Golden Visa

Text: Chris Graeme The way that Portugal communicated the end of its famous Golden Visa and Non-Habitual Resident programmes in 2023 has widely been condemned as a disaster – a disaster for [...]

There has been a lot of talk in the overseas press that Portugal’s Golden Visa is dead; that is far from the truth. In 2023 many investors simply shifted from the property route which had been [...]

Portugal, a nation with a rich history and an enviable Mediterranean climate, has become a haven for foreign investors looking for opportunities in Europe. Over the last decade, Portugal has made [...]

The Portuguese government will retain its Golden Visa programme for qualifying investment funds. The scheme, which allow non-EU citizens to obtain residency rights and unlimited travel within the [...]

This is possibly the last post Essential Business will write about Portugal’s ARI scheme (Residency through Investment), generally called the Golden Visa. The programme was officially terminated [...]

August saw the lowest number of Golden Visas issued by the Portuguese government in return for investment in two years as the programme comes to and end. Only 64 visas were approved, the lowest [...]

An asset management company led by entrepreneur João Cota Dias has launched a new fund which aims to net €100 million from Portuguese and overseas investors. It will be the second venture capital [...]

Portugal’s government has decided to retain the Golden Visa programme for investors in venture capital funds. It means that while direct investment in real estate is now no longer eligible in [...]

Portugal’s Golden Visa programme did make it difficult for Portuguese nationals to have access to housing at affordable rates because it inflated house prices. This is according to a report [...]

Investment through Portugal’s Golden Visa programme more than doubled in March to €78.4 million and increased 42% in the second quarter according to Lusa basing its calculations on data from the [...]