Investment

123 routes

• Albania

  Unique Permit for Investors

  If you invest in an Albanian business, the investor route of the Unique Permit grants you residence tied to that investment.

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• Angola

  Visto de Permanência Temporária

  The Visto de Permanência Temporária is Angola's catch-all long-stay entry visa for purposes that are neither work, study nor investment.

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• Angola

  Visto Privilegiado

  The Visto Privilegiado is Angola's investor visa.

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• Antigua & Barbuda

  Antigua and Barbuda CBI - Business Investment

  For entrepreneurs who want citizenship of Antigua and Barbuda by investing in an approved business - either alone or jointly with other approved applicants in a larger venture.

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• Antigua & Barbuda

  Antigua and Barbuda Work Permit

  For people who have a job offer from an employer in Antigua and Barbuda.

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• Argentina

  Residencia temporaria - subcategoría Inversionista (artículo 23, inciso d, Decreto 616/2010)

  The investor subcategory of Argentine temporary residence is defined by article 23(d) of Decree 616/2010, the regulation of Migration Law 25.871.

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• Argentina

  Residencia temporaria como rentista

  The rentista permit is Argentina's route for people who live off capital rather than off work.

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• Argentina

  Residencia temporaria por nacionalidad - Mercosur

  Argentina's MERCOSUR residence route lets a national of a MERCOSUR member or associated state obtain temporary residence on the strength of nationality alone: there is no job offer, sponsor, investment or income test.

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• Azerbaijan

  Temporary Residence Permit (investment, real estate or deposit)

  For you if you want residence in Azerbaijan through a financial commitment: a temporary residence permit can be granted on grounds such as a qualifying investment in the economy, owning real estate, or holding a fixed-term bank deposit - but please read the honesty note first.

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• Bangladesh

  Business Visa

  Bangladesh's Business Visa - the 'B' category in the national visa policy - is for a businessperson who wants to visit Bangladesh for the purpose of trade, commerce and investment.

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• Bangladesh

  Investor Visa (PI-Visa)

  The Investor Visa, coded 'PI' in Bangladesh's visa policy, is for people whose money is already committed to a Bangladeshi enterprise.

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• Bangladesh

  P1 Investor Visa Recommendation and BIDA Registration

  Foreign nationals investing in Bangladesh access the country's investment regime through the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), the apex investment-promotion agency under the Chief Adviser's Office, via its online One-Stop Service (OSS) portal established under the One-Stop Service Act, 2018.

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• Bangladesh

  Work Permit and Employment ('E') Visa Recommendation

  Foreign employees taking up work in Bangladesh require both a visa recommendation and a Work Permit, both administered by the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) through its online One-Stop Service (OSS) portal under the One-Stop Service Act, 2018.

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• Barbados

  Special Entry and Reside Permit (SERP)

  If you are a high-net-worth individual who wants the right to live in Barbados, the Special Entry and Reside Permit (SERP) is the long-stay permit built around significant means or investment in the island.

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• Belize

  Permanent Residence

  Belize permanent residence is for people who intend to make the country their home, and it is built on a residence qualification rather than an investment one.

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• Bolivia

  Multiple Visa for Business and Investment

  One-year renewable multiple-entry visa for people carrying out investment and business activities that require periodic entry and exit from Bolivia.

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• Botswana

  Permanent Residence Application

  Botswana's Permanent Residence status, granted by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship under the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs, is open to non-citizens who have resided lawfully in Botswana continuously for at least 5 years, are of good character and good standing in society, have made significant con…

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• Brazil

  Residence authorization for investment

  Residence authorization for foreign nationals making a qualifying investment in Brazil, including real-estate investment under CNIg Resolution 36/2018.

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• Bulgaria

  Продължително пребиваване на основание инвестиция (чл. 24, ал. 1, т. 19 и т. 20 ЗЧРБ)

  Bulgaria's investment residence route is not a separate visa but two named grounds of the ordinary continuous residence permit, set out in Article 24(1) points 19 and 20 of the Law on Foreigners in the Republic of Bulgaria.

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• Burundi

  Permanent Resident Visa

  Burundi permanent-resident visa for qualifying long-term residents, investors and family cases.

