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10 countries where you can buy citizenship

  • <div>Malta : Maltese citizenship gives you the right to live and work. It also allows you to travel visa-free to the United States as Malta and the US have a Visa Waiver program.</div> <div>Minimum Investment - €1.15 million (US$1.28 million)</div> <div>Citizenship Qualifying Period - 1 year<br><br>Photo - Getty</div>
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    10 countries where you can buy citizenship

    Malta : Maltese citizenship gives you the right to live and work. It also allows you to travel visa-free to the United States as Malta and the US have a Visa Waiver program.
    Minimum Investment - €1.15 million (US$1.28 million)
    Citizenship Qualifying Period - 1 year

    Photo - Getty
  • <div>Cyprus : The Republic of Cyprus occupies the southern part of the island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean, which also offer a direct citizenship by investment. </div><div>Minimum Investment - €2.5 million </div><div>Citizenship Qualifying Period - Immediate<br><br>Photo - Getty</div>
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    10 countries where you can buy citizenship

    Cyprus : The Republic of Cyprus occupies the southern part of the island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean, which also offer a direct citizenship by investment.
    Minimum Investment - €2.5 million
    Citizenship Qualifying Period - Immediate

    Photo - Getty
  • <p>Antigua and Barbuda: Antigua and Barbuda is an independent Commonwealth country comprising its 2 namesake islands and several smaller ones, which also allow direct citizenship by investment or offer routes to citizenship for wealthy investors.</p> <p>Minimum Investment - US$250,000<br>Citizenship Qualifying Period - Immediate<br><br>Photo - Getty</p>
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    10 countries where you can buy citizenship

    Antigua and Barbuda: Antigua and Barbuda is an independent Commonwealth country comprising its 2 namesake islands and several smaller ones, which also allow direct citizenship by investment or offer routes to citizenship for wealthy investors.

    Minimum Investment - US$250,000
    Citizenship Qualifying Period - Immediate

    Photo - Getty

  • <div>St Kitts and Nevis: The Caribbean islands have the longest running citizenship by investment program in the world, founded in 1984.</div> <div>Minimum Investment - US$250,000</div><div>Citizenship Qualifying Period - Immediate <br><br>Photo - Getty</div>
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    10 countries where you can buy citizenship

    St Kitts and Nevis: The Caribbean islands have the longest running citizenship by investment program in the world, founded in 1984.
    Minimum Investment - US$250,000
    Citizenship Qualifying Period - Immediate

    Photo - Getty
  • <div>Dominica : It is a mountainous Caribbean island nation which is a the most recent addition to the list of economic citizenship programs.</div> <div>Minimum Investment - US$100,000</div> <div>Citizenship Qualifying Period - Immediate <br><br>Photo - Getty</div>
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    10 countries where you can buy citizenship

    Dominica : It is a mountainous Caribbean island nation which is a the most recent addition to the list of economic citizenship programs.
    Minimum Investment - US$100,000
    Citizenship Qualifying Period - Immediate

    Photo - Getty
  • <div>Grenada: It is a Caribbean country comprising the main island which also allow direct citizenship by investment or offer routes to citizenship for wealthy investors.</div> <div>Minimum Investment - US$250,000</div> <div>Citizenship Qualifying Period - Immediate<br><br>Photo - Getty</div>
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    10 countries where you can buy citizenship

    Grenada: It is a Caribbean country comprising the main island which also allow direct citizenship by investment or offer routes to citizenship for wealthy investors.
    Minimum Investment - US$250,000
    Citizenship Qualifying Period - Immediate

    Photo - Getty
  • <div>Established countries like the United States also have such programs which allow outsiders to get a green card under the EB 5 visa.</div> <div>Minimum Investment - US$500,000</div> <div>Citizenship Qualifying Period - 7 years<br><br>Photo - Getty</div>
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    10 countries where you can buy citizenship

    Established countries like the United States also have such programs which allow outsiders to get a green card under the EB 5 visa.
    Minimum Investment - US$500,000
    Citizenship Qualifying Period - 7 years

    Photo - Getty
  • <div>United Kingdom: It is more automatic access to the European borderless travel.</div> <div>Minimum Investment - US$250,000</div> <div>Citizenship Qualifying Period - 6 years <br><br>Photo - Getty</div>
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    10 countries where you can buy citizenship

