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Residence granted to investors who meet a statutory investment threshold, most commonly in Europe. Thresholds, residence obligations and the route to permanent residence or citizenship differ from country to country.
13 Oct 2026
After the 7 October hearing, Lusa reported 6,000 investment residence cases dealt with; the minister put the backlog at 46,000 when he took office. The 13% rests on unverified figures from different points in time.
Read →13 Oct 2026
January–August ministry figures show 3,426 new main-investor applications against 5,333 in 2025 and 7,686 main-investor files pending against 13,906. PASOK says its bid to end the property route was rejected.
Read →9 Oct 2026
Latvia asks €50,000 in a company plus €10,000 to the state, if the firm pays €40,000 a year in tax. Four more start at €250,000 for specific uses; Malta adds €99,000 in charges, Cyprus €50,000 a year in income.
Read →8 Oct 2026
Latvia's new law omits property purchases as a ground for new investor permits; Greece, Cyprus and Malta retain home-based options, subject to investment and eligibility requirements.
Read →4 Oct 2026
Up to half the minimum investment may be withdrawn a year after the 10-year visa is issued; a separate one-year remote-work visa asks the main applicant for a monthly remittance of at least USD 2,000.
Read →7 Sep 2026
From 1 July 2027, against today's 3%, the announced rate would add €96,000 in tax on an €800,000 taxable value — the investor threshold in Attica, Thessaloniki and the larger islands. No bill is yet tabled.
Read →5 Sep 2026
Two of the four Gulf jurisdictions compared here grant permanent residence from the outset, which makes Kuwait's ceiling of 15 years less generous than it reads, and none of the four promises nationality.
Read →4 Sep 2026
A government resolution orders the rules to be drafted while the rate and the threshold remain unpublished, and the guest investor permit does not by itself establish tax residence.
Read →29 Aug 2026
Portugal uses public-system registration, Dubai mandates insurance, and Singapore brings permanent residents into MediShield Life with limits and patient liability.
Read →23 Aug 2026
The word is settled one layer down from the programme page: in a general immigration law, an administrative manual or a partnership statute. In two of five routes, no immigration text read names the clause.
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