Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone GO-FOR-GOLD Special Naturalization Program
Established 2025. Regulated by Sierra Leone Immigration Department (Chief Immigration Officer Alusine Kanneh); program administered with TG 2050 LTD (Hong Kong-based program operator).
- Min investment
- $65K
- Processing time
- 2-3 months
- Physical presence
- No
- Interview
- —
- Language test
- No
- Dual citizenship
- Yes
- Visa-free destinations
- ~64
- Henley rank (2025)
- #39
Investment options
Donation
$140KFast-Track Citizenship via Special Naturalization. USD 140,000 all-in for a single applicant (includes program fees, legal costs, due diligence, documentation); USD 10,000 per additional family member. Citizenship granted within ~90 days. Total cited program cost from USD 159,500 once ancillary expenses are added.
Donation
$100KHeritage Citizenship (ancestry-based fast-track). USD 100,000 single, +USD 10,000 per family member. Requires DNA test proving African descent up to 5 generations back. Citizenship granted within ~60 days. Total cited cost from USD 117,700.
Real Estate
$65KPermanent Residency (NOT citizenship) via gold investment — 1 kg of Sierra Leonean gold bullion at a 2% discount to market. USD 65,000+ single, USD 75,000+ family of 4, USD 100,000+ extended family up to 8. Processing 40 days. Listed for reference; this is the residency tier of GO-FOR-GOLD, not the citizenship tier.
Additional fees
Headline amounts (USD 140,000 / USD 100,000) are marketed as all-inclusive of program fees, legal, due diligence, and documentation. Additional services: name change USD 10,000–30,000; Sierra Leone tax residency certificate USD 10,000; business-partner inclusion USD 30,000. Escrow system: full refund if application refused. Separate per-applicant DD line items not published.
Family inclusion
- Spouse: Yes
- Children under 18: Yes
- Siblings: Yes
Eligible dependents: spouse(s), dependent parents, grandparents, children under 18, siblings under 30 with their own families. Business partners may be added for an extra USD 30,000. November 2025 reform expanded the program to include extended families and business partners.
Tax implications
- Worldwide income taxed: —
- Tax residency required: No
Citizenship alone does not create Sierra Leone tax residency. A separate optional tax-residency certificate is offered as an add-on service (USD 10,000). Worldwide-income treatment for non-resident citizens is not clearly documented.
Eligibility requirements
- Minimum age 18
- Minimum net worth ~USD 1,000,000 (per agent disclosures)
- Clean criminal record
- Pass due diligence and background checks
- For Heritage tier: DNA test proving African descent (up to 5 generations)
- Documented legal source of funds
Disqualifiers
- Nationals of North Korea
- Criminal record / pending criminal proceedings
- Failure to satisfy minimum net worth and source-of-funds tests
- Misrepresentation on application
Recent changes
- 2024-12
GO-FOR-GOLD Permanent Residency program launched (gold-bullion investment tier).
- 2025-01
Immigration Department announced fast-track citizenship routes (Fast-Track Naturalization and Heritage Naturalization) on top of the residency tier.
- 2026
Citizenship (Special Naturalization) Regulation, 2026 enacted as Statutory Instrument under Section 27(a) of the Sierra Leone Citizenship Act, 1973. Waives the standard residency and employment requirements; deems all program applicants to be of 'Negro-African descent' for purposes of the Act; certificate has the same legal effect as one issued under Section 8.
- 2025-11
Program eligibility expanded to include extended families and business partners (per IMI Daily / IFC Review coverage).
Notes
Statutorily grounded — operates under a Statutory Instrument (Citizenship (Special Naturalization) Regulation, 2026) issued under the 1973 Citizenship Act, not bespoke CBI primary legislation. The Special Naturalization mechanism waives Section 1(a)/(b) Second Schedule residency and employment requirements. Citizenship is described as 'special naturalization' rather than full statutory CBI; certificate has equal legal effect under Section 8. Headline marketing figures (USD 117,700–159,500) bundle program operator fees with the government component. Passport (~64 visa-free) covers all 15 ECOWAS states but offers no Schengen, UK, or US access. Primary use case is African mobility, ECOWAS settlement rights, and ancestry-based identity. Program operator TG 2050 LTD is Hong Kong-based, not Sierra Leonean — diligence on operator concentration risk is warranted.
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