Paraguay.
Permanent residency in 90 days. 0% on foreign income, no remittance rule, Mercosur travel rights, and a base that runs in Spanish. The simplest move we offer.
Why Paraguay
keeps surprising people.
Most founders have never seriously considered Paraguay. Then they sit with the numbers — permanent residency, 0% on foreign income, no remittance rule, Mercosur travel rights, Spanish — and within a single call it sits at the top of the shortlist.
Permanent residency, in 60–90 days
Paraguayan permanent residency status, granted on a single application. No five-year visa cycle, no exit-and-reapply. The cédula card renews every 10 years for adults — a routine update at the same office, not a fresh case.
0% territorial tax
Paraguay only taxes Paraguayan-source income. Foreign earnings — your US and EU clients, your online business, your overseas investments — sit fully outside the Paraguayan net, with no remittance trigger. Structured properly, your effective rate is zero.
Spanish, no language barrier
Asunción runs in Spanish. Every form, every notary, every public office. For Spanish-speaking founders, Paraguay is the simplest move we offer — your first conversation in country doubles as your first piece of paperwork.
Mercosur travel rights
With the cédula you move freely across Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Bolivia. Long stays, easy borders, no visa runs. The whole South American operating zone opens up with Asunción as a base.
A cost of living that buys time
€450 for a central Asunción apartment. €250 a month eating out daily. The savings buy you the runway most EU founders are missing — and the headspace to use it.
A pace that lets you breathe
Asunción isn't trying to be Tokyo. Lower-rise, slower-paced, an hour from a hundred-acre estancia. The kind of place where your workday actually ends, and the evening belongs to something other than your inbox.
Permanent.
From day one.
Most residency programs ask you to renew, requalify, and prove your worth every few years. The cédula doesn't. Apply once. Get the card. Keep it.
A renewal calendar.
- EU residency, autónomo or sociedad with quarterly filings
- 45–52% effective tax on €120k freelance income
- A five-year auditable trail you can't walk away from
- No legal framework for a clean exit
- Mercosur is a tourist trip, not a base
Permanent residency, one card.
- Permanent residency. Cédula card renewed every 10 years.
- 0% on foreign-source income. No remittance trigger.
- One annual filing, handled by your local agent
- Buenos Aires, São Paulo and Montevideo are weekend trips
- A clean exit from EU residency, properly documented
Asunción
on a founder's budget.
Asunción, monthly, for one person living well in a central neighbourhood. Not the Lonely Planet version.
A local notary, on the same call.
CERØ runs the Paraguay flow through a partner desk in Villa Morra, Asunción. From the first call there's a Paraguayan abogado on the line — in Spanish, current forms in hand, on first-name terms with the migrations officers. We handle the police visit, the cédula filing, the apostilles on your EU documents, and the tax-residency certificate at year-end.
By the time you land, the appointments are already booked. The notary has the paperwork drafted. You sign, you wait, you fly.
What people
ask about Paraguay.
The five questions that come up on every diagnosis call where Paraguay is on the table. Real questions, real answers.
Is the 0% on foreign income really clean?
What does the cédula process actually look like?
Do I have to live in Paraguay?
Can I bring my family?
Land
in Asunción.
A 30-minute discovery call. We tell you whether Paraguay is the right move — no pressure, no pitch. If it isn't, we'll say so and point you somewhere that fits.