A million dollars, and the price is the point.
The El Salvador Freedom Passport is the most expensive citizenship-by-investment program in the world, by design. A flat $1,000,000 contribution, settled in Bitcoin, into a sovereign Bitcoin state. It is not built to be the cheapest passport; it is built for the Bitcoiner who already holds the money and wants sovereignty, privacy, and alignment. You either have the money, or you do not.
A million dollars is not the cost. It is the design.
A flat $1,000,000 is the deliberate choice of a state that did not want the largest program; it wanted the most aligned one. The price does three things at once, and each is the point.
The price is the filter
A million dollars filters for serious, settled, low-time-preference holders before a single conversation begins. There is no haggling, no instalment plan, no tiered upsell to talk you into more. The figure either fits your balance sheet or it does not, and the people who clear that line are the people the program is built for. If you want to confirm the figure is clean before you commit, the source-of-funds check is the place to start.
One contribution, one family
The $1,000,000 is flat across family size: not priced per head, not a ladder of add-ons. Each additional applicant adds only $999 in processing. A family does not pay multiples; one contribution carries the household into permanent, hereditary citizenship. The number is the number.
Into a sovereign reserve
The contribution settles in Bitcoin, direct to the government wallet, and feeds a sovereign Bitcoin treasury that stands at approximately 7,684 BTC as of June 2026, auditable on-chain at bitcoin.gob.sv. You are not buying a document; you are funding a Bitcoin-native state and joining it.
The only passport run by a Bitcoin Office.
The price buys access to something that exists nowhere else on the planet: a citizenship administered by a national Bitcoin Office, settled in Bitcoin, inside a sovereign Bitcoin treasury.
Read what the $1,000,000 actually buys, because it is unlike anything else in the category. The Freedom Passport is the only citizenship-by-investment program in the world administered by a national Bitcoin Office, a cabinet-level institution led by Director Stacy Herbert, in coordination with the Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería (DGME). The contribution is Bitcoin-native settlement: paid in BTC or USDT, on-chain, direct to the government wallet, with no fiat path for the contribution itself. This is how a Bitcoiner expects to move value, and it is how a Bitcoin state expects to receive it.
The substance behind the price is just as specific. El Salvador is a Non-CRS jurisdiction: it does not participate in the Common Reporting Standard. For foreign investors it applies 0% capital gains on Bitcoin, 0% income tax on Bitcoin earnings, 0% inheritance and wealth tax, and 0% VAT on Bitcoin, and it has been dollarized since 2001. These are specific zero-rate treatments, not a blanket tax holiday; your home-country obligations may still apply depending on residency, and this page is not legal or tax advice. The citizenship is permanent and hereditary, and the passport reaches 132 destinations, Henley Passport Index #36 as of June 2026 (henleyglobal.com/passport-index), with full Schengen plus Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The whole program sits on the Freedom Passport page, and the tax picture is detailed on the tax page.
Sovereignty, privacy, and a Bitcoin-native state.
Not the cheapest passport: the most aligned one. These are the four things the $1,000,000 actually delivers, each one rare and each one priced into the figure.
A national institution
The only citizenship program in the world administered by a cabinet-level Bitcoin Office, led by Director Stacy Herbert, in coordination with the DGME. The institution, not a brochure, is what the price secures.
BTC or USDT, on-chain
The contribution settles in BTC or USDT, direct to the government wallet, with no fiat path for the contribution itself and no other stablecoin accepted. A Bitcoin state receiving value the way a Bitcoiner sends it.
Privacy and zero-rate treatment
A Non-CRS jurisdiction outside the Common Reporting Standard, with 0% capital gains on Bitcoin, 0% income tax on Bitcoin earnings, and 0% inheritance and wealth tax for foreign investors. Specific treatments, not a blanket holiday; home-country rules may still apply.
Citizenship that passes down
Permanent, hereditary citizenship that passes to your children, with a passport that reaches 132 destinations, Henley #36 as of June 2026, including full Schengen, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Hong Kong.
One million, flat. The rest is arithmetic.
No tiers on the contribution, no per-head pricing, no upsell. The contribution is flat; the only thing that moves is a small processing line and one flat advisory fee. Here is the whole figure, on the record.
The contribution is non-refundable and the decision is irreversible; the figures above are the whole picture, and the only currency for the contribution is BTC or USDT, not fiat and no other stablecoin. The full breakdown, with a live Bitcoin calculator, sits on the pricing page, and the cost is detailed on the cost page. This is marketing copy, not legal or tax advice.
Built for the Bitcoiner who values alignment over price.
The honest way to sell the most expensive program in the world is to be precise about who it suits, and equally precise about who should walk away.
The Freedom Passport is for the millionaire Bitcoiner who already holds the money and values sovereignty, privacy, and a Bitcoin-native state over the lowest sticker price. It is for the settled, low-time-preference holder who wants to be a citizen of the first sovereign Bitcoin nation, who reads a $1,000,000 contribution as alignment rather than a stretch, and who would rather pay the highest price in the category than own anything less aligned. For that person, the price is not a hurdle; it is confirmation that the program is serious.
We do not sell the cheapest passport, and we never pretend to. We offer the most aligned one, to the person who already holds the money. The price is the filter, and the filter is the feature.
It is, just as honestly, not for everyone. It is not for anyone shopping on price; there are programs built for that buyer, and this is not one of them. It is not for anyone who would have to strain to make the contribution, or who would lose sleep over an irreversible $1,000,000 decision. If a million dollars is a stretch, the answer is not to soften the figure; the answer is that this is not your program, and we will say so on the first call. As Adam Juchniewicz, CEO of 21 CBI, puts it: "We are not trying to be the cheapest passport on earth; we are the most expensive on purpose, because the people the Freedom Passport is built for are not asking what it costs, they are asking whether it is the most aligned, and for the Bitcoiner who already holds the money, it is." If you want to test the fit honestly, that is exactly what the program fit page is for.
