Apply for your Portugal Golden Visa and get on the track to Permanent residency and Portuguese Citizenship.
The Golden Visa to Portugal is a golden residence permit that allows you to reside and work in Portugal and free travel within Europe.
Secure it by making a portugal investment visa in Portugal for 5 years with the support of a dedicated portugal golden visa lawyer.
The golden visa law is still active and will continue to be possible to apply for it.
There are now restrictions for investing in real estate. This is related with a public perception that the increase in real estate price could be related with excessive investment through the golden visa schemme.
The Portuguese Parliament has once again endorsed the changes to Portugal's Golden Visa programme, which came into force in October 2023.
To qualify for the Portugal Golden Visa, the following routes are available:
A. Creation of at least 10 job positions
B. A transfer of capital for research activities carried out by public or private scientific institutions must be €500,000 or greater;
C. Capital transfers of €250,000 or more can be made to support the artistic production.
To qualify for the Portugal Golden Visa, the following routes are available:
Capital transfersequal to or greater than €500,000, intended for acquiring participation units in investment funds (non-real estate collective investment entities) or venture capital funds focused on the capitalisation of companies;
Capital transfers in the amount equal or superior to €500,000, destined to the incorporation of a commercial company with the creation of five permanent jobs, or to increase the share capital of a commercial company with headquarters in the national territory, already existing, with the creation of five permanent jobs or maintenance of 10 permanent jobs, for a minimum period of three years.
The extinction of the Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF) has been carried out with a lot of ink over the last two years, when the end of this service was approved in Parliament. And now it's really official. The SEF was even abolished on October 29th and all its police and administrative functions will now be carried out by other institutions. One of them is the recently created Agency for Integration, Migrations and Asylum (AIMA), which will be responsible for requests for residence permits from foreign citizens arriving in Portugal.
The Portugal Golden Visa program is still active and accepting applications. However, there were changes proposed to the program that affected the eligibility criteria and investment options. These changes have come into effect and with them the real estate option is no longer available. Currently there are a few new options to invest, but possibly the golden visa funds will receive the vast majority of the new applicants.
There are many reasons why the Portuguese visa scheme is so attractive to investors. With the recently lowered investment amounts, the options for investing have increased. There is also the appeal of the low minimum stay requirements, which allow applicants to live wherever they choose while still staying on track towards permanent residency and Portuguese citizenship.
Since the Portuguese authorities have changed the real estate investment routes to Portuguese residency many aplicants are chasing the golden visa fund investment option.
The minimum amount is 500.000 euros and there are plenty of options to choose.
This is also a possible way to expose your investments to companies realted with agriculture, healthcare, start-ups or joint-ventures, while allowing a dedicated manager to get yield on your funds during the 5 years period.
By investing in a investment fund for the portuguese golden visa you avoid the real estate transaction tax cost and anual managment fees to run a property.
Most of this funds offer considerable higher interest on your investment.
We provide legal services by a dedicated portuguese law team, that has proven track record working with the portuguese immigration department.
We overview all the investment phase and after we make sure we fill a sucessful aplication on the portuguese immigration department for you to be able to get the investment resident card.
The Portugal Golden Visa program provides a fast track for non EU residents and investors to obtain a residency permit and citizenship rights. Since its launch in 2012, the Golden Visa Portugal program has granted many investors with an expedited residency permit allowing free travel access within a majority of European countries (Schengen area).
There are many advantages and benefits to obtaining a Portuguese Golden Visa. In addition to the ability to live and work in Portugal, qualifying applicants can travel freely though Portugal and all 26 European countries included in the Schengen area. Visa benefits are extended to family members with no additional investment required. Applicants can apply for permanent residency and citizenship after five years without the need of living in Portugal. Plus, there are extremely minimum stay periods required for the renewal of a residency permit.
In addition to helping you obtain a Golden Visa to Portugal we also provide a variety of professional services through the support of our law office. We provide tax advisory services, document legalization, apostille services and translations. We are a one-stop-shop in legal services related with immigration namely the Golden Visa to Portugal.