Source document
Lei n.º 63/2015, de 30 de junho (terceira alteração à Lei n.º 23/2007)
Has everything in it been taken?
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Reviewed. Everything in it that belongs in the tables has been taken.
What the document holds
Law 63/2015 (2 pp.), third amendment to Law 23/2007: art. 3(1)(d) adds subalíneas iv-vii (EUR 350k rehabilitation, EUR 350k research, EUR 250k culture, EUR 500k SME funds) and cuts job creation to 10; art. 3(2)-(3) allow 20% lower amounts for ii-vi in low-density NUTS III areas; decision deadlines for all permits (90/60 days, general, not ARI-specific); adult student children as ARI family members; repeals art. 90-A(3) (regulation by ministerial order); in force the day after 30 Jun 2015. All ARI amounts already in the data (5 terms, low-density rule in their notes) and the event. Also prints, on its second page, an unrelated parliamentary resolution on financial stability. No statistics. Rules restated from other sources are now recorded from this document too (decision 8).
What it supports
10 rows on this site come from this document. Each one opens with the page and the exact words.
Rules and prices (9)
- Investment in arts or cultural heritagemain investorEUR 250,000Since 1 Jul 2015 · Diário da República 2015Portugal · Golden visa
- Property purchase plus rehabilitation worksmain investor; purchase plus rehabilitation worksEUR 350,0001 Jul 2015 – 31 Dec 2021 · Diário da República 2015Portugal · Golden visa
- Investment in research activitiesmain investorEUR 350,0001 Jul 2015 – 31 Dec 2021 · Diário da República 2015Portugal · Golden visa
- Investment in a fundmain investorEUR 500,0001 Jul 2015 – 25 Nov 2017 · Diário da República 2015Portugal · Golden visa
- Minimum building age for the rehabilitation routeproperty for the rehabilitation route (unless located in an urban regeneration area)30 yearsSince 1 Jul 2015 · Diário da República 2015Portugal · Golden visa
- Maximum processing time for a renewaldecision on a residence permit renewal (all residence permits, including ARI)60 daysSince 1 Jul 2015 · Diário da República 2015Portugal · Golden visa
- Maximum processing timedecision on a residence permit application (all residence permits, including ARI)90 daysSince 1 Jul 2015 · Diário da República 2015Portugal · Golden visa
- Jobs to createmain investor10 jobsSince 1 Jul 2015 · Diário da República 2015Portugal · Golden visa
- Reduction for low-density areasroutes ii) to vi) of art. 3(1)(d) (jobs, real estate, rehabilitation, research, culture), in low-density NUTS III territories20%Since 1 Jul 2015 · Diário da República 2015Portugal · Golden visa
About the document
What it covers Jobs route cut to 10; new routes iv) rehabilitation EUR 350k, v) research EUR 350k, vi) culture EUR 250k, vii) SME funds EUR 500k; 20% reduction in low-density areas; in force the day after publication.
Notes Official PDF from files.diariodarepublica.pt, reached via the ELI link https://data.dre.pt/eli/lei/63/2015/06/30/p/dre/pt/pdf.
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