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Z1 investor permit for other sectors. An investor in a sector outside the other named investor categories needs an investment certificate, full business registration, CV, previous-residence police clearance and application letter.

Free, with the law behind every answer

Z1 investor permit for other sectors

Initial investor residence permit valid up to two years; work outside the approved activity requires its own authorization.

Who qualifies

  • An investor in a sector outside the other named investor categories needs an investment certificate, full business registration, CV, previous-residence police clearance and application letter.
    Rwanda immigration, business investor permits

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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It could fit.

An investor in a sector outside the other named investor categories needs an investment certificate, full business registration, CV, previous-residence police clearance and application letter.

Every option that fits your family

Not legal advice.

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What it takes.

Time
Processing runs from submission of the complete file to the issuing authority’s decision.
Cost
Published application fee: RWF 150,000; investment capital is separate.
The hard part
Obtaining an investment certificate for an eligible business sector.
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Citizens by 2043.

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

  1. 2027
    First residence permit

    2 years, renewable for 2 years at a time.

  2. 2042
    Apply for citizenship

    With a civics test.

  3. 2043
    Citizenship
Civics
Knowledge of and respect for Rwandan culture and national values, assessed in the acquisition process.
Time away
At least fifteen consecutive years of lawful residence while physically living in Rwanda, proved with residence permits.
Two passports
Yes. You keep your U.S. citizenship.
  • The initial investor permit lasts up to two years and renewable lawful residence can build the fifteen-year citizenship period.
  • 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
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. Open the official z1 investor permit for other sectors procedure and assemble the listed filing documents.Open migration.gov.rw ↗
  2. 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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Postern can’t run this for you yet.

The official application forms, submission and recovery specification are not complete. Postern cannot run this application yet.

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