Source document
Relatório de Imigração, Fronteiras e Asilo 2016
Has everything in it been taken?
CompleteReviewed 8 Oct 2026
Reviewed. Everything in it that belongs in the tables has been taken.
What the document holds
SEF annual immigration report 2016 (84 pp.). ARI content on PDF pp. 16-17 (p. 64 lists foreign delegations that discussed ARI): 1,414 investor and 2,344 family approvals, 1,172 and 1,836 first permits, total EUR 874,444,320.10, real estate 1,329 / EUR 787,447,087.79, capital transfer 84 / EUR 86,997,232.31, job creation 1, top five nationalities. All already in the data; parts add up (1,329+84+1=1,414; amounts sum to total). Rest out of scope.
What it supports
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Numbers (15)
- Dependants approved2,344 persons2016 · SEF 2017Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Investment by programme investorsEUR 874,444,320.102016 · SEF 2017Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Investment by programme investorsRoute: Real estate allEUR 787,447,087.792016 · SEF 2017Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Investment by programme investorsRoute: Capital transferEUR 86,997,232.312016 · SEF 2017Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Investor residence permits issued1,172 persons2016 · SEF 2017Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Investor residence permits issuedApplicant: Family1,836 persons2016 · SEF 2017Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Main applicants approved1,414 persons2016 · SEF 2017Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Main applicants approvedRoute: Real estate all1,329 persons2016 · SEF 2017Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Main applicants approvedRoute: Capital transfer84 persons2016 · SEF 2017Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Main applicants approvedRoute: Employment1 persons2016 · SEF 2017Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Main applicants approvedNationality: China848 persons2016 · SEF 2017Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Main applicants approvedNationality: Brazil142 persons2016 · SEF 2017Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Main applicants approvedNationality: South Africa62 persons2016 · SEF 2017Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Main applicants approvedNationality: Russia51 persons2016 · SEF 2017Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Main applicants approvedNationality: Jordan35 persons2016 · SEF 2017Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
About the document
What it covers ARI statistics for 2016 (section on the investment residence regime).
Notes Annual Immigration, Borders and Asylum Report (RIFA) of SEF; the ARI section gives approvals, family approvals, first residence cards issued, investment by type and main nationalities. Downloaded from the AIMA migration observatory mirror (om.aima.gov.pt) or sefstat.sef.pt. Figures are for the calendar year and can differ slightly from the SEF infographic for the same year (different extraction dates).
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