Two Bitcoin citizenships exist on the planet.
In our view, there are exactly two Bitcoin citizenship-by-investment programs in the world, and passport.sv and its ecosystem cover both. El Salvador is the Bitcoin-native one: settled in BTC or USDT direct to a sovereign Bitcoin treasury, administered by a national Bitcoin Office, and priced at the top of the category on purpose. Vanuatu is the Bitcoin-friendly one, handled through our sister desk at cbi.vu. For a Bitcoiner weighing budget and need, those are the two, and the honest first question is not which is cheaper but which fits: the holder who wants the Bitcoin-native state, and will pay the highest price in the category to be a citizen of it, belongs in El Salvador. We will tell you plainly when the other one fits better. The side-by-side sits on the El Salvador and Vanuatu comparison.
The million-dollar questions.
Why does the El Salvador Freedom Passport cost $1,000,000?
The contribution is set at a flat $1,000,000 by design, not by accident. It is the most expensive citizenship-by-investment program in the world, and that is the point: the price self-selects serious, settled, low-time-preference holders, it keeps the program small and aligned rather than mass-market, and the contribution funds a sovereign Bitcoin treasury. The figure is flat across family size, not a tiered upsell. Each additional applicant adds only $999, and the 21 CBI advisory fee is a flat $50,000 (5%). The Freedom Passport is built for the Bitcoiner who already holds the money and wants sovereignty, privacy, and a Bitcoin-native state, not the cheapest passport on the market.
Is the $1,000,000 contribution the same for a whole family?
Yes. The contribution is a flat $1,000,000 regardless of family size; it is not tiered or priced per head. Each additional applicant adds only $999 in processing, so an individual is $1,050,000 all-in, a couple is $1,050,999, a family of three is $1,051,998, and a family of four is $1,052,997, each figure including the flat $50,000 advisory fee. A family does not pay multiples of the contribution. One contribution, one family, permanent and hereditary citizenship. The full breakdown sits on the pricing page.
What makes the Freedom Passport different from other citizenship programs?
It is the only citizenship-by-investment program in the world administered by a national Bitcoin Office, a cabinet-level institution led by Director Stacy Herbert, in coordination with the Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería (DGME). The contribution settles natively in Bitcoin or USDT, direct to the government wallet. El Salvador is a Non-CRS jurisdiction with 0% capital gains on Bitcoin, 0% income tax on Bitcoin earnings, and 0% inheritance and wealth tax. The citizenship is permanent and hereditary. The passport reaches 132 destinations, Henley Passport Index #36 as of June 2026 (henleyglobal.com/passport-index), including full Schengen, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Hong Kong.
Who is the El Salvador Freedom Passport for?
It is for the millionaire Bitcoiner who already holds the money and values sovereignty, privacy, and alignment over price: a settled, low-time-preference holder who wants a Bitcoin-native state and can make a $1,000,000 contribution without strain. It is honestly not for anyone shopping on price, anyone who would have to strain to make the contribution, or anyone who would lose sleep over an irreversible $1,000,000 decision. The price is the filter, and that is the point. You either have the money or you do not. To test the fit honestly, see the program fit page.
How is the $1,000,000 paid, and in what currency?
The $1,000,000 government contribution is payable in Bitcoin (BTC) or USDT only, settled on-chain direct to the government wallet. There is no fiat path for the contribution itself, and no other stablecoin is accepted. The separate 21 CBI advisory fee of $50,000 may be paid in BTC, Lightning, USDT, or fiat, and is due at approval. This is Bitcoin-native settlement to a sovereign treasury, the way a Bitcoiner expects to move value. The mechanics are on the pay-in-Bitcoin page.
What tax and privacy treatment comes with El Salvador citizenship?
El Salvador is a Non-CRS jurisdiction; it does not participate in the Common Reporting Standard. For foreign investors the country applies 0% capital gains on Bitcoin, 0% income tax on Bitcoin earnings, 0% inheritance and wealth tax, and 0% VAT on Bitcoin, and it has been dollarized since 2001. These are specific zero-rate treatments, not a blanket tax holiday: your home-country tax obligations may still apply depending on your residency, and this page is not legal or tax advice. The 0% foreign-investor capital-gains treatment was retained after the 2025 amendments to the Bitcoin Law. The full picture is on the tax page and the Non-CRS page.
Are El Salvador and Vanuatu really the only Bitcoin citizenship programs?
In our view, yes. El Salvador is the only Bitcoin-native citizenship-by-investment program, settled in BTC or USDT direct to a sovereign Bitcoin treasury and administered by a national Bitcoin Office. Vanuatu is the Bitcoin-friendly option, handled through our sister desk at cbi.vu. For a Bitcoiner weighing budget and need, those are the two on the planet, and passport.sv and its ecosystem cover both. El Salvador is for the holder who wants the Bitcoin-native state and will pay the highest price in the category to have it. The comparison is on the El Salvador and Vanuatu page.
Is the $1,000,000 contribution refundable, and how long does the process take?
The contribution is non-refundable and the decision is irreversible, which is exactly why we ask you to be certain before a single sat moves. The process is fully remote and takes six to eight weeks. The passport is valid for six years and is renewable; the citizenship itself is permanent and hereditary. One in-country visit is required every five years, and no relocation is required. Approvals are capped at 1,000 per year, which keeps the program deliberately small.
The most expensive on purpose.
If a million dollars reads as alignment rather than a stretch, and you want the Bitcoin-native state rather than the cheapest passport, the next step is a confidential session with Adam, where the first call goes straight to your file and your fit, not a sales script.