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Program 1
Merit and Contribution · Paused
Program 2
Citizenship
Program 3
Citizenship

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Outcome

Legal outcome: Serbia Citizenship by Exception
Direct citizenship
Argentina Citizenship
Direct citizenship
El Salvador Freedom Citizenship
Direct citizenship

Investment and cost

Minimum: Serbia Citizenship by Exception
Case by case
Argentina Citizenship
From $350,000 · 2 routes
El Salvador Freedom Citizenship
$1,000,000

Qualifying routes

Merit

Government contribution
Bonds

Government contribution

Known cost categories

Not specified

Qualifying investment
Government fees

Qualifying investment
Government fees

Timeline

Estimated timeline: Serbia Citizenship by Exception
Variable
Argentina Citizenship
Variable
El Salvador Freedom Citizenship
Up to 3 months

Presence and renewal

Physical presence: Serbia Citizenship by Exception
None
Argentina Citizenship
None
El Salvador Freedom Citizenship
Minimal

Family

Who is included: Serbia Citizenship by Exception
Spouse, minor children
Argentina Citizenship
Spouse, minor children, adult dependent children
El Salvador Freedom Citizenship
Spouse, minor children

Conditions

Spouse: After the main applicant has acquired citizenship (Law on Citizenship, Article 19, paragraph 2).
Minor children: A child under 18 acquires citizenship on the request of a parent who acquired it by admission, if the other parent consents; a child over 14 must also consent (Law on Citizenship, Article 20).

Spouse: Joins by proving the family relationship and making an additional US$100,000 Treasury contribution.
Minor children: Each child under 18 joins with an additional US$25,000 Treasury contribution.
Adult dependent children: Unmarried and without children of their own. Each joins with an additional US$100,000 Treasury contribution. How and when the age limit is assessed has not been published.

Spouse: One spouse.

Mobility and rights

Verified rights: Serbia Citizenship by Exception
Not specified
Argentina Citizenship
Not specified
El Salvador Freedom Citizenship
Schengen travel

Main restrictions

Applicant: Serbia Citizenship by Exception
The spouse of a person who has acquired citizenship under Article 19 may also be admitted, without the release, residence and written-statement conditions of Article 14.
Argentina Citizenship
Not specified
El Salvador Freedom Citizenship
Not specified

Background: Serbia Citizenship by Exception
Wealthy Expat expects background and security checks; the checks applied in practice are not published.
Argentina Citizenship
Pass the Agency's vetting of identity, the traceability and lawful origin of funds, assets and finances, jurisdictional risk, criminal and reputational records, and immigration history.
El Salvador Freedom Citizenship
Complete background and sanctions screening.

Qualification

Show that your admission would represent an interest for the Republic of Serbia (Law on Citizenship, Article 19).
Wealthy Expat recommends documenting the lawful source of any funds involved in the proposed contribution.

Make the non-refundable Treasury contribution of US$350,000, or buy the US$800,000 government bond, and prove the family relationship for each dependant you add.
Move every payment through the formal financial system, meeting anti-money-laundering, counter-terrorist-financing and financial-transparency standards.

Document the lawful source of the contribution, whether in fiat currency or cryptocurrency.

Risks and trade-offs

Material risks

Citizenship is entirely discretionary; approval is granted solely at the discretion of the Government of Serbia and is not guaranteed by any level of investment or contribution.
Under Article 45 of the Law on Citizenship, the Ministry of Interior annuls a grant obtained contrary to the rules, in particular through false or forged documents or statements or untrue facts, unless the person would become stateless. The law sets no condition on fulfilling a contribution after the grant. In April 2026 the Government was reported to have revoked an Article 19 decision under Article 184 of the Law on General Administrative Procedure, which allows an enforceable decision to be revoked to remove a serious and immediate danger to public safety or public order.
Serbia does not require release from a prior citizenship on this route, but the applicant's own country of origin might not permit dual nationality.

Decreto (DNU) 366/2025, which created the investment route and the Agency, has been challenged in court. On 18 June 2026 a federal appeals court (Sala III, Cámara Nacional de Apelaciones en lo Civil y Comercial Federal) held it unconstitutional, as regards moving naturalisation from the courts, in one applicant's case and returned her request to a federal judge. On 30 June 2026 the Cámara Nacional Electoral declared the decree null in another applicant's case and told the Ministry of Security to instruct the National Directorate of Migration accordingly. Neither ruling examined the investment route itself, although the decree the Cámara Nacional Electoral declared null is the one that created it. The second case is reported to be before the Supreme Court.
The government bond ties up US$800,000; its terms have not been published, and press reports say it must be held for seven years and pays no interest. Advisers note that a lower entry price does not make a route the right one without comparing liquidity and opportunity cost.
Requirements, fees and processing estimates can change.

Requirements, fees and processing times can change.
This is a substantial non-refundable contribution: the source states the USD 1,000,000, including the USD 999 application fee, is non-refundable, and the USD 999 is paid before the evaluation, so it is not returned if the application is unsuccessful. Once sent, the contribution is not refunded, even if no passport is granted.
Cryptocurrency payment routes carry price-volatility risk, and a payment provider may run its own wallet checks; Wealthy Expat handles neither.
A naturalised Salvadoran loses that nationality by living more than two consecutive years in the country of origin, or by more than five consecutive years of absence from El Salvador without a permit (Constitution, article 94; migration law, article 279, as amended by Legislative Decree No. 531 of 2026). A final conviction for a serious intentional crime is a further ground, and loss is declared in a procedure before the immigration authority.

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