Permanent residency in Paraguay

[thirdShow10]

Hi there, I am thinking about getting PR in Paraguay and canceling in my home‌ country for digital nomad life.

As I understand it, the ID card I get has‍ no address on it, like ID cards in EU. Are there some services there let⁠ me rent a virtual address, for person and not a company, I can use to⁤ get mail, get a phone number and so on?

Also, do I have to fill⁣ in tax return in Paraguay if all my income is from abroad? If so, again,⁢ is there some service that could help me with that? My income will my salary︀ from company in Estonia, which is not taxed in Estonia, but they might ask for︁ proof of me taxing it somewhere else, or a proof that I do not need︂ to pay taxes on it.

 

[Marie Manila]

I read somewhere that an HIV and health check is required when applying.
How extensive‌ is this health check?
What are the reasons for refusal?
Or is it just a‍ lawyer writing "You are healthy!" without consulting a doctor?

 

[Aleksander Paragvaets]

Normally 3 days or if you need faster : 1‍ days.
I can do it in one day if you don't need to get a⁠ visa in Brazil or Argentina for PR.
What kind of⁣ investments? I mean in what area?
Yep, in Police and in Interpol. Also some people in SENAD︀ (antinarcotics).

Just a doctor writing "You are healthy". Lawyer can't︂ do this.

Never heard of those services in Paraguay.
Only income you get doing something in Paraguay or services offered for︆ people abroad while being in Paraguay. But Paraguay never search for your abroad income if︇ you don't use your Paraguayan bank account for receiving money from other countries. You can︈ just fill only what you earn in Paraguay.

I always see her️ at migration board. Yep, she usually does the PR job with Germans. Never heard about‌ a scam scheme done by her. Don't know if it's true or not. If she‍ did something or not.

 

[Thomas278]

With all due respect the list above is highly incomplete︎ and can be found at several English language websites. I live in Paraguay, speak fluent️ Spanish, and am in final stages of applying for a permanent residency for a number‌ of reasons. I assure you that there is a significant amount of documents and/or other‍ steps that are missing in the statement above. Feel free to message me or reply⁠ here. Muchas Gracias. Thomas

 

[Thomas278]

HI, I live in Paraguay,︃ speak fluent Spanish and am just about to formally apply for residency next week -︄ have all the documents ready. The ID card "Cedula" does not have address on it,︅ that is correct. As far as I know you are not obligated to file a︆ tax return if your only income comes from abroad. If you need more info message︇ me.

Hey I am in Paraguay and just did the health check as a part︊ of the application form for the application for permanent residency. The health check must be︋ performed by a licenced doctor. While I cannot say my experience is typical, my health︌ check took 10 min, basic stuff like blood oxygen level, blood pressure, lung exam (stetoscope),︍ heart exam (ditto), and a brief conversation with a doc. Note that I do have︎ some medical background which might - but I am not sure if it did -️ help. Feel free to message me for more info. Chao.

 

[Thomas278]

Hello everyone,

I have just filed all the documents required for a permanent residency with‌ Migracion Paraguay. The documents were reviewed and accepted and I had received a "Comprobante de‍ Tramitacion de Una Solicitud" i.e. Confirmation of Filing of an Application.

Unless there are going⁠ to be any unexpected problems or additional questions, I should get the residency before
Christmas.

I had lived in Paraguay since January 2022, I had read a number of blogs⁤ about Paraguay residency, I had consulted 3 immigration lawyers here in Paraguay, and in the⁣ end decided to do it all by myself. I speak fluent Spanish and I found⁢ local staff at the Immigration office to be very helpful and friendly.

With all due︀ respect, I will say that all of the blogs I had read, and all the︁ posts in this thread capture maybe 25% of the things you need to actually apply︂ for a residency in Paraguay. It is not that they are incorrect, all they say︃ most of the time is true, but they are highly incomplete.

