Several European countries offer investor residency programs, but the processing times vary. Latvia, Italy, and Greece publish short, clearly identifiable administrative milestones, while other countries do not provide comparable public end-to-end figures.

Programs with Published Timeframes

Latvia’s immigration authority lists review of temporary residence-permit documents within 30 days, with 10-working-day and five-working-day services where the accelerated option applies. Italy’s official Investor Visa process gives the Investor Visa Committee 30 days to assess a complete application for a Nulla Osta, or certificate of no impediment. Greece’s Migration Ministry confirms the current investor-residence route, but the public program page does not provide a clean, guaranteed application-to-card service time.

Programs without Published Timeframes

Portugal’s AIMA page confirms the current residence permit for investment activity, but the official ARI page does not publish a current guaranteed end-to-end service time from online filing to first residence card. Malta’s Residency Malta public legal-framework page confirms the Malta Permanent Residence Programme, but the current page does not state a hard end-to-end decision period. Hungary’s guest-investor framework is established in Act XC of 2023, but it does not provide a clean public processing target for the full investor-residence journey.

Spain’s investor-residence route is closed to new applicants, and Ireland’s Immigrant Investor Programme is also closed. These closures mean that historical processing periods may not be relevant to new applicants.

Original reporting: KEYT (Ventura/Santa Barbara) — read the source article.