The Portuguese Immigration Services (SEF) have released the statistics of the Golden Visa programme up to the end of January 2018. The recently released statistics show that the total investment brought by the programme continues to grow every month and by the end of January had passed 3.5 bn Euro.
According to the updated numbers, there were a total of 5,717 investors and 9,559 family members approved up to the end of January 2018, with property still being the investment of choice of the majority of the investors.
The authorities have recently implemented changes in the procedures of submission and processing of applications and the improvements have been very substantial. The rate of approval of initial applications and renewals has accelerated in a very significant way.
