{"id":68027,"date":"2026-03-23T16:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lexia.it\/?p=68027"},"modified":"2026-03-23T16:19:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:19:47","slug":"residence-investment-italy-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lexia.it\/en\/2026\/03\/23\/residence-investment-italy-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"Residence by investment: how it works in Italy and Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In recent years, investor visas have become increasingly strategic tools for attracting international capital and talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this context, countries such as Portugal, as early as 2012, and Italy, since 2017, have introduced specific residence by investment schemes. These programs allow non-EU citizens to obtain a residence permit through qualifying investments, with the possibility of accessing long-term residence or citizenship over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While pursuing similar objectives, the two models present significant differences, particularly in terms of structure, timing, and tax aspects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the article by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexia.it\/en\/professionista\/pietro-derossi\/\">Pietro Derossi<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexia.it\/en\/professionista\/philip-hoffmann\/\">Philip Hoffmann<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/borsaefinanza.it\/residenza-tramite-investimento-come-funziona-in-italia-e-in-portogallo\/\">Borsa&amp;Finanza ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent years, investor visas have become increasingly strategic tools for attracting international capital and talent. In this context, countries such as Portugal, as early as 2012, and Italy, since 2017, have introduced specific residence by investment schemes. These programs allow non-EU citizens to obtain a residence permit through qualifying investments, with the possibility of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexia.it\/en\/2026\/03\/23\/residence-investment-italy-portugal\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":68028,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[667],"tags":[],"area":[],"collana":[],"competenza":[911,894],"class_list":["post-68027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-en","competenza-global-mobility-visa-relocation","competenza-real-estate-property-management"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Residence by investment: how it works in Italy and Portugal - LEXIA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Investor visas in Italy and Portugal: differences in structure, timing, and tax aspects of residence-by-investment programs.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lexia.it\/en\/2026\/03\/23\/residence-investment-italy-portugal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Residence by investment: how it works in Italy and Portugal - 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