Discover the residence, investment and nationality services available for your life in Latvia.
Latvia · A CLOSER LOOK
Plan beyond your first permission. Explore which services can support a longer-term path to settlement and citizenship, and understand the requirements at each stage.
Passport imagery represents the destination. Residence and citizenship are separate legal outcomes.
FIND YOUR PATHWAY
Explore the benefits, eligibility, requirements and long-term outcome of each route in Latvia.
Temporary residence through investment in the share capital of a qualifying Latvian company.
Residency to citizenship
Each stage has its own eligibility requirements.
THE DEVISERS APPROACH
A clear path begins with a conversation. Our approach brings structure to a deeply personal decision.
We begin with your goals, the people who matter to you and the life you want to build.
Explore the relevant routes, their requirements and the commitments involved.
A considered application begins with clear guidance and carefully organised documentation.
Coordinate the application and understand the next steps in the official process.
Discuss arrival, renewals and the continuing support relevant to your chosen route.
A LITTLE MORE CLARITY
The application, qualifying conditions and outcome for Latvia.
Residence by Investment, Company share capital
Temporary investor residence: Maintain the qualifying company investment and the permit’s continuing compliance conditions under the current law. Permanent residence · from 5 years: EU long-term resident status requires five years of lawful continuous residence, stable sufficient income and A2 Latvian. Ordinary permitted absences are no more than six consecutive months or ten months in total. Successful applicants receive a permanent residence permit. Latvian citizenship · 5 years with PR: Naturalisation ordinarily requires five years of permanent residence and evidence of living in Latvia, lawful income, Latvian language and knowledge of the Constitution, anthem and history. Rules on retaining another nationality must also be checked. The citizenship period is not five years from the first investment permit: permanent residence must first be obtained and its qualifying period satisfied.
Complete the qualifying company share-capital investment and State payment and obtain the company’s supporting invitation and records. Submit the residence application through the applicable consular/PMLP channel. For continued permission, show that the investment and company tax-payment conditions remain satisfied.
Invest at least €50,000 in the qualifying smaller-company category, or €100,000 in the larger-company category, plus €10,000 to the State budget initially. Company size, financial figures and investor-count limits apply. Russian and Belarusian nationals are excluded from this investor basis.
Provide company investment and invitation evidence, passport, criminal-record and subsistence documents. Annual company taxes must reach €40,000 or €100,000 for the applicable category, excluding refundable or refunded taxes. Renewal requires continuing conditions, with a €2,000 payment after five years on this basis. Late renewal or a changed investment object can trigger initial-application rules.
Under the Immigration Law effective 15 September 2026, new qualifying company-investor permission is for up to two years, with renewal subject to continuing conditions. Eligible family applications are assessed separately.
Earlier applications and existing permits may fall under transitional rules. The new system removes annual temporary-permit registration. Long-term residence requires its own continuous-residence, means, language and applicable integration assessment, an investor permit is not automatic citizenship.
YOUR NEXT CHAPTER
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We’ll help you explore what comes next.
