Recently, the Portuguese Immigration Bureau updated the golden visa data for May.
In May 2022, a total of 112 main applicants and 138 subsidiary applicants were approved for golden visas, the investment amount was 53.8 million euros.
The top five countries with the most applications this month are China (17), the United States (16), Brazil (10), Lebanon (8), India (7), and other nationalities.
Among all the approved applicants, 93 applicants were obtained through house purchase immigration, with an investment amount of 44.955 million euros, of which 28.0616 million euros of funds flowed into the 500,000 euro house purchase immigration project, accounting for 62.4%; 16.8934 million euros funds flowed into old house renovation projects worth 350,000 euros, accounting for 37.6%. In addition, 19 people used capital transfer, including 3 people through bank deposits, and 16 people through fund purchases. Note that in terms of amount, the applications approved in May 2022 are still applications submitted before the new law takes effect.
Portugal’s golden visa lasted for 10 years and is well-known
At the same time, the Immigration Bureau also updated the overall data from the implementation of the golden residence policy in October 2012 to the present.
html Over the past 110 years, the Golden Visa has become one of the longest-lasting European investment and residence programs. So far, 10,748 main applicants have been approved for golden visas. Among them, Chinese applicants are 5,109, accounting for more than 50%. This shows that Chinese investors love and recognize Portuguese projects.
Through it, Portugal has attracted a total of 6.338 billion euros in investment, of which 5.697 billion has directly affected the real estate market.
At present, Portugal’s new house purchase immigration policy has been officially implemented, which has narrowed the geographical scope of residential home purchase immigrants. Residential properties can only be purchased in inland areas, Madeira Islands and the Azores Islands. However, in popular cities such as Lisbon and Porto , you can still apply for a golden visa by purchasing commercial real estate, and the investment threshold remains unchanged.
According to the new immigration policy, can invest a minimum of 280,000 euros, and three generations of a family can obtain residence status. Not only can you travel freely to 26 Schengen countries, but you can also freely study, work, do business, and settle there. In one step, we can meet our multiple needs for identity configuration, education planning , elderly care, medical care, home purchase and settlement, etc., and help wealth appreciation.
Next, applicants with residence status can apply for naturalization after 5 years at the earliest . They only need to live for 7 days per year and Portuguese reaches A2 level (primary school student level). will be issued a Portuguese European Union Passport , enjoy the generous welfare benefits of EU citizens.
If you own a Portuguese passport, you can not only travel to 187 countries and regions (including the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom) visa-free, but also travel in 27 EU member states (including Germany, Austria, Italy, France, and Finland and other countries) and the 3 member states of the European Economic Area (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein), Switzerland, a total of 31 European countries, free movement, work and residence, and enjoy EU citizenship in EU countries Generous welfare benefits, 1=31! [666]
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It is the first choice for families who value the advantages of overseas status
However, the EU's "suppression" of golden visas in various countries continues. Whether the threshold will be raised again or closed in the future, no one knows I don’t know. But now, there is such an immigration project that is fast and can be applied for without leaving home. 小伟 I really hope that everyone will not miss the opportunity.
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