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Immigrant Private Investor Residence

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What investment option or options qualify?

This is the post-approval stage of Cambodia's immigrant private-investor status (Law on Immigration 1994, Art.26.2): for foreigners who have already received the letters of investment approval from the Cambodian Development Council.

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  • Law on Immigration 1994, Art.28
    Foreigners who have already received the "letters of investment approval" from the Cambodian Council of Development, including their own families, shall be allowed to stay in the Kingdom of Cambodia in conformity with the period stated in the "letters of investment approval"

What official minimum amount, tier or threshold applies to each relevant option?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the minimum investment amount, tier or threshold and the government fees for this status.

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  • This records that the checked official-source captures did not establish the requested detail; it does not establish that a legal rule or right is absent.
  • Law on Immigration 1994, Article 28
    Foreigners who have already received the "letters of investment approval" from the Cambodian Council of Development, including their own families, shall be allowed to stay in the Kingdom of Cambodia in conformity with the period stated in the "letters of investment approval"; Furthermore, such foreigners shall be entitled to hold the travel documents of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

How long must the investment be maintained and what continuing ownership, investment or physical-presence conditions are important?

The residence runs with the investment authorisation rather than with a fixed holding period: foreigners who have already received the 'letter of authorisation for investment' from the Cambodian Development Council, together with their own families, are allowed to stay permanently in Cambodia, or for the period stated in the letter of authorisation that has been granted, and are entitled to hold Cambodian travel documents.

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  • Text taken from OCR of a scanned document: an OCR pass can alter a digit or a letter, so any figure quoted here has not been machine-verified against the printed original.
  • This is the English version, which the document itself labels '(UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION)'. The authentic text is the Khmer original in capturas/ea1c1b9069e3e7ae.txt.
  • Checked the Khmer original: Article 28 is present with the same substance, including the family limb and the entitlement to Cambodian travel documents.
  • Article 28 states no minimum period for which the investment must be maintained, no continuing ownership test and no physical-presence requirement. The only continuing condition it states is the period written into the letter of authorization.
  • The procedure for applying Article 28 is expressly deferred to a Sub-Decree that is not among the captures.
  • Article 23's rule limiting an immigrant alien's stay abroad to three months, extendable to six, sits in Chapter 3 and Article 28 does not say whether it applies to private investors, who are dealt with in Chapter 4.
  • chars 20104-21023
    Article 28 :- “Those foreigners who have already received the "letters of authorization for investment", from the Cambodian Council of Development, including their. own families, shall be allowed to stay permanently in the Kingdom of Cambodia, or in ‘conformity with the period stated in the letters of oo authorization for investment which have been granted; and besides, such foreigners shall be entitled to hold the travel documents of the Kingdom of Cambodia. The procedure for application of this article 28., shall be specified in a Sub-Decree.

Which family members can be included where officially stated, and what broad residence/work rights result?

Article 28 states that approved investors may stay in Cambodia with their own families for the period stated in the investment-approval letters and may hold Cambodian travel documents. The official source does not state which family members are covered or their work rights.

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  • Law on Immigration 1994, Article 28
    ARTICLE 28: Foreigners who have already received the "letters of investment approval" from the Cambodian Council of Development, including their own families, shall be allowed to stay in the Kingdom of Cambodia in conformity with the period stated in the "letters of investment approval"; Furthermore, such foreigners shall be entitled to hold the travel documents of the Kingdom of Cambodia. The procedure for the application of this Article 28 shall be specified in a Sub-Decree.

What status is obtained, how is it renewed, what longer-term residence/citizenship direction is officially stated, and what happens to the investment when relevant?

The approved-investor stage allows stay for the period stated in the investment-approval letter and entitlement to Cambodian travel documents; the application procedure is to be specified in a Sub-Decree. The official article does not establish a separate permanent-residence or citizenship progression or state what happens to the investment.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured Article 28 does not establish a separate permanent-residence or citizenship progression beyond the approval-letter period and travel-document entitlement.
  • Law on Immigration 1994, Article 28
    ARTICLE 28: Foreigners who have already received the "letters of investment approval" from the Cambodian Council of Development, including their own families, shall be allowed to stay in the Kingdom of Cambodia in conformity with the period stated in the "letters of investment approval"; Furthermore, such foreigners shall be entitled to hold the travel documents of the Kingdom of Cambodia. The procedure for the application of this Article 28 shall be specified in a Sub-Decree.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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