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• Canada

  Start-Up Visa (Canada)

  Permanent residence for entrepreneurs with endorsement from a designated Canadian venture capital fund, angel investor group, or business incubator.

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• Cape Verde

  Visto de Residência para atividade de investimento

  The second of the four purposes for which Cabo Verde grants a residence visa is the carrying out of an investment activity.

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• Chile

  Residencia Temporal - Investors and related personnel

  Subcategory 13 of Chile's Residencia Temporal permit covers two distinct populations that share one economic logic: the people bringing foreign capital into Chile, and the people the resulting Chilean company needs in order to run.

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• Colombia

  Visa M Inversionista / Socio o Propietario

  The Migrant (M) visa for foreign investors and business owners or partners in a Colombian company.

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• Comoros

  Business Visa

  Comoros business visa route for investment-project and business visitors using the official embassy checklist.

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• Costa Rica

  Temporary Residence - Inversionista (Investor)

  Temporary residence for foreign nationals making a qualifying investment in Costa Rica.

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• Cyprus

  Business Facilitation Unit (BFU) – Register of Companies of Foreign Interests

  Cyprus's Business Facilitation Unit (BFU), established in January 2022 under the Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry as part of the Strategy for Attracting Investments and Talent, is the single contact point for companies operating or expanding in Cyprus.

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• Dominica

  Dominica Permanent Residence

  For people who want to settle long-term in Dominica through the ordinary residence rules, rather than through investment - for example after a qualifying period of lawful residence.

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• Dominica

  Dominica Work Permit

  For people who have a job offer in Dominica.

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• Dominican Republic

  Ordinary Temporary Residence (RT-9)

  If your reason for living in the Dominican Republic does not fit a work or investment category, ordinary RT-9 temporary residence is the general route - renewed yearly on the way to permanent residence.

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• Dominican Republic

  Permanent Residence (RP-1)

  Permanent residence (RP-1) is the Dominican Republic's settled-status card - reached fast through the investment classes, or after the required years of renewed temporary residence on the ordinary route.

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• Dominican Republic

  Residence by Investment - Investor

  If you make a qualifying investment in the Dominican Republic, the investor route gives you residence and, like the other investment classes, a fast track to permanent residence.

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• Dominican Republic

  Residence by Investment - Pensionado (Retiree)

  If you receive a pension from abroad, the pensionado route gives you Dominican residence quickly - and it puts you on the fast track to permanent residence from your first card.

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• Dominican Republic

  Residence by Investment - Rentista (Annuitant)

  If you have steady income from abroad - including remote work - the rentista route is the Dominican Republic's practical home for you, and it leads quickly to permanent residence.

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• Ecuador

  Temporary Residence - Investor (Inversionista)

  For people investing in Ecuador: this route grants temporary residence to those who place a qualifying investment - for example in real estate or a certificate of deposit - of lawful origin.

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• Ecuador

  Temporary Residence - Rentista (Independent Income)

  For people with steady passive income: this route lets you settle in Ecuador on recurring income from lawful sources such as rentals or investments, without needing an Ecuadorian job.

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• Egypt

  Citizenship by Investment (Egypt, Law 190 of 2019)

  Egypt's programme under Law 190 of 2019 granting naturalisation to foreign nationals who make a qualifying investment - real estate, a bank deposit, a business contribution or a treasury contribution - going straight to citizenship with no permanent-residence step.

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• El Salvador

  Freedom Visa (Citizenship by Investment)

  For people seeking Salvadoran citizenship through a large contribution: the Freedom Visa is a government citizenship-by-investment programme funded by a Bitcoin or USDT contribution to state development funds.

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• Ethiopia

  Investment Visa

  Visa for foreign nationals already engaged in investment activity in Ethiopia or potential investors coming to invest.

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• Fiji

  Investor Permit for Non-Citizen Investors

  For people who want to run a business in Fiji: this tiered Investor Permit lets a non-citizen invest in and operate an approved business, with a longer permit for larger investments.

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• Georgia

  Investment Residence Permit

  The investment residence permit is Georgia's investor route, and unusually it is denominated in US dollars rather than lari.

