Residency by Investment Programme Comparison Chart

Residency by Investment Programmes are often referred to as ‘Golden Visas’ and provide individuals and their dependents with a residence permit and a variety of associated benefits in exchange for a wide range of investment and donation options. RBI Programmes usually have low minimum stay requirements, they are therefore ideal for establishing an alternative or second place of residence.

Please choose up to three countries from the drop-down boxes below.


Minimum Qualifying Investment Amount
Option 1 - New or existing company	NA
Option 2 - Property	NA
Option 3 - Qualifyiing Investment fund	NA
Option 4 - Bank deposits, sovereign debt, traded securities	NA
Option 5 - Donation	€70k or €100k (iii)
Maximum Age for Inclusion of Dependant Children above 18 yrs	26 years
Include Dependent Parents of the Main Applicant and Spouse	Yes
Personal Residential Property Purchase or Lease Requirement	Yes (iv)
Application Processing Time	4 - 6 months
Minimum Stay Requirements (average per annum)	NA
Visa Free Travel Throughout Within a Region	EU Schengen Area
Do applicants qualify to take local employment	No
Time before eligible to apply for Permanent Residency	4 - 6 months
Time before eligible to apply for Citizenship by Naturalisation	5 years (v)

(i) Option to apply for Schengen Visa at embassies in Cyprus

(ii) Citizenship applicants must lived permanently in Cyprus for 5 years within a 7 year period. Equivalent to 1825 days or 5 x 365.

(iii) €70k when purchasing a property, €100k when renting a property.

(iv) Purchase €350k or Lease €12k per annum. Reduced to €300k or €10k repectively if property is situated in Gozo or the south of Malta.

(v) Applicants for citizenship must have lived permanently in Malta for 4 out of the 5 years and cannot leave during the 12 months before submitting their application.

(vi) Portugal Invesment Requiremetns are Reduced by 20% when invested within an area designated as low density.

(vii) € 0 when employing 10 local employees or more or € 500,000 when employing 5 or more

(ix) If fully dependent, unmarried and in full time education/not working

(x) Citizenship applicants must have lived permanently in Spain for 10 years or from 2 years for those of Sephardic origin, from Ibero-American countries, the Equatorial Guinea, or the Philippines.

(xi) Unmarried daughters and children with special needs can be sponsored with no restrictions their age.

(xii) Holders must enter the UAE at least once every 180 days.

(xiii) Permenent residency issued to those who invest a minimum oF US$1,000,000 in property.