OBTAINING A GOLDEN VISA – SIMPLE AND SWIFT

Our recent experience is proving that the initial skepticism surrounding the Golden Residence Permit Programme (or Golden Visa Programme) was unfounded.

Since the beginning of the year, NDR has been receiving an increasing amount of foreign clients who are actively investing in Portugal, specifically in real estate, in order to obtain Golden Visas. The process is proving to be remarkably straightforward and swift.

The ongoing assistance provided to clients has enabled NDR to establish an increasingly closer cooperation with The Portuguese Immigration and Borders Service (“SEF”) which is currently processing these requests in an extremely efficient manner. As a result of this cooperation, the time in granting and issuing the Golden Visas has decreased significantly, which means that in reality, the period of time from the moment the application is submitted until the approval and issuing of the Golden Visa is, on average, 3 to 4 days. This has enabled the amount of Golden Visas obtained for clients to increase at a significant pace.

At the end of the day, we believe that the growing amount of Golden Visas obtained for clients shows that the work being developed by NDR, both with the Portuguese Authorities and with the clients, is producing increasingly satisfactory results and living proof that the Golden Residence Permit Programme has already created a considerable amount of foreign investment in Portugal.

Francisco Barata Salgueiro

Foreign Investment & Tourism