Temporary Latvian residence permit for up to two years; no EU-wide settlement rights.
Latvia · investment-linked residence
A Baltic base takes more than a capital decision.
Latvia can offer a second base for a family and business. Since September 2026, the first question is whether a current company-investment route fits the business and whether its continuing tax and evidence duties are sustainable. Property purchase no longer opens a new application route.
THE ROUTE AT A GLANCE
Understand the route before you commit.
A programme name says little about the rights you and your family will actually be able to use.
€50,000 or €100,000 in company capital by company size, plus a state payment and continuing tax conditions.
Article 44 grants unrestricted employment rights to holders of a permit issued under Article 27(1)(10). Investment before permit approval is insufficient; check the permit record and intended activity.
Long-term residence and citizenship require separate procedures.
01 / STARTING POINTS
What could this route make possible for you?
A residence right is valuable when its effect fits your life, family or business purpose.
Family life in the Baltics
Test home, school and care as a real life plan before committing capital.
A company investment with a business purpose
Pursue a qualifying company investment only when it supports the underlying business plan.
A Plan B that remains usable
Build evidence, presence and renewal into the second-base plan from the outset.
02 / LEGAL EFFECT
What the status grants. And what remains separate.
Residence, work, family and tax are not compressed into one promise.
LEGAL INSTRUMENT
ARTICLE 27(1)(10)
Qualifying investors may apply for a temporary residence permit for up to two years. Investment does not itself grant a permit.
03 / BASIS AND CAPITALContinuing annual company tax of at least €40,000 or €100,000 respectively; verify company category, investor count and eligible taxes for the case.
What qualifies for this route.
€50,000
Share capital where the company has at most 50 employees and €10m turnover or balance-sheet total.
€100,000
Share capital in the larger-company category.
€10,000
Additional state payment on the first application.
04 / LIFE BEHIND THE PERMIT
Residence alone does not settle daily life.
Who may join you, what you may do locally and how tax is affected are three distinct questions.
Family and daily life
Check who can accompany the applicant and on what evidence under the chosen category.
Work and business
Article 44 grants unrestricted employment rights to holders of a permit issued under Article 27(1)(10). Investment before permit approval is insufficient; check the permit record and intended activity.
Tax position
A residence permit does not determine tax residence on its own. Home, actual presence, activity and applicable treaties require separate review.
05 / MAINTENANCE AND OUTLOOK
Keeping the status is part of the decision.
A sound plan considers admission alongside presence, renewal and the longer outlook.
Presence
Check registration, actual use and consequences of absences before filing.
Renewal and duties
Evidence the company, investment and annual tax payments during a permit term of up to two years; renewal requires a separate application.
Later status
Long-term residence and citizenship require separate procedures.
06 / PROCESS AND COSTS
The next step begins before applying.
Select the current PMLP category, document source of funds and investment, then apply for residence.
Calculate the whole decision.
Where minimum amounts are stated, they are legal eligibility thresholds at the documented source date, not estimates of total cost. We review fees and other costs for the individual case before filing.
- Qualifying investment or economic basis
- Government fees and translations
- Legal and tax review
- Family, insurance and location
- Ongoing duties and renewal
- Potential exit or status change
07 / FIT AND LIMITS
When this route belongs on your shortlist.
A suitable permit serves a specific purpose. Where its rights or duties do not fit, comparison with another route begins.
The deciding question
Which investment makes commercial sense even without a permit, and is that precise route open today?
Where this route stops
Property purchase and subordinated bank capital no longer support a new investor application. PMLP says the new €150,000 state-fund route is not yet operational because the fund has not been established.
08 / WHAT NBF EXAMINES
Check company and tax fit first.
You receive a filter for the business basis, tax position and ongoing duties before pursuing this route.
Company
Relate ownership, activity and economic basis to the specific eligibility route.
Tax and duties
Review charges, evidence and continuing conditions with Latvian specialists.
Implementation
Put the application, family, presence and renewal in order with open points.
09 / SOURCES AND REVIEW
The basis for the decision stays visible.
Programme brochures can explain routes. Responsible authorities and the current case determine their legal effect and conditions.
EDITORIAL VERSION · 2 OCTOBER 2026Sources and reviewView sources
The stated rules are grounded in the linked sources. Conditions, administrative practice and fit for your case are checked again before an individual recommendation.
Check nationality, family rights, work rules under Article 44 and current administration before engagement; do not use the older PMLP investor page as the current threshold source.
THE NEXT DECISION
Can Latvia support your business and life plans?
Test the company basis, continuing duties and residence you want as one decision before committing capital and time.
