Ethiopia.
How Ethiopia sells residence for investors (golden visa): 2 residence programmes, 0 of them open today. Every number and rule below links to the document it comes from.
2 documents and articles behind this page, listed at the bottom.
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Sells the right to live in the country (a “golden visa”), sometimes leading to citizenship later. Ethiopia: 2 residence programmes, 0 of them open today; 0 numbers, 8 prices and rules. Every country's residence programmes
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Ethiopia Golden Visa (10-year residence and multiple-entry visa for large investors)
Sells the right to live in the country (a “golden visa”), sometimes leading to citizenship later.
Not set: known only from the press, and reports disagree. Addis Fortune (2026) reports an investment of US$5 million for the 10-year golden visa; industry press in July 2026 (not read) reports US$10 million. The fee regulation that creates the visa was not found, and the immigration agency said in spring 2026 that it would 'soon launch' these visas. Fee excluded: US$10,000.
Notes from the research
A 10-year multiple-entry visa with residence rights, created by the revised Immigration & Citizenship Service Fee Regulation (reported as No. 587/2026, in force 24 Feb 2026). Granted under 'special circumstances', including an investment of USD 5 million in activities that favour development such as job creation or technology transfer (Addis Fortune); fee USD 10,000, renewal USD 10,000 after 10 years or USD 12,500 for immediate renewal. The ICS Director General said in spring 2026 that the agency would 'soon launch these visas'. Industry press in July 2026 (IMI Daily, Business Insider Africa; not read) reports a USD 10 million threshold ahead of a launch later in 2026, which may reflect a later rule or a different reading. Known only from the press; the regulation was not found, so launched and status are empty. No counts.
Prices and rules
What is measured
No published numbers found for this programme. That is itself worth knowing: see the notes and the documents below.
Ethiopia property-based residential ID and visa for foreign property buyers
Sells the right to live in the country (a “golden visa”), sometimes leading to citizenship later.
Not set: known only from one press report, which is ambiguous. Addis Fortune (2026) says buyers get a five-year residence ID if they invest at least US$150,000, but also says property can be acquired 'through lease or by investing at least 150,000 dollars', so it is unclear whether the minimum applies to every purchase. Neither the property law nor the fee regulation was found. Fee excluded: US$4,000 for the visa.
Notes from the research
Under the law allowing foreign nationals to acquire immovable property and the revised Immigration & Citizenship Service Fee Regulation (reported as Regulation No. 587/2026, in force 24 Feb 2026 per Bantu Gazette; Addis Fortune says the categories were introduced in February and the regulation was to take effect on publication), a foreigner who buys property in Ethiopia (Addis Fortune: through a lease or an investment of at least USD 150,000) gets a visa valid up to five years (fee USD 4,000) and, after the purchase, a property-based residential ID valid up to five years, both extendable to immediate family; the ID is revoked if the property is sold. The ICS Director General said at a press briefing (spring 2026) that the agency had begun issuing these IDs and visas. Known only from the press: neither the fee regulation nor the property law was found online (the ICS website lists only the 2024 fee regulation 550/2024), so launched and status are left empty. No counts. Ethiopian nationality law has no investor route.
Prices and rules
What is measured
No published numbers found for this programme. That is itself worth knowing: see the notes and the documents below.
What we know is missing
- Ethiopia Golden Visa (10-year residence and multiple-entry visa for large investors): we found no published numbers at all, only rules and events.
- Ethiopia property-based residential ID and visa for foreign property buyers: we found no published numbers at all, only rules and events.
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.
What happened, and when
The 2 documents behind this page
- 2026-04 · NewsEthiopia Overhauls Visa Framework to Attract Long-Term Investors · Bantu Gazette
- 2026 · NewsNew Golden Visa Turns Residency Into a Bet on Foreign Capital · Addis Fortune
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