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Maldives Corporate Resident Visa

Maldives Residency
Pathway overview

At a glance

Maldives offers Corporate Resident permission to investors who meet one of its approved investment or bank-deposit options. You must document the chosen option and obtain residence approval; transferring money alone is not enough.

Investment option
USD $1,000,000 invested during the preceding three financial years
Deposit option
USD $250,000 for five years in a licensed bank
Approved-project option
USD $250,000 in a government-approved project

Summary

The Maldives’ Corporate Resident Visa offers qualifying investors residence through specified investment, fixed-deposit, or approved-project options. Their amounts and timing differ, including a five-year commitment for the deposit. Document the accepted option and obtain the residence decision; general savings are not an automatic substitute.

Could this pathway work for you?

Eligibility

Immigration lists three alternatives:

Before transferring funds, confirm the qualifying investment, project approval or bank license, and any holding conditions. Use the current Corporate Resident checklist for the financial and personal evidence.

Applying for Maldives corporate residence
  1. Choose and verify an eligible investment option Confirm the project or bank and any holding conditions.
  2. Document the investment and apply Use the current Corporate Resident checklist and ONEGov process.
  3. Follow the approved residence conditions Check the visa term and renewal requirements separately from the investment period.

The three financial options are alternatives, not amounts that must all be invested.

What This Route Allows

Approval lets you reside under the Corporate Resident Visa’s conditions. Check the term actually granted and the requirements to maintain or renew it.

What This Route Is Not

This does not grant Maldivian citizenship. A short Business Visa has different stay limits.

The deposit must be held for five years, but that commitment is not itself a statement of the visa’s length or a grant of unrestricted work rights.

Next Steps

  1. Confirm which investment alternative fits your case and its approval or holding requirements.
  2. Prepare the investment, bank, and personal records on the current checklist.
  3. Apply through ONEGov and check the approved residence period and renewal conditions.

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