Golden Visa / Investor Residency
Residency-by-investment programmes granting long-term residence in exchange for real-estate, fund, or business investment.
125 countries have at least one visa in this category.
🇦🇱 Albania
Investor
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇦🇩 Andorra
Investor Residence
20y to citizenship · No dual
🇦🇴 Angola
Investor
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda
CBI - National Development Fund · CBI - Real Estate Option · CBI - Business Investment Option
7y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇦🇷 Argentina
Investor
2y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇦🇲 Armenia
Investor
3y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
Investor
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇧🇸 Bahamas
Permanent Residence (Investor)
10y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇧🇭 Bahrain
Investor Visa · Golden Residency Permit
25y to citizenship · No dual
🇧🇩 Bangladesh
Investor (PI)
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇧🇾 Belarus
Investor
7y to citizenship · No dual
🇧🇿 Belize
Investor
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Investor
8y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇧🇼 Botswana
Investor
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇧🇷 Brazil
Investor
4y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
Investor Visa
20y to citizenship · No dual
🇨🇻 Cabo Verde
Investor
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇰🇭 Cambodia
Investor Visa
7y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇨🇲 Cameroon
Investor
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇨🇱 Chile
Investor
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇨🇴 Colombia
Investor
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇰🇲 Comoros
Investor
10y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire
Investor
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇨🇺 Cuba
Investor (Mariel ZED)
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Investor
7y to citizenship · No dual
🇩🇯 Djibouti
Investor
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇩🇲 Dominica
CBI - Economic Diversification Fund · CBI - Real Estate Option
7y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
Investor
2y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇪🇨 Ecuador
Investor
3y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇪🇬 Egypt
Investor Residency
10y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇸🇻 El Salvador
Investor (Bitcoin BTC residency)
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea
Investor
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇸🇿 Eswatini
Investor
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇪🇹 Ethiopia
Investor Visa
4y to citizenship · No dual
🇫🇲 Federated States of Micronesia
Investor
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇫🇯 Fiji
Investor
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇬🇦 Gabon
Investor
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇬🇲 Gambia
Investor
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇬🇪 Georgia
Investor
10y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇬🇭 Ghana
Investor (GIPC)
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇬🇷 Greece
Golden Visa · Investor
7y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇬🇩 Grenada
CBI - National Transformation Fund · CBI - Real Estate Option
7y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇬🇹 Guatemala
Investor
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇬🇾 Guyana
Investor (GO-Invest)
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇭🇳 Honduras
Investor
3y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇭🇺 Hungary
Investor Golden Visa
8y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇮🇩 Indonesia
Investor KITAS · Golden Visa
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇮🇷 Iran
Investor (Pickup)
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇮🇶 Iraq
Investor
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇮🇹 Italy
Investor visa (Visto per Investitori)
10y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇯🇴 Jordan
Investor (Real Estate / Capital)
15y to citizenship · No dual
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
Investor
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇰🇪 Kenya
Work Permit Class G (Investor)
7y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇰🇮 Kiribati
Investor
7y to citizenship · No dual
🇽🇰 Kosovo
Investor
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇰🇼 Kuwait
Investor Visa
20y to citizenship · No dual
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
Investor
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇱🇦 Laos
Investor IB Visa
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇱🇻 Latvia
Investor
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇱🇧 Lebanon
Investor
10y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇱🇸 Lesotho
Investor
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇱🇷 Liberia
Investor
2y to citizenship · No dual
🇱🇺 Luxembourg
Investor
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇲🇼 Malawi
Investor
7y to citizenship · No dual
🇲🇾 Malaysia
Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) · Premium Visa Programme (PVIP)
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇲🇻 Maldives
Investor Visa
12y to citizenship · No dual
🇲🇭 Marshall Islands
Investor
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇲🇺 Mauritius
Premium Visa (Long-stay) · Occupation Permit (Professional/Self-Employed/Investor/Retired)
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇲🇩 Moldova
Investor
10y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇲🇳 Mongolia
Investor
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇲🇪 Montenegro
Investor
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇲🇿 Mozambique
Investor
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇲🇲 Myanmar
Investor Visa
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇳🇦 Namibia
Investor
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇳🇷 Nauru
Investor
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇳🇵 Nepal
Investor (Non-Residential Nepali) Visa
15y to citizenship · No dual
🇳🇿 New Zealand
Active Investor Plus
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇳🇮 Nicaragua
Investor
4y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇳🇬 Nigeria
Combined Expatriate Residence Permit and Aliens Card - Investor (CERPAC)
15y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇲🇰 North Macedonia
Investor
8y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇴🇲 Oman
Investor Residence Visa (10-Year)
20y to citizenship · No dual
🇵🇼 Palau
Investor
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea
Investor
8y to citizenship · No dual
🇵🇾 Paraguay
Investor SUACE
3y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇵🇪 Peru
Investor
2y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇵🇭 Philippines
SIRV Investor
10y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇵🇹 Portugal
Golden Visa
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇶🇦 Qatar
Investor Residence Permit
25y to citizenship · No dual
🇷🇺 Russia
Investor
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇷🇼 Rwanda
Investor
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Investor
7y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇼🇸 Samoa
Investor
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇸🇲 San Marino
Investor Residence (Economic Residence)
25y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
Investor Visa
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇸🇳 Senegal
Investor
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇷🇸 Serbia
Investor
3y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇸🇨 Seychelles
Investor
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
Investor (Go-For-Gold CBI from 2025)
15y to citizenship · No dual
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands
Investor
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇰🇷 South Korea
D-8 Corporate Investor
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇪🇸 Spain
Golden Visa (investor residence)
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Investor BOI
10y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇰🇳 St Kitts and Nevis
CBI - Real Estate Option · CBI - Sustainable Island Contribution
14y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇱🇨 St Lucia
CBI - National Economic Fund · CBI - Real Estate Option · CBI - Government Bonds Option
7y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇸🇷 Suriname
Investor
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇹🇼 Taiwan
Investment Visa
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇹🇯 Tajikistan
Investor
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇹🇿 Tanzania
Investor (TIC)
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste
Investor
10y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇹🇬 Togo
Investor
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇹🇴 Tonga
Investor
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
Investor
8y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇹🇳 Tunisia
Investor Visa
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇹🇷 Turkey
Investor Visa (Citizenship by Investment)
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇺🇬 Uganda
Investor
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇺🇦 Ukraine
Investor
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
Investor Residence Visa · Golden Visa (10-Year)
30y to citizenship · No dual
🇺🇸 United States
EB-5 investor (immigrant)
5y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇺🇾 Uruguay
Investor
3y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
Investor
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇻🇺 Vanuatu
Investor · CBI (Development Support Program)
10y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇻🇪 Venezuela
Investor
10y to citizenship · Dual OK
🇻🇳 Vietnam
Investor DT1 · Investor DT2 · Investor DT3
5y to citizenship · No dual
🇿🇲 Zambia
Investor
10y to citizenship · No dual
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Investor
5y to citizenship · No dual