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What investment option or options qualify?

This route (Form F-04) is for a foreign national who is president, board member, legal representative or shareholder of a commercial company legally established in El Salvador, or the titleholder/general manager of a company with an active investment in the country meeting the minimum of 4,000 current monthly minimum wages transferred to El Salvador, under article 11 of the Ley de Inversiones and articles 90 and 109(1) of the Ley Especial de Migración y de Extranjería.

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  • DGME Instructivo F-04, applicant group
    Personas extranjeras que tenga la calidad de presidente, miembros de junta directiva, representante legal, accionista de una sociedad mercantil legalmente establecida en el territorio salvadoreño; titulares o gerentes generales de una empresa que tiene una inversión activa en el país atendiendo a lo establecido en Art. 11 de la Ley de Inversiones en donde se requieren cuatro mil salarios mínimos mensuales vigentes a la fecha de su transferencia a El Salvador y Arts. 90 y 109 numeral 1) de la Ley Especial de Migración y de Extranjería.

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

Article 11 of the Investment Law requires four thousand (cuatro mil) current monthly minimum wages at the date of transfer to El Salvador. Separate government fees for non-Central Americans are USD 140 (up to one year) or USD 260 (up to two years).

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  • The source gives the investment minimum in minimum wages, not in USD, and does not name the minimum-wage sector.

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

The investor must hold a role in a company with an active investment in the country and provide the foreign-capital registration issued by the National Investment Office (ONI). Temporary residents must spend at least 90 days a year in El Salvador. At renewal, if the original circumstances still exist, the Directorate may decide on the documents first submitted. The official source does not state a minimum holding period for the investment.

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Limits of the record
  • No minimum holding period for the investment is stated in the sources.

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

Spouses, partners, parents and children under 18 of temporary or definitive residents can apply as accompanying family members; this status is granted without work authorisation.

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Limits of the record
  • The investor form (F-04) does not itself list family members; the family rule comes from the general accompanying-family form F-09.
  • The investor's own work rights are not described in F-04.
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    Familiares de cualquier nacionalidad (cónyuges, compañeros de vida, padres e hijos menores de 18 años de edad) de personas que residen en el país e ingresen a la República de El Salvador como acompañantes de residentes Temporales o Definitivos. Esta calidad migratoria será otorgada sin autorización para trabajar

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 status obtained is temporary residence as an investor (Inversionista) under article 11 of the Ley de Inversiones, requested for a stated period. The fee schedule lists terms of up to one year (US$70.00 Central American / US$140.00 non-Central American) or up to two years (US$130.00 / US$260.00). Extension is a separate procedure (form F19, Prórroga Residencia Temporal para Inversionista). The official source does not state a longer-term residence or citizenship direction or what happens to the investment.

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Limits of the record
  • Renewal requirements (contents of form F19) are not stated in the captured sources.
  • No longer-term residence or citizenship direction and nothing on what happens to the investment is stated.

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

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