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Paraguay Permanent Residence by Investment

Paraguay Residency
Pathway overview

At a glance

The 2026 Paraguay Investor Pass lets a qualifying foreign investor seek direct permanent residence through a tourism project of at least USD $150,000, qualifying Paraguayan financial instruments of at least USD $200,000, or economic-use Paraguayan real estate of at least USD $200,000.

Type
Direct permanent residence through a Foreign Investor Certificate
Minimums
USD $150,000 tourism; USD $200,000 financial instruments or economic-use property
Temporary residence first
Not required
Core controls
Investment proof, lawful source of funds, backgrounds, and route-specific follow-up
What it gives
The Foreign Investor Certificate lets a qualifying investor seek permanent residence directly, without first completing the ordinary temporary-residence stage.
Main limit
A residence route for a personal or family home with no economic use.

Summary

Paraguay's 2026 Investor Pass expanded the investments that can support a Foreign Investor Certificate and direct permanent residence. This page covers the three alternatives to the traditional productive-business route:

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce applies Resolution No. 0283/2026 and issues the Foreign Investor Certificate. The investor uses that certificate in a personal permanent-residence application to the National Migration Directorate. The route skips ordinary temporary residence, but it does not skip investment, background, source-of-funds, document, and immigration review.

Pathway fit check

Eligibility

The applicant must be a foreign national making a qualifying investment in Paraguay and must be able to prove the investment and its lawful funding.

Tourism investment

Financial instruments

Economic-use real estate

The Ministry says an investment can be in execution or already completed if the financial commitment is properly documented. A future intention without a traceable transaction or supported commitment is not enough for the Foreign Investor Certificate.

The Ministry also keeps key controls, including criminal-background review, a sworn declaration about the source of funds, anti-money-laundering checks, and ongoing follow-up of the investment.

After the Ministry issues the certificate, the Migration Directorate's direct-permanent-residence checklist generally requires:

Foreign records must be apostilled or legalized and translated into Spanish as the official instructions require.

What This Route Allows

The Foreign Investor Certificate lets a qualifying investor seek permanent residence directly, without first completing the ordinary temporary-residence stage.

Permanent residence authorizes indefinite residence in Paraguay. The physical permanent-resident card must be renewed every 10 years and gives access to the Paraguayan identity-card process described by the Migration Directorate.

The resident can carry out lawful work, business, study, and investment activity under the separate rules that govern each activity. Residence approval does not replace company registration, securities compliance, property registration, tourism approval, tax registration, or other sector-specific obligations.

Time after permanent admission may be relevant to a later naturalization case, but naturalization has a separate three-year permanent-admission clock, real-residence and absence rules, a regular-activity requirement, good-conduct review, and a Supreme Court examination.

What This Route Is Not

This route is not:

The separate productive-investment category starts at USD $70,000 but requires a business plan and at least five formal jobs. It is covered by the productive SUACE pathway, not by these three passive or sector-specific alternatives.

Next Steps

  1. Choose the exact investment category. Do not buy property or a financial product before confirming that its planned use and structure satisfy Resolution No. 0283/2026.
  2. Contact the Ministry or SUACE. Request the current Foreign Investor Certificate checklist and category-specific forms.
  3. Map the transaction and evidence. Identify the investor, recipient, payment path, official exchange rate where relevant, and records that will prove the full qualifying amount.
  4. Prepare source-of-funds records. Keep bank records, contracts, tax or sale records, ownership documents, and the sworn declaration requested by the Ministry.
  5. Complete category-specific materials. Prepare the tourism business plan and technical records, two-year financial-instrument holding evidence, or property title and economic-use records.
  6. Prepare the immigration file in parallel. Order birth, civil-status, and criminal records early enough to apostille or legalize and translate them, but not so early that time-limited records expire.
  7. Obtain the Foreign Investor Certificate. The certificate is the key document that opens the direct permanent-residence exception.
  8. File personally with the Migration Directorate. The official procedure is in person, and submitting a complete file does not itself guarantee approval.
  9. Maintain the investment and residence records. Follow the Ministry's monitoring requirements and keep evidence of actual life in Paraguay if later naturalization is a goal.
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