Golden visas
Residence by investment, grouped by outcome.
73 countries currently offer a mapped residence-by-investment route. Start with what the permit can become, then open a country guide for its investment options, presence rules, and sources. Direct citizenship for investment has its own page.
52 count toward citizenship · 14 toward PR · 7 TR
Can feed citizenship 52
The permit itself is not citizenship; qualifying time can count toward ordinary naturalization.
- Andorra1 programme · from EUR 1M
- Anguilla3 programmes · entry thresholds vary
- Australia1 programme · from AUD 5M
- Austria2 programmes · from EUR 100k
- Bahamas3 programmes · from BSD 1M
- Barbados3 programmes · from USD 300k
- Brazil1 programme · from BRL 1M
- Bulgaria1 programme · from EUR 512k
- Canada2 programmes · from CAD 1.2M
- Cayman Islands4 programmes · entry thresholds vary
- Chile1 programme · from USD 500k
- Colombia2 programmes
- Costa Rica2 programmes · from USD 150k
- Cyprus1 programme · from EUR 300k
- Denmark1 programme
- Dominican Rep.1 programme · from USD 200k
- Ecuador1 programme · from USD 48.2k
- Egypt1 programme · from USD 100k
- Fiji1 programme
- Finland1 programme
- France2 programmes · entry thresholds vary
- Georgia3 programmes · entry thresholds vary
- Germany1 programme
- Greece1 programme · from EUR 400k
- Hungary1 programme · from EUR 250k
- Indonesia5 programmes · entry thresholds vary
- Ireland1 programme · from EUR 50k
- Italy1 programme · from EUR 250k
- Japan2 programmes · from JPY 30M
- Kenya1 programme · from USD 100k
- Latvia1 programme · from EUR 280k
- Lithuania2 programmes · from EUR 14k
- Luxembourg4 programmes · entry thresholds vary
- Mauritius1 programme · from USD 50k
- Mexico1 programme · from USD 320k
- Montserrat1 programme · from XCD 400k
- New Zealand3 programmes · entry thresholds vary
- Panama2 programmes · entry thresholds vary
- Paraguay1 programme · from USD 150k
- Peru1 programme
- Portugal1 programme · from EUR 500k
- Romania1 programme
- Seychelles1 programme
- Singapore2 programmes · from SGD 10M
- Sint Maarten1 programme · from ANG 900k
- South Korea3 programmes · entry thresholds vary
- Switzerland1 programme
- Taiwan4 programmes · entry thresholds vary
- Turks and Caicos Islands2 programmes · entry thresholds vary
- Ukraine1 programme
- United Kingdom1 programme
- United States of America4 programmes · entry thresholds vary
Can lead to permanent residence 14
A recorded path reaches permanent residence, but its time is not currently recorded as counting toward citizenship.
- Azerbaijan1 programme
- Bahrain1 programme · from BHD 130k
- Bermuda1 programme · from BMD 2.5M
- China1 programme · from USD 500k
- Gibraltar1 programme
- Hong Kong1 programme · from HKD 30M
- Isle of Man1 programme
- Jersey1 programme
- Kyrgyzstan1 programme
- Macao1 programme · from MOP 15M
- Rwanda1 programme
- Saudi Arabia4 programmes · entry thresholds vary
- Sri Lanka1 programme
- Uganda1 programme
Temporary stay only 7
No PR or citizenship credit is currently recorded for these programmes.
Ended programmes 2
Golden visas churn. Programmes close under EU pressure, housing politics, or security review; a closed programme still being marketed is a red flag.