Resolution DNM No. 407/2026 on Economic-Solvency Criteria for Permanent Residency

APPROVE the SOLE ANNEX OF ECONOMIC SOLVENCY ACCREDITATION CRITERIA, which forms an integral part of this resolution.

ESTABLISH that the criteria contained in the Sole Annex shall apply to the residency regimes provided for in Law No. 6984/22 ON MIGRATION and Law No. 3565/08 APPROVING THE AGREEMENT ON RESIDENCE FOR NATIONALS OF THE MERCOSUR STATES PARTIES.

SET ASIDE, insofar as they concern economic-solvency accreditation criteria, the provisions contained in Annex 1 of Resolution DNM No. 710/2024 and its amendments (Resolutions DNM No. 124/2025 and No. 22/2026) and the Annex of Resolution DNM No. 905/2024 and its amendments (Resolutions DNM No. 394/2025 and No. 012/2026), with all provisions that are not incompatible with what is established in this resolution remaining in force.

INSTRUCT the Directorate of Information and Communication Technology to proceed with the adaptation of the institutional computer system, in order to correct the structural shortcomings identified in data recording and to establish differentiated mechanisms allowing separate entry of: a. The profession, activity or occupation declared by the applicant; b. The economic-solvency accreditation modality invoked. The said data must appear in the institutional computer system and in the administrative resolution granting the corresponding residency, without needing to be included in the Residency Card issued by the Dirección Nacional de Migraciones.

REMOVE from the format of the Residency Card issued by the Dirección Nacional de Migraciones the entry of the applicant's profession, activity or occupation, such data to remain recorded exclusively in the institutional computer system and in the Administrative Resolution granting the corresponding residency.

PROVIDE for the publication of this resolution on the institutional portal open to the public and on the institutional INTRANET, as it is a rule of general interest.

COMMUNICATE to whom it may concern and, once complied with, file the record.

This Annex is intended to establish the criteria, conditions and evidentiary means for accrediting economic solvency, as an admissibility requirement for permanent-residency applications, defining the assessment and verification parameters that will be applied by the Dirección Nacional de Migraciones. Its provisions shall apply to permanent-residency applications processed under Law No. 6984/22 "ON MIGRATION" and Law No. 3565/08 "APPROVING THE AGREEMENT ON RESIDENCE FOR NATIONALS OF THE MERCOSUR STATES PARTIES".

Economic solvency constitutes an admissibility requirement for permanent residency, the purpose of which is to accredit the existence of lawful, sufficient and verifiable means of livelihood that allow the applicant's subsistence within the national territory. Such economic solvency must be demonstrated through suitable, sufficient and verifiable documentation evidencing effective income generation or the real availability of economic resources, in accordance with the criteria established in this Annex. The assessment of economic solvency will be carried out by the Dirección Nacional de Migraciones at the time of the permanent-residency application, taking into account the correspondence between the profession, activity or occupation declared by the applicant when processing their temporary residency and the documentation submitted to accredit their actual economic situation. Economic-solvency accreditation may not be presumed under any circumstance and must be accredited in accordance with the evidentiary means established in each category of this Annex.

Documentation submitted to accredit economic solvency must: a) Be consistent with the profession, activity or occupation declared in the Temporary Residency application, without prejudice to duly accredited updates or variations at the time of applying for Permanent Residency; b) Allow objective verification of the existence of real income or means of subsistence; c) Be current and duly updated; d) Be legalized or apostilled and, where applicable, translated into Spanish. The Dirección Nacional de Migraciones may require the submission of additional or supplementary documentation when it deems it necessary for a proper verification of the information.

Economic solvency may be accredited under the following categories: 1) Professionals; 2) Technicians; 3) Employees; 4) Independent workers (trade and services); 5) Remote workers or digital nomads; 6) Owners of real property; 7) Shareholders or partners of legal entities, including Simplified Stock Companies (EAS); 8) Farmers or ranchers; 9) Religious persons; 10) Retirees or pensioners; 11) Dependents; and 12) Students.

Applicants invoking this category must submit the university professional degree, registered and endorsed by the MEC (Ministerio de Educación y Ciencias, Ministry of Education and Sciences). They must also accredit the effective practice of the profession, evidencing income generation by submitting a duly authenticated copy of any of the following documents: 1. Certificate of insured status before the Instituto de Previsión Social (IPS, Social Security Institute); or 2. Employment contract endorsed by the Ministry of Labor, duly approved and registered. 3. VAT sworn returns for the last 3 months or IRP (personal income tax) return for the last year and the Certificate of Tax Compliance, having to demonstrate movement. Mere possession of the professional degree shall not constitute sufficient proof of economic solvency.

