Selected golden visa routes: investment amounts and restrictions

By Maksim Streltcov · Published 12 August 2026 · Updated 13 August 2026

Question: what do the selected, source-backed investor-residence routes require, and what restrictions remain after investment?

Answer: this article contains 11 source-backed route records across 10 countries and 25 options. It is a bounded evidence subset, not a complete market inventory. Amounts below remain in native currencies; no euro ranking is made.

What we measured

An entry stayed in the table only when saved evidence tied the claim to an official authority source, the source stated the route and the qualifying amount or condition, and the current official URL check passed. The scope is limited to the rows that cleared this evidence gate; an unlisted route is outside this article, not disproved by it.

The result is not one type of immigration status. The table labels residence permits, resident visas, investor immigration and permanent residence separately. Business-linked routes are marked as such. A residence permit is not citizenship, and permanent residence is not the same as tax residence.

Fees, property, rent, donations, deposits and qualifying capital are separate obligations. A number in the “minimum” column is not a total cost. Native currency is authoritative: EUR, NZD, BRL, USD, SGD and KRW are not converted because the packet contains no dated official conversion that would make a comparison reproducible.

What the data shows

The repaired table keeps every admitted branch separate. Greece has three evidence entries, New Zealand four, Brazil two, Colombia two, Singapore three, South Korea two, Malta two, Luxembourg four, Latvia two and France one. The lowest euro figure is Malta's EUR 37,000 contribution, but the programme separately requires qualifying property or rent and other obligations. It would be misleading to call EUR 37,000 the price of residence.

The table intentionally does not merge conditional branches into a single country price. It also does not turn a fee, a property value, an annual rent, a donation or a deposit into “extra investment” unless the official source describes it as part of that option.

Country	Route and result	Exact option	Native threshold	Evidence-backed condition kept in the article	Official source
Greece	Investor residence permit / golden visa procedure	Listed real property	EUR 250,000	Full ownership and possession of a listed building or related listed property to be restored or reconstructed	MITOS listed property
Greece	Investor residence permit / golden visa procedure	Timeshare in specified regions	EUR 800,000	Tourist-accommodation timeshare or long-term lease agreement of at least five years; regional condition applies	MITOS timeshare
Greece	Investor residence permit / golden visa procedure	Timeshare in other regions	EUR 400,000	Tourist-accommodation timeshare or long-term lease agreement of at least five years	MITOS timeshare
New Zealand	Active Investor Plus resident visa	Growth	NZD 5,000,000	Retain the investment for 36 months; minimum 21 days in New Zealand over the investment period	Immigration New Zealand and operative table
New Zealand	Active Investor Plus resident visa	Balanced	NZD 10,000,000	Retain the investment for 60 months; minimum 105 days in New Zealand, subject to the stated reduction rule	Immigration New Zealand and operative table
New Zealand	Business Investor resident pathway	Standard	NZD 1,000,000	Existing business; maintain five FTE and create one job for a New Zealand citizen or resident; resident-visa eligibility after three years	Immigration New Zealand
New Zealand	Business Investor resident pathway	Fast track	NZD 2,000,000	Existing business; maintain five FTE and create one job for a New Zealand citizen or resident; resident-visa eligibility after 12 months	Immigration New Zealand
Brazil	VITEM IX / residence authorisation	North and Northeast urban property	BRL 700,000	Purchase of one or more built or under-construction properties; prior residence authorisation approval is required	Brazilian Foreign Ministry
Brazil	VITEM IX / residence authorisation	Other-region urban property	BRL 1,000,000	Purchase of one or more built or under-construction properties; prior residence authorisation approval is required	Brazilian Foreign Ministry
Colombia	Resident Investor's Visa	Direct foreign investment other than real property	USD 100,000	Direct foreign investment registered in the applicant's name by Banco de la República	Colombian Foreign Ministry
Colombia	Resident Investor's Visa	Direct foreign investment in real property	USD 200,000	Real-property ownership and direct-investment registration evidence	Colombian Foreign Ministry
Singapore	Global Investor Programme, permanent residence route	Option A — new or expanding business	SGD 10,000,000	New business or expansion; five-year plan; at least 30% shareholding and management role; eligible industry	EDB GIP page and linked factsheet
Singapore	Global Investor Programme, permanent residence route	Option B — GIP-select fund	SGD 25,000,000	Investment in a GIP-select fund investing in Singapore-based companies; fund terms remain option-specific	EDB GIP page and linked factsheet
Singapore	Global Investor Programme, permanent residence route	Option C — Singapore single family office	SGD 200,000,000 AUM plus SGD 50,000,000 transferred and deployed	Singapore-based single family office; specified Singapore investment deployment	EDB GIP page and linked factsheet
South Korea	Immigrant Investor Scheme for Public Business	Standard investor	KRW 500,000,000	F-2 resident status; F-5 may follow after maintaining the investment for at least five years	Korea Immigration Service
South Korea	Immigrant Investor Scheme for Public Business	Retiree investor, age 55+	KRW 300,000,000	Retiree investor and spouse also hold KRW 300,000,000 or more in assets at home and abroad	Korea Immigration Service
Malta	Malta Permanent Residence Programme	Owned qualifying property	EUR 37,000 contribution plus EUR 375,000 property	Qualifying owned property; EUR 60,000 main-applicant administration fee; five-year hold	Residency Malta regulation
Malta	Malta Permanent Residence Programme	Rented qualifying property	EUR 37,000 contribution plus EUR 14,000 annual rent	Qualifying rented property; EUR 60,000 main-applicant administration fee; five-year hold	Residency Malta regulation
Luxembourg	Residence permit for third-country investors	Existing company	EUR 500,000	Existing Luxembourg company; retain for at least five years	Guichet.lu
Luxembourg	Residence permit for third-country investors	New business	EUR 500,000	New Luxembourg business; at least five jobs within three years	Guichet.lu
Luxembourg	Residence permit for third-country investors	Management and investment structure	EUR 3,000,000	Existing or new Luxembourg structure with required substance	Guichet.lu
Luxembourg	Residence permit for third-country investors	Bank deposit	EUR 20,000,000	Deposit with a Luxembourg financial institution for at least five years	Guichet.lu
Latvia	Temporary residence permit for a share-capital investor	Smaller company	EUR 50,000	Company has no more than 50 employees and turnover or balance sheet no more than EUR 10,000,000; state-budget payment stated by PMLP	PMLP
Latvia	Temporary residence permit for a share-capital investor	Larger company	EUR 100,000	Company exceeds 50 employees and EUR 10,000,000 turnover or balance-sheet threshold; state-budget payment stated by PMLP	PMLP
France	Talent — business project / direct economic investment residence card	Direct economic investment	EUR 300,000	Personal or controlled-company investment; at least 30% ownership where applicable; create, preserve or commit to create/preserve jobs; French tangible or intangible fixed assets	Service-Public

