Source document
Ley Nº 978 De Migraciones (promulgada 08-11-1996)
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What the document holds
BACN web record of Ley 978 'De Migraciones' (passed 3 Oct, promulgated 8 Nov 1996): admission categories; permanent residents incl. immigrants with capital and investors (arts. 14, 17-18; minimum amounts left to regulation, art. 20), family extension (art. 21), loss after 3 years' absence (art. 24), non-resident investors (art. 29(7)), temporary residence periods, cancellation within 3 years for investors who do not meet their obligations (art. 34(3)), expulsion, immigration with capital policy (arts. 125-131), repatriates' import allowances in jornales (out of scope), the Dirección General de Migraciones, fee schedule in daily minimum wages (art. 152). No amounts in money or statistics. This pass added: permanent-residence, change-of-category and certificate fees, the 3-year absence limit and the 3-year cancellation window for investors (5 rules).
What it supports
6 rows on this site come from this document. Each one opens with the page and the exact words.
Rules and prices (5)
- Certificate feeissue of certificates and other documents2 daily minimum wages (salarios mínimos diarios)Since 8 Nov 1996 · Paraguay Congress Library 1996Paraguay · Permanent residence as investor via SUACE
- Fee for changing migration categorychange of migration category10 daily minimum wages (salarios mínimos diarios)Since 8 Nov 1996 · Paraguay Congress Library 1996Paraguay · Permanent residence as investor via SUACE
- Permit feeregistration as permanent resident (incl. investors and immigrants with capital)10 daily minimum wages (salarios mínimos diarios)Since 8 Nov 1996 · Paraguay Congress Library 1996Paraguay · Permanent residence as investor via SUACE
- Maximum time allowed abroadpermanent residents (incl. investors): unjustified absence after which permanent residence is lost (extendable by regulation)3 yearsSince 8 Nov 1996 · Paraguay Congress Library 1996Paraguay · Permanent residence as investor via SUACE
- Period in which residence can be cancelledperiod from entry or grant of permanent residence as immigrant with capital or investor within which residence can be cancelled if the investor's obligations or conditions are not met3 yearsSince 8 Nov 1996 · Paraguay Congress Library 1996Paraguay · Permanent residence as investor via SUACE
About the document
What it covers Full text of Paraguay's 1996 migration law (repealed 2022) as transcribed on the BACN law page: permanent residents may enter as investors (arts. 14, 18), immigrants with capital (art. 17).
Notes BACN record gives the promulgation date only (08-11-1996); no publication or in-force date is stated on the page or in the text. Published date set to the promulgation date. Repeals Ley 470 of 1974 (not read).
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