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A dedicated temporary residence permit for non-EU founders who want to create or develop an innovative, scalable product in Latvia. Applicants submit a description of the product and a three-year business plan to PMLP for evaluation; several founders from the same startup can use the route.
Non-EU founders of innovative, scalable startup concepts who will build the venture from Latvia.
Our licensed advisors assess your eligibility, build a strategy to strengthen your application, and manage the process end to end, so you submit a complete, competitive application with confidence.
Yes. After the permit decision you must register as a director or board member of a Latvian company that was entered in the Commercial Register no more than one year before.
Time spent on the startup permit can count toward Latvia's long-term residence, which generally requires five years of continuous legal residence.
Latvia's Startup Visa is a temporary residence permit for non-EU founders building an innovative, scalable product from Latvia. You submit a product description and a three-year business plan to PMLP for evaluation, and several founders from the same startup can use the route.
Yes. Family members can apply for residence permits alongside the founder, provided you show enough means to support them.
It must be a scalable product or service with high added value (often technological) that creates something genuinely new or significantly improves an existing product or service.
The startup residence permit can be issued for up to three years, and it can be renewed if the startup and your involvement continue to meet the conditions.
Up to five foreign founders can obtain a startup residence permit based on the same startup company.
