the total amount of transaction (involving one or several real estates) must be at least EUR 250 000 Latvia wide; with the official cadastral value at least EUR 80 000; state fee of 5% from the real estate value must be paid to the government upon receiving the residency permit; only a bank transfer may be used for purchasing a real estate; the foreigner does not have and has never had any real estate tax debts in Latvia; the transaction is concluded after 1 September 2014; real estate acquired from a legal person registered in the Republic of Latvia or a natural person who is a Latvian citizen, Latvian non-citizen, citizen of the European Union; a residence permit is issued after registering the ownership in the Land Register.