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• Georgia

  Short-Term Residence Permit

  The short-term residence permit is Georgia's property-owner permit, and it sits one tier below the investment residence permit.

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• Ghana

  Automatic Immigrant Quota

  The automatic immigrant quota is the mechanism that converts registered foreign investment in Ghana into the right to bring in expatriate staff.

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• Greece

  Golden Visa

  Greek investment residence route, best known for real-estate and other qualifying investment categories.

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• Grenada

  Grenada Permanent Residence

  For people who want to settle long-term in Grenada through the ordinary residence rules - for example after several years of living there, or through marriage to a citizen - rather than through investment.

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• Grenada

  Grenada Work Permit

  For people who have a job offer in Grenada.

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• Guatemala

  Temporary Residence - Investor (Residencia Inversionista)

  For people investing in Guatemala: this residence is for foreign nationals who make a qualifying investment in the country, for example in a Guatemalan company or project.

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• Honduras

  Rentist, Pensioner or Investor Residence

  Honduras residence categories for rentistas, pensioners and investors, with published income and investment thresholds.

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• Hungary

  Vendégbefektetői tartózkodási engedély

  The guest investor residence permit (vendégbefektetői tartózkodási engedély) is Hungary's investor route, and it is framed as a national economic interest test rather than an ordinary migration category: it is granted to a third-country national whose entry and stay is in the national economic interest because of th…

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• Indonesia

  E28A Visa Investor

  Visa index E28A is Indonesia's investor limited-stay visa: the route by which a foreign shareholder in an Indonesian company obtains a Visa Tinggal Terbatas and, on arrival, the ITAS (KITAS) limited stay permit.

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• Indonesia

  E28B Visa Investor Pendirian Perusahaan (Golden Visa)

  E28B is the company-founding strand of Indonesia's Golden Visa: a limited-stay investor visa granting five or ten years of residence to an individual investor who undertakes to set up a company in Indonesia.

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• Iraq

  Visit or Tourism Consular Visa

  Consular visit and tourism visa framework for Iraq, including tourism, religious visits and authorised business or investor visits.

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• Ireland

  Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP — closed)

  Historic golden-visa equivalent; closed to new applications from 15 February 2023.

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• Jamaica

  Work Permit (Ministry of Labour)

  For people moving to Jamaica with a job: this is the Ministry of Labour work permit your employer (or, for investors, JAMPRO) applies for so you can work legally.

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• Jordan

  Investor Residency (Qualifying Real-Estate Purchase)

  For people buying qualifying property in Jordan: this residency lets a real-estate investor and their family live in Jordan based on a property purchase that meets the threshold.

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• Kiribati

  Investment Visa

  Kiribati investment visa route for applicants with an approved Foreign Investment Certificate from the Investment Promotion Division.

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• Kuwait

  Direct Investment Licence under Law No. 116 of 2013

  Kuwait's Law No.

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• Kuwait

  Investor Residency (long-term, up to ~15 years)

  For foreign investors licensed under Kuwait's foreign-investment law, who can be granted a long-term residency of up to around 15 years.

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• Laos

  Business Investor Visa (NI-B2)

  Lao business visa route for foreign investors approved for investment in Lao PDR.

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• Laos

  Multiple Entry-Exit Visa for Investors

  Lao multiple entry-exit visa service for investors who already hold the required business visa and stay permit card.

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• Laos

  Stay Permit Card for Investors and Family

  Stay Permit Card route for foreign investors and qualifying family after entry on the correct Lao business visa.

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• Latvia

  Share capital investor residence permit

  Latvia's share-capital investor residence permit, issued by the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (PMLP), grants a temporary residence permit to a foreigner who invests in a company's share capital — increasing it or founding a new company — and pays €10,000 into the State budget.

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• Lebanon

  Permanent Residence Permit

  Renewable three-year permanent residence for listed income, investor or long work-permit cases.

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• Madagascar

  Company Creation for Foreign Investors

  Madagascar EDBM company-creation service used by foreign founders and investors who need local company documents for investor, work or long-stay filings.

