POSTERN

Samoa

Business or investment temporary resident permit. A foreign investor may seek Samoa temporary residence after business registration and investment licensing.

Free, with the law behind every answer

Business or investment temporary resident permit

Temporary residence for the approved business or investment; employee work requires separate labour permission.

Who qualifies

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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It could fit.

A foreign investor may seek Samoa temporary residence after business registration and investment licensing.

Every option that fits your family

Not legal advice.

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What it takes.

Time
The issuing authority decides the application after the complete sponsored file and prerequisite approvals are lodged.
Cost
Government charges are assessed under the issuing authority’s schedule; sponsor, translation and document costs are separate.
The hard part
Three prerequisite business approvals before the immigration filing.
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Citizens by 2033.

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

  1. 2027
    First residence permit

    3 years, renewable for 3 years at a time.

  2. 2032
    Apply for citizenship
  3. 2033
    Citizenship
Time away
Five years of permanent residence before the application, good character, familiarity with Samoan civic life and an intention to continue living in Samoa.
Two passports
Yes. You keep your U.S. citizenship.
  • Business residence must lead to permanent residence before the five-year citizenship period begins.
  • 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. Secure Samoa investment, business and company registration documents, then file with Immigration.Open mpmc.gov.ws ↗
  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.

Options open to you today →
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