New Portugal Golden Visa Rules to Take Effect Within Days Following Promulgation Last Night
Out of veto options, Portugal’s President last night finally signed the new housing bill into law, enacting the new golden visa rules.
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Empowered Startups: Matching Entrepreneurs With R&D Startups for Residency in Portugal
The HQA Visa opens a pathway to residency in Portugal for entrepreneurs and their families and helps Portugal stay ahead of the tech curve.
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Portugal Golden Visa Approval Volume in August Slowest in 2 Years as Government Goes on Holiday Mode
The SEF tackled only about 0.8% of its backlog of unprocessed applications in August. Meanwhile, hundreds of new applications piled up.
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A Presidential Veto: Portuguese Golden Visa Program Lives to Fight Another Day
From our partners at Mercan Properties. The most realistic scenario now is for the new golden visa rules to take effect in early October.
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Portuguese Golden Visa Reforms Postponed Until September as President Vetoes “More Housing” Bill
Parliament is likely to finally push through legislation next month, at which point golden visa real estate investment will be off the table.
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Portugal Golden Visa Eyes Record Year as Approvals in 2023 Already Approach 1,000
By the end of the 7th month of 2023, the SEF had approved 962 golden visas, already significantly more than the 865 approved in all of 2021.
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Portugal Golden Visa Funds Beyond Real Estate: Invest in Football Clubs, Entertainment, or Renewable Energy
Golden Visa funds must now limit their real estate exposure. Bluecrow details the most attractive sectors for fund investments going forward.
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Why You Should Pivot to the Portugal HQA Visa™ with Empowered Startups
Where investor immigrants are viewed with skepticism, entrepreneurs are welcomed and admired. Pivot to the HQA and make the loss of Golden Visa irrelevant.
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Portuguese Parliament Okays Housing Bill in Final Vote: Q&A On What Happens Next for Golden Visa Investors
All that remains for the golden visa changes to take effect is promulgation by the President. Here are answers to your questions about the golden visa’s future.
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In Final Text, Funds Still Qualify for Portugal Golden Visa But Cannot Invest in Real Estate
The final text of the bill set to pass next week prohibits funds from investing in real estate. But the program could still have several months left.
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Why It’s Really Time to Steer Away from the Golden Visa
Those caught off-guard by golden visa’s end haven’t been listening to Portugal. The future is in entrepreneur-investor business incubation.
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Portugal’s €4bn Golden Visa Backlog Would Take Until 2030 to Finish Processing, Insider Reveals
A source at the SEF says the agency has 7,802 pending applications. At current rates, processing these will take 6.8 years.
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Portugal Citizenship Requests Surge by 37% in 2022 as Foreign Population Approaches 800,000
Requests for Portuguese nationality rose 37% to an all-time high of 74,506 in 2022. Authorities approved 98.6% of citizenship applications.
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Portugal Govt. Proposes to Keep Golden Visa After All, Eliminating Only Real Estate, Capital Transfer Options
The same governing party that introduced the bill to end the golden visa in the first place is now proposing to keep most of the program.
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Portugal Golden Visa on Track for Record Year: Approvals Hit 3-Year High in May, Buoyed by British Investors
Jerry Morgan of Mercan, the PGV’s biggest developer, says it’s been a “traumatic” year but that he’s “cautiously optimistic” about the future.
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Portugal Approves 12,000th Golden Visa as Total Investment Approaches EUR 7 Billion
British investors are becoming more numerous and have now appeared in the monthly top-five nationalities list for 6 of the last 8 months.
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Portuguese Govt. Yields on Golden Visa Retroactivity and 183-day Presence in Housing Bill’s Final Wording
No retroactivity for post-February 16th applications, 7-days-a-year presence requirement preserved, and cultural investment visas kept.
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Q1 Figures Show Portugal on Track to Approve All-Time Record Number of Golden Visas in 2023
Portugal is likely to approve a record number of applications in 2023. As long as the housing bill in its current form doesn’t pass, that is.
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The Proposal to Close the Golden Visa is Unconstitutional And Will Not Solve Portugal’s Housing Crisis
Patricia Casaburi points out that it’s ironic that golden visas are blamed for the housing crisis in Lisbon and Porto, where prices have risen sharply since these cities were excluded from the program.
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Portuguese Govt. Insists on Feb 16th Cut-Off, 183-Day Presence for Golden Visa in Final “More Housing” Draft Bill
If the law is approved, investors will not get what they paid for. It’s “a violation of basic constitutional rights,” says one lawyer.
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