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Gainful Occupation Permit - Self-Employed

SeychellesStarting a business

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Is this for a founder, startup entrepreneur, self-employed person, freelancer, company owner or another business profile?

The pathway covers a self-employed person or a person setting up a business in Seychelles.

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    • opening sentence
      A Gainful Occupation Permit (GOP) allows the holder to be gainfully occupied in Seychelles and this could be as an employee or as a self‐employed person.
    • business closing sentence
      If you intend to set up a business in Seychelles, you will instead require a Gainful Occupation Permit.

    What must actually exist or be demonstrated: business plan, company, innovation, clients, contracts, economic activity, job creation or other substance?

    A business proposal must be detailed in a Project Memorandum submitted to the Seychelles Investment Board for consideration.

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      • business closing sentence
        If this is the case, first of all, you will need to submit a Project Memorandum to the Seychelles Investment Board (SIB) detailing your business proposal for their consideration.

      What investment, capital, income, revenue, funding or viability evidence is central to this pathway?

      No investment minimum or viability threshold is stated; the official page lists processing and monthly permit fees.

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      • The capture does not identify an investment minimum or viability threshold.
      • The official page does not state an effective date.
      • fees paragraph
        There is a processing fee of SCR. 1,000/‐ for processing of the application.
      • fees paragraph
        The fee for the whole duration of the permit being sought at Sr.500 per month or part thereof, is payable when submitting the application.

      What business/self-employed activity may the holder conduct? Are there important restrictions? What is the family position where clearly stated?

      The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the business activity the holder may carry out, its restrictions and the family position.

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

      What approval/application sequence applies, how long is the status granted, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction is officially stated?

      A self-employed applicant completes the GOP application form personally; the permit can be collected 1 to 5 days after submission, and extensions of validity follow the same procedure as the initial application. The official source does not state how long the permit is granted for or a longer-term residence direction.

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      • The page does not state how long the GOP is granted for.
      • The page does not state a longer-term residence direction.
      • The page does not say whether the Ministry of Employment approval step applies to self-employed applicants.
      • Recorded source · ics.gov.sc
        The application form is to be completed by the prospective employer. In the case of a self-employed, by the person seeking the permit.
      • Recorded source · ics.gov.sc
        Note Gainful occupation permits (GOP) can be collected between 1 - 5 days after submission of application.
      • Recorded source · ics.gov.sc
        The same procedures as per above should be followed for extension of validity of the GOP or change of post titles or duties.

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

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