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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
+
+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)
+
+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?
+
+His answers:
+1. With Residencia Definitiva, you can be absent from El Salvador for up to 2 consecutive years.
+2. Regarding working with foreign clients:
+   - If a **Salvadorian company** is the one invoicing, then yes, it's allowed. The company is Salvadorian, so it has the right to do business with anyone. The foreign resident justifies their ties to El Salvador by being the legal representative of that Salvadorian company.
+   - If the **foreigner personally** invoices foreign clients, then no — because they could do that from anywhere in the world, which doesn't demonstrate ties to El Salvador.
+   - Tax-wise: 0% IVA (sales tax) on foreign revenue, and only income tax of 25–30% depending on the amount, paid annually.
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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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el-salvador/immigration-research/20260409-call-with-vanessa.md

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+# Call with Vanessa
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+On 2026-04-22 I call with Vanessa Rivas from estudiovortex.com to check on the immigration procedure. Basically, same questions as with Carlos Artiga. She will charge me 125USD for the call.
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+I pay with this transaction: https://mempool.space/tx/c08c3b4a421fea28a34b4cbd22661988a188b7d4bccf3ccf4f98ba1183c7ac9e
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+My questions:
+- Ways to temporary residency for our case
+- Specific examples of temporary residence
+- Do we truly NOT need to be there for Residencia Definitiva AT ALL?
+- This looks so simple?
+
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+Meeting notes
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+- They have Spanish customers.
+- "La ley es muy amigable"
+
+- Two years of residence
+  - 
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+The full process according to Vanessa:
+- First step is just landing in the country with tourist visa (180 days)
+- Then, apply for "residencia". There are multiple options:
+  - Residencia rentista (comes from the outside of the country)
+    - You need to have the bank account in El Salvador and put the money there, money should come from abroad
+    - You can only do the financial activity you stated, you can't 
+    - 90 días doesn't need to be continuous
+    - "They are not completely strict with you need to have the income the 12 months". This is proved with a bank statement.
+  - Residencia "empresa"
+    - Create an entity to invoice 
+    - Can be managed remotely with firma electronica
+  - Residencia "proyecto"
+    - Futuro negocio, any kind of activity, you can start just with a plan
+    - After one year, they will kind of "soft-audit" that things are "happening"
+  - Residencia temporal during one year 
+  - Residencia temporal 90 days is a thing, before it was either 6 or 8 months
+  - Then apply for definitiva
+  - With definitiva you don't need to be in the country at all
+  - There is an exam about culture and language 
+  - Then ask for passport, takes about nine months
+  - Minors can be attached and can also get the passport 
+  - Once you get it the clock starts ticking 
+  - 
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+Notes:
+- How long do we need to pretend the "rentista" condition during residencia temporal?
+- 
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+After meeting: Vanessa sent me a proposal/budget for the first step of the process (getting the residencia temporal). 4200USD, includes the three of us. I'll attach it here.
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