Donation Golden Visa
Donate to Culture.
Get Residency.
Gain a Path to Citizenship.
Europe's lowest-cost residency route with a path to citizenship.
A €200,000 donation to a government-approved cultural project.
Why it works
Why Portugal's Donation Golden Visa
Residency and Schengen access.
Residency in Portugal, travel visa-free across the Schengen Area.
Lowest entry point.
€200,000, the lowest cost of any European residency route with a path to citizenship.
Path to citizenship.
Citizenship after 10 years, with only 7 days stay per year.
Government-approved projects.
No eligibility risk.
Your family included.
Spouse, children and parents.
No hidden costs, no capital at risk.
No management fees, no lock-up, no market risk.
The process
How it works
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Choose your project.
A government-approved cultural project from our portfolio.
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Make your donation.
Paid to the project's beneficiary entity.
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Receive your documentation.
Official proof of your cultural contribution.
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Apply for residency.
File your Golden Visa application with AIMA.
The timeline
Indicative timings.
From donation to residency card in 12 to 18 months.
Track record
The results
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150+
Donations successfully completed by donors from all over the world.
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500+
Donors and family members who have successfully applied for the Golden Visa through our projects.
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0
Application rejections to date, across every donor and family member we have supported.
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€30M+
Raised in donations for Portuguese culture: heritage rehabilitation, film and documentary, artistic programmes.
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10
Cultural projects successfully approved by the Ministry of Culture.
See the projects -
Almost30%
Of all nationwide donations made under the Donation Golden Visa Programme were made to Cascais Ventures projects.
About the programme
Who we are
Cascais Ventures creates and produces the government-approved cultural projects behind Portugal's Donation Golden Visa: heritage rehabilitation, film and documentary, artistic programmes.
See our projects →