Qualified Investor is the conversation for someone deploying serious capital: a home or other real estate, securities in Panama, or a large bank deposit. Public summaries in 2026 still discuss a real-estate threshold around $300,000, after an earlier plan to raise it, with higher figures for securities (around $500,000) and bank deposits (around $750,000). The investment is expected to be maintained for a period often described as five years.
Sources differ on decree numbers and on edge cases such as financing, liens, and whether funds must arrive from abroad. That is exactly why this page will not walk you through a filing. Those details decide whether a beautiful house actually qualifies. Your attorney reads the title and the money path. We help you find the house, the town, and the people.
If your budget is closer to the Friendly Nations property figure than to this one, compare both before you stretch. A more expensive visa is not a more suitable life.
- Often quoted
- Commonly discussed as about $300,000 in qualifying real estate, about $500,000 in listed securities, or about $750,000 on deposit. Hold periods are part of the rule.
- Where it tends to lead
- Public summaries describe immediate permanent residency if the investment is kept
- Family
- Dependent family members are often included. Confirm the current definition.
Read this before you rely on a number
- A property with a lien, or funds that did not move the way the decree expects, can fail a category that looked simple on a blog.
- You generally need to keep the investment in place. Selling the next year can undo the assumption you moved with.
- Thresholds have already been rewritten once. Confirm the figure in force on the day you apply.
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