Applicants invoking this category must submit the technical degree, registered and endorsed by the MEC. They must also accredit the effective practice of the technical activity, evidencing income generation by submitting a duly authenticated copy of any of the following documents: 1. Certificate of insured status before the Instituto de Previsión Social (IPS); or 2. Employment contract endorsed by the Ministry of Labor, duly approved and registered. 3. VAT sworn returns for the last 3 months or IRP return for the last year and the Certificate of Tax Compliance, having to demonstrate movement. Mere possession of the technical degree shall not constitute sufficient proof of economic solvency.

Applicants invoking this category must submit any of the following documents: 1. Certificate of insured status before the Instituto de Previsión Social (IPS); or 2. Employment contract endorsed by the Ministry of Labor, duly approved and registered.

Applicants invoking this category must submit: a) Certificate of registration as a taxpayer (Natural Person Certificate); b) VAT sworn returns for the last 3 months or IRP return for the last year and the Certificate of Tax Compliance, having to demonstrate movement.

Applicants invoking this category must submit: 1. A work certificate or certification supporting the employment relationship and indicating the income received, as well as the means through which they receive their fees or salary. Documents issued abroad must be duly legalized or apostilled and translated into Spanish.

Applicants invoking this category must submit the title of ownership registered with the Dirección General de los Registros Públicos (now the Registro Unificado Nacional, RUN), with prior registration within the last two (2) years. The administrative authority may require additional documentation accrediting income generated from the property.

In the case of shareholders in companies, applicants invoking this category must submit any of the following documents: 1. An authenticated copy of the company's articles of incorporation, duly registered with the Dirección General de los Registros Públicos (now the Registro Unificado Nacional, RUN), expressly stating the applicant as a shareholder of the company; or 2. The company must submit an authenticated copy of the shareholders' register recorded with the Dirección General de los Registros Públicos (now the Registro Unificado Nacional, RUN) or an electronic certificate stating the applicant as a shareholder. For an EAS (Empresa por Acciones Simplificadas, Simplified Stock Company), applicants invoking this category must submit the certificate issued by the Dirección General de Personas y Estructuras Jurídicas y Beneficiarios Finales (DGPEJBF).

Applicants invoking this category must submit any of the following options: 1. A title of ownership designated for productive activity, registered with the Dirección General de los Registros Públicos (now the Registro Unificado Nacional, RUN), together with the Certificate of Tax Compliance and the Natural Person Certificate. 2. A voucher accrediting the purchase/sale or registered brand of their production, together with the Certificate of Tax Compliance.

Applicants invoking this category must submit: a) A certificate from the MEC of the congregation's registration; and b) A note from the congregation or entity certifying the role performed and undertaking to cover the costs of the applicant's stay.

Applicants invoking this category must submit a Certificate of Retirement or Pension, which must indicate the amount received and the financial channel through which it is received. The documents must be duly legalized or apostilled.

1) In the case of spouses, where one of them is supported by the other, the interested party invoking this category must submit: a) A marriage certificate, duly legalized or apostilled; and b) An authenticated copy of the spouse's Paraguayan identity document or residency card. 2) In the case of parents or grandparents supported by their children or grandchildren, the interested party invoking this category must submit: a) A document accrediting the filial relationship; and b) An authenticated copy of the economic supporter's Paraguayan identity document or residency card. 3) In the case of persons with disabilities supported by a relative up to the second degree of consanguinity in the ascending line (parents or grandparents), second degree in the collateral line (siblings) and third degree in the collateral line (aunts or uncles), the interested party invoking this category must submit: a) A Disability Certificate issued by the Secretaría Nacional de Derechos Humanos de las Personas con Discapacidad (SENADIS, National Secretariat for the Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities) or by the competent authority of the country of origin, duly legalized or apostilled; b) A document accrediting the relationship; and c) An authenticated copy of the economic supporter's Paraguayan identity document or residency card.

