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Residence by investment

Residency first.

Not every plan needs a passport on day one. A golden visa buys the right to live, bank and build ties now — and several mature into citizenship on their own clock. Often the smarter first move, always the cheaper one.

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The programmes we run

Six residence routes

Full programme pages are being rolled out — every route below is live for clients today via consultation.

Portugal Golden Visa

€500,000+
  • Fund investment route
  • EU residence
  • citizenship path from year 5
  • NHR-style tax windows

Greece Golden Visa

€250,000+
  • Lowest EU property entry (zone-dependent to €800k)
  • whole family
  • no stay requirement

Hungary Golden Visa

€250,000+
  • Guest-investor programme
  • 10-year renewable residence
  • fund route

UAE Golden Visa

$550,000+
  • 10-year residence via property
  • 0% personal income tax
  • the operating base

Panama Qualified Investor

$300,000+
  • Fast-track permanent residency
  • territorial tax
  • Friendly Nations legacy expertise

Paraguay Investment Residency

$70,000+
  • Permanent residency in weeks
  • 10%/0% territorial tax
  • citizenship path at 3 years

Residence vs citizenship

Which do you actually need?

R

Choose residence when…

You want EU living rights, a tax base, or schooling now, at a lower entry — and you're fine renewing a card while citizenship matures in the background.

C

Choose citizenship when…

You need the irrevocable asset: a passport nobody renews, reviews or revokes on a policy change — the document your children inherit.

R+C

Or sequence both

The power move we structure most: a Caribbean passport for security + an EU or UAE residence for lifestyle and tax — each doing the job the other can't.

Compare all citizenship programmes

The right status, in the right order.

Tell us the life you're designing — where you'll live, bank, school the children and pay tax — and we'll sequence residence and citizenship so each euro works twice. Free consultation, reply within one business day.

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