The primary route in 2026 is a €500,000 subscription to a CMVM-regulated Portuguese investment fund, held for a minimum of five years, with at least 60% of the fund’s capital invested in Portuguese companies. A lower-cost cultural or scientific donation route is also available from roughly €200,000–€250,000 depending on the qualifying institution.

No. Direct residential and commercial property purchases were removed as qualifying investments under Law 56/2023, effective October 2023, along with real estate-backed funds and the former capital transfer route. Investors who still want a home in Portugal can buy one, but that purchase is entirely separate from the residency application.

This route qualifies investors through a donation to an approved Portuguese cultural, artistic or scientific heritage project, at a lower capital commitment than the €500,000 fund route, but without the fund’s potential for capital return.

On average, just 7 days per year. In practice this breaks down to a minimum of 14 days every two-year period.

Yes. A single Golden Visa application can include your spouse or legal partner, dependent children (under 18, or older if still financially dependent and in education), and financially dependent parents or parents-in-law, under Portugal’s family reunification rules.  Only the main applicant needs to meet the investment threshold.

It now takes 10 years of legal residency for most nationalities (or 7 years for EU and CPLP nationals) to apply for Portuguese citizenship, up from a uniform 5-year rule, following Lei Orgânica 1/2026, which took effect on 19 May 2026. This citizenship clock is separate from the Golden Visa’s own path to permanent residency, which is still reached after five years and is unchanged by the reform.

It changes the citizenship timeline, not the Golden Visa itself. The investment routes, minimal-stay requirement, and five-year path to permanent residency are unaffected — only the additional step of applying for full Portuguese citizenship now takes longer for most investors. Applicants who filed a nationality application on or before 18 May 2026 continue under the previous 5-year rule.

There is no statutory minimum for the passive income itself. What the law requires is proof of adequate means of subsistence. Typically, advisors benchmark against Portugal’s minimum wage — €920 per month in 2026, net of social security deductions, and generally evidenced for at least 12 months. 50% is added for a second adult and 30% for each dependent child.

The D8 visa requires proof of remote income of at least €3,680 per month (€44,160 per year) — four times the 2026 minimum wage — earned from work outside Portugal. This threshold rises by roughly 50% for a spouse and 30% for each dependent child, and applicants typically also need a savings buffer of around €11,040.

Most applicants should plan for roughly six to nine months end-to-end: about 60–90 days for the consulate decision on the entry visa, followed by a further two to four months for the AIMA appointment to collect the residence permit once in Portugal.

Not automatically, but most people who spend more than 183 days in Portugal in a calendar year, or who establish their habitual home there, will trigger Portuguese tax residency. Once resident, worldwide income generally becomes taxable in Portugal, which makes pre-relocation tax structuring and coordination with advisers in the home country essential before the move.

After five years of holding the investment and meeting the minimum stay requirement, Golden Visa holders can apply for permanent residency, and the investment itself can typically be liquidated once that milestone is secured, subject to the specific fund’s terms. Citizenship is a separate, later step: under the 2026 nationality law, it requires 10 years of legal residency for most nationalities (7 years for EU/CPLP nationals), counted from residence-card issuance rather than from this five-year point.

Dixcart is a long-established, family-owned firm with offices in Lisbon and Madeira and deep experience coordinating residency, tax, accounting, and advisory across borders for private clients and corporates. Because relocation decisions touch multi-disciplinary areas, Dixcart’s team works alongside legal and tax advisers rather than in isolation, so nothing falls between the gaps.