Overview
━━ Type: Portugal Golden Visa Program
━━ Minimum Investment: EUR 250,000
━━ Processing Time: 6-12 months
━━ Total Duration: 5 years of residence, after which applicants may apply for permanent residency or Portuguese citizenship. The residence permit is valid for 2 years initially and renewable for an additional 3 years.
━━ Stay Requirement: 14 days in the first 2 years and 21 days in the following 3 years (total of 35 days over 5 years).
Benefits
━━ After 5 years, applicants can apply for Portuguese citizenship while retaining other citizenships.
━━ Visa-Free throughout the Schengen Area.
━━ Low physical presence requirement as only 35 days are required over 5 years to maintain residence.
━━ Spouse, dependent children and parents can be included in the application.
Main requirements
━━ Must be over the age of 18
━━ Evidence of sufficient funds to meet the selected investment requirement.
━━ Must have no criminal record or Schengen entry bans.
━━ Must maintain the investment for a period of 5 years.
━━ Must be present in Portugal for 14 days during the first two years and 21 days for the subsequent three years.
Investment options
Option 1: Capital Transfer:
The following options exist under capital transfer:
━━ EUR 500,000 investment in the acquisition of an investment fund or venture capital fund committed to the capitalization of companies incorporated under the Portuguese law, with a maturity of at least five years and with at least 60% of the investment portfolio in companies with a registered office in the national territory (real estate entities do not apply)
━━ EUR 500,000 for research activities of public or private entities that are part of the national scientific and technological system (EUR 400,000 in a low-density area* )
━━ EUR 250,000 in artistic production or cultural heritage support (EUR 200,000 in a low-density area*)
Option 2: Business
━━ Create 10 new jobs (8 jobs in a low-density area*)
━━ Invest EUR 500,000 in the incorporation of a commercial company that is registered and headquartered in Portugal, creating a minimum of five permanent jobs for a period of three years (or for the increase of the share capital of a company already incorporated and headquartered in Portugal, creating at least five permanent jobs or maintaining at least ten jobs for three years)
* Low-Density Area means areas with fewer than 100 inhabitants per km² or GDP per capita below 75% of the national average.
The Application Process:
- Select your investment option
- Make investment
- Make a residence permit application
- Visit the country to provide biometrics.
- Approval of application
- Issuance of residence permit document
