Hungary
Guest Investor residence permit
The cheapest route to a long EU residence permit, and the least talked about. EUR 250,000 into a central bank registered real estate fund, held five years. Direct property purchase was cancelled as a qualifying route on 15 January 2025.
Guest Investor residence permit
EUR 250,000Registered real estate fund share, five year hold
Fund, not flat
You are buying a share in a regulated fund, not a building, with rules on how much of the fund's net asset value can sit in residential property. That is the same direction Portugal moved in, and it is probably where this asset class is heading generally.
The ten year permit is the selling point
Up to ten years, renewable for another ten, which is far longer than the five year Greek permit or the two year Italian one. Issuance volume is low and the program has not been closed, but it is politically exposed in a way a Latin American program is not.
The facts, in one place
| Status | Open |
| Threshold | EUR 250,000, Registered real estate fund share, five year hold |
| What it grants | Up to 10 years, renewable for another 10 |
| Stay requirement | No published day count |
| Citizenship | 8 years of residence by the ordinary route |
| Governing instrument | Guest investor framework administered by the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing Primary source |
| Last verified | 17 September 2026 |
Other programs:
Compare this against the two programs closest to it
Tell us the budget, the goal and the timeline. If Colombia fits, we introduce you to an immigration lawyer and a broker who has closed for foreign buyers before. If it does not fit, we say so and point you at the program that does.