São Tomé and Príncipe.
How São Tomé and Príncipe sells citizenship for investors: 1 citizenship programme, open today. Every number and rule below links to the document it comes from.
6 documents and articles behind this page, listed at the bottom.
Citizenship
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Citizenship by investment or donation
Sells citizenship, and with it a passport.
Official name: São Tomé and Príncipe Citizenship by Investment or Donation Programme (Programa de Cidadania por Investimento ou Doação, PCID)
Non-refundable contribution to the National Transformation Fund, single applicant (Decree-Law 07/2025); USD 95,000 for a family of 2-4. Due diligence USD 5,000 and document fees excluded.
Notes from the research
Legal basis: Nationality Law No. 7/2022 of 10 Mar 2022 (art. 10(2), art. 26) and Decree-Law No. 07/2025 (approved 10 May 2025, published and in force 1 Aug 2025), which creates the programme, the Citizenship by Investment and Donation Unit (UCID, under the Justice Minister) and the National Transformation Fund (FNT). One route: non-refundable contribution to the FNT after approval in principle (USD 90,000 single applicant). The Decree-Law requires quarterly reports to the Justice Minister, Public Prosecutor and National Assembly and an annual independent audit of the FNT; none were found published. The programme site claims more than 220 applications by 2 Mar 2026. A formal national launch conference was held in Oct 2025.
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What is measured
- Applications received8
- Number of nationalities among applicants2
- Processing time2
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 São Tomé and Príncipe
12 numbers about São Tomé and Príncipe'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 6 documents behind this page
- 2026-10 · GovernmentDonation to the National Transformation Fund (programme website cip.gov.st) · São Tomé and Príncipe Citizenship by Investment Unit (programme website)
- 2026-10 · GovernmentPost-Approval Inclusion Fees (programme website cip.gov.st) · São Tomé and Príncipe Citizenship by Investment Unit (programme website)
- 2026-03 · GovernmentA Growing Global Community: São Tomé and Príncipe's First 200 Applications (2 March 2026) · São Tomé and Príncipe Citizenship by Investment Unit (programme website)
- 2026-02 · NewsDigital Nomads: Africa enters the golden passport market as the world tightens rules · TechCabal (as reproduced by the Citizenship Rights in Africa Initiative)
- 2026-01 · GovernmentCitizenship by Investment Program Official Launch in São Tomé and Príncipe (2 January 2026) · São Tomé and Príncipe Citizenship by Investment Unit (programme website)
- 2025-08 · Law or regulationDecreto-Lei n.º 07/2025 - Regulamentação da Nacionalidade por Investimento ou Doação (Diário da República, I Série, N.º 33, 1 de Agosto de 2025) · Governo da República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe
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