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Imigrācijas likums (new Immigration Law), adopted by the Saeima 20.08.2026, published Latvijas Vēstnesis 167, 01.09.2026, in force 15.09.2026
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What the document holds
New Immigration Law (adopted 20.08.2026, in force 15.09.2026). In scope: art. 27(1) p. 10 business investment (EUR 50,000/100,000 + EUR 10,000, two-year permits, tax tests), p. 36 state fund route (EUR 150,000 + EUR 10,000), art. 27(7)-(8) exclusions, art. 28 suspension power, art. 29(3) EUR 2,000 renewal payment after five years, art. 30 payments, art. 34 and 36 tax-debt refusal and annulment (EUR 150), family rules on the investor's death, transitional points 6-12 (old-law holders; EUR 1,000 per permit year for old property/bank holders). The EUR 2,000 and EUR 1,000-per-year payments were added as program terms; the rest was already in the data. Everything else is general immigration law. Rules restated from other sources are now recorded from this document too (decision 8).
What it supports
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Rules and prices (15)
- Business investmentmain investor; company with up to 50 employees and turnover or balance up to EUR 10 million; permit up to two yearsEUR 50,000Since 15 Sep 2026 · likumi.lv 2026Latvia · Investor residence permits
- Business investmentmain investor; company (alone or with Latvian subsidiaries) with more than 50 employees and turnover or balance above EUR 10 million; permit up to two yearsEUR 100,000Since 15 Sep 2026 · likumi.lv 2026Latvia · Investor residence permits
- Investment fund unitsmain investor; at least five years in a state-created alternative investment fund manager; permit up to five yearsEUR 150,000Since 15 Sep 2026 · likumi.lv 2026Latvia · Investor residence permits
- State budget payment on renewalholders of permits under the old property and bank routes (old art. 23(1) points 29-30) and their family members renewing for up to five years; EUR 1,000 per year of the previous and the new permit, minus amounts already paid under old art. 23(7.3) and (8)EUR 1,000Since 15 Sep 2026 · likumi.lv 2026Latvia · Investor residence permits
- State budget payment on renewalbusiness investor (art. 27(1) p. 10) renewing after at least five years' residence on that ground, single paymentEUR 2,000Since 15 Sep 2026 · likumi.lv 2026Latvia · Investor residence permits
- State budget payment on renewalholders of old-law points 28-30 permits who renew on a different ground and have not yet paid EUR 5,000 in total: top-up to a total of EUR 5,000EUR 5,000Date not stated · likumi.lv 2026Latvia · Investor residence permits
- State budget payment, business investment routemain investor, first permitEUR 10,000Since 15 Sep 2026 · likumi.lv 2026Latvia · Investor residence permits
- State budget payment, investment fund routemain investor (state alternative investment fund route)EUR 10,000Date not stated · likumi.lv 2026Latvia · Investor residence permits
- Residence permit validitybusiness investor temporary residence permit (art. 27(1) p. 10)2 yearsDate not stated · likumi.lv 2026Latvia · Investor residence permits
- Residence permit validitystate alternative investment fund investor temporary residence permit (art. 27(1) p. 36)5 yearsDate not stated · likumi.lv 2026Latvia · Investor residence permits
- Residence permit validityholders of old-law property and bank permits (old art. 23(1) points 29-30) and their family members renewing on the same ground5 yearsDate not stated · likumi.lv 2026Latvia · Investor residence permits
- Maximum investors per companyforeigners who may get a permit through investment in one small company (point 10(a))10 personsDate not stated · likumi.lv 2026Latvia · Investor residence permits
- Maximum company tax debtcompany of a business investor (art. 27(1) p. 10): tax debt above which the permit is refused (art. 34) or annulled (art. 36)EUR 150Date not stated · likumi.lv 2026Latvia · Investor residence permits
- Company taxes paid in the previous year, for renewalinvestor of at least EUR 50,000 in a company (art. 27(1) p. 10(a)): taxes the company must pay each reporting year for the permit to stay validEUR 40,000Date not stated · likumi.lv 2026Latvia · Investor residence permits
- Company taxes paid in the previous year, for renewalinvestor of at least EUR 100,000 in a company counted together with its Latvian subsidiaries (art. 27(1) p. 10(b)): taxes the company and subsidiaries must pay each reporting year for the permit to stay validEUR 100,000Date not stated · likumi.lv 2026Latvia · Investor residence permits
About the document
What it covers Art. 27(1) point 10 (business investment, permit up to two years) and point 36 (EUR 150,000 in a state-created alternative investment fund manager); art. 27(7)-(8) exclusions for Belarusian and Russian citizens; art. 28 suspension power; transitional provisions 8-11 for holders of permits under the old points 28-30.
Notes No route for property purchase or bank subordinated liabilities.
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