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Foreign investor project and residence support. For a wholly foreign-owned ordinary project, obtain an investment visa and show at least US$200,000 capital, valid passport, business or bank background and the required company documents; the Commission lists a separate shareholder-residence support letter after investment documentation.

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Foreign investor project and residence support

Investment permit for the project; residence requires a separate immigration permit supported by the Commission, and unrelated work rights are unverified.

Who qualifies

  • For a wholly foreign-owned ordinary project, obtain an investment visa and show at least US$200,000 capital, valid passport, business or bank background and the required company documents; the Commission lists a separate shareholder-residence support letter after investment documentation.
    Ethiopian Investment Commission, service requirements

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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Does it fit your family?

One question, from the program’s own rules.

Savings you could move or invest?

Not legal advice.

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What it takes.

Investment
About $200,000.
Time
Unknown; current processing time and intake are unverified.
Cost
Published Commission fees: US$50 new investment permit and US$15 shareholder residence support letter; immigration fees and other costs unverified.
The hard part
Confirming the business sector is open to a US investor and securing both investment and immigration approvals.

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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The road past the first permit.

No automatic citizenship is established by this permit. Any permanent-residence route is stated above only where the authority expressly lists it.

  1. 2027
    Route candidate

    The residence and work authorization sequence still needs verification.

  • We have not yet confirmed this country’s road from residence to citizenship.
  • We have not yet confirmed how this route counts toward residence or citizenship.
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Living there.

Time you must spend there
The program sets no minimum number of days. Renewal still expects it to be your home.
Tax
Where you become tax resident follows the days you spend there and where your home is. We map it for your family before you move.

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

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Start today.

  1. Check the current foreign investor project and residence support procedure and application channel with the issuing authority.Open investinethiopia.gov.et ↗
  2. Round up the papers.
    • Proof of the funds to invest: about $200,000, and where they came from
    • 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.

15 steps, from the first paper to every renewal. 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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