This category shall include persons of legal age (18 years), who are pursuing school-level studies (basic and secondary) or higher-level studies (university or higher-education institutes), whether in the in-person, distance-learning or virtual modality, and who must accredit their status as regular students in accordance with the following provisions: In-person education: applicants pursuing studies in the in-person modality in Paraguay must attach the following documents, regardless of educational level: a) A study certificate or official document issued by the educational institution certifying regular-student status; b) Documentation accrediting academic continuity; and c) Proof of payment of enrollment fees or dues, or school report cards, validating academic continuity throughout the two (2) years of temporary residency, in accordance with what the applicant has declared. Distance or virtual education: applicants of legal age (18 years), resident in Paraguay, who pursue studies in the distance-learning or virtual-education modality, must attach the following documents, regardless of educational level: a) A study certificate specifying that the applicant is a regular student in the distance or virtual education modality, issued by the educational institution (whether in Paraguay or abroad, in which latter case it must be apostilled or legalized with its corresponding translation into Spanish); and b) Proof of payment of enrollment fees or dues, or school report cards, validating academic continuity throughout the two (2) years of temporary residency, in accordance with what the applicant has declared. Student status alone shall not by itself constitute sufficient proof of economic solvency for the permanent-residency application, and the applicant must therefore additionally accredit the availability of sufficient means of subsistence through suitable and verifiable documentation demonstrating: 1. The existence of the applicant's own income; or 2. In the case of students supported by a relative up to the second degree of consanguinity in the ascending line (parents or grandparents), second degree in the collateral line (siblings) and third degree in the collateral line (aunts or uncles), the interested party invoking this category must submit: a) A document accrediting the bond or relationship with the economic supporter; b) Documentation evidencing the effective provision of resources in the applicant's favor, such as transfers, deposits, remittances or other verifiable mechanisms; and c) An authenticated copy of the economic supporter's identity document.

Information relating to the profession, activity or occupation declared by the applicant, as well as the economic-solvency accreditation modality invoked, must be recorded in the institutional computer system and entered in the administrative resolution granting the corresponding residency. In order to guarantee the coherence, traceability and correct recording of institutional information, such data must be kept differentiated within the computer system, in accordance with the categories provided for in Article 4 of this Annex. The profession, activity or occupation declared by the applicant and the economic-solvency accreditation modality shall not be entered in the Residency Card issued by the Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, given its identification nature. The Directorate of Information and Communication Technology shall adopt the technical adjustments necessary for the correct implementation of the provisions of this article.

The Dirección Nacional de Migraciones shall carry out, at the time of the permanent-residency application and during its processing, a comprehensive assessment of the documentation submitted, in order to determine the correspondence between the economic-solvency category invoked, the profession, activity or occupation previously declared in the Temporary Residency application and the applicant's actual economic capacity. Within this framework, the intervening public servants must adapt and evaluate the documentation to the specific case, considering the declared activity, the economic-solvency accreditation modality invoked and the particularities of each application, verifying its coherence, sufficiency and correspondence with the applicant's economic situation, in accordance with the criteria established in this Annex. In applying these criteria, they must guide their actions in accordance with the principles set forth in Law No. 6715/21 "ON ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES", in particular the principles of informalism, reasonableness, good faith and ex officio action, favoring the admission and proper processing of applications when the documentation submitted proves truthful, authentic and sufficient. When the documentation provided allows the applicant's real economic situation to be identified, public servants must guide and classify the application under the category that proves most appropriate, in accordance with this Annex. For the purposes of such assessment, the Dirección Nacional de Migraciones may: 1. Verify the authenticity of the documentation submitted; 2. Require additional or supplementary information; 3. Adopt the corresponding administrative decision, including denial of the application when the invoked means of economic solvency are not conclusively accredited. Such action must at all times comply with the duties and obligations of public servants established in Law No. 7445/25 "ON THE PUBLIC FUNCTION AND CIVIL SERVICE".

Every residency application, whether temporary or permanent, as well as the documentation and information provided by the applicant, have the character of a sworn statement and must be truthful, complete and consistent with the personal, professional and economic situation declared. The applicant is responsible for the authenticity of the documents submitted and the truthfulness of the data entered, undertaking not to omit or alter information relevant to the correct evaluation of their application. The Dirección Nacional de Migraciones may verify the information provided and, if inconsistencies, material omissions or indications of alleged falsity are detected, shall adopt the corresponding administrative measures and, where applicable, shall bring the facts to the attention of the Ministerio Público (Public Prosecutor's Office) for the relevant purposes.