5 Best Golden Visa Programs in 2024

3. Panama

Minimum Cost of Investment Rank: 8

Time Required to Permanent Residency Rank: 1

Insider Monkey Weighted Average:  5.2

Panama’s Qualified Investor Permanent Residency visa is the Golden Visa through which the country has been attracting many investors over time. According to this scheme, an investor can choose from three different investment options, all of which require holding the investment for five years. The lowest option corresponds to an outlay of US $300,000 in real estate. Other options include a $500,000 investment in securities and $750,000 in a licensed bank. The path to permanent residency is one of the quickest– immediately upon approval of the application– while citizenship takes 5 years.