For ownership of qualifying Latvian real estate purchased for at least €250,000 and meeting cadastral, seller, payment and land-use conditions.
Eligibility: 1Process & costs: 4Report facts: 5
Northern Europe · Immigration
Latvia
Latvia sits in Northern Europe. Its immigration system runs 17 distinct routes — led by investment, business & self-employment and residence-based status, each set out in official law. All 17 cite an official government source, shown on the route with the date we last read it. Who actually qualifies depends on your full profile.
10 further routes are recorded for Latvia but not shown here — their details are still under review.
- Immigration routes
- 17across 11 route categories, each set out in official law
- Source-cited routes
- 17 of 17cite an official government source, with the date we last read it
- Largest category
- Investment3 of the 17 routes — see them under Investment below
- Region
- Northern Europe
- Capital
- Riga
- Population
- 1,847,785
- Official language
- Latvian
- Currency
- EUR
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
Source-cited pathways
Immigration routes
All 17 routes, grouped by purpose — 17 of 17 cite an official government source directly.
Investment
3 routes
For investment in the share capital of a qualifying Latvian company, with the threshold determined by company size.
Investment from €50,000
Eligibility: 3Process & costs: 2Report facts: 4
Official government source: pmlp.gov.lv · checked 2026-07-26
For a subordinated obligation of at least €280,000 with a Latvian credit institution for at least five years.
Eligibility: 1Process & costs: 2Report facts: 5
Official government source: pmlp.gov.lv · checked 2026-07-26
Business & self-employment
3 routes
For a third-country national carrying on approved self-employed activity in Latvia under a viable audited business plan.
Eligibility: 2Documents: 1Report facts: 6
For a third-country founder developing an innovative product or scalable business model through a Latvian startup.
Eligibility: 1Report facts: 7
For a third-country national entered in the Latvian Commercial Register as a board member, council member, procurator, partnership member with representation rights, administrator, liquidator or authorised representative of a foreign merchant branch, with remuneration or business income of at least twice the previous year average gross monthly wage.
Eligibility: 2
Official government source: vissparmigraciju.pmlp.gov.lv · checked 2026-08-03
Independent means
1 route
For a foreign retiree who is entitled to visa-free entry under a binding treaty and has sufficient means of subsistence.
Eligibility: 1Report facts: 6
Official government source: pmlp.gov.lv · checked 2026-07-26
Digital nomad
1 route
— No eligibility summary published for this route yet
Income from €4,537.50/mo
Eligibility: 4Process & costs: 1Report facts: 4
Residence-based status
2 routes
For a third-country national with five years of continuous lawful residence, sufficient regular means and Latvian-language knowledge.
Eligibility: 1Report facts: 7
For a foreigner who has completed a full-time master or doctoral programme at a Latvian higher education institution with a state-recognised diploma, or successfully completed a research project, applying within three months of graduation.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 1Report facts: 1
Official government source: pmlp.gov.lv · checked 2026-08-03
Free movement
1 route
For an EU citizen moving to Latvia to work, study, seek work, be self-employed or live with sufficient resources.
Eligibility: 2Documents: 3Report facts: 3
— Source pending confirmation · checked 2026-07-26
Youth mobility
1 route
For citizens of New Zealand aged 18 to 30 inclusive on the date of application who can show €780 for the start of the stay and the cost of a return trip if no ticket is held.
Eligibility: 3Report facts: 2
Official government source: pmlp.gov.lv · checked 2026-08-03
Cultural, religious & volunteer
2 routes
For a person aged 18 to 30 volunteering in a programme financed by the European Commission or an international organisation.
Eligibility: 3Documents: 1Report facts: 5
For a foreigner invited by a religious organisation registered in Latvia to carry out religious activity on its behalf, who can show the required means of subsistence for the period of stay.
Eligibility: 1Report facts: 1
Official government source: pmlp.gov.lv · checked 2026-08-03
Short stay & visit
1 route
For a visa-required third-country national visiting Latvia and the Schengen area for up to ninety days in any 180-day period.
Humanitarian protection
1 route
For a third-country national or stateless person seeking refugee or alternative status in Latvia.
Ancestry & return
1 route
For a third-country national with a Latvian or Liv relative in the direct ascending line.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 2Report facts: 6
Official government source: pmlp.gov.lv · checked 2026-07-26
Official sources
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