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• Madagascar

  Visa-immigrant, motif Investisseurs

  Madagascar's investor route is unusual in what it does not ask for: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs publishes no minimum investment amount, no capital threshold and no job-creation target.

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• Madagascar

  Visa-immigrant, motif Regroupement Familial

  Madagascar's family reunification route is the lightest of the immigrant-visa categories in what it adds, and that simplicity is the point: where the worker category demands seven employer documents and the investor category seven company documents, family reunification adds just two, and only one applies to any giv…

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• Marshall Islands

  Business Visa (B-1)

  Marshall Islands B-1 business visa for individuals with an approved Foreign Investment Business License.

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• Mauritius

  Occupation Permit (Investor)

  Mauritius' Occupation Permit for Investors is administered by the Economic Development Board (EDB) and combines a work and residence permit for a non-citizen who invests a minimum of USD 100,000 into a business activity in Mauritius.

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• Mauritius

  Permanent Residence Permit (PRP)

  The Permanent Residence Permit (PRP) is a 20-year residency status for Mauritius, renewable for a further 20 years, granted by the Residence Permit Section of the Prime Minister's Office (Defence and Home Affairs Division) to investors, professionals, self-employed entrepreneurs, retired non-citizens and their famil…

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• Moldova

  Dreptul de ședere provizorie în scop de nomad digital

  Moldova runs a dedicated digital nomad track inside its provisional residence system, listed by the General Inspectorate for Migration alongside work, study, investment and family reunification as one of the purposes for which a foreigner staying longer than 90 days can be granted the right of residence.

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• Moldova

  Dreptul de ședere provizorie pentru investiții străine

  Foreign investment is one of the purposes for which the General Inspectorate for Migration grants the right of provisional residence in Moldova, and it comes in two forms on the same page.

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• Mongolia

  Investor Residence (foreign-invested company)

  For you if you are a foreign investor in, or a senior representative of, a foreign-invested company in Mongolia: this route gives you a residence permit on the basis of that investment or role, rather than a local employment contract.

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• Montenegro

  Dozvola za privremeni boravak i rad za preduzetnike i izvršne direktore

  Montenegro does not run a separate investor visa; a foreigner who founds or runs their own Montenegrin business obtains the ordinary residence-and-work permit, with the employment-based file adjusted to fit an owner rather than an employee.

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• Morocco

  Visa ordinaire - Visiteur (long sejour sans activite professionnelle)

  If you intend to live in Morocco on your own money without working - as a retiree, or on investment or rental income - the category the Ministry of Foreign Affairs publishes for you is the ordinary visa 'Visiteur'.

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• Mozambique

  Investment Visa (eVisa)

  The Investment eVisa is the longest-duration category the Mozambican eVisa portal offers, and it is gated by a capital threshold.

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• Namibia

  Digital Nomad Visa (NIPDB)

  For remote workers who earn their income from outside Namibia: this short visa, run by the Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board, lets you live in Namibia for about six months while working for clients or an employer abroad - it is not a route to permanent residence.

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• Namibia

  Investor Residence (qualifying investment)

  For foreign nationals making a qualifying investment in Namibia and running their own business there: this investor route lets you reside on the strength of that investment, with the Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board helping coordinate the permit through the Ministry of Home Affairs.

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• Nepal

  Non-Tourist Visa — Business Visa

  Nepal's Business Visa, a Non-Tourist Visa category issued by the Department of Immigration, is available to investors and businesspersons investing in or undertaking business in Nepal.

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• New Zealand

  Active Investor Plus Visa

  The Active Investor Plus Visa is New Zealand's investor residence route, and it is open for applications.

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• Nigeria

  Investors Visa

  Nigeria's investor route is not a single visa but a graded family of Investors Visas sitting inside the Permanent Residence Visa group of the Nigeria Immigration Service.

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• Oman

  Investor Residency (Golden Visa)

  Oman long-term Investor Residency / Golden Visa offering 5 or 10 year renewable residence to qualifying investors, administered via Invest Oman.

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• Pakistan

  Business Investor Visa

  Pakistan investor route for foreign citizens intending to do business or invest in Pakistan.

