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(unverified)"},"processing_time":"Approximately 2–4 weeks from a complete submission (per advisory sources).","visa_free_count":63,"passport_index_rank":null,"key_destinations":null,"travel_access":null,"minimum_stay":"None — no minimum physical-presence requirement to hold or maintain the Green Card. (Note: naturalisation later requires genuine/legal habitual residence over the 5-year period.)","tax_note":"CGT: No capital gains tax on the sale of real estate held for more than two years (per advisory sources).; tax residency: Cabo Verde generally taxes residents; foreign-source income not remitted to Cape Verde is generally not subject to Cape Verdean personal income tax (per advisory sources). (unverified)","path_to_citizenship":"Eligible to apply for Cape Verdean naturalisation after 5 years of legal residence (per the nationality law, with the 'legal residence' requirement added by Law No. 33/X/2023), subject to good character, no serious criminal record, and sufficient resources. The residency requirement may be waived for a substantial investment in the country. Dual nationality is permitted.","highlights":["From EUR 80,000 real estate — among the most affordable RBI routes","Permanent residence, no minimum stay, 5-year naturalisation path"],"atomic_answer":"Cape Verde’s Green Card (Law 30/IX/2018) grants permanent residence to foreign nationals buying qualifying real estate from EUR 80,000 (lower-GDP municipalities) or EUR 120,000 (higher-GDP). No minimum stay, family included, naturalisation possible after five years of legal residence. Not an EU/Schengen route.","fees":{"due_diligence":null,"processing":null,"interview":null,"certificate":null,"application_main":null,"application_dependent":null,"notes":"No official government/application fee schedule was published on the DEF portal at time of research. Buyers separately bear standard Cabo Verde property-transaction costs (property transfer/registration, notary, legal). 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Programmes are operated and governed solely by the respective sovereign governments. No warranty of accuracy or completeness; Mirabello accepts no liability for reliance on this information. © Mirabello Consultancy Ltd. This data and its selection, structure and provenance are Mirabello's proprietary compilation — permitted for interactive, attributed use only; systematic bulk extraction, scraping, or redistribution to rebuild a competing dataset is prohibited (acceptable-use terms: https://mcp.mirabelloconsultancy.com/v1/terms). Terms: https://www.mirabelloconsultancy.com/ai","data_updated":"2026-09-22T18:57:23.636Z","government_fees":"see schedule","tax":"CGT: No capital gains tax on the sale of real estate held for more than two years (per advisory sources).; tax residency: Cabo Verde generally taxes residents; foreign-source income not remitted to Cape Verde is generally not subject to Cape Verdean personal income tax (per advisory sources). (unverified)","claims_provenance":{"government_fees":{"source_url":"https://e-portaldef.gov.cv/en/green-card","source_tier":"official","verified_at":"2026-06-04","confidence":87,"review_due_at":"2026-09-02"},"min_investment":{"source_url":"https://e-portaldef.gov.cv/en/green-card","source_tier":"official","verified_at":"2026-06-04","confidence":87,"review_due_at":"2026-09-02"},"path_to_citizenship":{"source_url":"https://e-portaldef.gov.cv/en/green-card","source_tier":"official","verified_at":"2026-06-04","confidence":92,"review_due_at":"2026-09-02"},"tax":{"source_url":"https://e-portaldef.gov.cv/en/green-card","source_tier":"official","verified_at":"2026-06-04","confidence":92,"review_due_at":"2026-09-02"}},"graph":{"source":"d1-live","provenanced_fields":4}}