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Business Visa (Class I / Class II)
Timor-Leste · South East Asia
Source: Mobility Asset DatabaseLifecycle: UnknownResidency-to-PassportActive 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 establishedUnknown
- Unknown
- Governing lawPublished
- Migration and Asylum Law No. 11/2017, amended by Law No. 10/2021
- Responsible authorityPublished
- Migration Service (Serviço de Migração), Ministry of the Interior
What the program provides
What the program gives the holder.
- What the program providesPublished
- Become a member or administrator of a Timor-Leste registered company and hold a renewable Class II Business Visa (up to 2 years), with a shorter Class I visa for business visits under 60 days
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
- Genuine business person of good health and character with a clean immigration record; Class II additionally requires being a member or administrator of a company registered in Timor-Leste with intent to reside 183+ days a year
- Employment statusPublished
- Self-employed
- Generational limitPublished
- Not applicable
Household inclusion
How spouses and children are treated.
- Family sponsorshipPublished
- No
- Spouse includedPublished
- No
- Children includedPublished
- No
- Child age limitUnknown
- Unknown
- ChildrenPublished
- No dependant or family provisions are listed for the Business Visa itself; family reunification is handled under the separate Temporary Resident Permit (Type A)
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 timeUnknown
- Unknown
- Can apply without travelingPublished
- Yes
- How you applyPublished
- In person at Migration Service headquarters in Dili, or at a Timorese embassy/consulate before arrival; no online application found
- Required in-person stepPublished
- Applicant must be a company member/administrator in Timor-Leste and, in practice, present in-country to register and run the business; card collection at Migration Service HQ
- What the processing time measuresPublished
- No published processing-time figure found on the Migration Service site
- Official application routePublished
- https://migracao.gov.tl/wp/forms/
Costs and investment
Fees, income and savings thresholds, and investment amounts.
- Minimum investmentPublished
- None required
- Minimum passive investment (July 2026)Published
- None required
- Minimum active investment (July 2026)Published
- None required
- Processing feeUnknown
- Unknown
- Application feePublished
- $150
- Total cost to applyPublished
- $150
- Monthly income requiredUnknown
- Unknown
- Monthly pension income requiredUnknown
- Unknown
- Monthly rental income requiredUnknown
- Unknown
- Savings requiredUnknown
- Unknown
- Proof of sufficient fundsPublished
- Yes
- Local bank deposit requiredPublished
- No
- Minimum local bank depositPublished
- None required
- Fees paidPublished
- Fee paid at application (before approval); the same fee applies to extensions
- Cost notesPublished
- Class I fee US$100 (new and extension); Class II fee US$150 (new and extension), used here as the active-investor route. General visitor financial-sufficiency test (not specific to Class II): US$100 per entry plus US$50 per day of intended stay.
Presence and maintenance
Stay, renewal, and how long the status lasts.
- Stay required to keep statusPublished
- 183 days/year
- Physical presence requiredPublished
- Yes
- In-country visit requiredPublished
- Yes
- Move-in windowUnknown
- Unknown
- Length of residencyPublished
- 6 months
- Residency is lifetimePublished
- No
- RenewablePublished
- Yes
- Maximum durationPublished
- 24 months
- Maximum duration is lifetimePublished
- No
- Stay rule (Sept 2026)Published
- Class II requires intent to reside 183 or more days a year in Timor-Leste and extension requires proof of continued business registration and legal compliance
Rights and onward pathways
Work, healthcare and other rights, and the path to permanent residence and citizenship.
- Time to permanent residencyPublished
- 10 years
- Time to citizenshipPublished
- 10 years
- 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
- Years stated
- Citizenship timeline basisPublished
- Years stated
Risks, limitations, and uncertainty
Notes on changes, conflicts, and limits.
- Plan B note (Sept 2026)Published
- Class II Business Visa is an active residency track: the holder must be a real administrator/member of a Timor-Leste registered company and spend 183+ days a year in-country. No minimum investment figure is published (list claim of 'no minimum' confirmed). Initial term 6 months, extendable to a 2-year maximum; a general 10-year continuous legal-residence route leads to a Permanent Resident Permit (or 6 years if first converted to a Temporary Resident Permit) and, separately, Timor-Leste's Nationality Act also uses a 10-year continuous-residence test for naturalization (dual citizenship is allowed).
Sources, freshness, and conflict disclosure
Where the CitizensOS Mobility Asset Database took these facts from.
- Official program websitePublished
- https://migracao.gov.tl/wp/business-visa/
- Plan B sources (Sept 2026)Published
- https://migracao.gov.tl/wp/business-visa/ | https://migracao.gov.tl/wp/legislation/ | https://migracao.gov.tl/wp/permanent-resident-permit/ | https://migracao.gov.tl/wp/temporary-resident-permit/ | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Timorese_nationality_law
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.