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• Panama

  Economic Solvency Residence (Solvencia Economica Propia)

  Permanent residence for foreign nationals who demonstrate their own economic solvency through a qualifying investment or deposit in Panama.

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• Panama

  Qualified Investor Permanent Residence (Inversionista Calificado)

  Permanent residence for foreign nationals making a substantial qualifying investment in Panama, created by Decreto 722 of 2020.

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• Papua New Guinea

  Permanent Residence

  Papua New Guinea permanent residence classes for specified executives, investors, professionals, religious workers, retirees and PNG family cases.

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• Paraguay

  Permanent Residence for Investors (SUACE)

  For investors: the SUACE route is Paraguay's fast lane - it grants permanent residence directly, without first going through temporary residence, for foreign investors who register a qualifying business.

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• Peru

  Calidad migratoria de residente para inversionista

  Peru's investor residence is for the foreign national who wants to establish, develop or manage one or more lawful investments within the framework of Peruvian law.

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• Philippines

  Special Investor's Resident Visa (SIRV)

  The Special Investor's Resident Visa is the Philippines' investment-for-residence programme, administered by the Board of Investments under Book V of the Omnibus Investments Code (Executive Order No.

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• Portugal

  Portugal Golden Visa (residence by investment)

  Residence-by-investment route; real-estate and capital-transfer pathways were closed in October 2023, but fund-investment and other options remain.

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• Qatar

  Residency Program (Entrepreneurs & Executives)

  Invest Qatar — the State's investment promotion agency — runs a Residency Program aimed squarely at people who bring a business with them rather than a job offer.

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• Romania

  Long-stay visa and temporary residence permit for professional, commercial or economic activities

  Romania does not run a stand-alone investor visa; the live route for someone who wants to invest or trade here is residence for independent activity.

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• Rwanda

  Business entrepreneur permit

  The business entrepreneur permit is the temporary residence permit the Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration (DGIE) issues to a foreign national who runs a business in Rwanda on their own account without holding an investment certificate.

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• Rwanda

  Business investor permit (classes A1 and B1)

  Rwanda's investor permit is the temporary residence permit issued by the Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration (DGIE) to a foreign national who is putting his or her own capital into a Rwandan venture.

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• Samoa

  Temporary Residence for Business or Investment

  Samoa temporary resident permit for conducting business or investing in Samoa.

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• San Marino

  Elective Residence Permit

  Long-term residence for foreign nationals who establish residence through a qualifying property or financial investment.

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• Sierra Leone

  Investor Residence Permit

  Sierra Leone residence-permit path for foreign investors staying in Sierra Leone for more than 90 days, supported by SLIEPA investment guidance.

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• Singapore

  EntrePass

  The EntrePass is Singapore's founder visa, and it is deliberately narrow: it is intended for serial entrepreneurs, high-calibre innovators or experienced investors who want to operate a Singapore business that is venture-backed or owns innovative technologies.

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• Spain

  Spain Golden Visa (ending April 2025)

  Residence-by-investment route announced to end on 3 April 2025; residual queries reference historical rules.

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• Sri Lanka

  Residence Visa — Investor Category

  The Investor Category of Sri Lanka's Residence Visa, issued by the Department of Immigration and Emigration under the Immigrants and Emigrants Act No.

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• St. Kitts & Nevis

  St Kitts and Nevis Permanent Residence

  For people who want to settle long-term in St Kitts and Nevis through the ordinary residence rules - for example after a qualifying period of living there, or through marriage to a citizen - rather than through investment.

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• St. Lucia

  Saint Lucia CBI - Enterprise Project

  For investors who want citizenship of Saint Lucia by backing an approved enterprise project that creates local jobs - either alone or jointly with other approved applicants in a larger venture.

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• St. Lucia

  Saint Lucia CBI - Government Bonds

  For people who want citizenship of Saint Lucia by buying government bonds that they hold for a fixed period - an option where the capital is intended to be returned at the end, unlike a donation.

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• St. Lucia

  Saint Lucia Permanent Residence

  For people who want to settle long-term in Saint Lucia through the ordinary residence rules - typically after several years of continuous residence - rather than through investment.

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• St. Lucia

  Saint Lucia Work Permit

  For people who have a job offer in Saint Lucia.

