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Corporate Resident Visa
Maldives · South East Asia
Source: Mobility Asset DatabaseLifecycle: UnknownExtended ResidencyActive Investor Visas
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 establishedPublished
- 2021
- Governing lawPublished
- Maldives Immigration Act (Law No. 1/2007), Section 9(f); Regulation on Issuing Corporate Resident Visa (Regulation No. 2021/R-115)
- Responsible authorityPublished
- Registrar of Businesses, Ministry of Economic Development & Trade (approval); Controller of Immigration, Maldives Immigration (visa issuance)
What the program provides
What the program gives the holder.
- What the program providesPublished
- Put USD 250,000 into a Maldives bank deposit or a government-approved business for a renewable five-year investor resident visa
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 requiredUnknown
- Unknown
- Nationality restrictionsPublished
- No
- Basic eligibilityPublished
- Be a shareholder, director, partner or senior officer of a foreign investment registered under the Maldives Foreign Investment Act (with USD 1,000,000 invested over the last 3 financial years and 50% Maldivian full-time staff), OR hold a USD 250,000 fixed deposit at a Maldives bank for 5 years, OR invest USD 250,000 in a government-approved business/project
- 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, children, parents, grandparents and grandchildren of the eligible investor may be sponsored; no age limit for children stated in sources opened
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
- 2 weeks
- Can apply without travelingPublished
- Yes
- How you applyPublished
- Online through the business.egov.mv Business Portal (eFaas account); Registrar of Businesses approval then Controller of Immigration issuance
- What the processing time measuresPublished
- Registrar of Businesses approval within 14 days of submission (Nasheed & Co / Riza & Co summaries of Regulation 2021/R-115); does not include the subsequent Controller of Immigration visa-issuance step, timing not published
- Official application routePublished
- https://business.egov.mv/
Costs and investment
Fees, income and savings thresholds, and investment amounts.
- Minimum investmentPublished
- $250,000
- Minimum passive investment (July 2026)Published
- $250,000
- Minimum active investment (July 2026)Published
- $250,000
- Processing feeUnknown
- Unknown
- Application feePublished
- $971
- Total cost to applyPublished
- $971
- Monthly income requiredUnknown
- Unknown
- Monthly pension income requiredUnknown
- Unknown
- Monthly rental income requiredUnknown
- Unknown
- Savings requiredUnknown
- Unknown
- Proof of sufficient fundsUnknown
- Unknown
- Local bank deposit requiredPublished
- Yes
- Minimum local bank depositPublished
- $250,000
- Fees paidPublished
- Before approval
- Cost notesPublished
- Visa fee MVR 15,000 (~USD 971 at ~15.45 MVR/USD, Sept 2026), paid to process the application
Presence and maintenance
Stay, renewal, and how long the status lasts.
- Stay required to keep statusPublished
- None
- Physical presence requiredPublished
- No
- In-country visit requiredUnknown
- Unknown
- Move-in windowUnknown
- Unknown
- Length of residencyPublished
- 60 months
- Residency is lifetimePublished
- No
- RenewablePublished
- Yes
- Maximum durationUnknown
- Unknown
- Maximum duration is lifetimePublished
- No
- Stay rule (Sept 2026)Published
- No minimum stay or physical presence requirement found in the regulation or law-firm summaries; status depends on keeping the qualifying investment/deposit in place, not on time spent in the country
Rights and onward pathways
Work, healthcare and other rights, and the path to permanent residence and citizenship.
- Time to permanent residencyUnknown
- Unknown
- Time to citizenshipUnknown
- Unknown
- Work for a local employerUnknown
- Unknown
- Start a businessPublished
- Yes
- Remote or freelance workUnknown
- Unknown
- Local healthcare accessUnknown
- Unknown
- University accessUnknown
- Unknown
- Can buy landUnknown
- Unknown
- Local bankingUnknown
- Unknown
- Permanent residence timeline basisPublished
- Not applicable
- Citizenship timeline basisPublished
- Not applicable
Risks, limitations, and uncertainty
Notes on changes, conflicts, and limits.
- Plan B note (Sept 2026)Published
- No stay requirement to keep the visa; renewable every 5 years by maintaining the qualifying investment or deposit. The list claim of a 183-day stay was tested against the Immigration Act regulation and two law-firm summaries of it and is not supported by any of them.
Sources, freshness, and conflict disclosure
Where the CitizensOS Mobility Asset Database took these facts from.
- Official program websitePublished
- https://www.immigration.gov.mv/
- Plan B sources (Sept 2026)Published
- https://www.nasheeds.co/blog/corporate-resident-visa-rules-published | https://rcolawyers.com/corporate-resident-visa-rules-in-the-maldives/ | https://www.rco.attorney/highlights/2021/10/17/corporate-resident-visa-rules-in-the-maldives | https://business.egov.mv/
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.