September 25, 2025
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MIC) issued Resolution No. 1.052/2025. The regulation establishes the new procedure for issuing the «Foreign Investor Certificate» through the Unified System for Company Opening and Closing (SUACE) and repeals Resolution No. 236/2019.
The resolution formalizes the process for a foreign investor to apply for permanent residency, exempting them from the prior temporary residency requirement (Law No. 6984/2022). The procedure requires a business plan, a minimum investment of USD 70,000, and the creation of five jobs, with an issuance period not exceeding five business days.
The process is no longer purely documentary. It now involves a substantive evaluation of the business plan and post-approval oversight. SUACE’s Directorate of Investments will verify the documentation and issue a technical report on the plan’s feasibility. Another SUACE directorate will conduct monthly monitoring of these plans’ progress and coordinate in situ verifications, with periodic reports to the National Directorate of Migration.
The regulation directly links the execution of the business plan to the investor’s immigration status. Thus, obtaining residency is no longer the end of the process; it is the beginning of an ongoing compliance obligation before the MIC. The feasibility assessment and monthly monitoring confirm this.
Consequently, for companies, the investment structure and the business plan become central components of the immigration file. The consistency between the submitted plan and its actual execution will be verified, and the investor’s legal standing in the country will depend on the coordinated management of corporate, financial, and immigration matters.