Golden Visa

Portugal’s allure for affluent investors seeking its Golden Visa remains undimmed with demand set to increase by 20% in 2024, according to experts, even with real estate no longer [...]

After Portugal effectively axing its money-spinning Golden Visa scheme except for a fund investment option, Spain has now announced it will do the same. Says the BBC, Spanish government ministers [...]

The President of Portugal’s accountants association, Paula Franco, has asked the new centre-right government to fully restore Portugal’s successful and controversial Golden Visa programme. [...]

A study has identified the effect Portugal’s Golden Visa has had on house prices for properties worth €500,000, inflating them by up to 60%. The study from EUTAX says that while Residency by [...]

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 [...]