Example: "Certificado de Vida︄ y Residencia" i.e. Certificate of Life and Residency is one of many requirements you need︅ to provide. I have never seen it mentioned anywhere. You can get it from your︆ local neighborhood police station but you also need additional documents to receive it - one︇ of them being 2 neighbors to vouch for you. Not a problem as I had︈ lived in the same apartment for 6 months and know a lot of neighbors but︉ I have never seen this particular detail anywhere... And I could go on.

All this︊ can be arranged but what I am trying to say it is not as simple︋ as most of the posts try to make it look like.

It took me almost︌ 6 months to get everything lined up, with the biggest culprit being that my home︍ country (Canada) is not a signatory to the 1961 Hague Convention (“Convention of 5 October︎ 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents”).

Feel free to message me️ if you have any questions.

Rohayhu Paraguay!

 

[gengiskhan]

Found this Jeronimo Finestra lawyer

For those wanting more hands on support in obtaining residency.‌ Any other legit services recommended?

 

[daxbr]

Absolutely not. Read older posts about him.

 

[Thomas278]

See my post above, I‍ am happy to assist - feel free to message me. Hasta pronto.

 

[Aleksander Paragvaets]

With All due respect all other‍ documents are LOCALS one. So I don't even mention it because I get it without⁠ problem. I am working in this bussiness long time.

Yeah, because it's my job to get those documents wihout the⁢ need of the client to think about it. Those who want to do it by︀ theirself can read the web page of the migration board or the police. It's a︁ public information. Meanwhile the most important documents are those from where you come from.

 

[Thomas278]

Hi Alexander,

thank you for your thoughts.

Let me offer my perspective.

1. As︀ someone who arrived in Paraguay in January 2022, I had no idea about anything related︁ to residency. So what I would have expected, as someone who had visited 50+ countries︂ and lived in 9, a clearcut guide what has to be done to obtain permanent︃ residency here. Despite talking to a couple of immigration lawyers as well as reading a︄ bunch of expat blogs, I found very vague info that really did not help at︅ all. I would have expected to get a step by step to do list. I︆ found no one to provide it despite trying to charge me significant fees. That is︇ why I did it by myself.

And while these documents are local, they still take︈ time and money and they are part of the application process. As such I believe︉ it is a good idea for people to know what these are. Yes the link︊ to Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores is good, but even there it is not spelled out︋ exactly what is needed for every document. See for example Certificado de Vida y Residencia.︌

Furthermore, it gets somehow more complicated if you had a residency in another country other︍ than your home one, and that may require even more documents.

It gets even more︎ complicated if any country from where you need documents is not a signatory to the️ 1961 Hague Convention. And I can go on but that is not the point.

It is all doable, of course. After all my application had been accepted by Migraciones.

2. My only point is for those who decide to seek more info about Paraguay Residency,‌ using the web is basically useless. This is not the case say in Colombia nor‍ Ecuador, where I had also lived, because there is a a lot of foreigners living⁠ there and sharing their info online. This is not the case in Paraguay, at least⁤ to the best of my knowledge.

Thank you for your post!

Be well!

Thomas

 

[freedomseeker]

Curious as a fellow canadian looking into residency in paraquay, how did you overcome Canada‌ not being a signer of the Hague Convention. What did you have to do different?‍

 

[WorldCitizen99]

I just submitted my application for PR in Paraguay. All⁠ I had to do was send the documents to Global Affairs JLAC in Ottawa and⁤ then to the Paraguayan embassy in Ottawa to be legalized, prior to sending them to⁣ Paraguay. It makes no difference if your home country uses the apostille or not.

 

[Thomas278]

Basically you have to get every document vetted 3x times⁠ - first Global Affairs (good luck as they take 4ever and I mean 4ever -⁤ 4.5 months for me ), then Paraguay Embassy in Canada (they promise 5 days turnaround⁣ but because of my call they delivered in 24 hours, and then Ministry of Foreign⁢ Affairs here in Paraguay - these guys took 1 hr 45 minutes. Feel free to︀ message me if you need more info. Catch is that Paraguay only accepts police clearance︁ issued less than 6 months prior to the date of your formal application. I made︂ it with 3 days to spare...

