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Portugal’s Golden visa investment surpasses 3.5 billion euros

Portugal’s golden visa scheme is one of the most popular and successful residency schemes in Europe requiring a property investment of €350,000 or capital transfer.

Spain, Greece, Malta, Cyprus, Latvia have golden visa schemes running in Europe. Golden visas demand have also boosted property prices in Lisbon and other cities. EU/EEA nationals are not eligible to apply for golden visa scheme in Portugal. Non-EU persons investing in Golden visa scheme can receive Portuguese citizenship/passport after 6 years, provided all conditions are met.

The total investment received from 8th of October 2012 to the 31st january 2018 under Golden visa scheme has surpassed €3,5 billion euros, according to latest figures from SEF.  Chinese investment alone between 2013 and 2017 reached 2.06 billion euros, Xinhua reported. Portugal’s Algarve region and Valletta, Malta were listed as surprising top 10 european destination cities to retire abroad by Forbes

The breakdown of the total investment of €3,510,435,683,13,

  • €334.029.367,45 by capital transfer
  • €3.176.406.315,68€ by purchasing a real estate property
  • 5397  ARI by acquiring real estate
  • 311  ARI by transferring capital
  • 9  ARI by creating, at least,10 job positions

Residence permits

Total residence permits 5717

Residence permits for pursuing investment activities (ARI)

  • 2012 – 2
  • 2013 – 494
  • 2014 – 1526
  • 2015 – 766
  • 2016 – 1414
  • 2017 – 1351
  • 2018 – 164

9559 Residence permits to family members (family reunication)

  • 2013 – 576
  • 2014 – 2395
  • 2015 – 1322
  • 2016 – 2344
  • 2017 – 2678
  • 2018 – 244

Main Nationalities

  • China – 3645
  • Brazil – 493
  • South Africa – 228
  • Russia – 200
  • Turkey – 131

Source: SEF

Prabhu Balakrishnan
Prabhu Balakrishnan
Founder of Citizenship by Investment Journal. Chief Editor with over 15 years experience in PR and News publishing. He Loves writing about citizenship, residency and wealth migration. CIP Journal is a Leading publication founded in 2017 bringing latest news from CBI/RBI market.

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