The Golden visa schemes today runs in over 20 countries worldwide with US and Canada running the oldest in the world since 1990’s leading from the front.
The golden visa attract some $10 billion annually
We designed a Points based scoring (PBS) model to rank golden visa schemes evaluating 10 most important factors. Our model has taken into account the ten most important factors assigning a total of 100 points to rank a golden visa scheme.
Ranking factors
Each factor assigned 10 points
- Minimum investment
- Processing times
- Permanent or temporary residence permit
- Citizenship and naturalization time
- Residence conditions
- Quota/Limits
- Education system
- Healthcare
- HDI Rank
- Passport strength
- Property prices
| Golden visa | PBS score | Rank |
| Greece | 84 | 1 |
| Malta | 83 | 2 |
| Ireland | 81 | 3 |
| United States | 80 | 4 |
| Portugal | 80 | 4 |
| United Kingdom | 79 | 5 |
| Canada | 79 | 5 |
| Italy | 79 | 5 |
| Australia | 79 | 5 |
| Netherlands | 78 | 6 |
| Spain | 78 | 6 |
| Luxembourg | 75 | 7 |
| Latvia | 75 | 7 |
| New Zealand | 73 | 8 |
| Thailand | 71 | 9 |
Read more about the full report here