The new regime for the granting of Residence Permits for Investment, or visas PrayedIt has not been regulated for more than five months —since it came into force—, which prevents the submission of new applications, which are made through the website of the Immigration and Borders Service (SEF).
Golden Visas: SEF website below from January
According to Diário de Notícias, both real estate agents and law firms encounter the message “waiting for regulation” every time they intend to apply for a visa. Prayed in the SEF.
Although there is still no regulation for the new candidacies, the deputies discussed this Friday in the Assembly of the Republic projects of the Bloco de Esquerda, PCP and PAN to defend the repeal of the law that increased the minimum amount to be able to receive a golden visa – went from one million to 1.5 million euros – and that made it difficult to acquire real estate in Lisbon and Porto.
The data released this Monday, on investment through visas Prayedreveal that in May 53.8 million euros were reached, a value related to the requests made until November of last year.
Source: Observadora
