Don't Get Burned Golden Visa Risk Master Class/Don't Get Burned Golden Visa Risk Master Class

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Don't Get Burned Golden Visa Risk Master Class

  • Course
  • 48 Lessons

Filling the gap left by glossy Fund decks and offshore sales teams that touch on investment and immigration, but rarely explain the implications, this course is your compass, pointing past the sales pitches so you can:

  • See the risks

  • Ask the revealing questions - and -

  • Make informed decisions about Golden Visa Funds

Are you considering residency by investment? This course will teach you how it all works and how you can work it to your advantage so that you are oriented to:

  • Protect Your Capital

  • Secure Your Family’s Future

  • Avoid Costly Mistakes in Offshore Investments

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Contents

The Golden Visa Landscape: Context before you Commit

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Context before you Commit

By the time you’re done with this lesson, you’ll have:

✅ Context around Golden Visa programs and their popularity
✅ A grasp on various paths to foreign residency and citizenship
✅ A foundational sense of risks inherent when investing offshore

Why Americans are Interested
Golden Visa 101
Offshore Mindset Shift

The Hidden Costs of “Free” Advice: Fiduciaries, Fees, and FX

US hundred dollar bill on fire

How Fees, Commissions, and Currency Risk Quietly Drain Your Wealth

Why Free Advice Isn't Free
Understanding Fees
Currency Risk

U.S. Tax Trap: What U.S. Investors Miss and Advisors Fail to Mention

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PFIC, CFC, and Jurisdictional Mismatches That Can Sink Your Plan B

U.S. Tax Concerns for Foreign Investments
PFIC: Passive Foreign Investment Company
PFIC: QEF Election - Qualified Electing Funds
PFIC: MtM Election - Mark to Market
CFC: Controlled Foreign Corporation
Tax Wrappers: Common Law vs Civil Law Mismatch
Dual Filing & FATCA/FBAR
The IRS Still Cares
Foreign Tax Exposure: What You Need to Know

Program & Political Risks

Programs are political inventions and can change without warning.

RBI Programs are Political Creations
What Happens when Rules Change
Managing Political Risk
Strategic Lens

The Rulebook No One Follows

Residency-by-investment programs may be political (as we saw in Module 4), but for U.S. investors, there’s another critical layer: the legal and regulatory rulebook.

The problem? Most offshore Funds either ignore it or don’t even know it exists.

U.S. Securities Law 101 for Offshore Investors
Foreign Regulators ≠ U.S. Regulators
What If No Fully Compliant Fund Exists?
Spotting Rulebook Red Flags

Macro Offshore Risks

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Currency Shifts, Political Backlash, and Social Sentiment

Currency Shifts
Political Backlash & Social Sentiment
Managing Macro Offshore Risks

Private Investment Landmines

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Golden Visa funds are private investments. Illiquidity, sector bubbles, and retirement account traps are real risks that investors must understand.

Liquidity Illusions
Bubble Risk and Concentration
Retirement Account Traps (IRAs, RMDs, & UBTI)
Spotting the Landmines

Reading the Fine Print

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The devil isn’t in the pitch deck, it’s in the subscription docs and management regulations.

Conflicts of Interest
Lockups and Extensions
Redemption Clauses That Matter
Fine Print Radar

How to Evaluate Funds Without Being an Expert

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Due diligence doesn’t mean you have to become a forensic accountant.

Due diligence means knowing which stones to turn over, and paying attention to how Fund Sponsors respond when you do. The only bad question is the one you don’t ask.

Due Diligence 101
The Five Pillars Framework
Tools to Test Funds
The One Bad Question

Passive ≠ Safe: Why “Set It and Forget It” Doesn’t Work in Immigration or Investing

Treat your Golden Visa Fund the way you would treat any serious investment and immigration process.

Don’t assume anyone else has the same incentive you do to safeguard your residency and your capital.

“Set It and Forget It” Doesn’t Work in Immigration
“Set It and Forget It” Doesn’t Work in Investing

The Exit (or Lack Thereof)

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Getting Your Money Back Is Harder Than Getting In.

Never assume exit is automatic.

Why Portugal / Italy / Greece Wants Your Investment Capital
Why Getting Your Money Back Is Harder Than Getting In

Capstone: The Investment Journey

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Welcome to the capstone of this master class.
You have learned the traps, the tools, and the Five Pillars of due diligence. Now let’s put it all together and see how you actually move from theory to practice.

Getting into a Golden Visa Fund is not the goal. Making a sound investment that secures your residency is the goal. That takes process, discipline, and clear eyes.

Defining Your investor Profile
Screening Funds using the Five Pillars Framework
Documenting & Testing
Making the Decision
After the Wire
Final Takeaway