Overview

• Two families and four individuals have received climate resilience citizenship, including a German family of four based in Dubai.
• Applicants pay $105,000 per passport, which grants visa-free travel to 89 countries including the UK, UAE and Hong Kong.
• One applicant withdrew after background checks flagged adverse findings, reflecting enhanced vetting following a 2003 passport-selling scandal.
• Roughly 20 additional applications are under review as authorities set up mechanisms to allocate revenues to relocation and resilience efforts.
• Nauru aims to raise over $5 million in the first year and up to $43 million overall to help cover an estimated $60 million cost of relocating 90% of its population due to rising seas.