How to Prove Economic Solvency for Paraguay Permanent Residency: Resolution 407 Explained

Paraguay now applies 12 different solvency categories to permanent-residency applicants. The right evidence depends on how you actually earn, invest or support yourself.

Economic solvency has become one of the most important parts of Paraguay's permanent-residency process.

Under Resolution DNM No. 407/2026, permanent-residency applicants must support their economic position using documentation that is appropriate, sufficient and verifiable.

The framework recognises twelve different categories.

That is important because there is no single universal answer to: "How much income do I need for permanent residency?"

The first question should instead be: "Which economic category genuinely describes me?"

Short answer

The 12 categories

1. Professionals

Qualification plus evidence of active, income-generating practice.

2. Technicians

Technical qualification plus evidence of genuine economic activity.

3. Employees

Employment/social-security evidence such as qualifying IPS status.

4. Independent workers

Taxpayer registration and tax-compliance documentation.

5. Remote workers and digital nomads

Employment/service relationship, income received and payment mechanism.

6. Property owners

Registered title documentation plus related economic position evidence.

7. Partners and shareholders

Corporate documentation demonstrating participation in a qualifying entity.

8. Agricultural and livestock producers

Productive/property and economic documentation for genuine activity.

9. Religious workers

Documentation from recognised organisations supporting role and economic support.

10. Retirees and pensioners

Pension/retirement documentation identifying income and how it is received.

11. Dependants

Family relationship and financial-support evidence.

12. Students

Study-continuity requirements plus adequate means of support.

1. Professionals

Professionals relying on this category need the applicable recognised qualification and evidence that the profession is actually being exercised and generating income.

Important: Holding a professional title alone is not sufficient proof of economic solvency under the current framework.

Current recognised evidence can include the applicable IPS, employment or tax records described by DNM.

2. Technicians

Technical applicants must demonstrate the applicable technical qualification and evidence of genuine economic activity.

Like professionals, the qualification alone should not be presented as sufficient.

3. Employees

Employees can use the employment/social-security evidence recognised by DNM, such as qualifying IPS status or an appropriately documented employment relationship.

4. Independent workers

Independent workers engaged in commerce or services can rely on the taxpayer and tax-documentation pathway described by DNM.

This can involve:

• taxpayer registration
• recent IVA records or applicable IRP documentation
• tax-compliance evidence
• demonstrated economic movement

Because this category may require financial history, planning should begin early.

5. Remote workers and digital nomads

Remote workers are expressly recognised.

The current framework permits qualifying documentation showing:

• the employment/service relationship
• income received
• the mechanism through which remuneration is paid

Foreign documentation must comply with applicable authentication and translation requirements.

Important: Resolution 407 does not say every remote worker must earn income locally.

6. Property owners

Property ownership is a recognised route.

The appropriate registered title documentation is relevant, and Migraciones may seek additional documentation concerning the economic position connected with the property.

7. Partners and shareholders

Partners/shareholders of qualifying entities can use appropriate corporate documentation demonstrating participation.

Where an EAS or other Paraguayan legal entity is involved, use the documents required under the current DNM framework.

Immigration proof of share ownership is separate from personal tax treatment.

8. Agricultural and livestock producers

Applicants genuinely engaged in agricultural or livestock activity can rely on the relevant productive/property and economic documentation contemplated by the regulation.

9. Religious workers

Religious workers can use the applicable documentation from recognised organisations supporting their role and economic support.

10. Retirees and pensioners

Pension/retirement documentation can support this category.

The records should identify the applicable pension income and how it is received.

Foreign documentation is subject to the relevant authentication requirements.

11. Dependants

Qualifying dependants can rely on financial support from the appropriate family relationship under the rules, supported by the required relationship and financial evidence.

12. Students

Student status is recognised.

However, student status by itself does not necessarily establish sufficient economic solvency.

The applicant must satisfy the current study-continuity requirements and demonstrate adequate means of support under the framework.

Is there one minimum monthly income?

Do not invent one.

The published Resolution 407 framework is structured around categories and verifiable evidence rather than one single universal monthly-income number applicable to every category.

If DNM later publishes a universal threshold, update this section.

Until then, do not turn informal numbers repeated in forums into law.

Do digital nomads need a Paraguayan bank account?

Do not create a blanket requirement unless the current official source establishes one for the relevant case.

The regulation focuses on evidence of the employment/service relationship, income and payment mechanism.

Practical requests made in individual files can differ.

Separate: what the published rule says from: case-specific administrative requests.

Do you need to pay tax to qualify?

Do not phrase this as a universal yes or no.

Certain categories use Paraguayan tax records as evidence.

Other categories use foreign income, property, corporate participation, pensions or other recognised evidence.

Immigration solvency and tax liability are related in some cases but are not identical concepts.

Which solvency category fits you?

Circle Group can assess your actual circumstances and identify the evidence that should be built before the permanent-residency filing window opens.

Why this matters beyond Migraciones

The strongest long-term position is normally one in which:

• your residency story
• your accounting
• your banking
• your company records
• and your real economic activity

do not contradict one another.

Resolution 407 increases the importance of that consistency.

Planning the complete conversion?

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Build the financial record before you need it.

If permanent residency is part of your Paraguay strategy, Circle Group can coordinate the residency and accounting pieces so they are not designed independently.