Residence framework · Last checked 2026-07-27
Residency routes in El Salvador
The responsible authority is identified, but this relationship is not yet described with enough current source support.
- Country
- El Salvador
- Research area
- Residency routes
- Official sources
- 18
- Last checked
- 2026-07-27
Current inventory
Routes to investigate
General temporary residenceResidencia Transitoria (F1)Transitory residenceGeneral temporary residenceResidencia Temporal (F2)General temporary residenceLocal employmentResidencia Temporal con Autorización de Trabajar (F3)Work-authorized temporary residenceGeneral investmentResidencia Temporal Inversionista (F4)Active registered foreign investment of at least four thousand current monthly minimum wagesEntrepreneurResidencia Temporal Negocios (F5)Qualifying company leadership or ownership role used to promote or identify lawful investment opportunitiesLocal employmentResidencia Temporal Representante Comercial (F6)Commercial-representative roleRetirementResidencia Temporal Pensionados (F7)A permanent, stable foreign pension of at least three current commerce-and-services minimum wagesPassive incomeResidencia Temporal Rentista (F8)Permanent, stable foreign monthly rent of at least four current commerce-and-services minimum wagesDependentResidencia Temporal para Acompañar (F9)Accompanying a qualifying personEducationResidencia Temporal Estudios (F10)StudyCompany formationResidencia Temporal Accionista (F11)Non-Central-American shareholder with at least USD 10,000 subscribed and paid in a Salvadoran companyEntrepreneurResidencia Temporal Comerciante Individual (F12)Non-Central-American individual merchant owning a business with at least USD 2,500 in assetsOther officially established groundResidencia Temporal Cooperantes (F13)Cooperation activityHumanitarianResidencia Temporal Víctimas de Trata (F14)Recognized trafficking-victim statusHumanitarianResidencia Temporal por Razones Humanitarias (F15)Recognized humanitarian groundOther officially established groundResidencia Temporal Religiosos (F16)Religious activityRetirementResidencia Definitiva para Pensionado (F33)Qualifying foreign pension at the statutory threshold and current definitive-residence evidenceMarriage or partnershipResidencia Definitiva para Casado o Conviviente de Salvadoreño (F34)Marriage or partnership with a SalvadoranHumanitarianResidencia Definitiva para Personas Refugiadas o Apátrida (F35)Recognized refugee or stateless statusHumanitarianResidencia Definitiva para Personas Víctimas de Trata (F36)Recognized trafficking-victim status
Official evidence
Sources for this overview
Residencias temporalesDirección General de Migración y Extranjería · ES · Last checked 2026-08-08Residencias definitivasDirección General de Migración y Extranjería · ES · Last checked 2026-07-27Instructivo F-07 — residencia temporal para personas pensionadasDirección General de Migración y Extranjería · ES · Last checked 2026-08-08Instructivo F-22 — prórroga para personas pensionadasDirección General de Migración y Extranjería · ES · Last checked 2026-08-08
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