Residency by investment in Paraguayan film production
Producers working with Paraguay’s national audiovisual institute (INAP) offer the lowest ticket to residency by investment: backing an approved Paraguayan film. It is also the route with the highest risk of not getting the money back.
Minimum, as currently publishedabout USD 40,000 contributed to an INAP-endorsed Paraguayan film production
How the film route works
Instead of founding your own company and hiring staff, you contribute to a Paraguayan film or audiovisual production endorsed by INAP. Producers describe the production company and its cast and crew as the economic activity and jobs behind the investment; INAP endorses the project, and the file goes to SUACE for the investor certificate and then to Migraciones for permanent residency.
Film production is not one of the four categories in Resolution 0283/2026; it is offered through INAP-endorsed productions alongside them. We confirm in writing the legal basis it is being accepted on at the time you apply.
Who it suits
- Investors with the smallest budget who accept that the money may not come back.
- People with an interest in film who would back a production anyway.
Risks
The money backs a production; it is not an asset you own or can sell. You may receive credits and a share of any revenue, but most films do not return their budget, so treat the contribution as spent. Producers also ask for proof of funds beyond the contribution itself. Check who you are paying, what the contract gives you and what happens if the film is never finished.
Documents
For every route, the certificate application itself needs an online application form that counts as a sworn statement; your passport or national ID; proof of entry to Paraguay (entry card, passport stamp or DNM movement certificate, plus a consular visa if your nationality needs one); an apostilled or legalised criminal record certificate from your country of origin, and from any country you lived in for more than a year in the last 3 years; a Paraguayan Interpol certificate; and a sworn statement on the origin of the funds. Documents issued abroad need apostilled (or legalised by the Paraguayan consulate and then the Foreign Ministry) and translated into Spanish by a Paraguayan registered public translator or an authorised foreign one, with the translation itself apostilled or legalised; Brazilian documents in Portuguese need no translation.
Other routes to residency by investment
Productive business
from USD 70,000 invested in a productive business, with a business plan and at least 5 formal jobs
Invest in an industrial, commercial or service company in Paraguay, with a business plan and formal local jobs.
Active: you run the company and its payroll
Tourism project
from USD 150,000 invested in a tourism project, with a business plan
Build, buy, expand or run a hotel, lodge or other tourism asset in Paraguay under an approved business plan.
Semi-active: project plan and progress reports
Financial instruments
from USD 200,000 in qualifying financial instruments, held for at least 2 years
Hold qualifying Paraguayan financial instruments through an entity authorised by the securities regulator.
Passive: placed through an authorised broker
Real estate
from USD 200,000 in real estate used for an economic activity (not your own home)
Buy property in Paraguay that is used for an economic activity, such as rental or commercial premises.
Passive: the property must earn, not house you
Further reading
Your case, step by step
Prepare your case
You provide identity and source-of-funds documents. We review the investment structure and confirm the scope before funds move or anything is filed.
Timing: Depends on document collection, legalisation and translation; we agree the sequence with you.
File and attend appointments
We prepare and handle the filing in Asunción. You attend the appointments required for your case.
Timing: Appointment availability and document readiness determine the schedule; confirmed before you travel.
Authority review
The authority reviews and decides your application. We follow the case and tell you if further documents or appointments are needed.
Timing: a case-specific window confirmed in writing before filing; investment structuring, source-of-funds documents and authority review affect the timing
Cédula after residency approval
Once residency is approved, we prepare the cédula application and you attend the required appointment.
Timing: an official 60 working days for a first-time foreign-resident cédula, often longer in 2026
Frequently asked
- Will I get my money back?
- Possibly not. A film contribution is not an asset you hold; any return depends on the film earning money, and most films do not recover their budget. Only use money you can afford to lose.
- Is the film route part of the Investor Pass?
- It is not one of the four categories in the 2026 resolution. It is offered through INAP-endorsed productions and processed through the same certificate system. We confirm the current basis in writing before you commit.
- Who do I pay?
- The production company, under a contract with it. Read that contract carefully, check the company and the INAP endorsement independently, and never send money before you have both in writing.
What happens next
You write to us
On WhatsApp or the form: your nationality, where you live now and what you want to do.
We answer in writing
The route that fits, the documents you need and the fee, before you commit to anything.
You decide
Nothing starts until you say yes in writing. If it is not a fit, we say so.
- Who replies
- A person on our team reads your message and answers it, not a bot.
- How fast
- We answer in writing as soon as we can, and tell you if it will take longer.
Tell us what you are working with
Capital, timeline, and what you want the residency to do for you. Nothing is filed until you have seen the full cost, timeline and exit options in writing.
Your case is handled by Anton Marklund, Yanina Alvarez and Diana Davalos, the team that files residency, cédula and tax cases in Asunción. You attend the appointments; we handle the filing.