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Permanencia Temporal por Rentista (Visa de Objeto Determinado). Bolivia has no separately named "rentista visa"; applications for passive-income residence are processed as a Specific Purpose Visa under Bolivia's general Migration Law, requiring proof of foreign income.

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Permanencia Temporal por Rentista (Visa de Objeto Determinado)

A residence permit tied to the specific purpose declared (rentista, investor); ask the consulate processing the file for its exact validity period, since Bolivia does not publish one figure for every case.

Who qualifies

  • Proof of regular income from abroad, pension, investments, or rental income, through bank or credit card statements, or 6 months of pay stubs.
    Ley de Migración 370
  • A general solvency threshold around $300 a month is cited in secondary sources, but was not confirmed against the primary law text or its regulation.
    Bolivia Residency Guide

Whether you keep your U.S. citizenship depends on the route you take later.

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Does it fit your family?

One question, from the program’s own rules.

Steady monthly income, from any source?

Not legal advice.

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What it takes.

Income
At least $300 a month, steady and documented.
Time
Not published as a fixed range; ask the consulate handling the file for its current processing time.
Cost
Not published as a fixed figure; the consulate will confirm the fee for the specific-purpose visa at filing.
The hard part
Bolivia's law does not name a discrete rentista visa; applicants navigate the general Specific Purpose Visa framework, and the exact income floor should be confirmed with the consulate before relying on the commonly cited $300 figure.

Dollar figures are converted from the local currency at the rate the program’s research used; the official figure is in the local currency.

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Citizens by 2031.

If your first permit is issued in 2027 and you keep living there, this is the road.

  1. 2027
    First residence permit

    1 year, renewable for 1 year at a time.

  2. 2028
    Renew the permit

    Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 1 year.

  3. 2029
    Renew the permit

    Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 1 year.

  4. 2030
    Permanent residence

    Permanent residence ('permanencia definitiva') after at least 3 years of temporary residence, on request; spouses, dependent children and dependent parents of a permanent resident get it without the wait.

  5. 2030
    Apply for citizenship
  6. 2031
    Citizenship
Time away
More than three years of legal, uninterrupted residence under state supervision, a lawful activity in Bolivia, and an express declaration that you want Bolivian nationality. How much absence breaks the residence is left to the regulation.
Two passports
Yes. You keep your U.S. citizenship.
  • Temporary stays run at most 3 years in total (the rentista length is not confirmed), then permanent residence; naturalisation needs 3 years of uninterrupted residence, temporary years included.
  • Ley 370's implementing regulation was not read: any language or civics test, the absence limits, and processing times are not confirmed.
  • Language and civics are set to none only because Ley 370 names no test; the regulation may add one.
  • Which temporary-stay length a rentista gets (1 year renewable twice, 2 years plus 1, or 3 years) is not confirmed; BO-RENTISTA shows the 1-year option.
  • How long the decision takes isn’t published; we allow a year.
The law behind these dates
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Living there.

Time you must spend there
Not precisely published for this specific-purpose visa; the naturalisation track separately needs more than 3 years of continuous, government-supervised residence.
Tax
Bolivia taxes residents (183+ days a year) on Bolivian-source income under its source-based system; ask a Bolivian tax advisor how foreign passive income is treated under the RC-IVA regime for your specific case.

We never file a tax return. We tell you what applies and brief the professional who does.

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Start today.

  1. Consult the nearest Bolivian consulate about a Specific Purpose Visa for rentista or investor purposes.Open consulados.cancilleria.gob.bo ↗
  2. Round up the papers.
    • Proof of steady income: at least $300 a month
    • Request your FBI Identity History Summary
    • Health cover for the move
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Or let us run it.

$900for your first year as a founding member. Then $399 a year, automatically.Standard first year: $1,200. Everyone renews at $399.One membership, the whole family. Accounts and activation included.

20 steps, from the first paper to the passport. You do 4 of them: send what we ask for, sign, and show up. We run the rest, and keep every permit renewed on time. Accounts and activation are included, whether you move now or keep the plan ready. Accounts depend on provider availability. Government, record and approved third-party charges are extra.

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