applicant and any dependents) will be verified by one or more specialized due diligence agents. Furthermore, the specific fees must have been received, and the source of all funds must have been verified.
Once all the above requirements have been satisfied and the final payments have been made, a certificate of naturalization will be issued, enabling the passport to be issued immediately thereafter.
Once the review of a file has been satisfactorily completed, the Secretariat will issue a recommendation letter to the Commission. If the Commission decides positively, the Secretariat will send the successful file to the Citizenship Commission to the Office of the President of the Republic of Moldova for the preparation, signing and issuing of the decree granting citizenship by the President of the Republic of Moldova. At the same time, the Secretariat will inform the Accredited Agent or Principal Applicant (in individual application), by issuing a letter of Approval in Principle, of the necessity to make the payments provided for in Table 2 for the granting of citizenship and the issue of the passport.
Subsequently, the applicant whose Citizenship Decree was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Moldova, will be invited to fulfill their obligations, and attend an agreed venue to swear the Oath of Allegiance, obtaining the certificate of citizenship and to provide the required biometric data.
| CBI | Moldova | Montenegro | Malta | Cyprus | Bulgaria |
| Donation | 100K | 100K | 650K | 150K | 1M |
| Real estate | 250K | 250K | – | 2M | 1M |
| Physical residence | none | 3 weeks | 1 year | 3 months | 1 year |
| Permanent residency | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Passport validity | 7 yrs | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years |
| E-Passport | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Visa free access | 121 | 124 | 182 | 173 | 169 |
Moldova may refuse your CBI application, for these following reasons:
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