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Business Residence Permit. A foreign self-employed person, partner or proprietor must invest at least US$50,000 from a lawful source outside Malawi in a productive business and submit the BRP application and supporting documents to immigration; business may not operate before approval.

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Business Residence Permit

Business residence for five years from approval, renewable for successive five-year periods for a viable business.

Who qualifies

  • A foreign self-employed person, partner or proprietor must invest at least US$50,000 from a lawful source outside Malawi in a productive business and submit the BRP application and supporting documents to immigration; business may not operate before approval.
    Malawi immigration, business residence permit

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.

Savings
About $50,000.
Time
Unknown; current processing time and intake are unverified.
Cost
Unknown; current government fees and other costs are unverified.
The hard part
Proving lawful foreign-origin capital and securing approval before operating.

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 business residence permit procedure and application channel with the issuing authority.Open immigration.gov.mw ↗
  2. Round up the papers.
    • Proof of savings: at least $50,000
    • 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.

Run it for my family →
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