Workspace · Overview

Cross-border investment migration, methodically tracked.

A working research surface covering fifty jurisdictions, the residency and citizenship programs inside each, real-estate market data, tax overlays per country, and the eight investment patterns that consistently fail buyers.

50 Jurisdictions covered
50 Active residency and citizenship programs
47 Tax overlays, per-country and US
8 Fraud patterns continuously watched
This week's spotlight

Greece Golden Visa: the 2024 zone-tier reform

Greece restructured its Golden Visa minimum investment in 2024, splitting the country into geographic zones with thresholds running from €250,000 to €800,000. The reform pushes new investment toward less-saturated regions and away from the Athens and Thessaloniki corridors that previously absorbed most foreign capital. The change has material consequences for tax residency planning and for buyers comparing Greece against Portugal, Spain, and Malta.

T1 Sourced primarily from the Greek Ministry of Migration and Asylum

Where to begin

Common research starting points, organized by region. Each opens a conversation already pointed at the jurisdiction or program family.

Patterns Vela watches for

Eight known failure modes in Golden Visa and CBI programs. Every conversation is checked against these. If a topic looks like one of them, the conversation pauses for verification before continuing.

Or start with your own question

Describe a situation. Get tier-graded research back.

Pricing you have been quoted, a program you are weighing, a tax question you cannot get a straight answer on, a name that should appear on an authorized-agent list. The conversation will source every claim and pause if it looks like one of the patterns above.

Workspace · Conversation

Cross-border investment research, slowly considered.

Golden Visas, residency programs, real-estate markets, tax exposure, known fraud patterns. Every answer carries a tier-graded source. The conversation slows down when a question deserves a pause.

VelaReady

I'm an educational research companion for cross-border real-estate investment and the residency or citizenship programs that often bundle with it.

Every fact I quote is attributed to a graded source: government primary sources first, licensed legal analysis second, industry commentary third. When a question requires a licensed advisor, I'll tell you and point you toward the right kind of professional.

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Workspace · Research Library

The reference shelf behind every answer.

Jurisdictions, residency and citizenship programs, and the eight fraud patterns the scope-guard layer watches for. Any card opens a conversation already pointed at that topic.

Vela is an educational tool, not a licensed advisor. Verify every claim against the cited primary source before acting.