Citizenship / residency by investment in Russia and all around the world

If you’re interested in where you can get residency or citizenship by investment, this article is for you.

What countries offer such programs? In Europe, you can get so called Golden Visa in Portugal, Turkey, Spain, Greece, Ireland, Malta, Montenegro, and some other countries. In the Western Hemisphere these are Canada, USA, and some Caribbean countries.

Here’s the list of countries providing Golden Visa programs and the minimum donation you should make:

✅ DOMINICA
$100,000

✅ PORTUGAL
€280,000

✅ ST KITTS
$150,000

✅ ST LUCIA
$100,000

✅ ANTIGUA & BARBUDA
$100,000

✅ TURKEY
$400,000

✅ GRENADA
$150,000

✅ SPAIN
€500,000

✅ VANUATU
$130,000

✅ GREECE
€250,000

✅ IRELAND
€1,000,000

✅ MALTA
€690,000

✅ CANADA
$350,000

✅ USA
$800,000

✅ MONTENEGRO
€450,000

Each country lays down its own requirements on investors. Let’s talk about the most wanted Golden Visa countries to live in.

UNITED STATES

Under the so called EB-5 program, non-nationals (and their spouses and unmarried children under 21) can apply for a Green Card if they make the minimum investment in a commercial organization with the promise of creating at least 10 full-time jobs for US citizens within 2 years.

CANADA

There is no any single Investor program in the country; instead, there are a lot of federal and provincial programs. They vary in the minimum amount of money, types of business one must invest in, residency requirements, etc. Everybody will find what they like most to get Canadian RP or citizenship.

SPAIN

Spain Investor visa has quite good and mild requirements to get PR and citizenship. You can not only invest in a business, but also buy shares, make a deposit in a bank, or purchase real estate. It’s not even necessary to live in Spain to retain and renew the residency visa permit. In five years an applicant is eligible for permanent residence, and in ten for citizenship.

RUSSIA

Beginning from 2023, foreigners can get a permanent residence permit having invested 15,000,000 rubles (about 187,000 USD) within 3 years in “socially significant regional projects”, or 30,000,000 rubles in a Russian company. Note that the company must have been working for at least 3 years, and for the last year, it paid taxes in the amount of at least 6,000,000 rubles.

Another option is the incorporation and subsequent owning a legal entity having been operating in Russia for 2 years or more, and pays at least 4,000,000 rubles as taxes.

And the third option is to buy real estate worth not less than 25,000,000 rubles (in Moscow, 50, in the Russian Far East, 20).



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