Paraguay Investor Pass
- Processing time
- 3–6 months
- Physical presence
- You must enter Paraguay to complete the process. There is no heavy annual stay to keep the residence, but the three-year route to citizenship is discretionary and expects genuine ties and real presence, not a purely paper link.
- Family
- Spouse and dependent children, and dependent parents in some cases, included with the main applicant.
See the investment routes and what each one really costs →
Limits and drawbacks
- The 70,000 USD route is not passive: it requires a genuine SUACE business plan and local job creation, and the amount is committed over ten years — treat it as starting a company, not parking money.
- The Investor Pass is brand new (April 2026), so the process and its interpretation are still settling; confirm current requirements with Migraciones before committing.
- Citizenship after three years is real but discretionary: it expects genuine residence and ties and some Spanish or Guaraní, and it is not granted automatically on the calendar.
- Paraguay is landlocked and low-profile; judge it as a low-tax base and a fast citizenship route, not as a lifestyle or mobility upgrade on day one.
What it gets you
- Direct permanent residence in about three months, not a two-year wait
- One of the shortest routes to citizenship — eligible after three years
- Territorial tax: foreign-source income is not taxed in Paraguay
- Low local taxes — broadly a 10% income, 10% corporate and 10% VAT system