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Just to add some colour... You don't PAY 1m, you INVEST 1m in a Maltese business and they GIVE you the citizenship as you still own whatever you invested in. Find a nice hotel you can buy a share of and you're laughing...

Malta has cancelled this programme because it was breeding ground for corruption.

They got pressured by the EU to cancel it, the corruption concern is not exactly new (or surprising).

Portugal is cheaper, just buy real estate for 350-500k€ and you'll get residency, just 5 years later you can get citizenship.

There are even some service that'll offer to "loan" you a property by buying at back for the price you bought it for after you got your residency.

Unsurprisingly, house prices in Lisbon and Porto have become unaffordable for the locals.

NZ starts at 3 m $ up to 10 m $ +. More $ gives more points. This is NZ $.