Palau

Foreign Investment Approval Certificate investor visa. A foreign investor with approved Palau investment and at least 25% equity may seek an investor visa.

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Foreign Investment Approval Certificate investor visa

Investor visa for up to five years, limited by the approved investment certificate; no blanket work exemption.

Who qualifies

Hold a Foreign Investment Approval Certificate and Foreign Investment Board certification of at least 25% equity; no more than four investor visas may be issued per certificate.
Palau Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: Immigration
The visa lasts no more than five years or the certificate term, whichever is shorter; business and work remain subject to separate labour and investment laws.
Palau Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: Immigration

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

It could fit.

A foreign investor with approved Palau investment and at least 25% equity may seek an investor visa.

Every option that fits your family

Not legal advice.

What it takes.

Time: The issuing authority decides the application after the complete sponsored file and prerequisite approvals are lodged.
Cost: USD 50 published visa issuance fee, excluding investment and other permits.
The hard part: Foreign investment approval and the 25% equity proof.

This visa doesn’t lead to a passport.

2027
First residence permit
5 years, renewable for 5 years at a time.

Two passports: Usually not: new citizens are asked to give up their other citizenship.

Time on this program does not count toward permanent residence or citizenship; the family would need to switch to one that does.
The investor visa remains tied to the investment certificate and does not create a naturalisation option.

The law behind these dates

Palau Bureau of Customs and Border Protection — Immigration

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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Obtain Foreign Investment Board approval before requesting the investor visa.Open bcbp.pw ↗
Gather these documents.
- Proof of how you will support yourselves
- Request your FBI Identity History Summary
- Health cover for the move

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