Botswana Impact Citizenship
An announced citizenship initiative under legislative development. Register interest for confirmed launch details.
- Minimum
- Case by case
- Timeline
- Variable
- Residence
- Variable
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- Minimum
- Case by case
- Timeline
- Variable
- Outcome
- Direct citizenship
- Presence
- Variable
- Dual citizenship
- Permitted
The opportunity
Why Botswana
Botswana's announced Impact Citizenship initiative remains in legislative and regulatory development. It is not open for applications, and confirmed eligibility rules, investment amounts and application procedures are still awaited.
Consider this an option to monitor while the framework develops. A final investment threshold and launch timetable must be confirmed before you can assess the financial commitment or plan an application.
Who it suits
May fit. May not.
Botswana suits applicants who want a second citizenship. The two lists show where it fits and where another program serves better.
May fit if you want
- Applicants comfortable registering interest now and waiting for a program that remains in legislative and regulatory development.
- Applicants interested in a Southern African, SADC-region jurisdiction with a comparatively strong governance and corruption-perception record.
- Applicants who do not need a fixed investment amount or timeline before deciding whether to monitor this option.
May not fit if you need
- Applicants who need an application they can file today — the program is not open for applications.
- Applicants relying on the USD 75,000–90,000 figure circulating on private advisory sites as a confirmed price: the responsible Minister told Parliament in December 2025 that he was 'not in a position to state the amount of money that would be required.'
- Applicants who need a confirmed launch date: the government's own early-2026 target had not produced an open application system as of the most recent check (August 2026, Botswana Gazette).
Alternatives
Compared with alternatives
How Botswana compares with two citizenship-by-investment programs: Antigua & Barbuda from $230,000 and El Salvador from $1,000,000.
This program
Botswana Impact Citizenship
- From
- Case by case
- Timeline
- Variable
- Family
- Not specified
You are here
Antigua & Barbuda Citizenship
- From
- $230,000
- Timeline
- Variable
- Family
- Spouse + children + parents + dependents
Questions
Program FAQ
Short answers to eight questions about Botswana Impact Citizenship.
No. Parliament approved the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill on 17 December 2025, creating the legal basis, but the programme was still described as a policy and legislative project rather than a functioning application system as of August 2026 (Botswana Gazette).
No Botswana government source has published a confirmed amount. The Minister of Labour and Home Affairs stated in December 2025 that he was 'not in a position to state the amount of money that would be required'; a figure of USD 75,000–90,000 appears only on private advisory sites and is not government-confirmed.
Botswana's citizenship law has been amended so adults may hold Botswana citizenship alongside another citizenship, ending the previous requirement to renounce a second citizenship by age 21, per Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs statements reported by Botswana media. This page could not independently verify the exact current statutory wording.
Botswana's Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs has described the aim as attracting investors into sectors including manufacturing, mining and energy, agriculture, infrastructure, financial services and the green economy, partly to diversify the economy beyond diamonds and address youth unemployment.
Parliament approved the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill on 17 December 2025 and it proceeded to become law, but the specific investment amounts and application procedure had not been published by the government as of the review date.
Botswana scored 58 of 100 and ranked 41st of 182 countries on Transparency International's 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index, among the higher-scoring countries in Africa.
Government and industry sources referenced an early-2026 target, but as of August 2026 the program had not opened for applications (Botswana Gazette); no confirmed new launch date has been published by the government.
Wealthy Expat can register your interest and notify you when Botswana publishes confirmed eligibility, investment and fee requirements. No application can be filed today.
Next step
Understand the program's status before you plan.
Register your interest to discuss what is confirmed and what remains pending. Eligibility, costs and an application timetable can only be assessed once the relevant rules and availability are confirmed. No documents are collected at this stage.
- Program: Botswana Impact Citizenship — included automatically
- No approval guarantee — decisions rest with the authorities