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Portugal · Program
The “Golden Visa” is a Portuguese residency permit that, unlike others, depends specifically of the applicant’s investment in Portugal.
The GV gives its bearer the right to work and live in Portugal, as well as to travel in 26 European Countries (“Schengen Space”). Such rights are extended to family members and its attractiveness is related to the fact that it does not depend on the effective stay of the applicant in Portugal. In fact, applicants have only minimal stay requirements, but it gives its bearer and family the right to Permanent Residency after 5 years (during such period, a Temporary Residency permit will be issued), and citizenship after 6 years.
It should be noted that the investor and family members will always have to be present at the Service of Foreigners and Boarders of Portugal for fingerprinting, signature and other formalities.
Such residence license isn’t given upon the sole condition of investment, depending also on the applicant’s visa capacity, in case of non EU citizens.
Under these possibility, in order to obtain a GV, one must invest by acquiring real estate for the minimum purchase price of € 500.000,00, being possible to acquire several properties as long as the investment totalizes the aforementioned sum.
Applicants will have to meet the following general requirements:
Applicants will also have the following specific rights:
Transfer of capital from abroad in the minimum amount of € 1.000.000 (one million Euros);
Creation of a minimum of 10 (ten) permanent jobs in Portugal.
Schengen Space
The Schengen Space is a group of 26 European countries that have abolished passport and immigration controls at their common borders. The Schengen Space includes the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.
Under the GV programme, the investor’s family members may also apply and obtain a resident permit from Portugal by applying for “family reunion”. The GV will be extended to family members, namely children, spouse and dependent family members. The family members will also be eligible for Permanent Residency after 5 years and Portuguese Citizenship after 6 years.
The investor and family members will have to meet the following criteria in order to be able to apply for Permanent Residency in Portugal:
The Portuguese legislation sets out that any person who has been validly resident in Portugal for at least 6 (years (either under a temporary or permanent residency title), is eligible for obtaining Portuguese Citizenship.
In order to be able to obtain Portuguese Citizenship, the investor and family members will also have to comply with the following requirements:
Apart from the legal fees charged by our Law Firm (to be requested directly), the GV involves the payment of the following fees, which are payable directly to the Services of Foreigners and Borders (“SEF”):
Our services include legal assistance and representation in:
There are also specific criteria according to the grounds on which the application in submitted.
Our services include the gathering of all the forms and documents required for such purpose, establishing all the required communications as well as accompanying the client before the Portuguese Authorities, necessarily including the Services of Foreigners and Borders (“SEF”).
There are also specific criteria according to the grounds on which the application in submitted.
Our services include the gathering of all the forms and documents required for such purpose, establishing all the required communications as well as accompanying the client before the Portuguese Authorities, necessarily including the Services of Foreigners and Borders (“SEF”).
Capital : Lisbon
Native Language : Portuguese
Other Language : English, French
Government : Republic
Population : 10,500,000
Monetary Unit : Euro (EUR - EU's single currency)
Health & Welfare : Comprehensive social insurance including maternity leave, unemployment benefits, old age pensions, disability and survivor benefits, 100% paid medical and pharmaceutical expenses.
Economy & Jobs : Agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, manufacturing, construction, and tourism.
Main Attractions : Lisbon, Lagos beaches, Sintra town, and �vora walled town.
Immigration : Portuguese citizenship can be acquired in a number of ways. The most common are by descent, birth, marriage, extension of award, and business.
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