The Portugal Elections 2025 could turn out be a game changer for the Portugal golden visa program. Portugal is a finely carved visa-by-investment scheme open to non-EU citizens and third country nationals. Your investment comes with a residence visa to immigrate to Europe. As a result of political uncertainty in Portugal, it may come down to sooner or never for those who are still considering applying for PGV fund option.
It may come down to sooner or never for those who are still considering applying for PGV fund option.
Portugal Elections
On 11th of March Portuguese government dissolves, triggering a caretaker administration until post- election reforms in mid-2025. Elections will be held is May 2025, and new Government should be in place between June-July 2025. Currently the coalition of the current Government seems to be ahead in the polls which might lead to a new government with limited changes. The GV Program might feature in the election campaign potentially leading to small changes, parties such as Chega, the Far-Right party, would like to see
immigration curbed.
Therefore we recommend Investors to complete their applications asap as current rules will likely be grandfathered.
Spanish GV program closed in the end of March, putting additional pressure on the Portuguese Program.
AIMA Vacant Appointments
AIMA has notified applicants not to miss scheduled appointments as this causes more delays in processing applications and waste of resources.
AIMA provides services to the public for the collection of biometric data, by prior appointment, to ensure that foreign citizens are effectively served on the scheduled date and time. It has been found that a significant number of foreign citizens requesting appointments, even though they have been summoned to the indicated addresses, do not appear for the prior appointment at AIMA stores, on the designated day and time. Failure to appear means that other foreign citizens will have to wait longer for a place and that AIMA will have to reschedule the appointment
Why Portugal GV Fund
Portugal golden visa investments are the top choice for visa linked investment to immigrate to Europe and later become a proud EU citizen. Here are some top benefits of investing in GV funds.
- Minimal 500,000 € Horizon fund subscription.
- Highly liquid redeemable anytime (open end fund)
- 15-20% Returns outperform real estate market
- Become a Resident of Europe
- Path to EU/Portuguese Citizenship after 5 years.
- No taxes for non-residents.
- Unrestricted Visa free movement in 26 Schengen Area countries.
- NHR special tax regime pay 20% flat tax (tax residents)
The investment in the Fund gives investor and his family, including children and parents access to Portuguese Residency and a path to Citizenship in 5 years. Additional costs incured are AIMA and legal fee. Please use our Portugal GV calculator to understand the fee structure,.
Havoc on US Markets
Donald Trump has caused havoc in the markets this week with his erratic on-and-off trade tariffs, sending equity markets into a tailspin with an unacceptable level of volatility. For the next four years, while his administration remains in office, US equities and markets closely correlated to them are likely to remain highly volatile and at risk of sudden, large corrections.
When choosing your Golden Visa Fund, investing in funds exposed to public markets such as the PSI-20 or unlisted equities like VC/PE Funds will introduce this volatility into your portfolio, as these equities are highly correlated with US equity markets.
However, it doesn’t have to be this way. You can choose a fund such as the Horizon Fund, which uses a combination of Portuguese corporate bonds—offering predictable returns—and Bitcoin for enhanced performance. Bitcoin, being an asset with low correlation to equity markets, helps avoid much of this noise.
Why Crypto Backed Fund
The fund’s main objective is twofold: Provide solid returns by investing in Portuguese Fixed Income and Digital Assets (BTC, ETH, SOL) in a Regulated, Safe and Flexible Fund.
Provide investors access to a Residence Permit in Europe with a 5-year path to Citizenship.
Investment Strategy. The fund will allocate up to 65% to Fixed Income and up to 35% to Digital Assets. The fund manager can allocate a maximum of 10% per Fixed Income issuer with credit rating of –BB or above, the target is to have 16-20 names in the Portfolio. The credit names are all Portuguese issuers mostly trading on the local exchange PSI-20. The Digital Assets are limited to BTC, ETH and SOL, the fund can invest via ETFs or directly into the Crypto Assets using Regulated Custodians.
Investor Application
We offer the following services with PGV applications with minimal fee.
Legal Support
We partner with the best law firms in Portugal specialized in applying for the Portuguese Visa, helping the investor every step of the way until Citizenship for 6 years.
Experienced Team
Octanova SCR Team has over 20 years of experience in Financial Markets including Digital Assets trading. This is the first Regulated Fund to offer Fixed Income with exposure to Digital Assets in Regulated, Safe, and Flexible manner
Crypto Market
There were positive news on the Crypto space, the key headlines were:
- White House Crypto Summit: where Donald Trump discussed regulatory framework and the US role in Digital Assets, Confirming the creating of a CFTC Forum on Tokenized Assets: CFTC explored pilot programs for tokenized collateral
• SEC Stablecoin Announcement: SEC has clarified that USD based stablecoins with traditional 1:1 backing are likely outside its remit.
• Stablecoin Senate Vote: a bill aimed at regulating stablecoins was debated in the Senate, reflecting the great interest of this administration on Digital assets.
• GameStop shift focus to Bitcoin investing. Similar to Strategy GameStop will allow a part of its $4.75Bln in cash reserves to be invested in Bitcoin
Please contact us for more information on Portugal GV program.