 

[daxbr]

There are well founded rumors that the Paraguay permanent residency program is being discontinued at‌ the end of this year. It will be replaced by a two year temporary residency‍ with the same requirements.

 

[WorldCitizen99]

Good News - Global Affairs is now advertizing that︁ they are down to 15 business days for processing on average which is good bc︂ for the cedula application we have to resubmit the criminal record check...

 

[Thomas278]

I will believe it when I see it.... please let me know.

Any sources? There definitely has been an increase in⁠ applications as I am being told by staff at immigration office.

 

[Brutaltruths]

This is completely untrue. It is⁠ a fabrication. The guys who are spreading these rumours dont understand the law here in⁤ Paraguay. They are saying it to deum up business. Eush people into applying for permanant⁣ residnecy before the end of the year. They are losing money hard on their btc⁢ so they need funds. And are willing to lie and decieve people to fund their︀ pockets because they are bad investors

No. You do not need to be vaccinated︂ to come to Paraguay now. Writing this in Aug 2022

No. He is hit and miss. If he suspects you︄ are wealthy he will try and take you for more money at each stage. There︅ will continually be these hidden charges and fees popping up jaja. He has a reputation︆ on the ground in PY

 

[Brutaltruths]

Be
ttina went to jail in 2014 for Passport fraud. Her and a collegue where︅ involved in some shady stuff. She is back at it again selling her services but︆ she is dodgey as ....

The health check is not a real health check jaja.︊ You do not need to go to a doctor and get a report etc etc.︋ HIV test,, no way. Never

If tou open a‍ full bank account. You can transfer a million or a trillion dollars a month into⁠ PY. It just depends on the account tyoe when you applied and opened.

I transfer⁤ 10's of thousands a month. Hundreds of thouasand of dollars some weeks. Into PY from⁣ overseas.

Banking is great here if you opening the right accounts. Just normal accounts actually.⁢ Not these limited ones that most expats seem to open. Itau, gnb and atlas are︀ all fine🙂

No

No worries. Just get the PY pr. Then apply for the passport︆ oneday. PY will not tell your home counry you have it. Never. You will be︇ fine. I know a few peopple in the same boat.

You do need Cedula to abtain drivers licence and motorbike licence. But you do not need︎ to sit a test. Just pay the fixer or lawyer money, provide a photo via️ email or chat. And it will be delivered to you in 24hrs. That easy with‌ my fixers. I just paid $250usd and got both the deivers and moto and didnt‍ even have to leave my hotel.

And my fixers or should i say immigration comp⁠ ay i went through provided a tax/rental lease contract for me. So i have an⁤ address now. I just asked for wverything i wanted. They did it. Not sure if⁣ it was hard worl or if there was much footwork. I just went on dates⁢ and went to restaurants and they kept bringing me documents to sign and gave me︀ all my paperwork when they completed the tasks for me. They basically relocated me here︁ and made me a tax resident. 3 years later they are doing my Citizenship application.︂ And i havnt even been in the country at all. Except to fly back and︃ "sit the citizenship test" lol. That was easy😉 If you go through a company like︄ i did with a team of amazing lawyers. Everything is possible in PY. Everything. And︅ all so easy. There is no law in that country. The law is in place︆ to enforce the bribes and thats it

You dont have to come every 3 years at all. That is a︋ load of bull dust. And you dont even need to go to PY every 10︌ to renew the Cedula. Just pay your lawyer to donit in your absense. So easy︍

 

[Thomas278]

Correct, I can confirm this. The requirement‍ to be fully vaccinated against COVID19 (2 shots) was for foreigners only - i.e. neither⁠ citizens nor permanent residents of Paraguay were subject to it. This requirement was enacted 11-Jan-2022⁤ (after Ecuador and Colombia had enacted in in December 2021). Here in Paraguay it had⁣ been scrapped in late April. I left the country 2x since and no one asked⁢ for any proof of vaccination upon my return.