Thursday, June 18th · 5pm Lisbon · 6pm Rome · 12pm New York · 9am California
Free Live Webinar · June 18, 2026
Top European
Golden Visas, Compared.
The five EU residency-by-investment programs still active in 2026, plus Cyprus PR. 60 minutes covering the essentials on Italy, Greece, Portugal, Hungary, Malta and Cyprus — honestly compared.
Thursday, June 18th at 5:00 PM Lisbon time (6:00 PM Rome). ~60 min live on Zoom with Q&A.
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Why this matters, why now
Eleven of seventeen closed. Five are still active.
Spain Golden Visa terminated April 2025. Malta CBI struck down by CJEU. Portugal killed real estate. Bulgaria, Montenegro, Ireland, UK Tier 1 — all closed.
Eleven of seventeen major EU and EU-adjacent programs ran the closure cycle in four years. Five EU residency programs are still active, plus Cyprus PR which functions as one.
Their prices are higher, their citizenship clocks are slower, and most placement advisors are pitching the wrong one to the wrong buyer. This webinar walks through all six, honestly compared.
6
Programs covered
11/17
Closed since 2022
€250K
Lowest live entry
2030
List will be shorter
Who's Hosting
Not a placement deck. Independent intelligence.
Alessandro Palombo — Ph.D. in Public Law, qualified Italian lawyer, master in regulation of global markets. A decade building businesses, residencies and investment structures across European and non-European jurisdictions. €25M+ moved through these programs from the inside — not from a placement deck. The person behind some of the most-followed jurisdictional intelligence content on the internet.
No placement fees on any program in this webinar. The honest analysis sometimes returns “do nothing,” and there is no commission on “do nothing.” Bitizenship operates two products disclosed openly: an Italian innovative startup for the Investor Visa, and a Portuguese Bitcoin-aligned fund. Everything else — including this webinar — is content.
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Followers
300M+
Impressions
6
Jurisdictions
€25M+
Operated
“A European Golden Visa is an option on European residency, not a tax product or a relocation contract. Price it like an option.”
— Alessandro Palombo
Six countries, side by side
Six programs left. Six honest verdicts.
The webinar walks each program in depth — mechanics, math, who fits, the honest catch, the verdict. Below, the photo-friendly snapshot. The slide you'll screenshot.
01Italy
Investor Visa
Entry
€250K
Tax stack
24-bis €300K · 24-ter 7% · Impatriati 50%
Verdict
Rational 2026 default
02Cyprus
PR
Entry
€300K
Tax stack
60-day non-dom · 17-year SDC exemption
Verdict
Durability winner
03Portugal
Golden Visa
Entry
€500K / €250K donation
Tax stack
IFICI (narrow — R&D, PhD, tech)
Verdict
EU PR without moving (citizenship now 10y)
04Greece
Golden Visa
Entry
€250K (Zone C)
Tax stack
5A €100K/y · 5B 7% retiree
Verdict
Cheapest UHNW tax election
05Hungary
GIP
Entry
€250K AIF
Tax stack
No notable expat regime
Verdict
Trough buy, barbell only
06Malta
MPRP
Entry
€375K + €37K
Tax stack
Non-dom + refundable ~5% effective
Verdict
Foreign-source business income only
“The visa is filter #4. Profile is filter #1.”
— Alessandro Palombo
What You'll Get
60 minutes, 7 sections, full Q&A.
Everything you need to evaluate the EU Golden Visa landscape in 2026, structured so you leave with a clear picture of which program — if any — fits you, and what the honest math looks like.
Why this matters: the Plan B / political pendulum case
5 minWhy optionality is the right frame for any EU Golden Visa, what the political pendulum costs you if you don’t hedge in time, the Thiel/Dalio frame (and how the placement industry misuses it), and why most readers don’t actually need any of these programs.
The ratchet & the five active programs
7 minEleven of seventeen major EU and EU-adjacent programs closed in 4 years. The CJEU April 2025 ruling that ended Malta CBI permanently. Spain Apr 2025, Bulgaria 2022, Montenegro 2022, Ireland 2023, Portugal real estate 2023. What survived, what didn’t, and the constitutional line that’s now binding.
The five active programs side by side
18 minItaly Investor Visa €250K, Greek GV €250K (Zone C), Portugal GV €500K funds or €250K donation, Hungary GIP €250K AIF, Malta MPRP €375K + €37K, Cyprus PR €300K. Mechanics, math, who fits, the honest catch, the verdict on each.
The four tests — how to evaluate any program
5 minRecoverability (is the capital yours?), presence (what does holding cost you?), citizenship trigger (does exercise yield something durable?), expiry risk (closure cycle position). The framework you can apply to any program, today or in 2030 when the active-program list changes again.
Tax stacking — the visa is not the tax break
7 minItaly 24-bis / 24-ter / Impatriati / Researcher. Greek 5A (€100K) / 5B (7%). Cyprus 60-day non-dom 17 years. Malta non-dom + refundable. Portugal IFICI (narrow). €5M foreign-income worked example across all five jurisdictions side by side. Match the regime to your profile, then pick the visa.
Decision matrix — who fits which program
6 minUK ex-non-doms on a burning clock, US tech founders pre-exit, foreign-pension retirees, UHNW with foreign-source income, founders selling business, the do-nothing baseline. Profile is filter #1. The visa is filter #4. Plus the descent check most placement decks skip.
Honest costs, red flags + Live Q&A
12 minThe fees the placement industry doesn’t publish. Guarantees you should refuse. The five rules nobody tells you before buying EU optionality. Then live Q&A on your specific situation.
Who This Is For
Calibrated for four profiles.
$5M–$50M of liquid net worth. Within that range, the right program changes meaningfully by profile. If you are one of these, this webinar will save you weeks of research.
UHNW with €5M+ foreign income
Italy 24-bis at €300K/yr or Greek 5A at €100K/yr. Math closes hard above €1M.
UK ex-non-doms on a burning clock
The 4-year UK transition ends April 2029. Italy 24-bis + Investor Visa is the cleanest exit.
Foreign-pension retirees
Greek 5B (7% on foreign pension) or Italy 24-ter (7% Southern). Stack with the respective Golden Visa.
Founders pre-exit, citizenship-desired
Portugal GV at €500K (or €250K donation). EU PR without moving — though the May 2026 reform doubled the citizenship clock to 10 years (7 for CPLP).
If you don't see yourself clearly in any of these archetypes, you're probably in the do nothing yet bucket. That's not a failure — that's a discipline. The webinar covers when do nothing is the right answer too.
When is the webinar
Thursday, June 18th at 5:00 PM Lisbon time.
Format
Live on Zoom, ~60 minutes including Q&A
Cost
Free
Recording
Sent to all registrants if you can’t make it live
Language
English
Specialist counsel for each jurisdiction (migration, tax, investment vehicle) joins the Q&A as relevant. Per-jurisdiction introductions provided post-webinar to registrants who request them.
Free Live Webinar
One hour that will save you weeks of research.
Most people considering an EU Golden Visa spend months piecing together fragmented information from placement decks, blog posts, and outdated guides. Sixty minutes with one practitioner who runs jurisdictional intelligence as a full-time discipline is the fastest way to see the full landscape honestly — and know which program, if any, fits you.
The previous Italy webinar drew 850+ registrants.
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