Secure a residence permit in Europe.
We coordinate residence-permit applications for private clients through a single, well-chosen property investment.
A qualifying property can do more than hold capital. One decision becomes a euro-denominated asset, euro rental income, a hedge out of your home currency — and legal residence in Europe. Every step coordinated by us.
A private-client advisory relationship. We source the asset, instruct and coordinate licensed legal, tax and immigration counsel, and project-manage every application — start to finish.
Begin with a private strategy assessment.
A short, confidential assessment that maps your objectives, budget, family and timeline — and identifies the jurisdiction and property strategy that genuinely fit. A private-client review, followed by a senior adviser where appropriate.
- Your strongest jurisdiction — with the reasoning
- Indicative cost, timeline and document checklist
- A confidential client file, shared once — so nothing is asked of you twice
Takes about three minutes · confidential · no obligation
Every credible route weighed against your objectives, with one adviser accountable for the outcome — so you decide from clarity.
Choose your jurisdiction.
Each route is a complete residence programme — the permit, the government application and the full process coordinated for you, with the qualifying investment arranged as one step within it. Open any for the process, timeline and a live cost calculator.
One investment, working on every front.
A single, well-chosen property does far more than house your capital. Here is what owning a Cyprus, Greece or Mauritius residence actually delivers.
A euro-denominated asset
A hard-currency store of value plus euro rental income — diversifying you out of your home currency, in your name.
Legal residence in Europe
A genuine EU foothold in Cyprus or Greece — a renewable residence permit, held quietly from home and used if and when you choose.
A serious European tax-residency option
Cyprus’s statutory non-dom regime, reached via the 60-day tax-residency rule: 0% on dividends, interest and securities gains.
Family coverage, structured properly
Spouse and children on one application; English-language and international schooling, and first-rate healthcare.
A second residence held in reserve
Pre-arranged residence in a safe, stable jurisdiction — secured calmly now, never negotiated under pressure later.
A route toward citizenship
Held lawfully over time, residence can open a route toward naturalisation — subject to the residence, language and eligibility rules of each country, which are separate and never guaranteed.
Tax outcomes depend on your circumstances and are confirmed by qualified counsel; the 60-day non-dom illustration is the Cyprus regime in isolation. Mauritius offers a non-EU alternative (zero capital-gains tax, exceptional lifestyle) where EU access is not the objective.
See clearly.
Act deliberately.
The kestrel hovers with patience and precision, reading the ground below before it commits. We bring the same discipline to second residence planning: a long view, careful judgment, and decisive action only once the path is clear.
Compare the top three programmes.
Cyprus, Greece and Mauritius — the three routes we know best. The essentials at a glance; every figure is indicative and verified to 2026, with final positions confirmed by licensed counsel on engagement.
Cyprus Fastest permanent EU residence | Greece Schengen from day one | Mauritius The non-EU alternative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum investment | €300,000 + VAT (new-build) | €250,000 / €400,000 / €800,000 | USD 375,000 (PDS / IRS / RES / Smart City) |
| Residency granted | Permanent residency — Reg. 6.2 fast-track | Golden Visa — 5-yr renewable | Residence permit — held while you own |
| Tax position | No inheritance tax · 60-day tax residency | Non-dom: flat €100,000/yr on foreign income | No CGT / inheritance / wealth tax · top rate 20% · foreign income on remittance |
| Family included | Spouse + children (auto <18; 18–25 if student-dependent) | Spouse, children <21 (to 24 if student), both sets of parents | Spouse/partner, children to 24, dependent parents |
| Mobility | EU member · not yet Schengen (permit valid for Cyprus) | Full Schengen member · visa-free travel from day one | Outside EU/Schengen · live, work & retire in Mauritius |
| Minimum stay | Visit once every 2 years | No minimum stay | No minimum stay |
| Indicative timeline | ~2–3 months approval · 4–7 months to card | ~4–9 months | ~3–6 months |
| Best for | EU footing, fast permanent residency, English-speaking | Schengen from day one, no-stay flexibility, fixed-tax option | Zero-CGT island base, lifestyle, rand/euro hedge |
A wider view of available routes.
