Several country's programs have the visa get renewed every X period (e.g. yearly) and for the renew to go through the investment still has to be in place. So t

Several country's programs have the visa get renewed every X period (e.g. yearly) and for the renew to go through the investment still has to be in place. So typically you have to invest that amount up until you get either change of status or citizenship. So 2-5 years depending on country and their rules. I will say that many of these programs don't seem to have kept pace with inflation so the US EB-5 (1 mil) for example would be 1.8 mil in 2014 if it had kept pace.