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Temporary Residence - Businessperson

El SalvadorStarting a business

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Is this for a founder, startup entrepreneur, self-employed person, freelancer, company owner or another business profile?

This route (Form F-05) is for a foreign national holding the position of president, board member, legal representative or shareholder of a commercial company, or the owner/general manager of a company, who enters the country to promote or identify investment opportunities in industry, commerce, tourism, supply of goods or services, or any other lawful economic activity, under Articles 89 and 109(2) of the Special Migration and Foreigners Law.

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  • DGME Instructivo F-05, "El instructivo F-05 está dirigido a"
    Personas extranjeras que tengan la calidad de presidente, miembros de junta directiva, representante legal, accionista de una sociedad mercantil; titular o gerente general de una empresa que ingrese al país con la finalidad de realizar actividades de promoción o identificación de oportunidades de inversión en las áreas de industria, comercio, turismo, proveedores de bienes o servicios o cualquier actividad económica lícita, de conformidad a lo establecido en los Arts. 89 y 109 numeral 2) de la Ley Especial de Migración y de Extranjería.

What must actually exist or be demonstrated: business plan, company, innovation, clients, contracts, economic activity, job creation or other substance?

If the company already has one year of commercial activity, the applicant must provide a photocopy of the company's income-tax return for the last fiscal year.

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What investment, capital, income, revenue, funding or viability evidence is central to this pathway?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the investment, capital, income or funding evidence required.

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  • Searched Instructivo F-05 (5411ad231f22bc62.txt) for investment/capital/income/funds amounts or financial evidence: none stated. The only financial document (company income-tax return, req. 5) is used in R2; police/criminal records are not money evidence.

What business/self-employed activity may the holder conduct? Are there important restrictions? What is the family position where clearly stated?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the business activity the holder may carry out, its restrictions and the family position.

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Limits of the record
  • Searched F-05 for activity rights, work authorisation, restrictions and family members (cónyuge, hijos, grupo familiar): none stated. The purpose clause (promotion/identification of investment opportunities) is the R1 citation (certas_nao_tocar) and was not reused; the application line only repeats the status name.

What approval/application sequence applies, how long is the status granted, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction is officially stated?

The application form describes the sequence: the applicant entered as a tourist, held a special business-person permit, and then applies to the DGME for temporary residence as a business person. The DGME must respond within a maximum of 45 business days when all requirements are met. Terms of up to one year and up to two years are listed. Extension is a separate procedure (form F20, Prórroga Residencia Temporal para Personas de Negocios); no longer-term residence direction is stated.

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Limits of the record
  • The extracted fee table lists the amounts and the terms (Hasta un año / Hasta dos años) in separate columns; pairing each amount with a term follows the column order and is not explicit in the extraction.
  • Renewal requirements (contents of form F20) and any longer-term residence direction are not stated in the captured sources.

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

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