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8 Best Golden Visa Programs in Europe

European golden visa secures you the right to settle down and live and, in many cases, work in your new country.

Top Tier Golden Visa Countries

Hot Invest in Latvia

LATVIA

  • Most affordable option
  • From €60,000
  • Investment: Business, property
  • Time: 3 months
How to get a Latvian residency?
2024 Hungarian residency

HUNGARY

  • 10-year residence permit
  • From €250,000
  • Investment: Bond, property
  • Time: 2 months
Guest Investor Program
Permanent Malta Pr

MALTA

  • Immediate PERMANENT residency
  • From €125,000
  • Investment: Donation
  • Time: 9-12 months
More about Malta PR
Germany Germany golden visa

GERMANY

  • Europe's Leading Country
  • From €280,000
  • Investment: Business
  • Time: 4-9 months
Benefits of Germany PR
Citizenship Portugal Golden Visa

PORTUGAL

  • Citizenship after 5 years
  • From €500,000
  • Investment: Fund
  • Time: 12 months
Benefits of Portugal Golden Visa
Italy golden visa

ITALY

  • An alternative
  • From €60,000
  • Investment: No
  • Time: 4-8 months
Eligibility of Italian Golden Visa
Greek Golden Visa

GREECE

  • Totally online
  • From €280,000
  • Investment: Property
  • Time: 4-6 months
Details of Greek Golden Visa
Cyprus PR

CYPRUS

  • Profitable investment
  • From €300,000
  • Investment: Property
  • Time: 4 months
How to get Cyprus PR?

What are the main benefits of a European Golden Visa (residence permit)?

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Safe Future for Your Family

Always have a plan B and get a European residency, which is the most satisfying alternative. Europe offers stability, safety and many other advantages.

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European Education

Your children will have access to the highly-developed European education system at a moderate price.

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European Life

Change your life by living in Europe. Have access to all European opportunities and live in safety and security.

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Free Movement in Europe

Get the freedom of travel. You are allowed to travel throughout the Schengen countries freely.

WHICH IS THE BEST EUROPEAN GOLDEN VISA FOR YOU?

Your ultimate guide to finding the most suitable option

Residency or Citizenship Program List Quick Guide Tools

Residency or citizenship?

Citizenship

European citizenship provides free settlement and life in any European Union (EU) country. That means you may live and work (be employed); your children can access education in any EU country. With your European passport, you can travel visa-free in most countries in the world. For example, Malta citizenship offers visa-free travel to 188 countries and eTA to the USA. As you see,  European Union citizenship is very precious. Unfortunately, a second EU passport is quite expensive. Find more about European citizenship by investment programs.


Residency

European permanent and temporary residence by investment (golden visas) secure you the right to settle down and live and, in many cases, work in your new country -- but only in that country. Please note that a permanent residence permit does not give you the right to live, settle, or work in ANY European country. You may have access to the medical system; your children can go to school in that country. You will be a European resident, so you have free access to Europe to Europe as a traveller and also as a businessman. Holding a European residence permit makes travelling throughout Europe easy and free, as well as obtaining visas to other countries, e.g. USA and UK.


Temporary or permanent residence permit?

We have received many questions about permanent residency. There is a fake news that permanent residency allows to live and work in any European country. It is not true. Both temporary and permanent residency offer you almost the same rights and benefits that citizens enjoy. The only exceptions are the freedom to live and work in any European country, voting in national government elections and hold a European passport.

As its name indicates, the temporary residence permit is limited in time (usually 1-5 years), while the permanent residence permit is issued for your life. Regarding your rights, temporary and permanent residencies are the same. A temporary permit should be renewed after expiration which may take time and additional costs.


Residence permit or work permit or visa?

A residence permit is your permit to be a resident in the country. The work permit is permission to be employed (to get a job) in the country. If you do your own business, you do not need any work permit as another company does not employ you. Some resident permits (Latvia, Malta, etc.) enable you to work there, while others (Greece, Cyprus, etc.) do not allow you to work there.

European visa or Golden visa are nicknames of European residency programmes. European visa programmes offer you and your family EU residency permanently or temporarily. You will have the right to live, in many cases, work in your new country of residence and travel visa-free throughout the Schengen area of the EU.

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How can you get the best golden visa in Europe?

Here is your quick guide to decision

It is not easy to select the best residence program for you as there are too many factors you should consider. We have gained much experience during the last 10+ years meeting and talking with hundreds of clients. We can help you to find the best option in an easy and fast way. Frankly, you should consider only two main factors: your desire and your budget. What you wish and what you can get. Hope and reality. Let us see them in detail.

Budget

Your budget makes you solid and practical. If you have 100,000 USD and want to buy a luxury apartment in New York's best place — you will fail. Your budget will determine what options are and are not available for you. So your budget — the maximum amount of money you can spend — will divide the residency options into two parts: available — and not available.

