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Paraguay Investor Pass (SUACE). A direct-to-permanent-residence investor route requiring about $70,000 invested in a Paraguayan company, the one exception to the 2022 two-step residency rule.

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Paraguay Investor Pass (SUACE)

Permanent residence directly, bypassing the standard temporary-residence step.

Who qualifies

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 $70,000.
Time
3–9 months for the SUACE process.
Cost
The $70,000 investment plus SUACE processing and legal fees.
The hard part
You must set up and maintain a real, documented Paraguayan company, not just deposit cash, which is more involved than the old $5,000 shortcut.

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

    10 years, renewable for 10 years at a time.

  2. 2030
    Apply for citizenship

    With a language test and a civics test.

  3. 2031
    Citizenship
Language
Spanish or Guaraní, checked in the Supreme Court's naturalisation exam.
Civics
An exam on Paraguayan history, taken with the language exam.
Time away
Three years of permanent residence ('radicación'), counted from the date of the permanent-residence resolution, with a real home in Paraguay and a lawful job, business or profession there. After naturalising, an unjustified absence of more than 3 years, declared by a court, can cost you Paraguayan nationality (Constitution art. 150).
Two passports
It depends on the rules at the time and on your home country.
  • Permanent residence at once, on a 10-year card, so the 3-year naturalisation clock starts on day one.
  • Dual citizenship: the Constitution (art. 149) admits multiple nationality only by treaty on a reciprocal basis, and art. 150 says naturalised Paraguayans lose it by voluntarily acquiring another nationality. Several sources say naturalising foreigners are not asked to renounce their original nationality; a bill in Congress would recognise dual nationality expressly. No official page settling this was read.
  • The language and history exam is described by lawyers and in Poder Judicial news items, not on the official requirements page.
  • The program file's '183 days a year' presence rule was not found in any official text; the official rule is a real home plus the absence limits above.
  • No official decision-time figure found.
  • How long the decision takes isn’t published; we allow a year.
  • Whether you can keep your current citizenship depends on the rules at the time and your home country.
The law behind these dates
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Living there.

Time you must spend there
183 days a year for 3 years toward naturalisation.
Tax
Paraguay is broadly territorial and low-tax; foreign income is largely untaxed, though a Paraguayan tax advisor should confirm specifics.

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

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Start today.

  1. File the investment plan and residency application through SUACE.Open suace.gov.py ↗
  2. Round up the papers.
    • Proof of the funds to invest: about $70,000, 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.

17 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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