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Temporary Residence - Commercial Representative

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-06) is for a foreign national entering and staying temporarily as an executive supervising or training employees of a company legally established in Salvadoran territory, or those entering to handle specialised matters (special attorneys-in-fact), travelling agents, commercial delegates, technical support, supervisors or auditors exceptionally linked to the activities of a company based in El Salvador, under Articles 91 and 109(3) of the Special Migration and Foreigners Law.

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  • DGME Instructivo F-06, "El instructivo F-06 está dirigido a"
    Personas extranjeras que ingresen y permanezcan temporalmente en la calidad de jefe directivo para supervisar o capacitar a empleados de una empresa legalmente constituida en el territorio salvadoreño, aquellos que ingresen para atender asuntos especializados (apoderados especiales), agentes viajeros, delegados comerciales, soporte técnico, supervisor o auditor excepcionalmente vinculados a las actividades de la empresa o sociedad radicada en El Salvador, de conformidad a lo establecido en los Arts. 91 y 109 numeral 3) 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?

What must exist is a link to a company legally established in El Salvador: the person comes as an executive supervising or training its employees, or as a special attorney-in-fact, travelling agent, commercial delegate, technical support, supervisor or auditor linked to the activities of the company based in El Salvador. The applicant must present a designation letter stating the designated person's full name, the start and end dates of the activity and how their expenses in the country will be covered. The official source does not state any business-plan, capital, client or job-creation requirement.

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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-06 (ae69644df5bfe15f.txt) for investment/capital/income/funds: none stated. The only money-related element (how expenses in the country will be covered) is part of the designation-letter sentence cited in R2 and was not reused.

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-06 for activity rights, restrictions and family (cónyuge, hijos, grupo familiar): none stated. The scope clause is the R1 citation (certas_nao_tocar) and the designation letter is in R2; 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 commercial-representative permit, and then applies to the DGME for temporary residence as a commercial representative. 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 F21, Prórroga Residencia Temporal para Representantes Comerciales); 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 positions; pairing each amount with a term follows the order and is not explicit in the extraction.
  • Renewal requirements (contents of form F21) 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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