Own a Piece of the World. Discover Where Golden Visas Can Take You.
A Golden Visa buys you residency. A CBI program buys you a passport.
Golden Visa (residency by investment), the pathway this page covers, grants a renewable residency permit in exchange for an investment. You gain the right to live in (and often travel visa-free around) the country immediately. Citizenship, if it comes, arrives later, through ordinary naturalization rules.
Citizenship by Investment (CBI) is a different pathway Second Pass also evaluates: a small number of countries, mostly Caribbean, issue a passport directly, with no residency requirement at all. It's faster and more expensive per pathway, and it's not what "Golden Visa" refers to.
Three stages, most of a decade
The shape is consistent; the specifics (investment size, residency days required, years to naturalization) are set country by country and can change without much notice.
01
Make a qualifying investment
Real estate, a government fund, a business, or (in a few countries) a direct donation. The qualifying amount and vehicle vary by country.
02
Hold residency
The investment converts to a renewable residency permit. Minimum physical-presence requirements range from none to several months a year.
03
Naturalize, where the law allows
After a set number of years as a resident, some countries' Golden Visa holders become eligible to naturalize as full citizens.
34 countries with a live Golden Visa evaluator
Pick a country to jump straight into the quiz with it pre-selected.
Bahrain 
Chile 
Colombia 
Costa Rica 
Cyprus 
Greece 
Hong Kong 
Hungary 
Indonesia 
Italy 
Japan 
Jordan 
Latvia 
Luxembourg 
Malaysia 
Mauritius 
Mexico 
Monaco 
Montenegro 
Namibia 
New Zealand 
Panama 
Paraguay 
Portugal 
Qatar 
Rwanda 
Saudi Arabia 
Singapore 
South Africa 
Switzerland 
Thailand 
United Arab Emirates 
United States 
Uruguay See which Golden Visa countries actually fit your situation
The quiz checks your answers against each country's current investment thresholds and residency rules, then our concierge team walks you through documents and next steps for anything you match.