The Portuguese residency program better known as Portugal Golden Visa, it is nowadays one of the most popular residency programs in the world and these are the reasons why.
While Spain, Greece and other European countries require to live in the country after obtaining residency to be able to apply for citizenship, Portugal does not have any requirements.
Therefore, the applicant obtains the Portuguese Golden Visa or residency permit, and if they want to apply for citizenship and European passport, they just need to visit Portugal a couple of times over a period of 5 years, and after 5 years they can apply for citizenship.
Portugal is part of the European Union so citizens can reside in any country within the EU.
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