Invest in Portugal to know the real potential of investments in Real Estate

by XIPHIAS IMMIGRATION migration executive

Cross border investments are good in a manner that they provide a new opening for the high net-worth investors. Investors are always seeking newer vents to gain profits and grow as would be required. The best possible method to invest in countries outside India is by approaching Top Immigration Consultants who are experts in Cross-border Investments fields. There are very few international investment experts who have built strong relations with business houses across the globe. It is very important to follow the immigration rules and regulations put up by the country seeking foreign direct investment. Any document misplaced or misrepresented can lead for the investor to be keep at bay by the country. Such mistakes need not always be deliberate. It could be that the mistakes by chance as “to err is human nature”.

Cross-border investments mean to invest in Visa of the country. Most of the countries exchange either the country’s residency or citizenship with the investment amount that they receive. Every country has a set of rules by which one needs to abide by to ensure safe and sound relocation into the country. The Caribbean Islands, USA, UK, Canada and most European countries are at the top where foreign direct investments are allowed in the right manner possible.

European Countries which are part of the European Union are the countries which usually invite foreign direct investments. It is easy to get PR in Europe by investing in any one country of the European Union. Investing in one of the European countries provides the investor easy access to the rest of the European Union. European Union follows a set of rules that it has formulated and which are adhered to by every country that is part of the European Union.

One of the most important countries which provide access to foreign direct investments into the country is Portugal. Portugal has 2 investment immigration programs that it provides to help the investors obtain the Portugal residency by investment in the country.

1. Portugal Golden Visa Program

2. Portugal Angel Visa Program

Portugal Golden Visa Program –

This is a real estate investment pathway. This pathway gets the investor Permanent Residency in Portugal and paves way for citizenship in the country. Portugal oversees at least 200 applications every year for investments in the Real estate of the country. The program was launched in the year 2012.

To be eligible for the program, the main applicant must be at least 18 years of age and should be prepared to invest Euro 500,000 as minimum investment in the country. Two or more parties can get together to invest in one property which could cost them beyond their limit. In properties that are older than 30 years and are renovated, the investor can invest an amount of Euro 350,000.

The investor will be investing in the property before applying for the visa. Once this is done, the investor then goes ahead and sends his or her application, the processing of the same could take a good 2-3 months. Followed by that, with help of the investor’s immigration lawyer, further process can be handled.

The investor will have to spend one week during the first year in Portugal and 2 weeks in 2 years subsequently. Apart from this, the investor will have to provide medical certificate documents and a police certificate proving that the investor is free from any kind of legal impediments.

Portugal Angel VISA Investment Program-

Also termed as the Portugal Highly Qualified Activity Visa program, this program provides residency in the country with lowest price possible. All it takes for the investor is Euro 175,000 which includes professional service fees for family applications. It does not require any fees for residency maintenance. This program was designed to provide funding for the Research and Development projects undertaken by Portugal and France. The processing for this program is quite fast and simple. One can get EU Visa in 4 months flat. The investor can live, study and work in the European Union after having obtained Portugal residency visa.

The best way to invest in Portugal is by approaching the best investment immigration consultants in the country. It provides high net value investors a pathway to invest in the real estate of Portugal or in the R&D projects, thus contributing to the society at large.