The Golden Visa Is Dead in Europe — and 165,000 Millionaires Are Voting With Their Feet

Spain abolished it. Portugal killed the property route. The EU’s top court outlawed selling citizenship. Here’s where the money actually went in 2026.

Spain scrapped its Golden Visa, Portugal ended the real-estate route, and the ECJ ruled Malta’s passport sales illegal. A data-driven map of the collapse — and where a record 165,000 relocating millionaires took their capital in 2026.

By WorldGeoMark