How the Gold Visa World Advisory Desk Works

What the desk does, and what it does not

• Nationality analysis first: dual-citizenship law, banned-list status, currency and documentation realities for your passport, before program talk.
• Honest shortlisting: usually two or three programs with a written recommendation, current published prices and realistic timelines.
• Case preparation: a document checklist for your family and a source-of-funds story built to survive due diligence, not to sneak past it.
• Referral, not filing: for the Caribbean four, a government-licensed authorised agent of record; for Portugal, a licensed immigration lawyer and a CMVM-regulated fund; for Greece, a licensed property lawyer; for the UAE, a licensed property lawyer or broker. Each is named to you in writing before any fee, and you can check the name with the relevant authority.
• One thread to the decision: the same WhatsApp thread stays open while the file moves, so each stage is explained in plain words, from submission to approval, oath or residence card.

How we research the figures

Every price, fee and timeline on this site comes from a named source, and where the source is not a government we say so next to the number.

• Official program sources first: the St Kitts and Nevis CIU (ciu.gov.kn) and the Dominica CBIU (cbiu.gov.dm) for their published schedules, the UAE government portal u.ae and the Dubai Land Department, and the OECS for the 2024 regional price agreement. For Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, Portugal and Greece, where official schedules are harder to verify from outside, we use published legal commentary and the UNCTAD Investment Policy Monitor, and say so on the page.
• Law for nationality rules: India's Citizenship Act 1955, China's Nationality Law, Indonesia's Law No. 12/2006, Section 28 of Nigeria's 1999 Constitution, Pakistan's approved dual-nationality list, the Philippines' Republic Act 9225 and the equivalents for the other nationalities we profile.
• Industry sources only where no official figure exists, and labelled: Dominica's 6 to 9 month processing range, for example, is industry-reported, not a government service level. Passport strength comes from the Henley Passport Index, January 2026 edition.
• Gaps stated, not filled: where a figure could not be confirmed, such as St Kitts' current real estate minimums or Grenada's current fee schedule, the page says so instead of guessing.

More than 50 sources sit behind the current pages. Figures are re-checked when a program announces a change and in a full review of every program page each quarter; this version reflects the September 2026 review. Before anyone commits funds, the live figure is confirmed again with the licensed agent or lawyer who will file.

What we refuse to do

No guarantees of approval: due diligence is real and refusing bad files is what keeps these passports valuable. No stale prices: the 2024 harmonisation and 2025-2026 European changes are quoted as they are, with dates. No pushing citizenship on nationals of single-citizenship countries without the renunciation conversation in full. No claiming a licence we do not hold. And no clients whose funds cannot be documented: that is not discretion, that is liability.

Fees

The first conversation and the nationality assessment cost nothing. If you go further, our advisory fee is agreed in writing per case, and it is shown separately from the official program costs and from the agent's or lawyer's own fees, so you always see who is paid what. Start with the programs, your nationality or the guides.