Enterprise or Self-Employed Residence Permit

A residence permit for business is suitable for: shareholders of a company sole proprietors start-up entrepreneurs large investors

You need a residence permit for business in Estonia if you are not a citizen of a European Union member state, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, or Switzerland.

1) a foreign national has a holding in a company or he or she operates as a sole proprietor;

2) the company or the sole proprietor is entered into the commercial register of Estonia;

A foreign national shall submit the description of the business plan on the basis of which it is possible to assess if the grant of a residence permit to him or her shall be in compliance with the purpose of the grant of the residence permit for enterprise

The requirement for the description of the business plan specified in subsection 5 of this section shall not be applied to a start-up company.

A foreign national who has a holding in a company shall have invested at least 65,000 euros in the share capital of an Estonian company, for which real estate, machinery or equipment has been acquired and registered as fixed assets in Estonia.

A foreign national who is applying for a temporary residence permit for enterprise as a sole proprietor is required to have the capital in the amount of at least 16,000 euros invested in Estonia.

The requirement for the amount of investment specified in subsection 3 of this section shall not be applied to a start-up company.

You have sufficient income (six times the subsistence level) to support yourself in Estonia

A temporary residence permit for enterprise shall set out the areas of activity permitted for the undertaking and, where necessary, also the licensed territory.

A foreign national who has been issued a temporary residence permit for enterprise is required to inform the Police and Border Guard Board of any change in the facts on the basis of which the residence permit was issued

Invest in your company in Estonia. Submit the required documents together with a description of the business plan and pay the state fee. You will receive a response within 90 days, and the residence permit card will be issued within 30 days thereafter.

A temporary residence permit is issued for up to 5 years.

A temporary residence permit may be extended for up to 10 years at a time.

(2) Instead of the condition provided for in subsection 2 of subsection of § 192 of this Act, a foreign national may meet one of the following conditions as a condition for the extension of a residence permit for enterprise:

1) the sales revenue of a company shall be at least 200,000 euros per year or

2) the social tax paid in Estonia monthly for the persons employed by the company shall be at least equal with the social tax paid in Estonia monthly on the remuneration equalling fivefold Estonian annual average gross wages.