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• Tajikistan

  Investor Visa Categories C and MOI

  Investor and free-economic-zone visa route for major investors, company leaders and eligible free economic zone activity.

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• Thailand

  Long-Term Resident (LTR) Visa — Highly-Skilled Professionals

  Thailand's Long-Term Resident (LTR) Visa, administered by the Board of Investment through its Long-Term Resident Visa Unit, is a 10-year renewable visa offered under four categories — Wealthy Global Citizen, Wealthy Pensioners, Work-from-Thailand Professionals, and Highly-Skilled Professionals — aimed at attracting …

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• Thailand

  SMART Visa

  The SMART Visa is the Thailand Board of Investment's route for foreign talent and entrepreneurs in the country's thirteen targeted "S-Curve" industries.

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• Timor-Leste

  Business Visa

  Timor-Leste business visa for business activity, prospecting and investment purposes.

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• Trinidad & Tobago

  Residence after Five Years (Permanent Residence)

  For people who have lived in Trinidad and Tobago for five years: this is how you apply for residence under the Immigration Act - there is no investment shortcut, it is earned through time spent in the country.

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• Tunisia

  Octroi de la carte de sejour pour etrangers - investisseurs

  This is the Tunisian residence card for foreign investors.

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• Türkiye

  Exceptional Acquisition of Turkish Citizenship (citizenship by investment)

  Türkiye grants citizenship by investment through the "exceptional acquisition" mechanism in Article 12 of the Turkish Citizenship Law No.

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• Türkiye

  Turquoise Card (Turkuaz Kart)

  The Turquoise Card (Turkuaz Kart) is Türkiye's status for exceptional talent and capital.

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• United Arab Emirates

  Green visa for investors

  The federal portal files this route under "Residence visa for doing business in the UAE" and calls it the Green visa for investors.

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• United States

  E-2 Treaty Investors

  The E-2 treaty investor classification lets a national of a country that holds a treaty of commerce and navigation with the United States (or a qualifying international agreement, or a country designated by legislation) come to the US to direct a business into which they have invested a substantial amount of capital.

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• United States

  EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program

  EB-5 is the United States' employment-based fifth-preference immigrant visa: an investor who puts the required capital into a new US commercial enterprise and creates ten permanent full-time jobs becomes a lawful permanent resident, together with a spouse and unmarried children under 21.

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• Uzbekistan

  Golden Visa (5-year residence for investment)

  For you if you want longer-term residence in Uzbekistan through a significant investment or contribution: the Golden Visa is a newer route offering a five-year residence permit under a simplified procedure.

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• Vanuatu

  Development Support Program (citizenship by investment)

  Vanuatu's citizenship-by-investment route: a non-refundable contribution to a government fund in exchange for citizenship, run by the Vanuatu Citizenship Office / Citizenship Commission.

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• Vanuatu

  Permanent Resident Visa

  Vanuatu's longer-term residence status, for people of Ni-Vanuatu descent, people who have been residing in Vanuatu for the last 12 months, or serious investors intending to invest in Vanuatu.

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• Vanuatu

  Residence Visa (Foreign Investor ground)

  For people investing in a business in Vanuatu who hold a Foreign Investor approval certificate from VIPA.

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• Venezuela

  Visa de Transeúnte Empresario/Industrial

  The Visa de Transeúnte Empresario/Industrial is Venezuela's visa for owners of businesses and industries, as distinct from the general business-visitor visa (TR-N) and from the investor visa (TR-I).

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• Venezuela

  Visa de Transeúnte Inversionista (TR-I)

  The Visa de Transeúnte Inversionista (TR-I) is Venezuela's investor visa, published by the Consular Relations Office of the Ministry of the People's Power for Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

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• Venezuela

  Visa de Transeúnte Rentista (TR-RE)

  The Visa de Transeúnte Rentista (TR-RE) is Venezuela's visa for people who live off income rather than work — the route a pensioner or a person with investment income uses.

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• Vietnam

  Investor Visa (DT1-DT4)

  Tiered investor visa (DT1 to DT4) for foreign investors and representatives, graded by the amount of capital contributed.

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