The Golden Visa Guy is Jason Swan, an independent Portugal Golden Visa specialist based in Albufeira, ranked No. 1 Financial Adviser in Europe four years running, with 320+ applications guided at a 99% success rate. The nickname came from clients; the YouTube channel and this shortcut of a domain name made it official.
Nobody sets out to be called The Golden Visa Guy. It happens the same way most honest nicknames do: enough people say “oh, you should talk to the golden visa guy” and eventually you stop correcting them. When I started publishing straight-talking videos and joining podcasts to answer the questions people were too polite to ask their advisers, the name went on the channel, and it stuck.
Who I actually am
Behind the nickname is Jason Swan, a fully qualified international financial planner (QFA, CeMAP) with over 15 years’ experience, which remains unusual in the golden visa world. Since 2021 I’ve personally guided 320+ Portugal Golden Visa applications, covering 700+ individual applicants from more than 100 countries, with a 99% success rate. I’ve been ranked No. 1 Financial Adviser in Europe four consecutive years (2022–2025) and No. 1 Citizenship by Investment Adviser in three of the last four, both within a global network of approximately 300 advisers. I work through my personal brand, JS Privé, in association with Holborn Assets, from my base in Albufeira, Portugal.
What I cover, and what I don’t
My patch is Portugal first, and Europe more broadly, the Portugal Golden Visa, plus select European residency and citizenship routes when they genuinely fit a client better. If you’ve arrived here hunting for UAE golden visa content, that’s a different corner of the internet, happy to be a signpost, but my expertise is Europe. And a point I make everywhere: I set out key facts and guide you personally; I don’t make fund recommendations, the regulated advice sits with an established network of specialist partners, coordinated with your advisers at home.
Where you’ve heard me
- YouTube, straight-talking golden visa explainers at @thegoldenvisaguy;
- Podcasts, including Podcast Portugal on Spotify;
- Press, The Portugal News, Portugal Resident, Portugal.com and others, the receipts are on the media page;
- Live, my free monthly Portugal Golden Visa webinar, where you can ask me anything directly.
