Best Visas For Investor Residency & Citizenship

Your path is investment: real estate, government bonds, business, or philanthropic donation. Caribbean CBI (USD 100–250k), Turkey CBI (USD 400k real estate + US E-2 pathway), Malta MEIN (€600–750k), UAE Golden, Portugal Golden, Greece Golden, Italy Investor, Australia 188 (closed Jul 2024), NZ Active Investor Plus.

Scoring methodology

Programmes are tagged by their own data with the personas they fit. We then add weighting based on persona-specific criteria (income threshold, family inclusion, citizenship timeline, processing speed, presence requirements). Score is a heuristic for ranking — not a recommendation. Each programme's detail page has the full sourced facts.

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🇵🇹 Portugal Golden Visa (ARI)
Portugal
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
2
🇬🇷 Greece Golden Visa
Greece
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
3
🇲🇹 Malta Permanent Residence Programme (MPRP)
Malta
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
4
🇹🇭 Thailand Long-Term Resident (LTR) Visa
Thailand
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
5
🇲🇾 Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H)
Malaysia
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
6
🇦🇪 UAE Golden Visa
United Arab Emirates
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
7
🇵🇦 Panama Friendly Nations Visa
Panama
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
8
🇺🇸 EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa
United States
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
9
🇺🇸 E-2 Treaty Investor Visa
United States
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
10
🇦🇺 Australia Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) Visa (Subclass 188)
Australia
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
11
🇳🇿 New Zealand Investor 2 Visa
New Zealand
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
12
🇯🇵 Japan Business Manager Visa
Japan
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
13
🇸🇬 Singapore EntrePass
Singapore
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
14
🇸🇬 Singapore ONE Pass (Overseas Networks & Expertise Pass)
Singapore
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
15
🇰🇷 South Korea D-8 Investor Visa
South Korea
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
16
🇮🇳 India Business Visa
India
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
17
🇭🇺 Hungary Guest Investor Programme
Hungary
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
18
🇹🇭 Thailand Privilege (Elite) Visa
Thailand
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
19
🇮🇹 Italy Investor Visa (Visto per Investitori)
Italy
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
20
🇮🇩 Indonesia Golden Visa
Indonesia
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
21
🇲🇾 Malaysia Premium Visa Programme (PVIP)
Malaysia
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
22
🇵🇭 Philippines Special Investor's Resident Visa (SIRV)
Philippines
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
23
🇲🇺 Mauritius Permanent Residency (Property Purchase)
Mauritius
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
24
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Premium Residency (Iqama Mumayazah)
Saudi Arabia
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
25
🇨🇭 Switzerland B Residence Permit (Employment)
Switzerland
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
26
🇨🇭 Switzerland Self-Employment Permit
Switzerland
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
27
🇨🇿 Czech Long-Term Residence — Investment / Business
Czech Republic
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
28
🇳🇿 NZ Active Investor Plus Visa
New Zealand
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
29
🇧🇷 Brazil Investor Visa (VITEM XIV)
Brazil
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
30
🇦🇪 UAE Green Visa
United Arab Emirates
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50
31
🇻🇳 Vietnam DT Investor Visa
Vietnam
- ✓Listed as a fit by the programme's own data
50

See also: the curated profile for Investor Residency & Citizenship (narrative companion to this ranked list).