Uglobal Immigration Magazine Volume 1, Issue 1 | Page 93

UGLOBAL.COM They allowed the country to develop and build new schools, universities, leading research centers and exceptional public hospitals. Portugal was given the necessary infrastructure, facilities and means for a strong public education system and reliable national health system, which consequently supported the intellectual development and boosted the quality of life for its population. BENEFITS OF PORTUGAL’S INVESTMENT PROGRAMS The successive Global Residence Index study considers the Portuguese golden visa residence program one of the best in the world, offering a low corporate and personal income tax regimes, a fast processing time for the golden visa application, secure compliance and low processing costs. It offers investors a path to a passport with visa free access for up to 177 countries. The Henley & Partners Passport Index for 2018 ranks the Portuguese passport as one of the most attractive in the world. Not counting the E.U. member states, Portugal has also signed several bilateral investment treaties with 78 countries, including China, the United States, Canada, Singapore, India, United Arab Emirates, Australia and Angola. It was recently considered by Bloomberg as one of the best countries and business ecosystems to start a business, create startups and invest in. The country makes the investment process easy. The most popular options are purchasing real estate with a minimum value of 500,000 euros or buying real estate worth at least 350,000 euros in an area at least 30 years old or within an urban regeneration area. The processing time is between four and six months. These investments must be maintained for a minimum period of 5 years. Temporary Portuguese residency benefits include: visa-free travel within Europe’s Schengen Zone; a residence visa waiver for entering in Portugal; the ability of living and working in Portugal on the condition that the applicant stays in the country for one week in the first year and two weeks in subsequent renewal periods; family reunification; the ability to apply for permanent residency after five years; and the ability to apply for Portuguese citizenship by naturalization after six years. The job creation, real estate and research activities investment options may be reduced by 20 percent, provided that they are made in sparsely populated areas or where the GDP per capita is below 75 percent of the national average. In other words, a minimum 400,000 euros purchase of real estate and a minimum 280,000 euros purchase of real estate that is at least 葡萄牙投资项目优势 历年的全球居住指数研究都将葡萄牙黄金签证居留 计划列为全世界最佳项目之一, 其征收的企业和个 人所得税低, 申请处理速度快, 合规性易满足, 申请 开销低。 持有葡萄牙护照的投资者能够免签游全球177个国 家。2018恒理护照指数还将葡萄牙护照列为全球最 具吸引力的选择之一。 除欧盟成员国以外, 葡萄牙还同另外78个国家签订 了多个双边投资条约, 包括中国、美国、加拿大、 新加坡、印度、阿拉伯联合酋长国、澳大利亚和安 哥拉。最近, 彭博新闻社将其列为创业与投资的最 佳国家和最具吸引力商业环境之一。 葡萄牙的投资流程简明易行, 最受欢迎的是购买价 格至少50万欧元的房地产或价值至少35万欧元的 旧房产 (建筑历史至少30年) 或旧区重建房产。投 资申请的处理时间在四到六个月, 这些投资必须持 续五年以上。 临时葡萄牙居民身份的优势包括: 对欧洲申根区国 家免签, 自由进入葡萄牙, 在满足居住时限要求 (投 资第一年在葡萄牙停留至少一周, 在随后的更新期 停留两周) 的情况下在葡萄牙居住和生活, 实现家庭 92