Our focus is Cyprus, Greece and Mauritius — but you can explore every credible route here, openly. The assessment weighs them all against your objectives and points you to the best fit for you.
| Jurisdiction | From | Mobility | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CyprusFastest EU residencyCyprus Permanent Residence | €300,000 | Schengen pending | Open | |
GreeceSchengen from day oneGreece Golden Visa | €400,000* | Full Schengen | Open | |
MauritiusBest lifestyle valueMauritius Residence by Property | USD 375,000 | — | Open | |
MaltaMalta Permanent Residence | €375,000* | Schengen 90/180 | Open | |
United Arab EmiratesUAE Golden Visa | AED 2,000,000 | — | Open | |
TürkiyeTürkiye Citizenship by Property | USD 400,000 | Citizenship | Open | |
PanamaPanama Qualified Investor | USD 300,000 | — | Open | |
LatviaLatvia Residence by Property | €250,000 | Full Schengen | Under review | |
PortugalPortugal Golden Visa | €250,000 | Full Schengen | No property route | |
SpainSpain Golden Visa | €500,000 | Full Schengen | Closed | |
United StatesUSA EB-5 | USD 800,000 | US green card | No property route |
* Greece: New-build minimum. A €250,000 route exists for property renovation/conversion projects — but for off-island clients the project-management burden outweighs the saving. If your budget is around €300,000, Cyprus permanent residence is the stronger choice.
* Malta: Property minimum — ~€99,000 in mandatory government fees (contribution, admin, donation) apply on top, ≈ €474,000+ all-in.
Figures are indicative entry minimums in each programme’s native currency, verified to 2026 and confirmed by counsel on engagement. Some routes (Portugal, Spain, EB-5) are shown for completeness even though their property route is closed or never existed.
A plan B — not a packed suitcase.
Residence by investment is about optionality. Most of our clients have no intention of leaving home tomorrow — they want a secured right to live in Europe, or a stable base beyond it, that they can simply hold — and activate only if they ever choose to. That is precisely what we structure: a second home for your capital and your family, held without uprooting the life you have.
- You want a Plan B you can hold from home — a hedge, not a move
- A euro-denominated asset and an EU foothold for your family
- Tax optionality and a second base, secured over time
- One relationship that handles every step for you
You intend to physically relocate now to a specific country — say, the United States — or you need a student, skilled-worker or employment visa. That is an in-country immigration matter, and a specialist there will serve you far better than we could. We are residence by investment: optionality, not relocation, and we’ll tell you when someone else is the better call.
Residence, not relocation.
There are forty residence programmes worldwide — and most ask you to uproot your family, move, and become a tax resident in a new country. If relocating is the goal, we are honestly not the right firm. What we do is expedite a route to a European Union residence card through investment — secured and held from home, an optionality your family keeps for if and when you choose to use it. It is a narrow expertise, and it is where we excel for our clients.
Cyprus
The EU foothold that doubles as one of Europe’s most efficient tax-residency frameworks — the statutory 60-day non-dom regime.
Greece
EU and Schengen from day one, with no minimum stay to maintain — and a flat-tax option for larger earners who do relocate.
Mauritius
The non-EU alternative: zero capital-gains tax, an exceptional lifestyle, and a hard-currency hedge for your wealth.
How other routes compare.
We map every credible route in the open. But examined against what most clients actually want — a European foothold they can hold from home — most paths lead back to the same three.
Considering Portugal? Its real-estate Golden Visa route closed in October 2023; the remaining fund route carries minimum-stay days and notoriously long processing backlogs. For a European foothold you can hold from home, Greece asks no minimum stay at all — and Cyprus pairs EU residence with one of Europe’s most efficient tax-residency frameworks.
Looking at Malta for a passport? In 2025 the EU’s highest court ended citizenship-by-investment across the Union. Malta now naturalises only by merit — discretionary, case by case, for exceptional national contribution. For most families the practical European path is residence — held over time, at a far lower cost — in Cyprus or Greece.
