Marcus Beaumont
Senior Writer — Investment Migration & Long-Stay Programmes
Writes about Golden Visas, citizenship-by-investment, and long-term residence routes for entrepreneurs and retirees.
"If a programme requires investing six figures of your money, the least a guide can do is cite the statute number."
Areas of expertise
- • Golden Visa programmes (Portugal, Greece, Spain, Malta, UAE)
- • Citizenship-by-investment (Caribbean, Malta)
- • D7 / passive-income & non-lucrative visas
- • Tax residency trade-offs
About Marcus Beaumont
Marcus moved from London to Lisbon in 2019 on a D7 passive-income visa and has been obsessed with residency routes ever since. Before joining The Visa Index in 2022 he wrote for two personal-finance publications covering international tax and retirement, and advised a small family office on investment-migration options for its clients. He is careful to distinguish between what marketing agencies claim a Golden Visa does and what the Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras or the Enterprise Greece portal actually publish in writing. Marcus has sat through more embassy appointments, biometric collections, and AIMA queues than he cares to count, and he writes the way he would explain things to a friend over coffee — with numbers, caveats, and a working link to the regulation.
Guides written by Marcus Beaumont
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The World's Strongest Passports in 2026: Full Ranking & Analysis
Discover which passports grant the most visa-free access in 2026, the biggest movers up and down the rankings, and what passport strength really means for global travelers.
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Golden Visa Programs 2026: Portugal vs Greece vs Spain vs Malta Compared
A detailed comparison of Europe's leading Golden Visa programs — investment requirements, processing times, residency conditions, tax benefits, and path to citizenship.