Why People Want to use a retirement account to invest in a Golden Visa Fund? Let’s start with the logic. A Self-Directed IRA (SDIRA) gives U.S. investors the ability to invest their retirement savings into alternative assets like real estate, private equity, or offshore funds — while maintaining tax-deferred growth. And the Portugal Golden Visa? It looks like the perfect match: - You already have funds in your retirement account. - You wouldn’t need to use cash or liquidate taxable investments. - You’d get EU residency, diversified exposure, and potential long-term returns — all in a tax-advantaged wrapper. Sounds like a brilliant hack. But it’s not. It’s a legal and tax disaster waiting to happen. How is it done? SDIRA > LLC > LDA > GV FUND Recently, various promoters started offering a structure whereby the Self-Directed IRA invests in a U.S. LLC, that than goes on to fund a Portuguese Limited Company (Lda.) that is owned by the beneficial owner who then goes on to make a Gold...