Source document
Relatório de Imigração, Fronteiras e Asilo 2021
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 2021 (105 pp.). ARI content on PDF pp. 40-41: 865 investor and 1,171 family approvals, 814 and 1,092 first permits, table by route (jobs 3; capital transfer 106 / EUR 51,450,030.71; real estate 756 / EUR 409,366,153.13; total 865 / EUR 460,816,183.84), top ten nationalities. All already in the data; parts add up. ARI family grants not among the top-ten legal bases this year. Rest out of scope.
What it supports
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Numbers (20)
- Dependants approved1,171 persons2021 · SEF 2022Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Investment by programme investorsEUR 460,816,183.842021 · SEF 2022Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Investment by programme investorsRoute: Capital transfer allEUR 51,450,030.712021 · SEF 2022Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Investment by programme investorsRoute: Real estate allEUR 409,366,153.132021 · SEF 2022Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Investor residence permits issued814 persons2021 · SEF 2022Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Investor residence permits issuedApplicant: Family1,092 persons2021 · SEF 2022Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Main applicants approved865 persons2021 · SEF 2022Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Main applicants approvedRoute: Employment3 persons2021 · SEF 2022Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Main applicants approvedRoute: Capital transfer all106 persons2021 · SEF 2022Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Main applicants approvedRoute: Real estate all756 persons2021 · SEF 2022Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Main applicants approvedNationality: Russia65 persons2021 · SEF 2022Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Main applicants approvedNationality: Lebanon21 persons2021 · SEF 2022Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Main applicants approvedNationality: Iran17 persons2021 · SEF 2022Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Main applicants approvedNationality: China270 persons2021 · SEF 2022Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Main applicants approvedNationality: United States101 persons2021 · SEF 2022Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Main applicants approvedNationality: Brazil70 persons2021 · SEF 2022Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Main applicants approvedNationality: India34 persons2021 · SEF 2022Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Main applicants approvedNationality: South Africa34 persons2021 · SEF 2022Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Main applicants approvedNationality: Türkiye30 persons2021 · SEF 2022Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
- Main applicants approvedNationality: Pakistan20 persons2021 · SEF 2022Final figurePortugal · Golden visa
About the document
What it covers ARI statistics for 2021 (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).
Source id prt-sef-rifa-2021 · accessed 2 Oct 2026