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Compare every golden visa. Scored.
Every active residence and citizenship-by-investment program, rated across five dimensions: passport strength, tax, value, speed and lifestyle. Sort it, filter it, see how they really stack up. Nobody pays to rank higher.
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Scores are CIVITAS estimates for orientation, not advice. Each program links to a full report on globalcitizenship.co.
How we score
Five dimensions, one honest method.
Each program is rated 0 to 100 on five axes, then combined into an overall score. The method is the same for every program, and no program can pay to move.
Passport
Visa-free reach weighted by the economic heft of where you can go, not a raw destination count.
Tax
The headline burden on a relocating investor and the availability of a favourable regime.
Value
What the all-in cost buys you, refundable capital versus money genuinely spent.
Speed
Realistic time from application to approval, backlogs included.
Lifestyle
Livability, healthcare, education and the practical experience of being there.
Questions
What is the Golden Visa Matrix? +
A free, independent tool that scores residence and citizenship-by-investment programs across five dimensions, so you can compare them on the things that actually matter instead of a marketing pitch.
Is it really independent? +
Yes. No government, developer or fund pays to be listed or ranked here. It is built by CIVITAS, an advisory that is paid only by its clients and takes no program commissions, so nothing buys a better score.
Which golden visa is the cheapest? +
Among open programs, Latvia has one of the lowest entry points, from around €50,000. Sort the matrix by Cheapest to see the current order, and remember the headline minimum is not the all-in cost.
Which programs lead to citizenship? +
Caribbean citizenship-by-investment programs grant citizenship on approval. European golden visas are residence first, with a path to citizenship over several years. Filter by Citizenship or Residency to compare.
How are the scores calculated? +
Each program is rated 0 to 100 on passport strength, tax, value for cost, speed and lifestyle, then those combine into an overall score. See the How we score section for the methodology.
The matrix narrows it down. CIVITAS gets it right.
This tool is free and independent. When you want the answer for your exact situation, CIVITAS turns the shortlist into a verified plan, paid by you, never by a program.
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