Cambodia.
How Cambodia sells citizenship for investors: one programme, open today. Every number and rule below links to the document it comes from.
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Citizenship by investment or donation
Sells citizenship, and with it a passport.
Official name: Cambodia: naturalisation by investment or donation (Law on Nationality 1996, Arts 10-12; Law on Nationality 2018, Arts 21-22; Sub-decree No. 225 of 2025)
Sub-decree 225 (from 1 Dec 2025): own capital of at least 4 billion riel spent on a project in a priority sector listed in the annexes; donation route 12 billion riel (t-a5a25d1684). Also 12 months' legal residence for investors (2018 law). Amounts for 2018-2025 (sub-decree 112) not found.
Notes from the research
Under the 1996 law, investors spending 1,250,000,000 riels were exempted from the 7-year residence requirement and donors of 1,000,000,000 riels to the national budget could apply; granted by Royal Decree, with an optional Khmer name. The 2018 law moved the amounts into a sub-decree (No. 112 of 30 Aug 2018, not found) and added 12 months' (investors) or 6 months' (donors) legal residence. Sub-decree No. 225 of 1 Dec 2025 sets 4,000,000,000 riel (investment in priority sectors) and 12,000,000,000 riel (donation). Naturalisations were published in the Royal Gazette until February 2024 (about 50 a month in 2020-2023, all routes); no official count by route. Several naturalised China-born businessmen were later sanctioned or prosecuted abroad. Launch date is the 1996 law's promulgation date: the stored (unofficial English) text states no in-force date.
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What is measured
- People who became citizens4
- Applicant share1
- Processing time1
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The 10 documents behind this page
- 2026-03 · NewsAll in the Family: Citizenship, Crime, and Plausible Deniability in Cambodia · The Diplomat
- 2026-01 · NewsCambodian citizenship available to $3M donors; $1M investors · Asia News Network (from The Phnom Penh Post)
- 2026-01 · NewsHow Cambodia Became A Haven For Criminals · Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)
- 2025-12 · Law or regulationអនុក្រឹត្យ ស្តីពីការអនុវត្តច្បាប់ស្តីពីសញ្ជាតិ (Sub-decree No. 225 on the implementation of the Law on Nationality), 1 December 2025 · Royal Government of Cambodia (copy hosted by Open Development Cambodia)
- 2025-09 · Law or regulationច្បាប់ស្តីពីវិសោធនកម្មច្បាប់ស្តីពីសញ្ជាតិ (Law on the Amendment to the Law on Nationality), Preah Reach Kram NS/RKM/0925/030 of 5 September 2025 · Royal Government of Cambodia (copy hosted by Open Development Cambodia)
- 2024-09 · NewsCriminals May Benefit As Cambodia Hides New Citizenship Data · Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)
- 2024-09 · NewsCambodia stops publishing details of new citizenships issued to foreigners · The Straits Times
- 2021-08 · NewsNearly 600 Foreigners Obtained Cambodian Citizenship from 2020-2021 · B2B Asia News (formerly B2B Cambodia)
- 2018-06 · Law or regulationច្បាប់ស្តីពីសញ្ជាតិ (Law on Nationality), Preah Reach Kram NS/RKM/0618/008 of 21 June 2018 · Royal Government of Cambodia (copy hosted by Open Development Cambodia)
- 1996-10 · Law or regulationLaw on Nationality (Preah Reach Kram NS/RKM/1096/30, promulgated 9 October 1996), unofficial English translation · Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC); translation prepared by MLMUPC with ADB TA 3577 and LMAP TA GTZ
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