In order to apply for a Golden Visa by investment through the capital transfer of an amount equal to or above 1 million euros, the applicant must prove the investment in the amount required, individually or through a shareholder limited liability company of which the applicant is the shareholder, by submitting the evidence of an international and effective transfer, according to the type of investment. The types of investment through the capital transfer of an amount equal to or above 1 million euros are the following: Declaration of a credit institution authorized or registered in the national territory within Bank of Portugal, attesting the holdership, free from any charges and obligations, of deposit accounts with a balance equal or above 1 million euros, resulting from an international and effective transfer, or of a quota of the same amount when joint accounts are at stake. In the case of acquisition of public debt instruments from the Portuguese state, in particular government bonds, savings certificates or treasury bills, supporting document proving the holdership, free from charges and obligations, issued by the Treasury and Debt Management Agency – IGCP, E.P.E., of instruments of the amount equal or above one million euros; or in the case of acquisition of transferable securities, a certificate attesting the Applicant’s holdership, free from any charges and obligations, issued by the respective registering entity according to and for the purposes of numbers 1 and 2 of Article 78 of the Portuguese Securities Market Code; In the case of acquisition of bearer securities, placed within the depositary under Article 99 of the Portuguese Securities Market Code, a certificate attesting the Applicant’s holdership, free from any charges and obligations, issued by the depositary. In the case of acquisition of nominative securities not included in a centralized system, a certificate attesting the Applicant’s holdership, free from any charges and obligations, issued by the issuer. In the case of acquisition of nominative securities included in a centralized system, a certificate attesting the Applicant’s holdership, free from any charges and obligations, issued by the financial intermediary within which the respective integrated account in a centralized system is open. In the case of acquisition of social participation not included in previous cases, an extract from the register of companies attesting the holding of the participation, and the contract by means of which the acquisition took place, with the amount stated. An extract from the register of companies as well, in the case the investment is done through a shareholder limited liability company, stating the Applicant to be the shareholder, as for in No. 3 13 of Article 65-A of the Regulatory Decree No. 84/07, of 05/11, as amended.
