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+Nicolas Burtey gave me the contact of Carlos Artiga, his immigration lawyer. Phone is +503 7885 7514.
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+I explained him our case and he guided me through the process. My understanding and questions:
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+The full process to naturalization has the following steps:
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+- Obtaining a Residencia Temporal permit.
+- Spending one year under Residencia Temporal, which implies staying physically in El Salvador for nine months (may be reduced to 90 days with new law)
+- Requesting a Residencia Definitiva.
+- Spending one year with the Residencia Definitiva
+- Then apply for naturalización, which will take some months.
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+Documentation required to begin requesting Residencia Temporal:
+- Report of having a clear criminal record
+- Proof of marriage and Sofía birth certificate
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+Ways to obtain residencia temporal:
+- Employment contract with a Salvadorian company
+- Or starting a company in El Salvador (with significant revenue happening from customers in El Salvador)
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+Things that are fuzzy in my mind:
+- During Residencia Definitiva, what are the requirements regarding physically staying in El Salvador? Is it possible to mostly not be there?
+- About obtaining the Residencia Temporal:
+  - Is there really no way to get it while working and invoicing foreign companies outside El Salvador?
+  - About the option of starting a company in El Salvador, and the requirement of having _some_ degree of revenue coming from local Salvadorian customers... where is the limit? How much should be local revenue, how much can be foreign revenue?
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+I should talk with these guys next: https://www.abogados.com.sv/contactenos-abogados-el-salvador-bitcoin/
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