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Paraguay SUACE investor residency

Paraguay links its SUACE permanent-residence route to a separate foreign-investor certificate with four current investment modalities. This guide separates those certificate conditions from the immigration decision, banking, tax residence, and relocation steps.

At a glance

Paraguay’s Investor Pass or foreign-investor certificate is a prerequisite in the SUACE residence process; it is not itself the permanent-residence decision. Current certificate materials describe productive, financial, business-use real-estate, and tourism investment modalities.

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People researching Paraguay permanent residence through the current foreign-investor certificate and SUACE process
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The controlled residence route

Official route
Residencia Permanente para Inversionistas Extranjeros (SUACE)
Who it serves
Qualifying foreign investment under the SUACE route
Current status
active
Authority
Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, with the investor certificate issued through MIC/SUACE
Last checked
2026-08-05
Generally serves
Foreign individual investors using a current Investor Pass modality and able to document both the investment basis and the immigration requirements. SUACE participation or company formation alone does not establish eligibility.
Financial basis
Resolution MIC 0283/2026 describes four modalities rather than one universal threshold: productive industry, commerce, or services from USD 70,000 with a business plan and at least five formal jobs; financial instruments from USD 200,000 maintained for at least two years; business-use real estate from USD 200,000; and tourism investment from USD 150,000 with a business plan. The applicant must follow the evidence rules for the selected modality.
Initial status
Permanent residence. The DNM describes the residence card as definitive and requires the card to be renewed every ten years.
Renewal
Renew the permanent-residence card every ten years under the current DNM card-renewal procedure.
Family
No route-specific dependent conclusion is stated here. A family member must qualify under the procedure applicable to that person.
Work rights
The sources support investment and business-establishment use of the route but do not establish unrestricted employment rights, so no broader work-rights claim is made.
Presence
No route-specific physical-presence maintenance rule is stated in the cited package.
Permanent residence
This is a direct permanent-residence procedure; the current DNM and MIC material does not require the investor first to hold ordinary temporary residence.
Citizenship relationship
Citizenship is a separate legal process. This route does not itself establish citizenship eligibility or a guaranteed timeline.

Current certificate materials list minimums of USD 70,000 plus five formal jobs for a productive business, USD 200,000 held for two years for financial investment, USD 200,000 with at least 30% paid for business-use real estate, or USD 150,000 for tourism. Each modality has its own plan, declaration, and evidence requirements.

Property and investment purpose

Current evidence

Business-use real estate, not a home-purchase shortcut

The current foreign-investor certificate framework includes a business-use real-estate modality of at least USD 200,000, with at least 30% paid. The official declaration excludes property intended for personal or family use.

200000 to Unknown USD · business-use real-estate investment · As of 2026-08-17

  • Property ownership for personal or family use is not presented as a residence basis.
  • Title, valuation, registration, financing, and transaction due diligence require separate review.

Sources

Financial institutions make separate decisions

Current evidence

What the financial-investment evidence supports

The financial-investment certificate modality requires at least USD 200,000 held for two years through an entity authorized by the Central Bank securities regulator. This is an investment condition, not a promise that any bank or intermediary will accept an applicant.

200000 to Unknown USD · qualifying financial investment held for two years · As of 2026-08-17

  • The sources do not establish universal account-opening documents, acceptance, products, remote onboarding, or timing.
  • Financial-intermediary compliance and product decisions remain separate from immigration.

Sources

Tax residence remains separate

Current evidence

The tax-residence certificate boundary

Paraguay tax authorities provide a separate procedure for obtaining a tax-residence certificate. The reviewed material does not establish that SUACE permanent residence automatically creates tax residence.

  • One DNIT guidance chain refers to older migration-law terminology; this guide does not use it to equate immigration and tax residence.
  • Individual tax status, treaty use, filing duties, and certificate eligibility require current tax analysis.

Sources

Government fee and filing preparation

Current evidence

Current permanent-residence government fee

The immigration authority lists a cash government fee of PYG 2,926,925 for permanent residence from 1 July 2026. Card payment totals differ, and radicación and later card-renewal fees are separate.

2926925 PYG · cash permanent-residence government fee · As of 2026-08-17

  • This value excludes radicación, card renewal, translations, apostilles, professional services, banking, travel, and investment costs.
  • Payment method changes the official total; applicants should confirm the current schedule before filing.

Sources

Current evidence

Documents and sequence

The SUACE permanent-residence checklist calls for identity, entry, civil-status and criminal records, Interpol documentation, declarations, and the foreign-investor certificate. Foreign documents may require apostille or legalization and Spanish translation.

  • The Ministry describes up to five days for the investor certificate only; no residence-processing time is inferred.
  • Family derivatives, unrestricted work rights, and a minimum annual day count were not established in the controlling sources reviewed.

Sources

Official route sources

Corrections and changes

  • — Prepared the initial source-linked guide with official citations and explicit limitations.
  • — Reconciled country, pathway, guide, Finder, Calculator, Comparison, and source links across the complete Program 1 cohort.

This guide is general information, not legal or tax advice. Requirements and their application can change.

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