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Golden Visa real estate: residence, not a second passport

Search results for “Golden Visa”, “buy property get residency”, and “second passport real estate” mix three different legal outputs. This page uses pass2port seed records only: what is residence, what still accepts property, and what was closed. It is not a ranking and not a property listing.

Research disclaimer

pass2port provides research and advisory information only. It is not legal immigration representation. Requirements change and must be verified with the relevant authority. No outcome is guaranteed.

Last reviewed · 5 October 2026

01 · Output

Golden Visa means residence

A second passport is issued after a second nationality. A Golden Visa is a residence permit (or equivalent) issued after a qualifying investment or contribution. You can hold residence without ever holding that state’s passport. Read how to get a second passport and CBI versus residency by investment.

Tax residence is a third question. A permit does not, by itself, close a tax file. See second passport and tax.

02 · Property still on the seed record

Active RBI programmes with a real-estate route

Rows below are alphabetical by host country — not a cheapest-visa list. Amounts are confirmed seed floors or the programme’s published note. Verifying amounts are not printed as prices. Confirm every figure on the official source URL before acting.

03 · Funds and other qualifying capital

Active RBI where property is not the listed route

Portugal’s Golden Visa is the high-intent example: seed records Law 56/2023 as removing the real-estate route and keeping a EUR 500,000 CMVM-regulated fund path (AIMA / imigrante.aima.gov.pt, checked 2026-06-14). Hungary’s guest-investor record is a fund certificate, not a direct purchase.

  • Hungary Guest Investor Programme (Golden Visa)

    €250,000 · Hungary · checked 2026-06-14

    EUR 250,000 in approved real-estate fund certificates (5-year maturity)

    Seed: does not lead to citizenship.

  • Indonesia Golden Visa

    $350,000 · Indonesia · checked 2026-07-07

    USD 350,000 (5-year) or USD 700,000 (10-year) without a company; higher company and corporate tiers exist

  • Investor Visa for Italy

    €250,000 · Italy · checked 2026-07-07

    EUR 250,000 innovative startup; EUR 500,000 company; EUR 2,000,000 government bonds; EUR 1,000,000 philanthropic

  • Portugal Golden Visa (Residence by Investment)

    €500,000 · Portugal · checked 2026-06-14

    EUR 500,000 CMVM-regulated fund route (real-estate route removed 2023)

    Seed: a later naturalization path may exist. That is not a passport grant — read the programme record for status flags.

  • Saudi Investor Residency

    SAR 7,000,000 · Saudi Arabia · checked 2026-07-08

    SAR 7,000,000 ownership share plus ten qualifying employees

    Seed: does not lead to citizenship.

  • United States EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program

    $800,000 · United States · checked 2026-06-14

    TEA projects; $1,050,000 outside a TEA

    Seed: a later naturalization path may exist. That is not a passport grant — read the programme record for status flags.

04 · Citizenship property is a different statute

Caribbean CBI real estate is not a Golden Visa

Where a citizenship-by-investment unit publishes a developer or private real-estate floor, the output after diligence is nationality — if the application is approved. Donation floors on those programmes are typically lower than the real-estate floors. Compare five Eastern Caribbean records on /compare/caribbean-cbi and the ECCIRA 2026 note. Portugal versus Greece residence comparison: /compare/portugal-vs-greece. UAE versus Cyprus: /compare/uae-vs-cyprus.

05 · Closed property visas still rank in ads

Historical RBI records in seed

Closed, suspended, and paused routes are kept so they are not marketed as current. Seed examples include Spain’s Golden Visa (Organic Law 1/2025; ended 3 April 2025). Historical amounts are not current floors.

Full tracker: /closures. Same public fields: /data.

FAQ

Common questions

Is a Golden Visa a second passport?

No. A Golden Visa / residency-by-investment permit is residence. A second passport requires a second nationality. Some host states later allow naturalization after years of residence, language, and character tests; some do not. Confirm the citizenship field on the programme record.

Can I buy property and get citizenship?

Only where a citizenship-by-investment statute lists a qualifying real-estate route — that is CBI, not a Golden Visa. Caribbean CBI real-estate floors sit above donation floors and add holding-period and resale risk. A Golden Visa property purchase, where it still exists, is residence.

Does Portugal still have a Golden Visa property route?

No for new applications. pass2port seed records Law 56/2023 (Mais Habitação) as removing the real-estate Golden Visa route in 2023 and preserving a CMVM-regulated fund route. Confirm on AIMA before acting.

Is Greece still a real-estate Golden Visa?

Yes in seed as an active RBI programme under Law 5100/2024: zonal EUR 400,000 / EUR 800,000 floors, a 120 sqm minimum, and a short-let ban. The official migration.gov.gr Golden Visa portal has been recorded as stale. Confirm the live gazette, not a 2022 brochure.

Is pass2port legal immigration representation?

pass2port provides research and advisory information only. It is not legal immigration representation. Requirements change and must be verified with the relevant authority. No outcome is guaranteed.