Cambodia

Citizenship by donation or investment. Cambodia has had a cash way to citizenship since 1996; a December 2025 overhaul roughly tripled the price, from about $245,000 to about $3 million for the donation and from about $305,000 to about $1 million for the investment track.

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Citizenship by donation or investment

Full Cambodian citizenship and passport; dual nationality is allowed, and since 2025 a dual citizen’s foreign passport must be registered with the authorities.

Who qualifies

Under Articles 10–12 and 22 of the 1996 Law on Nationality, a foreigner could naturalise after a personal donation of at least 1,000,000,000 riel (about $245,000) to the national budget through the Ministry of Economy and Finance, or an approved investment of at least 1,250,000,000 riel (about $305,000).
Law on Nationality (1996), Arts. 10–12, 22 (Khmer Times explainer)
From 1 December 2025 the thresholds rose to roughly $1 million of personal capital in an approved investment project, or a donation of roughly $3 million to the national budget, with tighter source-of-funds and background checks.
Cambodia Overhauls Citizenship Prerequisites (BowerGroupAsia)
The money must have a documented legal source, verified by the Ministry of Economy and Finance before the file goes to the Ministry of Interior and the Royal Government for approval.
Cambodia Citizenship by Investment: 2026 guide (Golden Harbors)

Whether you keep your U.S. citizenship depends on the option you choose later.

Does it fit your family?

One question, from the program’s own rules.

Savings you could move or invest?

Not legal advice.

What it takes.

Investment: About $1,000,000.
Time: No statutory timeline; law firms estimate several months to about a year with the 2025 due-diligence layer.
Cost: About $1 million on the investment track or about $3 million on the donation track since December 2025, plus legal and processing fees. The old $245,000 / $305,000 figures no longer apply to new applicants.
The hard part: The price tripled overnight and most pages still quote the old number. If you only want to live in Cambodia, the ordinary visa extension (KH-EB) is far cheaper.

Dollar figures are converted from the local currency at the rate the program’s research used; the official figure is in the local currency.

Citizens by 2028.

2028
Citizenship and passport
Usually 6–12 months from filing.

Language: Speak Khmer and read Khmer script.
Civics: Some knowledge of Khmer history, and evidence of living in harmony with Khmer society and customs.
Two passports: Yes. You keep your U.S. citizenship.

Citizenship itself for about USD 1 million invested or USD 3 million donated since December 2025; the 1996 law still lists Khmer language among the conditions, and the decision time is a law-firm estimate.

The law behind these dates

Andersen Cambodia — New Sub-Decree (No. 225, December 2025) guides implementation of the Law on Nationality

Living there.

Time you must spend there: None to obtain or keep citizenship.
Tax: Cambodia generally does not tax residents’ foreign-source income in practice, but citizenship alone changes nothing about your home-country tax residence.

We never file a tax return. We tell you what applies and brief the professional who does.

Start today.

Engage a Cambodian law firm to prepare the donation or investment file for the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Ministry of Interior.Open mef.gov.kh ↗
Gather these documents.
- Proof of the funds to invest: about $1,000,000, and where they came from
- Request your FBI Identity History Summary

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