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Conditions for applying to Portugal Golden Visa 2025
The Portugal Golden Visa 2025 Program Unit presented a package of updates at the end of 2024 with the aim of accelerating the application process.
Given the attractiveness of the Portugal Golden Visa 2025 Program and the desire of investors for it, the Portugal Residency Agency Unit has made several improvements to the program to make it more efficient in light of the increase in applications.
With these changes, the Portugal Golden Visa Program will become one of the fastest residency programs in Europe, not only in terms of obtaining Portuguese citizenship, but also in terms of processing the file to start regular European residency.
Changes to the Portugal Golden Visa 2025 – P1
The most notable thing that the Portugal Golden Visa 2025 Agency, known as the Portuguese Agency for Integration, Immigration and Asylum, has done is to restructure the processing and analysis of applications, prioritizing the consideration of old applications and implementing these improvements at the end of 2024.
To adapt to the new changes, investors have been asked to review the status of their files, with some files being moved from review or acceptance to awaiting evaluation, to give investors the opportunity to consider missing requirements and meet them as soon as possible through the ARI portal with the assistance of the investor’s official representative.
Documents are currently required to be valid, certified and translated into Portuguese or English in addition to being legalized, or you will have to bring the originals with you to the interview if you have not legalized them. The two categories most affected by these regulations are anyone who has not completed the biometric data collection process and any new file submitted to the agency.
As a result of the policies of the old Portuguese Residency Agency, the new agency has faced many challenges in processing more than 400,000 pending cases. Since the creation of the new agency, more than 250,000 cases and family reunifications have already been processed, hoping to continue on the same path with new improvements in 2025.
Modifications to the Portugal Golden Visa 2025 – P2
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The new Portugal residency Agency held a meeting in January 2025 to discuss new updates, including:
✓ 5-year period to obtain Portuguese citizenship starting from the date of payment of the initial application fee.
✓ Full electronic transfer of the processing process with a transition period for pending files.
✓ Documents written in English, Spanish or French do not require translation.
✓ Final fees are paid at the time of biometric examination with the possibility of a refund in case of refusal.
Difference between Portugal Golden Visa 2025 and before it
Previously, applicants applied electronically with certified documents translated into Portuguese and waited for initial approval. After being accepted, they attended an interview to obtain biometric data, presented the original documents for verification, waited for a period for a second approval and were issued with a residence card.
Now the application is submitted online and a more comprehensive set of documents is presented than before, which can be translated into English or Portuguese. After the study period, an appointment is made to take biometric data and present any original document if it was not certified when sent electronically. Investors and their family members are then granted a residence permit in Portugal.
About the Portugal Golden Visa 2025
Portugal Visa Is program created in 2012, which offers investors and their family members residence and work in one of the most beautiful and oldest European countries known for its distinctive climate, delicious food, beautiful beaches, security and economic stability.
To obtain the Portugal Visa, applicants must invest either in non-real estate investment funds, in Portuguese scientific research, in Portuguese culture, or by creating jobs and establishing a company in Portugal for a cost of approximately 500,000 euros.
The holder of the Portugal Golden Visa 2025 has the possibility of unconditional residence, work and study in the Schengen area, benefiting from the European education and health system, and seeking Portuguese citizenship after several years of residence. The resident in Portugal also enjoys a generous tax regime and a high quality of life.
Steps to apply for Portugal Golden Visa 2025
After choosing the appropriate investment method from the above, investors must prepare and authenticate the documents from their country and then complete the investment process in the chosen method. Participants must then fill out the application and submit the documents through their authorized representative.
Applicants and their families then wait for a notification informing them of their visit to Portugal for the appointment. If the investor is not available within the specified period, a second appointment will be scheduled at a later date. During the interview, applicants’ biometric data will be collected and they will be asked to provide their application form, passport and original copies of any unverified documents. The processing time depends on several factors and after a period of processing, the Portuguese residence card will be approved and issued.
For more details on European residency by investment and citizenship by investment programs, contact one of the experts at Global Citizen Consultants, the authorized residency office in Portugal and the second citizenship programs for businessmen and those aspiring to freedom of movement around the world.
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Taher Shehab
As co-founder and CEO, Taher Shehab has guided Global Citizen Consultants to be a leader in providing citizenship by investment in over 20 territories, including the Caribbean.
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