Drawn to the UAE for zero tax? Superb as a tax base — but it buys no European access. If Europe is the point, the same capital secures it through Cyprus or Greece, with tax advantages of their own.
Tempted by a fast Türkiye passport? Real, but it carries no EU, UK or US visa-free travel. For European access specifically, residence in Cyprus or Greece is the cleaner route.
Set on physically emigrating — to the US or elsewhere? Then you want a dedicated immigration firm in that country, not us. We structure optionality, not relocation — and we’ll say so plainly.
The assessment weighs them all against your own objectives — and shows you, in your situation, why the conclusion tends to be the same.
Fifteen years in residence, citizenship and cross-border real estate.
Kestrel Private’s leadership has worked at the centre of government-facing residence and citizenship programmes since 2009 — serving private clients from more than thirty countries, and the sovereign programmes of the Caribbean, Cyprus and Malta. We bring that institutional depth to a single, personal relationship.
One relationship, the whole journey.
Your residence permit is the goal. We coordinate the entire journey to it as a single engagement — advisory, the qualifying investment, the application and aftercare — to the same standard across all three jurisdictions.
01 · Advisory & selection
We learn your family’s goal and select the right residence route and jurisdiction — the permit first, everything built around it.
02 · Qualifying investments
We arrange the qualifying investment your route requires — a single, well-chosen property — sourced and vetted as the step that secures residency.
03 · Submission of applications
Every government form prepared and checked with you, then lodged by licensed local counsel — your residence application, coordinated end to end.
04 · Aftercare & support
Renewals, your records and your asset looked after for as long as you hold — one point of contact throughout.
Kestrel Private coordinates the engagement and facilitates your applications; the qualifying investment and all regulated legal, tax and immigration work are delivered by licensed local professionals. We are not a law, tax or immigration firm and do not provide those services directly.
Prepared against government filing requirements.
We prepare and assemble your file carefully, document by document. You share your details once; we complete the government forms for your signature at the right moment, and make certain every supporting document is correct before anything is lodged — to reduce the risk of delay or refusal over avoidable technical issues.
Share your details once
You give us what you already hold, a single time. We carry it through every government form on your route — you are never asked for the same paperwork twice.
Forms prepared for signature
We complete the official government application forms for your route and bring them to you, ready to sign at the appropriate point — checked by licensed local counsel before anything is lodged.
Built against the authority’s requirements
Every supporting document is verified against exactly what the authority requires, to the strict standard they set. A refusal follows a family onto every future application — we work to reduce the risk of refusal over avoidable technical issues.
Sequenced and tracked
We know which document each authority needs and in what order, and we watch every expiry — passport, police certificate, permit — so nothing lapses, stalls or has to be done twice.
One relationship, accountable end to end. The regulated legal work is performed by the licensed local counsel we instruct; we prepare, check and coordinate everything around it so nothing reaches an authority unready.
Your residence dossier, assembled for your family.
Open a private client file and we assemble your country dossier — tailored to your family and your chosen route. Each country page lets you request it directly.
Programme fact sheet
Your route, the thresholds, requirements, timeline and exactly what the residence permit unlocks — for your situation.
Government forms
The application forms for your route, pre-populated from your client file and lodged through licensed counsel.
Timeline & milestones
A dated plan from first step to permit in hand, with each milestone owned and tracked on your behalf.
Document checklist
Exactly what we need from you — passports, proof of funds, certificates — shared once, used across the file.
Personal cost assessment
A printed, itemised estimate — every fee, tax and ongoing obligation, based on your family size and budget.
Qualifying investment
The single property that satisfies your route — sourced and vetted as a required step. We surface options only when you want to look.
Four short questions and you see the full analysis on screen — best-fit route, indicative costs, timeline and document checklist. No email required to read it.
Map the route before you commit.
Tell us where you want to be and who is coming with you. The assessment maps the route, the cost and the timeline around your family — privately, and without obligation.