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Nicolas Burtey gave me the contact of Carlos Artiga, his immigration lawyer. Phone is +503 7885 7514.
I explained him our case and he guided me through the process. My understanding and questions:
The full process to naturalization has the following steps:
- 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.
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:
- With Residencia Definitiva, you can be absent from El Salvador for up to 2 consecutive years.
- 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.
I should talk with these guys next: https://www.abogados.com.sv/contactenos-abogados-el-salvador-bitcoin/