Country Profile

Cambodia is home to Angkor Wat, the world’s largest temple complex, and a symbol of national pride that features on Cambodia’s flag. Once a French colony, in 1975 the nation came under the control of the Khmer Rouge, a communist party whose regime oversaw the four-year Cambodian genocide, resulting in the death of 25 per cent of the local population. Today, Cambodia is headed by a monarch and is, at least nominally, a parliamentary democracy. However, dominance of the Cambodian People’s Party has caused many to classify the nation’s Government as authoritarian. Having reached lower middle-income status in 2015, Cambodia aspires to attain upper middle-income status by 2030.
  • Official name: Kingdom of Cambodia
  • National anthem: Majestic Kingdom
  • Location: Southeast Asia
  • Capital city: Phnom Penh
  • Official language: Khmer
  • Independence: 9 November 1953, from France
  • Government type: Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy
  • Head of State: Monarch
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister
  • Basis of legal system: French civil law
  • Currency: Cambodian Riel
  • Climate: Tropical

Programme Profile

Investment options for a single applicant

Minimum US$245,000 towards the restoration and rebuilding of Cambodia’s economy.

  • Minimum investment of US$305,000 in a project approved either by the Cambodian Development Council or by the Royal Government.
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Citizenship by Investment in Cambodia

  • Cambodia’s CBI Programme requires applicants to undertake a language and history test. Khmer, also known as Cambodian, is the language of the Khmer people and the official language of the Kingdom of Cambodia.
  • Applicants must travel to Cambodia to obtain good behaviour, police clearance and health certificates. They are also required to sign their citizenship oath.
  • Although they do not need to live there, applicants applying for the approved investment option must register a residence in Cambodia at the time of the application.
  • For applicants looking to invest in Cambodia’s CBI Programme, applications can take up to six months.
  • The Ministry of the Interior reviews applications, but only the King, by way of royal decree, may grant citizenship.
  • For those wishing to retain their citizenship of birth, Cambodia allows dual citizenship.