    United Kingdom: It is more automatic access to the European borderless travel.
    Minimum Investment - US$250,000
    Citizenship Qualifying Period - 6 years

    Photo - Getty
  • <div>Australia<br><br>Minimum Investment - Australian$5 million (US$3.78 million)</div> <div>Citizenship Qualifying Period - 5 years <br><br>Photo - Getty</div>
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    10 countries where you can buy citizenship

    Australia

    Minimum Investment - Australian$5 million (US$3.78 million)
    Citizenship Qualifying Period - 5 years

    Photo - Getty
  • <div>Singapore<br><br>Minimum Investment - Singaporean$2.5 million (US$1.84 million)</div> <div>Citizenship Qualifying Period - 2 years <br><br>Photo - Getty</div>
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    10 countries where you can buy citizenship

    Singapore

    Minimum Investment - Singaporean$2.5 million (US$1.84 million)
    Citizenship Qualifying Period - 2 years

    Photo - Getty
<div>Malta : Maltese citizenship gives you the right to live and work. It also allows you to travel visa-free to the United States as Malta and the US have a Visa Waiver program.</div> <div>Minimum Investment - €1.15 million (US$1.28 million)</div> <div>Citizenship Qualifying Period - 1 year<br><br>Photo - Getty</div>
<div>Cyprus : The Republic of Cyprus occupies the southern part of the island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean, which also offer a direct citizenship by investment. </div><div>Minimum Investment - €2.5 million </div><div>Citizenship Qualifying Period - Immediate<br><br>Photo - Getty</div>
<p>Antigua and Barbuda: Antigua and Barbuda is an independent Commonwealth country comprising its 2 namesake islands and several smaller ones, which also allow direct citizenship by investment or offer routes to citizenship for wealthy investors.</p> <p>Minimum Investment - US$250,000<br>Citizenship Qualifying Period - Immediate<br><br>Photo - Getty</p>
<div>St Kitts and Nevis: The Caribbean islands have the longest running citizenship by investment program in the world, founded in 1984.</div> <div>Minimum Investment - US$250,000</div><div>Citizenship Qualifying Period - Immediate <br><br>Photo - Getty</div>
<div>Dominica : It is a mountainous Caribbean island nation which is a the most recent addition to the list of economic citizenship programs.</div> <div>Minimum Investment - US$100,000</div> <div>Citizenship Qualifying Period - Immediate <br><br>Photo - Getty</div>
<div>Grenada: It is a Caribbean country comprising the main island which also allow direct citizenship by investment or offer routes to citizenship for wealthy investors.</div> <div>Minimum Investment - US$250,000</div> <div>Citizenship Qualifying Period - Immediate<br><br>Photo - Getty</div>
<div>Established countries like the United States also have such programs which allow outsiders to get a green card under the EB 5 visa.</div> <div>Minimum Investment - US$500,000</div> <div>Citizenship Qualifying Period - 7 years<br><br>Photo - Getty</div>
<div>United Kingdom: It is more automatic access to the European borderless travel.</div> <div>Minimum Investment - US$250,000</div> <div>Citizenship Qualifying Period - 6 years <br><br>Photo - Getty</div>
<div>Australia<br><br>Minimum Investment - Australian$5 million (US$3.78 million)</div> <div>Citizenship Qualifying Period - 5 years <br><br>Photo - Getty</div>
<div>Singapore<br><br>Minimum Investment - Singaporean$2.5 million (US$1.84 million)</div> <div>Citizenship Qualifying Period - 2 years <br><br>Photo - Getty</div>
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So you want to buy citizenship to a new, exotic country? Perhaps, even to the United States or Australia? Well, there’s good news for you as a many nations are allowing individuals to buy citizenship – mainly through an investment plan.

Some countries charge huge amounts of money as investment to grant citizenship, while there are others that extend this courtesy for a relative pittance.

Called the ‘Economic citizenship programs’ or ‘citizenship by investment’, these plans allow rich people from developing countries to acquire passports that facilitate international travel and which eventually helps increase the capital inflows for countries that allow such citizenship.

Here is a quick look at ten such countries, including nations that are the cheapest to buy a citizenship to:

(Inputs from - www.weforum.org; Images - Getty)