A residency desk for Portugal, Italy and Greece: golden visa programs and what holding the permit means if you mostly live elsewhere.https://medlifestyle.eu/en-ushttps://medlifestyle.eu/residency-by-investment/https://medlifestyle.eu/residency-by-investment/Golden visa and residency by investment in the EU: Portugal, Italy and Greece compared on requirements, cost and stay rules, every figure sourced and dated.https://medlifestyle.eu/residency-by-investment/portugal-golden-visa/https://medlifestyle.eu/residency-by-investment/portugal-golden-visa/Portugal golden visa 2026: EU residency by investment through a €500,000 non real estate fund. Requirements, state fees, family, stay rules and citizenship.https://medlifestyle.eu/residency-by-investment/italy-golden-visa/https://medlifestyle.eu/residency-by-investment/italy-golden-visa/The Italy golden visa is the Investor Visa for Italy: EU residency by investment from €250,000, four routes, no property, no continuous stay for five years.https://medlifestyle.eu/residency-by-investment/greece-golden-visa/https://medlifestyle.eu/residency-by-investment/greece-golden-visa/The Greece golden visa in 2026: €800,000, €400,000 and €250,000 property tiers, one home, no minimum stay, costs and family. EU residency, not the UAE visa.https://medlifestyle.eu/residency-by-investment/portugal-vs-greece-vs-italy-golden-visa/https://medlifestyle.eu/residency-by-investment/portugal-vs-greece-vs-italy-golden-visa/Greece vs Portugal golden visa, with Italy: EU residency by investment compared on investment, property, stay, family, tax and citizenship, sourced and dated.https://medlifestyle.eu/holding-the-option/https://medlifestyle.eu/holding-the-option/Visit and stay rules, Schengen time, renewals, keeping a permit while living elsewhere, tax residency traps and schools, for Portugal, Italy and Greece golden visa holders.https://medlifestyle.eu/holding-the-option/visits-and-schengen-90-180/https://medlifestyle.eu/holding-the-option/visits-and-schengen-90-180/How the Schengen 90 days in any 180 rule applies before and after you hold a Portugal, Italy or Greece residence permit, plus what the EES and ETIAS mean for permit holders.https://medlifestyle.eu/holding-the-option/renewals-and-minimum-stay/https://medlifestyle.eu/holding-the-option/renewals-and-minimum-stay/How long each golden visa permit lasts, how often you renew, the minimum days you must spend in Portugal, Italy or Greece, and what each renewal costs, with official sources.https://medlifestyle.eu/holding-the-option/keeping-the-permit-while-living-elsewhere/https://medlifestyle.eu/holding-the-option/keeping-the-permit-while-living-elsewhere/What can cost you a Portugal, Italy or Greece golden visa if you mostly live somewhere else: the investment, the days, the property rules, and what the permit does and does not count toward.https://medlifestyle.eu/holding-the-option/tax-residency-traps/https://medlifestyle.eu/holding-the-option/tax-residency-traps/A golden visa is not tax residence. The 183 day counts, home tests and home country rules that can make you tax resident in Portugal, Italy or Greece, or keep you resident at home, with sources.https://medlifestyle.eu/holding-the-option/schools/https://medlifestyle.eu/holding-the-option/schools/If your golden visa family spends a term or a year in Portugal, Italy or Greece: which children the permit covers, and the school questions to settle before you go.https://medlifestyle.eu/residency-by-investment/by-passport/https://medlifestyle.eu/residency-by-investment/by-passport/What your passport changes about a Portugal, Italy or Greece golden visa: visas for the visits before the permit, moving the money, home country tax and documents.https://medlifestyle.eu/residency-by-investment/italy-golden-visa/startup/https://medlifestyle.eu/residency-by-investment/italy-golden-visa/startup/How Italy's golden visa works through a €250,000 investment in a registered innovative startup: what qualifies, the €1 million proof of funds, documents, holding period and renewal.https://medlifestyle.eu/residency-by-investment/italy-golden-visa/company/https://medlifestyle.eu/residency-by-investment/italy-golden-visa/company/Italy's golden visa through €500,000 in an Italian company or, since December 2024, an Italian venture capital fund: what operating means, investing through your own company, documents and renewal.https://medlifestyle.eu/residency-by-investment/italy-golden-visa/bonds/https://medlifestyle.eu/residency-by-investment/italy-golden-visa/bonds/Italy's golden visa through €2 million in Italian government bonds: which bonds qualify (BTP, CCT, CTZ and others), the two year maturity rule, deposit in Italy, holding period and renewal.https://medlifestyle.eu/residency-by-investment/italy-golden-visa/philanthropic/https://medlifestyle.eu/residency-by-investment/italy-golden-visa/philanthropic/Italy's golden visa through a €1 million donation to a public interest project in culture, education, immigration management, research or heritage: who can receive it, the public deed, and renewal.