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Diligent Investor Five-Year Residence

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What investment option or options qualify?

An investor who is serious in implementing their investment project in Egypt is entitled under the new rules to residence. GAFI's Board rules grant residence according to the company's purpose, capital, number of workers and activity location, giving greater incentives to serious investments and favouring investment in sectors, activities and locations targeted by the State.

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  • Source is a GAFI press release (1 Oct 2020) reproduced by the State Information Service; the Board resolution text itself was not captured.
  • No specific qualifying sectors, locations, amounts or company types are listed.
  • Recorded source · mediadr.sis.gov.eg
    حيث يحق للمستثمر‬ ‫الجا د في تنفيذ مشروعه االستثماري
  • Recorded source · mediadr.sis.gov.eg
    أن اعتماد تلك الضوابط يأتي تفعيالً لقانون االستثمار بمنح اإلقامة وفقا ً لغرض الشركة‪ ،‬ورأس‬ ‫المال‪ ،‬وعدد العمالة وموقع ممارسة النشاط
  • Recorded source · mediadr.sis.gov.eg
    وأشار عبد الوهاب إلى أن تلك الضوابط من شأنها منح حوافز أكبر لالستثمارات الجادة‪ ،‬وتشجيع‬ ‫المستثمرين األجانب على االستثمار في قطاعات وأنشطة ومواقع بعينها تستهدفها الدولة‬ ‫المصرية بالتنمية االقتصادية وتوفر المزيد من فرص العمل

What official minimum amount, tier or threshold applies to each relevant option?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the official minimum investment for each option.

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Limits of the record
  • No amount for a five-year investor residence appears in the recorded source material. The 25%/USD 200,000 deposit in the GAFI guide is for the temporary (one-year) investor residence and was moved to the Law 72 route (R2).

How long must the investment be maintained and what continuing ownership, investment or physical-presence conditions are important?

The residence is tied to the investor being serious in implementing the investment project: it is for five continuous years and renewed for similar periods throughout the project's duration. The official source does not state a minimum holding period, ownership percentage or physical-presence requirement.

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Limits of the record
  • No minimum holding period, ownership percentage or physical-presence requirement is stated.
  • How 'seriousness' is assessed is not stated in the captured text.
  • Recorded source · mediadr.sis.gov.eg
    حيث يحق للمستثمر الجاد في تنفيذ مشروعه الاستثماري، وفقا للضوابط الجديدة، الحصول على الإقامة لمدة خمس سنوات متصلة تجدد لمدد مماثلة طوال مدة المشروع

Which family members can be included where officially stated, and what broad residence/work rights result?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm which family members can be included and their rights.

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Limits of the record
  • This detail is not established in the evidence recorded here. Confirm the applicable requirement with the responsible authority.

What status is obtained, how is it renewed, what longer-term residence/citizenship direction is officially stated, and what happens to the investment when relevant?

Foreign investors are granted a renewable five-year residency, renewed for similar periods throughout the project's duration. The official source does not state a longer-term residence or citizenship direction or what happens to the investment.

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Limits of the record
  • The page does not state who qualifies, how renewal works, or any longer-term residence or citizenship direction.
  • Recorded source · gafi.gov.eg
    Granting foreign investors a renewable five-year residency to facilitate their stay in Egypt.
  • Recorded source · mediadr.sis.gov.eg
    حيث يحق للمستثمر الجاد في تنفيذ مشروعه الاستثماري، وفقا للضوابط الجديدة، الحصول على الإقامة لمدة خمس سنوات متصلة تجدد لمدد مماثلة طوال مدة المشروع

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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