Capital transfers for cultural projects linked to the golden visa (autorização de residência para atividade de investimento) program reached 46.8 million euros in 2025, a 298% increase over the previous year. Data from the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports shows that US citizens are the most frequent users of this investment route, followed by Chinese and Indian nationals.
Golden visa cultural donations triple in 2025
Monday, 13 April 2026AI summary
Context & Explainers
The Golden Visa (Portuguese: Autorização de Residência para Investimento) is Portugal's residence-by-investment program, created in 2012, that grants non-EU nationals a residency permit after qualifying investments such as certain real-estate purchases, capital transfers or job-creating projects. It usually provides Schengen travel rights and a pathway to permanent residency and citizenship after five years, though eligible investment types and minimum amounts have changed in recent years.
