Golden Visa API
A free, keyless Golden Visa API. Query residency-by-investment programs for roughly 70 jurisdictions as clean JSON: investment thresholds by route, what residency you get, physical-presence rules, and the path to permanent residence and citizenship. No signup, no key, no paywall.
The API is completely free to use, including in commercial products. The only ask is a visible link back to solooutpost.com. Every response includes an attribution field, and the dataset carries a verified_date so you always know how current it is.
Endpoints
Base URL: https://solooutpost.com/api
Example
Fetch a single program from the terminal, no key needed:
curl "https://solooutpost.com/api/golden-visas/portugal"
Response:
{
"slug": "portugal",
"country": "Portugal",
"iso": "PT",
"program_name": "Residency Permit for Investment Activity (ARI / Golden Visa)",
"type": "residency_by_investment",
"status": "active",
"status_note": "Real-estate route removed Oct 2023; funds/business/research/donation remain.",
"investment_options": [
{ "route": "Qualifying investment fund", "min_usd": 550000, "notes": "EUR 500k" },
{ "route": "Cultural donation", "min_usd": 220000, "notes": "EUR 200k" }
],
"residency_granted": "2-year renewable permit",
"physical_presence": "7 days/year average",
"path_to_citizenship": "~10 years (extended 2026)",
"confidence": "high",
"verified_date": "2026-07-08"
}List every program and, say, keep only the active ones under $300k with a little JavaScript:
const r = await fetch("https://solooutpost.com/api/golden-visas");
const { programs } = await r.json();
const cheapActive = programs.filter(p =>
p.status === "active" &&
Math.min(...p.investment_options.map(o => o.min_usd || Infinity)) <= 300000
);Example use cases
- Relocation & immigration tools. Power a golden-visa comparison or eligibility tool without maintaining the data yourself.
- Nomad & expat sites. Embed live investment thresholds and residency terms into country guides and comparison tables.
- Fintech & wealth onboarding. Surface residency-by-investment options during cross-border banking, tax or relocation onboarding.
- AI agents & chatbots. Give an LLM a clean, structured source so it can answer "what is the cheapest golden visa in Europe?" accurately.
- Content & SEO. Build programmatic pages for each program with a single, consistent data source.
FAQ
Is the Golden Visa API really free?
Yes. It is free and keyless. There is no signup, no API key and no paywall. If you use the data, please credit SoloOutpost with a link back to solooutpost.com.
How many programs does it cover?
Around 70 jurisdictions worldwide, from the European golden visas (Portugal, Greece, Italy, Malta) to the Gulf, Asia, the Americas, Africa and the Caribbean, including notable closed programs (Spain, Ireland, the UK) marked with their status.
What does each record contain?
The program name and authority, current status (active, closed or terminated), every investment route with its minimum in USD, what residency it grants, physical-presence rules, and the path to permanent residence and citizenship.
How current is the data?
Each record carries a verified date. We track status changes closely, for example Spain terminated its golden visa in April 2025 and Portugal removed its real-estate route in October 2023. Some newer or thinly documented programs are flagged with a lower confidence value.
Can I use it commercially?
Yes. Use it in commercial products. The only ask is a visible link back to solooutpost.com. Every response also includes an attribution field.
How is this different from the Citizenship by Investment API?
Golden visas grant residency (a permit), not a passport. If you want programs that grant citizenship directly, use the Citizenship by Investment API instead.
Is this legal or immigration advice?
No. Programs change often and many exclude specific nationalities. Treat the API as a current starting point for filtering and comparison, not legal advice.
Our data sources
SoloOutpost runs three datasets. Every figure is sourced from authoritative material, prioritising official government publications. Here is the full source list across all of them.
Golden visas & citizenship by investment
- Official government program sources: national immigration and investment authorities and citizenship-by-investment units, for example USCIS (US EB-5), Greece's Ministry of Migration, Panama's Servicio Nacional de Migracion, the UAE ICP, and the Caribbean CBI units (St Kitts, Dominica, Grenada, Antigua, Saint Lucia).
- Court of Justice of the EU and the European Commission: the 2025 Malta ruling and the visa-suspension-mechanism reports that drive program status.
- OECD: residence- and citizenship-by-investment risk assessments and high-risk-scheme lists.
- IMF and official gazettes for program economics and legal instruments.
Country tax & business profiles (Directory)
- PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, Tax Foundation, KPMG, EY and Deloitte for tax rates and regimes.
- OECD, the World Bank and the US Social Security Administration for social contributions and cross-country indicators.
- Official national tax and immigration portals for headline figures.
- Lifestyle indicators from Numbeo (cost of living), Speedtest (internet), and the EF English Proficiency Index.
Mobility
- The open Passport Index travel-requirement matrix, joined to our own digital-nomad and entrepreneur-visa fields.
Programs change often and many exclude specific nationalities. Treat the API as a current starting point for filtering and comparison, not legal advice. See how we score countries, or browse the golden visas dataset on the site.
Related: Citizenship by Investment API · Mobility API · all developer docs.