Desire (wish list)

Of course, you would like to have everything. Residence by investment programmes are far from perfection; they cannot offer everything. To know your wish list is critical. Create your list and know how important one or the other element is. You have to set up your priorities. With your wish list, you can find the most appropriate option.


You may consider the following questions to clarify your wish list:

General questions

  • Do you have a clean police record?
  • Are you able to prove the clean source of your fund?
  • Do you want to include your family (spouse, children, parents)?
  • What type of investment do you prefer?
  • Do you want to do business in Europe?
  • Do you want to use the residence permit for travelling only, or do you want to move to the country and live there?

Questions for settlement

  • Is it a safe country? Is there any racism?
  • Can I get citizenship?
  • What is the climate of the country?
  • What are the living costs?
  • Will I survive with my English?
  • Are there good schools for my children?
  • How much tax should I pay?

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DECISION TOOLS

Tools to compare residency by investment (RBI) programs


Which family members can be included?

Who? Cyprus Greece Hungary Italy Latvia Malta Portugal Spain
Spouse Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Minor Children Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Adult Children -25 -21 No -24 No dependent full-time student full-time student
Dependent Parents 65 Yes No 65 No Yes 65 Yes
Spouse's Parents 65 Yes No No No Yes No No

Dependent means financially dependent. Children must be at a higher level of education.


What types of investments are available?

Investment (euro) Cyprus Greece Hungary Latvia Malta Portugal Spain
Property 300,000 250,000 500,000 250,000 - - 500,000
Business - 400,000 - 50,000 - 500,000 -
Bond - 400,000 250,000 - - 500,000 2,000,000
Bank Deposit - 400,000 - - - - 1,000,000
Donation - - 1,000,000 - 68,000 250,000 -

Property investment is the minimum buying price of the property


Countries offering permanent residence or temporary residence

  Cyprus Greece Hungary Italy Latvia Malta Portugal Spain
Initial status Permanent Permanent 5 yrs Temporary 10yrs Temporary 1yr Temporary 5yrs Permanent Temporary 1yr Visa 1yr
Renewal No need

Every 5yrs
Property should be kept

Every 10yrs

Every year

Every 5yrs
Investment should be kept

No need

Every 2yrs
Investment should be kept

Every 2yrs
Investment should be kept

Update to permanent No need No need No 5 yrs continuous living 5 yrs continuous living No need 5 yrs 5 yrs continuous living
Update to citizenship 7 yrs continuous living 7 yrs continuous living 8 yrs continuous living 10 yrs continuous living 10 yrs continuous living 18 yrs continuous living 5 yrs 10 yrs continuous living
Work Permit No No Yes No Yes Yes No No

Continuous living means that you should actually live in the country and spend most of the time there.

Spain issues a visa for the first year, which a temporary permit will replace after one year.


How easy is to do business in the country?

NOTE: if you establish a business in any of the below countries, you can do business in ANY European country.

Cyprus Greece Latvia Malta Portugal Spain
Easiness of Doing Business% 92 85 101 83 96 98
Total Tax% 46 106 73 90 81 96
Relative Ranking 2 6 1 5 3 4

Easiness of Doing Business% is compared to Germany (=100%) -- the higher, the better.

Total Tax% is the total amount of tax to be paid (Germany is 100%) -- the lower, the better.

Relative Ranking means the overall ranking among the countries.


How easy and fast is the process?

Cyprus Greece Italy Latvia Malta Portugal Spain
Time (months) 3-4 4-6  4-8  3 9-12 12  4
Requirements Moderate Moderat Moderate Easy High Moderate Moderate

Safety

Cyprus Greece Italy Latvia Malta Portugal Spain
Global Peace Index 61 66 32 35 NA 4 31
Legatum Safety 44 31 23 35 22 29 28
Numbeo Safety 33 66 68 45 49 29 36
Average Safety 46 54 41 38 36 21 32

Scores are expressed as rankings. Source: Global Peace Index, The Legatum Prosperity Index, Numbeo


Living in the country issues

Cyprus Greece Latvia Malta Portugal Spain
3 bedrooms apartment in the capital city (euro/month) 715 600 480 1300 1100 1100
Monthly cost for a family of 4 (very good level) (euro/month) 2510 2150 2000 2700 2000 2300
Living Conditions Score 90 88 88 95 91 94
Quality of Health Care Score 80 79 71 82 79 82
Quality of Environment Score 57 66 70 61 60 61
Quality of Education Score 78 75 81 78 77 83
Climate subtropical Mediterranean continental Mediterranean Mediterranean Mediterranean

Scores are expressed on a scale of 100. Source: The Legatum Prosperity Index


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Where are the countries offering residency?

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