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Immigration to Paraguay
Permanent residency and Cedula (Paraguayan
identity card)
A permanent residency permit allows you an
unlimited stay in Paraguay. You may decide to have your principal or
secondary residency in the country, find a job or become self-employed.
Additionally you may profit of the tax advantages in Paraguay.
The immigration into Paraguay is quite easy for
foreigners coming from Europe. The easiest way is to enter as a tourist and
everything else can be organized on the spot. Europeans are allowed to stay
in Paraguay up to three months without a visa and to apply during their
stay for either permanent or temporary residence permit.
Documents required to apply for residence permit
in Paraguay
1. Identification document (passport, etc.);
2.Police or court records from the applicant's
country of origin; *
3.Birth certificate; *
4.Civil state certificate (marriage, divorce,
separation, widowhood); *
5.Consular tourist visa for the countries that
require it;
6.Proof of economic solvency that must be
demonstrated by one of the following means:
-Deposit to a chequing or savings account at a
Paraguayan bank in the amount of at least five thousand dollars US ($
5.000.00 USD) or its equivalent value in local or foreign currency. The
bank account must be in the name of the applicant; or
-Real estate property deed of a property located
in Paraguay; or
-University diploma attached to an offer of
employment or work contract in Paraguay with the indication of the amount
to be received in fees or salary. A commercial license will not be
accepted.
* The documents stated in 2, 3, 4 and 5 must be
legalized at the Paraguayan consulate in the country of origin. The
identification document does not require legalization.
Document Legalization
For documents to have legal status in Paraguay,
they must be legalized by the embassy's Consular Section according to the
following procedure:
1. The original or a notarized copy of each
document must first be legalized by a provincial government office of
signatures.
2. Upon legalization by a government authority, the
document(s) must be submitted to the Consular Section of the Embassy of
Paraguay in your home country.
Important: In your own country translated
documents are not recognized in Paraguay. All documents must be translated
by an officially sworn local translator.
Our services:
With your documentation we will run the
administrative procedures for you. You will only need to hand us in the
papers, sign the authorization that allows us to apply for the permanent
residency in your name and we will handle with everything, unless that for
certain acts a personal attendance is required.
Among other things we translate your documents and
legalize them in the diverse ministries. There are also some additional
documents that are to be obtained here in Paraguay:
1.Certificate issued by the National Police,
Identifications Department of Paraguay
2.Interpol certificate, issued by the regional
office in Asuncion
3.Life and residence certificate, issued by the
jurisdictional police
4.Certification of return
5. Certification to apply for the cedula
6. Health certificate
7. etc.
We will manage in order to get all necessary
documents within 3 days and hand them in for you. Our service includes
picking you up from the hotel and escorting you in all important matters.
Altogether, we offer services including all fees
at a price of:
Per person: 850,- Euro
Children under 14 years: 600,- Euro
Normally it takes a year or longer till the
immigration service hands out the permanent residency permit. A precise time
frame is difficult to define, unless you take additional costs to speed up
the process. In such case, a permanent residency permit may be obtained
within 1-3 months.
The authorities in Paraguay differ fundamentally
from any service offices in Europe: Permanent residency permits requested
on the "normal" way, without professional assistance, may easily
be forgotten under a huge pile of applications or get lost in the
administration. That is why many foreigners prefer to look for professional
assistance instead of dealing personally with all kind of upcoming
problems. Making just a price comparison it can be easily determined which
service providers are totally overpriced. However, one should also not
forget that the price also determines the speed in a lot of cases and that
cheaper offers often don´t provide the full service or don´t include all
the costs!
If you have further questions don´t hesitate to
call or write us an e-Mail-.
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