Naturalisation programs
222 official naturalisation routes across 124 countries — each figure dated and cited from a government source.
Andorra
Angola
Aquisição da Nacionalidade Angolana por Naturalização — Angola: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Reaquisição da Nacionalidade Angolana (Re-acquisition of Angolan Nationality) — Angola: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Regularização Extraordinária da Nacionalidade — Cidadãos PALOP (Extraordinary Naturalization Pathway for Lusophone African Countries) — Angola: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)
Antigua And Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Citizenship — Child of former Armenian citizen (1 year residence) — Armenia: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Citizenship — Recovery (former Armenian citizen, post-1995) — Armenia: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Naturalisation — Standard residence path (3 years) — Armenia: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Refugee status — Citizenship path — Armenia: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Stateless person — Citizenship path — Armenia: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Submission of Citizenship Application — Armenia: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)
Australia
Austria
Citizenship by Declaration — falsely treated as citizen for 15+ years (§ 57 StbG) — Austria: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Naturalisation (fast-track 6 years — special integration) — Austria: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Naturalisation (general, 10 years) — Austria: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)
Azerbaijan
Naturalisation of Stateless Persons (Simplified Procedure, 2015) — Azerbaijan: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Naturalisation — Ethnic Azerbaijani Diaspora (Reduced Residency) — Azerbaijan: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Naturalization (Ordinary) — Azerbaijan: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)
Bahamas
Barbados
Citizenship by Naturalisation — Aliens (Cap. 186 s.7 + Second Schedule para 1) — Barbados: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Citizenship by Registration — 10-Year Residence (Constitution s.3A(1)(a)) — Barbados: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Citizenship by Registration — Commonwealth Citizens (Cap. 186 s.4(3)) — Barbados: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)
Belarus
Naturalization – 7 years permanent residence — Belarus: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Naturalization — refugees (7 years from recognition) — Belarus: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)On Citizenship of the Republic of Belarus (Law 136-Z, 1 August 2002) — Belarus: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)
Belgium
Belgian citizenship — Belgium: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Citizenship by Declaration — 5y residence (Art. 12bis § 1, 2°) — Belgium: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Citizenship by Declaration — Disabled / Pensioner (Art. 12bis § 1, 4°) — Belgium: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Citizenship by Declaration — Long Residence 10y (Art. 12bis § 1, 5°) — Belgium: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Reacquisition of Belgian Nationality (Recouvrement, Art. 24) — Belgium: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)
Belize
Bolivia
Naturalización por Permanencia — 3 años continuos (Naturalisation by Residence) — Bolivia: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Naturalización por servicio militar — Bolivia: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Naturalización por servicios al País — Bolivia: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)
Bosnia And Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Conversão da naturalização provisória em definitiva — Brazil: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Naturalização Extraordinária (Extraordinary Naturalization — 15 years) — Brazil: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Naturalização Ordinária (Ordinary Naturalization — 4 years residence) — Brazil: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Naturalização especial — Brazil: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Naturalização provisória — Brazil: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Naturalização — CPLP / Origem Lusófona (1 year, Portuguese-speaking countries) — Brazil: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)
Bulgaria
Cameroon
Naturalisation sans stage — Né au Cameroun, marié(e) à un(e) Camerounais(e), ou services exceptionnels — Cameroon: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Naturalisation — Résidence ≥ 5 ans (Standard naturalisation) — Cameroon: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Réintégration dans la nationalité camerounaise (Recovery of lost Cameroonian nationality) — Cameroon: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)
Canada
Canadian Citizenship by Naturalization (Grant under Citizenship Act s. 5(1)) — Canada: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Citizenship Grant for Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Members — Reduced Physical Presence — Canada: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Resumption of Canadian Citizenship — Canada: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)
Central African Republic
Chile
Chilean citizenship — Chile: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Nacionalidad Chilena — Chile: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Nacionalización Calificada — Parientes de Chilenos por Consanguineidad / Adoptados — Chile: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Nacionalización por Carta (Naturalisation — Carta de Nacionalización) — Chile: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)
China
Colombia
Comoros
Costa Rica
Cyprus
Denmark
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Fiji
France
Acquisition de la nationalité française par déclaration — possession d'état de Français — France: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Naturalisation française par décret — France: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Naturalisation par décret — France: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Naturalisation par décret — stage réduit à deux ans — France: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Naturalisation sans condition de stage — francophonie — France: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Naturalisation sans condition de stage — services / réfugié — France: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Réintégration dans la nationalité française par décret — France: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)
Honduras
India
Ireland
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kosovo
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malawi
Malaysia
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Mexico
Carta de Naturalización por Haber Prestado Servicios o Realizado Obras Destacadas en Materia Cultural, Social, Científica, Técnica, Artística, Deportiva o Empresarial — Mexico: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Carta de Naturalización por Residencia — Mexico: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Carta de Naturalización por Ser Originario de un País Latinoamericano o de la Península Ibérica — Mexico: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Carta de Naturalización por Tener Hijos Mexicanos por Nacimiento — Mexico: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)
Netherlands
New Zealand
North Macedonia
Norway
Norwegian Citizenship by Application (general residence-permit holders) — Norway: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Norwegian Citizenship by Notification (Nordic citizens) — Norway: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Norwegian nationals through notification — Norway: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Poland
Russia
Admission to Russian Federation citizenship (general procedure) — Russia: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Admission to Russian Federation citizenship (simplified procedure) — Russia: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Recognition as a native Russian speaker — Russia: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)
Rwanda
Rwandan Nationality by Acquisition on grounds of Being an Immigrant — Rwanda: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Rwandan Nationality by Acquisition on grounds of Residence in Rwanda — Rwanda: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Rwandan Nationality by Acquisition on grounds of Statelessness — Rwanda: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Slovenia
South Korea
Spain
Nacionalidad española por residencia — Spain: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Spanish Citizenship by Residence (Ibero-American 2-year track) — Spain: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Spanish Nationality by Residence (general 10y track) — Spain: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Spanish citizenship by residence — Spain: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)
Sweden
British citizens — Sweden: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Swedish Citizenship by Naturalization (Adults, 8-year general track post-6 June 2026 reform) — Sweden: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Swedish Citizenship by Naturalization (Stateless 5y / Refugee 7y / Spouse 7y) — Sweden: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Swedish Citizenship by Notification — Nordic Citizens — Sweden: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)Swiss citizens — Sweden: requirements, costs & how to apply (2026)