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Citizenship·Open·since 2005

Citizenship for economic interest

Sells citizenship, and with it a passport.

Official name: North Macedonia: naturalisation for special economic interest (Закон за државјанството, член 11; Уредба за утврдување на критериумите за особен ... национален интерес)

Lowest price for one person: €200,000

EUR 200,000 per person in a private investment fund, held 2 years (from 14 Dec 2019). Direct investment route EUR 400,000 plus 10 jobs (t-f29e478627). Discretionary Government decision; a June 2026 draft would remove fixed amounts.

Notes from the research

Art. 11 of the Law on Citizenship (since 1992; reworded 2004) allows naturalisation without residence where it is of special scientific, economic, cultural, sporting or other national interest; the Government decides. Criteria decree of 2005 (no amounts); EUR 400,000 direct investment plus 10 jobs from 20 Dec 2012; EUR 200,000 private investment fund route added 14 Dec 2019. The Ministries of Finance and Economy assess economic interest and the security agency vets. 121 economic-interest grants 2005-2022 (40 refusals); one or two a year since. The European Commission (Dec 2025) says the scheme must be abolished under the Visa Suspension Mechanism; a June 2026 draft law would remove fixed amounts but keep investment as a criterion. This row covers the economic-interest route; some observations give other Art. 11 grounds (sport, culture, science) via breakdown. 'launched' is the first criteria decree; the legal basis dates from 1992.

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What is measured

  • People who became citizens16
  • Applications approved4
  • Applications turned down4
  • Applications received3
  • Applications processed2
  • Program citizenships revoked2
  • Processing time2
  • Applications pending1
  • Visa-free destinations1
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