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ކޯޕަރޭޓް ރެސިޑެންޓް ވީޒާ ދޫކުރުމާބެހޭ ގަވާއިދު (Corporate Resident Visa Regulation), Regulation No. 2021/R-115, Dhivehi Sarukaarge Gazette Vol. 50 No. 251, 29 August 2021

Ministry of Economic Development, Maldives (Registrar of Businesses) (Government Gazette) · Law · 29 Aug 2021 · Maldives

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Maldives Corporate Resident Visa Regulation 2021/R-115 (Dhivehi, 17 pp. with English forms): purpose and scope, three routes (foreign-investment company route under art. 5; USD 250,000 five-year fixed deposit, art. 6; USD 250,000 in government-designated businesses, art. 7), applicant age 18, application and completeness (passport valid at least 6 months), 14-day decision and 14-day visa application, passport changes within 7 days, five-year visa, renewal 90 days before expiry, cancellation, fee MVR 750 per 3 months (MVR 15,000), disclosure every three months, entry into force, definitions (family: parents, spouse, children, grandparents, grandchildren, as certified; no ages), application and declaration forms. Earlier pass: deposit and designated-investment amounts, validity, MVR 15,000 fee, entry-into-force event. This pass added 9 rules: age 18, five-year deposit term, passport validity 6 months, 14-day decision and visa-application deadlines, 7-day change notice, 90-day renewal deadline, MVR 750 per 3 months, 7-day cancellation notice. Out of scope (decision 15) and not recorded: the company-route conditions in art. 5 (50% Maldivian staff, 5 employees, USD 1 million company revenue in one of the last 3 years), which are thresholds on a company, not the applicant's investment. The family definition has no ages to record.

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What it covers Reformed Corporate Resident Visa: three groups (shareholders, directors and senior staff of a registered foreign investment meeting company conditions; USD 250,000 fixed deposit for 5 years; USD 250,000 in government-designated businesses), family members, 5-year visa, renewal, cancellation, fee MVR 750 per 3 months (MVR 15,000 in total), quarterly publication of numbers issued (art. 21), entry into force on gazette publication (art. 22). Schedule 1 is an English application form.

Notes Gazette page https://www.gazette.gov.mv/gazette/6200. Dhivehi with an English application form. The regulation does not say in the pages read that it repeals the 2015 regulation.

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