Scope boundary

This article publishes only the 11 route records shown in the table. An unlisted route is outside this evidence subset; its absence here is not a claim that the route does not exist. The article is not a complete market inventory.

What this means if you are moving

Identify the outcome first: the table contains residence permits, resident visas, investor immigration and permanent-residence routes, not passports. Then check whether the route is activity-linked: France, Latvia, Luxembourg, Singapore and New Zealand require business, company, management, family-office, employment or active-investment conditions.

Separate the amount from the obligation around it. Malta's EUR 37,000 is only a contribution; New Zealand, Brazil, Colombia and Singapore also have materially different branches. Check the exact option source.

Limits

This article is a source-backed publication from a bounded research package. It is not database admission, a build, a deployment or legal advice. It was checked on 12 August 2026 plus repair evidence and a current transport check on 13 August 2026. A page returning HTTP 200 proves access, not that an application will be approved or that every rule has been captured. The underlying package remains partial, so this article is not a complete market inventory. Tax residence, citizenship eligibility, nationality exclusions, family rights, renewal and refund outcomes are not inferred when the exact checked source did not prove them.

Method

Evidence gate. Each row has an official A-source URL, saved body or PDF, exact locator and current URL result. The 12 official URLs used in this article passed both local methods on 13 August 2026. The wider research package remains partial; that coverage boundary does not add claims to this table.

Categories. Residence, permanent residence, investor visa, investor immigration and wealth/business residence stay separate. Citizenship-only and tax-only claims are not promoted into the table.

Amounts. Native currency is preserved. Conditional branches remain separate. Fees, property, rent, donations, deposits and capital are not collapsed into one headline number. No currency conversion is supplied.

Repair boundary. Only this manuscript and artifacts under data/offline_city_research/golden_visa_2026_08_round_01/_work/release-repair-luna/ were changed for the research repair. The package data, database, deploy files and task queue were not changed.

FAQ

What is a golden visa?

It is a media label, not one legal category. This repaired table separates investor residence, permanent residence, investor immigration, investor visas and business-linked permits. Only the Greek procedure used here carries “golden visa” in its official title.

Which routes are included in this repaired article?

This article contains 11 source-backed route records across 10 countries and 25 separately kept options. It is a bounded evidence subset, not a complete market inventory.

What is the lowest euro-denominated figure?

Malta's EUR 37,000 contribution is the lowest euro-denominated figure shown. It is not the total price: qualifying property or rent, a separate administration fee, insurance, donation and holding conditions also apply.

Does a residence route give citizenship or tax residence?

No such conclusion is made here. Residence, permanent residence, citizenship and tax residence are different legal outcomes. The routes below are not presented as citizenship grants, and tax residence was not established by this research.

What should be checked before transferring funds?

Check the exact option, current amount, fees, asset or business condition, holding rule, presence rule, family scope and nationality eligibility with the responsible authority. A live page or a transport-level HTTP success is not itself approval.

Sources

The active table uses these 12 official source URLs. The repair manifest records the matching source IDs, saved evidence paths, locators and current status for every option.