Portugal’s Golden Visa permit offers the following investment options:-

The investor may purchase real estate valued at a minimum of 500,000 EUR.

• For a property valued above 500,000 EUR/350000 EUR, the Property Purchase tax i.e. the Property transfer tax is 6 percent.
• The stamp duty rate to be paid by the investor is 0.8 percent.
• Besides, the investor is also required to pay an application fee of 517 EUR.
• The fee for family process is 80 EUR.
• The investor is also required to buy a Public Deed worth 300 EUR.
• The registry cost incurred is 225 EUR.
• There is a Visa Initial issue fee of 5,174 EUR.
• For years 1 to 3, the Visa renewal fee per applicant is 2,587 EUR.
• For years 3 to 5, the Visa renewal fee per applicant is 2,587 EUR.
• After completion of 5 years, the government application fees for permanent residency and citizenship is as follows:-

1. The permanent residency fee per applicant is 350 EUR.
2. 250 EUR per applicant have to be paid for the grant of citizenship.

• The processing time for obtaining the residency permit is just 4 to 6 months.
• All investor visa holders enjoy the liberty to travel, work and live in all Schengen areas.
• An investor is free to register and run a business in all Schengen countries.
• For those family members who are dependent on the investor, such as his or her spouse, children, parents etc., the investor may extend the application with there being no further investment requirements.
• The minimum stay requirement to be fulfilled by the investor is fairly low, just 7 days in the first year and 14 days in the following periods of two years.
• Throughout the 5 years, the investor enjoys rental returns.
• After completion of 5 years, there is provision for permanent residency.
• Also, after completion of 6 years, the investor may be granted the citizenship of Portugal.
• The investor can enjoy visa free travel to the following countries:-

Americas

Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dom. Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, St. Eustatius & Saba, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Isl., Venezuela, and Virgin Isl. (British).

Africa

Botswana, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Jordan, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mayotte, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Reunion, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Asia

Armenia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Hong Kong (SAR China), Iran, Israel, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, and South Korea.

Schengen Areas

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.

Oceania

Cook Island, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Isl., Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.

Europe

Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland (Rep.), Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Macedonia (FYROM), Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and United Kingdom.