A Comparison of Citizenship costs in Europe

The Independent recently reported The cost of citizenship for children in the UK is 22 times higher than other countries in Europe. We decided to dig deep to find out the cost of citizenship for adults and children in all the European countries. We find that Switzerland, United Kingdom and Ireland have the high costs for citizenship crossing over 1000 euros.

Austria

Naturalisation at the Authorities’ Discretion

• Single persons: EUR 900 federal fee plus EUR 150 provincial administrative fee
• Married couples: EUR 1,600 federal fee plus EUR 226 provincial administrative fee

Extension of Citizenship to Minor Children

EUR 200 in federal fees and EUR 76 in provincial administrative fees are payable per child (in all cases).

https://www.wien.gv.at/english/administration/civilstatus/citizenship/fee.html

Belgium

Registration fee of 150 EUR for Adults

https://www.brussels.be/belgian-nationality

Bulgaria

250 BGN for Citizenship applications

http://www.justice.government.bg/24/

Croatia

http://www.mvep.hr/en/consular-information/citizenship/acquiring-croatian-citizenship/

Cyprus

Cyprus a fee of EUR 500 must be paid for naturalizing for Citizenship in Cyprus.

http://www.moi.gov.cy/moi/crmd/crmd.nsf/All/F03BEB8DF3591BC1C2257D2C00453383?OpenDocument

Czech Republic

• The administration fee for granting Czech citizenship to an adult amounts to CZK 2 000.
• The administration fee for granting Czech citizenship to a minor child amounts to CZK 500.
• The administration fee for granting Czech citizenship to an asylum-seeker amounts to CZK 500.

http://obcanstvi.cestina-pro-cizince.cz/index.php?p=zadost-o-udeleni-statniho-obcanstvi-cr&hl=en_US

Denmark,

A fee of DKK 1,100 must be paid when filing a declaration to The State Administration (Statsforvaltningen) by Foreign citizens applying for nationality.

http://uim.dk/arbejdsomrader/statsborgerskab/in-english

Estonia

Estonian citizenship application state fee EUR 13.-

https://www.politsei.ee/en/teenused/eesti-kodakondsus/taiskasvanule/index.dot

Finland

http://www.migri.fi/our_services/processing_fees

France

The application for naturalization is subject to a stamp duty of €55

https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F15832

Germany

Naturalisation costs EUR 255 per person. A fee of EUR 51 applies to minors who are to be naturalised with their parents. Minors who are to be naturalised without their parents must also pay EUR 255.

http://www.bamf.de/EN/Willkommen/Einbuergerung/InDeutschland/indeutschland-node.html

Greece,

Cost 700 eur 1500 euro, according to Livingingreece.gr

http://www.mfa.gr/canada/en/services/other-services/greek-citizenship.html

Hungary,

http://www.bmbah.hu/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=77&Itemid=720&lang=en

Ireland

Ireland requires application and certification fees for naturalisation procedure.

1. Application fee

A fee of €175 applies for each application. There are no exceptions and fees cannot be waived.

2. Certification fee

If your application is successful, you must pay a certification fee to receive your Certificate of Naturalisation:

• € 950 = Adult
• € 200 = Child
• € 200 = Widow/widower of an Irish citizen
• € 0 = Recognised refugee or stateless person

http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/WP16000022#fees

Italy

As from 8 July 2014 applications by legal-age adults for recognition of Italian citizenship are subject to a fee of 300 euro.

http://www.esteri.it/mae/en/italiani_nel_mondo/serviziconsolari/cittadinanza.html

Latvia

$60 for requesting Latvian citizenship. The naturalization fee has been reduced for low-income, unemployed, retired persons, and abolished for politically – repressed and disabled persons, orphans and persons from social care institutions.

http://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/usa/consular-information/requesting-latvian-citizenship
http://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/policy/society-integration/citizenship-in-latvia/citizenship-policy-in-latvia/basic-facts-about-citizenship-and-language-policy-of-latvia-and-some-sensitive-history-related-issues

Lithuania

State fee – 51 EUR for examination of his application for the granting of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania through naturalisation.

http://www.migracija.lt/index.php?-226443181

Luxembourg

Free  to acquire Luxembourg nationality by option or naturalization

http://www.guichet.public.lu/citoyens/fr/citoyennete/nationalite-luxembourgeoise/acquisition-recouvrement/naturalisation/index.html

Malta

Citizenship application fee of €43.70 and certificate fee €79.60

https://identitymalta.com/acquisition-of-maltese-citizenship-by-registration/

Netherlands

https://ind.nl/en/Pages/Costs.aspx

Norway

https://www.udi.no/en/word-definitions/fees/#link-3600

Poland

Portugal

Romania

• CONSULAR FEE RON 191 – to be paid at C.E.C. or the Treasury into the account no. 203301028609468;
• APPLICATION REGISTRATION FEE RON 3 – to be paid at C.E.C. or the Treasury into the account no. 203301028609468;
• RON 1.5 JUDICIAL STAMP – to be bought from the Post Offices;

http://cetatenie.just.ro/index.php/en/

Slovakia

Slovenia

Administrative fee for Slovenia citizenship –

http://www.mnz.gov.si/en/services/slovenia_your_new_country/citizenship/
https://e-uprava.gov.si/podrocja/vloge/vloga.html?id=2544

Spain

EUR 60 to 100, according to Expatica

http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/MANILA/en/InformacionParaExtranjeros/Pages/Nacionalidad.asp

Sweden

Switzerland

Fees for regular naturalisation procedure in Switzerland..

https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/buergerrecht.html
https://www.ch.ch/en/regular-naturalisation/

United Kingdom

• Naturalisation – £1282
• Registration £1163
• Child under 18 applying to register as a British citizen £973