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Institutional architecture at blue hour — residency pathways

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Residency by investment — what property actually buys you

A jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction view of whether a property purchase still carries an immigration benefit — and where marketing has not caught up with the law.

Editorial guide · CoreSpaces Global Property Research

01Three different products are often conflated

Tax residency, immigration residency, and citizenship are separate statuses with separate rules. A Golden Visa does not automatically make you tax resident in the UAE; conversely, holding Greek residency does not trigger Greek tax until day-count thresholds are crossed.

Portugal removed real estate from its Golden Visa qualifying routes in October 2023. Greece still offers a property-linked route but bans short-term rentals on Golden Visa units. The UAE offers a 10-year Golden Visa from AED 2M of qualifying property — one of the few markets here where the residency story remains intact.

02Where to go deeper

For programme-level comparisons beyond property-specific thresholds, see the dedicated residency research at pass2port.com. This site stays focused on the property economics that sit underneath those programmes.

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