Residence by investment
Residency first.
Not every plan needs a passport on day one. A golden visa buys the right to live, bank and build ties now — and several mature into citizenship on their own clock. Often the smarter first move, always the cheaper one.
Find your route — 60 secondsThe programmes we run
Six residence routes
Full programme pages are being rolled out — every route below is live for clients today via consultation.
Portugal Golden Visa
- Fund investment route
- EU residence
- citizenship path from year 5
- NHR-style tax windows
Greece Golden Visa
- Lowest EU property entry (zone-dependent to €800k)
- whole family
- no stay requirement
Hungary Golden Visa
- Guest-investor programme
- 10-year renewable residence
- fund route
UAE Golden Visa
- 10-year residence via property
- 0% personal income tax
- the operating base
Panama Qualified Investor
- Fast-track permanent residency
- territorial tax
- Friendly Nations legacy expertise
Paraguay Investment Residency
- Permanent residency in weeks
- 10%/0% territorial tax
- citizenship path at 3 years
Residence vs citizenship
Which do you actually need?
Choose residence when…
You want EU living rights, a tax base, or schooling now, at a lower entry — and you're fine renewing a card while citizenship matures in the background.
Choose citizenship when…
You need the irrevocable asset: a passport nobody renews, reviews or revokes on a policy change — the document your children inherit.
Or sequence both
The power move we structure most: a Caribbean passport for security + an EU or UAE residence for lifestyle and tax — each doing the job the other can't.
The right status, in the right order.
Tell us the life you're designing — where you'll live, bank, school the children and pay tax — and we'll sequence residence and citizenship so each euro works twice. Free consultation, reply within one business day.
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The Discreet Investor