POSTERN

Zambia

Investor’s Permit for a new business. An applicant over 18 establishing a new Zambian business needs proof of at least US$250,000 personal investment, incorporation and capital certificates, directors list, premises and passport; a ZDA investment licence is listed where available.

Free, with the law behind every answer

Investor’s Permit for a new business

Investor’s Permit for the approved business; holders may seek a permanent Residence Permit after more than three years, subject to a separate application.

Who qualifies

  • An applicant over 18 establishing a new Zambian business needs proof of at least US$250,000 personal investment, incorporation and capital certificates, directors list, premises and passport; a ZDA investment licence is listed where available.
    Zambia immigration, permit types

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 $250,000.
Time
Processing runs from submission of the complete file to the issuing authority’s decision.
Cost
Budget for the application documents, certification, police or medical records and travel in addition to any charge collected at filing.
The hard part
Demonstrating the full personal investment and an operating company.

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 2038.

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. 2030
    Permanent residence

    Ordinary employment-permit holders can progress to permanent residence after ten years; qualifying investors can apply after more than three years, and an approved retiree receives permanent residence directly.

  3. 2037
    Apply for citizenship
  4. 2038
    Citizenship
Time away
At least ten years of ordinary residence immediately before registration, with good character and an intention to continue living in Zambia.
Two passports
Yes. You keep your U.S. citizenship.
  • An investor may separately seek permanent residence after more than three years; ordinary citizenship remains a ten-year residence application.
  • 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 investor’s permit for a new business procedure and assemble the listed filing documents.Open zambiaimmigration.gov.zm ↗
  2. Gather these documents.
    • Proof of the funds to invest: about $250,000, and where they came from
    • 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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ISSUED TO

YOUR FAMILY

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