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Temporary Residence Permit for Business (Large Investor)
Estonia · Northern Europe
Source: Mobility Asset DatabaseLifecycle: UnknownExtended ResidencyEconomic Residency
Program facts from the CitizensOS Mobility Asset Database. Unknown facts are shown as Unknown, never as zero.
- Publication state
- Mobility Asset Database
- Lifecycle status
- Unknown
- Facts checked through
- Sep 21, 2026
- Source snapshots
- Database edition
Identity and current status
The route identity and current status.
- Year establishedUnknown
- Unknown
- Governing lawPublished
- Aliens Act (Välismaalaste seadus)
- Responsible authorityPublished
- Police and Border Guard Board (Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet)
What the program provides
What the program gives the holder.
- What the program providesPublished
- EU residence in Estonia for investors placing at least EUR 1 million in an Estonian company or an Estonia-focused fund
Best suited for
Who the program tends to suit. Research only, never a personal recommendation.
No governed customer claim is present for this section.
Eligibility
Personal qualifications an applicant must establish.
- Minimum ageUnknown
- Unknown
- Clean criminal record requiredPublished
- Yes
- Local health insurance requiredPublished
- Yes
- Nationality restrictionsUnknown
- Unknown
- Basic eligibilityPublished
- Permanent direct investment of at least EUR 1,000,000 in an Estonian company that invests in the Estonian economy, or in an investment fund investing mainly in Estonian companies; the investment must not fall during the permit's validity (market movements excepted)
- Generational limitPublished
- Not applicable
Household inclusion
How spouses and children are treated.
- Family sponsorshipPublished
- Yes
- Spouse includedPublished
- Yes
- Children includedPublished
- Yes
- Child age limitUnknown
- Unknown
- ChildrenPublished
- Spouse and minor children apply for their own temporary residence permits to settle with the investor; adult children only if unable to cope alone for health or disability reasons.
Documents
Evidence categories and filing documents.
No governed customer claim is present for this section.
Process and timeline
How you apply and how long it takes.
- Processing timePublished
- Up to 12.9 weeks
- Can apply without travelingPublished
- No
- How you applyPublished
- Paper application in person at an Estonian embassy/consulate or a PBGB service office in Estonia
- Required in-person stepPublished
- Submit the application and give fingerprints in person; collect the residence card in person
- What the processing time measuresPublished
- Decision within 90 days of filing; residence card issued within 30 days after that (PBGB)
- Official application routePublished
- https://www.politsei.ee/en/instructions/residence-permit-for-business
Costs and investment
Fees, income and savings thresholds, and investment amounts.
- Minimum investmentPublished
- $1,170,000
- Minimum passive investment (July 2026)Published
- $1,170,000
- Minimum active investment (July 2026)Published
- $1,170,000
- Processing feePublished
- None required
- Application feePublished
- $410
- Total cost to applyPublished
- $410
- Monthly income requiredUnknown
- Unknown
- Monthly pension income requiredPublished
- None required
- Monthly rental income requiredPublished
- None required
- Savings requiredUnknown
- Unknown
- Proof of sufficient fundsPublished
- Yes
- Local bank deposit requiredPublished
- No
- Minimum local bank depositPublished
- None required
- Minimum investment as published (Sept 2026)Published
- EUR 1,000,000
- Other investment routes (Sept 2026)Published
- Either a direct investment in an Estonian company investing in the Estonian economy, or in an investment fund investing mainly in Estonian companies. No real-estate route.
- Fees paidPublished
- Before approval
- Cost notesPublished
- State fee EUR 350 in Estonia (≈USD 410) or EUR 380 at a foreign representation (≈USD 445); extension EUR 350; card to a foreign mission +EUR 20. No separate processing fee.
Presence and maintenance
Stay, renewal, and how long the status lasts.
- Stay required to keep statusPublished
- None
- Physical presence requiredPublished
- No
- In-country visit requiredPublished
- Yes
- Move-in windowPublished
- 0 months
- Length of residencyPublished
- 60 months
- Residency is lifetimePublished
- No
- RenewablePublished
- Yes
- Maximum durationUnknown
- Unknown
- Maximum duration is lifetimeUnknown
- Unknown
- Stay rule (Sept 2026)Published
- No minimum stay stated to keep the permit; the investment and health insurance must be kept
- Tax residency rulePublished
- Residents staying more than 183 days per year will be considered tax residents
- Personal income taxPublished
- 22%
Rights and onward pathways
Work, healthcare and other rights, and the path to permanent residence and citizenship.
- Time to permanent residencyPublished
- 5 years
- Time to citizenshipPublished
- 8 years
- Work for a local employerUnknown
- Unknown
- Start a businessPublished
- Yes
- Remote or freelance workPublished
- Yes
- Local healthcare accessUnknown
- Unknown
- University accessPublished
- Yes
- Can buy landPublished
- Yes
- Local bankingPublished
- Yes
- Permanent residence timeline basisPublished
- Years stated
- Citizenship timeline basisPublished
- Years stated
Risks, limitations, and uncertainty
Notes on changes, conflicts, and limits.
- Investment note (Sept 2026)Published
- The investment must be kept for as long as the permit is held. Separate business routes exist for startups and entrepreneurs with a lower capital threshold, but they are not the large-investor permit.
- Plan B note (Sept 2026)Published
- Permit issued for up to 5 years and extendable for up to 10 years at a time. Long-term residence needs 5 years on a temporary permit with Estonia as main home (the Aliens Act treats 183+ days a year as permanent residence) and Estonian B1. Citizenship needs 8 years of residence, the last 5 permanent, plus language and Constitution tests; Estonia does not allow dual citizenship for naturalised citizens.
Sources, freshness, and conflict disclosure
Where the CitizensOS Mobility Asset Database took these facts from.
- Official program websitePublished
- https://www.politsei.ee/en/instructions/residence-permit-for-business/for-large-investors
- Investment source (Sept 2026)Published
- https://www.politsei.ee/en/instructions/residence-permit-for-business/for-large-investors
- Plan B sources (Sept 2026)Published
- https://www.politsei.ee/en/instructions/residence-permit-for-business/for-large-investors | https://www.politsei.ee/en/instructions/state-fee-amounts/residence-permit-and-rights-of-residence | https://www.politsei.ee/en/instructions/estonian-citizenship-for-an-adult
Every fact on this page comes from the CitizensOS Mobility Asset Database (Sep 21, 2026 edition). A blank is shown as Unknown.
This anonymous dossier is read-only research. It does not establish personal fit, eligibility, legal or tax advice, filing, approval, residence, citizenship, or a held Right.