Moldova.
How Moldova sells citizenship for investors: 1 citizenship programme, now closed. Every number and rule below links to the document it comes from.
11 documents and articles behind this page, listed at the bottom.
Citizenship
Sells citizenship, and with it a passport. Moldova: 1 citizenship programme, now closed; 31 numbers, 3 prices and rules. Every country's citizenship programmes
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- Status
- Lowest price when it closed
- Last change
Citizenship by investment programme
Sells citizenship, and with it a passport.
Official name: Programul de dobândire a cetățeniei prin investiție (Citizenship by Investment Programme of the Republic of Moldova)
Price at closure (1 Sep 2020; moratorium on new applications from summer 2019): EUR 100,000 contribution to the Public Investment Fund for Sustainable Development, from a press summary; the regulation HG 786/2017 was not read and CJI describes the minimum as EUR 250,000. Strategic-sector investment route EUR 250,000 (t-809faa7c5e).
Notes from the research
Legal basis: art. 17(11)-(12) of Citizenship Law no. 1024/2000 as amended (bill registered Dec 2016) and Government Decision no. 786 of 4 Oct 2017 (regulation). Run with Henley & Partners as the government's exclusive private operator. Routes as reported in the press: a non-refundable contribution of at least EUR 100,000 to the Public Investment Fund for Sustainable Development, or an investment of EUR 250,000 in a strategic sector held 60 months. Cap of 5,000 main applicants (CJI). Launched Nov 2018; moratorium on new applications from summer 2019 (Law 107/2019), extended; Parliament abolished the scheme on 18 Jun 2020 with effect from 1 Sep 2020. 38 applications for 98 people; 20 applications (52 people) successful by mid-2021 (EC). The text of HG 786/2017 itself was not read (legis.md blocked).
Prices and rules
What is measured
- People who became citizens11
- Applications pending4
- Applications received4
- Applications approved2
- Applications lapsed2
- Applications turned down2
- Donations paid into the government's fund2
- Applications processed1
- All money paid by buyers, including property purchases1
- Planned investment in approved programme projects1
- Jobs created by programme investors1
What we know is missing
- No yearly figures at all for applications or people let in or money raised.
A gap means no figure is in our data: either it was never published or we haven't found or read it yet. Charts leave gaps open rather than drawing across them.
All the numbers we have for Moldova
31 numbers about Moldova's citizenship programmes. Pick a programme and what you want to see. Each dot is one number from one document; click anything to open its source.
What happened, and when
The 11 documents behind this page
- 2021-08 · European UnionCommission Staff Working Document accompanying the Fourth Report under the Visa Suspension Mechanism, SWD(2021) 206 final · European Commission
- 2021-08 · European UnionFourth Report under the Visa Suspension Mechanism, COM(2021) 602 final · European Commission
- 2020-08 · NewsAlte 11 persoane vor primi cetățenia Republicii Moldova prin investiție. Decretul, semnat de Dodon · Ziarul de Gardă
- 2020-07 · European UnionThird Report under the Visa Suspension Mechanism, COM(2020) 325 final · European Commission
- 2020-07 · European UnionCommission Staff Working Document accompanying the Third Report under the Visa Suspension Mechanism, SWD(2020) 132 final · European Commission
- 2020-06 · NewsParlamentul a abrogat Legea cetățeniei prin investiții · TV8.md
- 2020-02 · GovernmentHotărâre cu privire la aprobarea proiectului de lege pentru instituirea moratoriului privind acordarea cetățeniei Republicii Moldova în condițiile art. 17 alin. (11) și (12) din Legea cetățeniei nr. 1024/2000 (draft) · Guvernul Republicii Moldova
- 2020-02 · NewsCâți au cerut și câți au primit. Din ce țări sunt originare persoanele care au solicitat cetățenia Republicii Moldova prin intermediul programului de investiție · NewsMaker
- 2020-02 · NewsMoratoriu asupra acordării cetățeniei prin investiții · Monitorul fiscal FISC.md
- 2019-08 · NewsProgramul „Cetățenie prin Investiție”: au fost procesate cinci aplicații. Câți bani a obținut R.Moldova · Moldova.org
- 2018-03 · GovernmentProiectul hotărârii de Guvern cu privire la modificarea Hotărârii Guvernului nr. 786 din 04.10.2017 cu privire la dobândirea cetățeniei prin investiție (draft, 20 Mar 2018) · Ministerul Economiei și Infrastructurii (via particip.gov.md)
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