European Golden Visas: Which Country is Best?

Summary of this video:

💼 Options for European Residency and Citizenship

- Greece offers a residency program requiring minimal investment, suitable for those seeking a Plan B residency without the need to live in the country.
- Portugal and Spain provide pathways to citizenship within a few years through investment, with varying requirements based on individual circumstances.
- Hungary offers a renewable golden visa program for residency, emphasizing traditional values and potential tax benefits for families.

🏡 Unique European Residency Opportunities

- Malta provides a permanent residency option through a donation, offering access to Europe and potential tax advantages.
- Bulgaria offers a golden visa program through investment or company establishment, with details on residency acquisition in progress.
- Latvia presents a golden visa option for those interested in Slavic culture and colder climates, requiring business investment and ties to the country.

🇮🇹 Italian Residency and Other European Programs

- Italy offers an investor visa program, although investment safety and qualification challenges may deter some applicants.
- Luxembourg, Andorra, and Cyprus also provide residency programs with varying investment requirements, each catering to different preferences and needs in Europe.

DISCLAIMER: This video is not tax and/or financial and/or investment advice. Any information or advice I give is purely based on my own experience and research. I am not a tax professional and/or lawyer and/or accountant so I am not liable for any steps you take to lower your taxes. I'm not a financial advisor nor do I pretend to be. Always do your own research.

[jejudo]

Are you going to make a video about the new Mexican elected President? She seems to be in support of higher tax and bigger government control.

[chefebispo]

Right now Portuguese Golden Visas are *not* being issued in 6-9 months. Two or three years is more like it. Given the new law counting residency from application rather than issuance, it's just as well. In fact it's better, since it means the expensive GV will have to be renewed one less time before citizenship.

[aarontheone]

Spain's 2 year fast track applies to Mexicans, Chileans, Argentinians, Peruvians, Columbians, Salvadorians, Dominicans, Brazilians, Andorrans, Portuguese, Philipinos, Cubans, (in some cases Sephardic peoples) and even Puerto Ricans. The process for Puerto Ricans is a bit more time consuming, since we first have to get a document from the Puerto Rican government, which declares us Puerto Rican by birth or thru parents

[azizsiddique]

For Bulgaria, you can obtain residence permit by TRP route (the cheapest and easiest), as long as you have an active company outside BG you will be eligible to obtain the entrepreneur permit.

Best part : You can become a tax resident and pay flat 10% as long as you can prove your vital interests in BG

[RFXZ]

I'm not a fan of Bucharest or Cluj but there are a couple of nice places in Romania: Brasov and Sibiu are quite nice

[the_joy_of_nature]

Nice and useful material as always. Greeting from the country that you don't like! Romania 😓

[dovoso]

Hi, great video, but can you explain some more about Bulgaria and Romania ? Not so much about Investor's visa but rather about Retirement residency permits. Thanks.

[MEN]

I was born in Latvia to a Latvian parent. Back then it was USSR. Seems I can get a citizenship in Latvia.

[devonmorgan]

Hi, love your videos very informative.. what are your thoughts on the Curaçao golden visa.

[mistshaw]

I'm interested in the Hungarian Visa but haven't heard anything new about it since it was announced last year. Have you or are you just going off of what was originally announced?

[rklight]

Wish you would do a vid on “self-sufficient visas” in Europe.

[ChristophFluriHeckenbuecker]

Rafael the cheapest option is 200k through a Limited in Cyprus. I do this at the moment with many people and they invest into property that earns big part back of the initial investment until they can claim the passport by naturalisation later on.

[burnastro]

Regarding Malta: really is donation option exist?

[mpat]

Dont forget E.U citizens dont need visas for other E.U countries

[KF]

If i was born in the US with latin american origin from my parents and hold citizenship in that origin country and interested in the Spanish passport. Would i need to renounce my US citizenship?

[teejaymore]

I need the Greece Golding Visa.. how can I process it through your company

[raag]

What you recommend for someone from India ..?

[Nightwolf]

If I am a European and want a second citizenship what would you recommend ??

[DavidHarrisonDGH]

Have you ever talked about China? What are your thoughts?

[avitalsheva]

Some bad things happened to you in Romania if you saying this so straight way. It is a pity that it happened.
Moreover LATVIA is NOT Slavic at all. Please do better due diligence next time