Switzerland: Residency Through Investment
Swiss Investor Visa
Gain Permanent Residency in Switzerland through investing in a Swiss company.
Who is eligible?
People who are selling an existing company
Businessmen not currently trading in Switzerland
Retirees
Actors, musicians and sportsmen
People able to live on their assets and who do not require employment.
Benefits:
Switzerland has a very friendly tax system
Switzerland is positioned in a very central European location
Switzerland boasts the highest quality of living in the world
It is a great country if you intend to raise multilingual children
Swiss people are very healthy and it is a health conscious country
Highest level of personal safety in the whole of Europe
Switzerland has the best healthcare system in the world.
Great political stability
Requirements:
You must invest at least 500,000CHF (approx. 420,000EUR) into a company based in the area in which you will reside, with a view to creating jobs and employment from this. An investment into stocks and shares is not sufficient.
You should reside in Switzerland for the majority of the time.
Unless you are a famous artist of some description, you will be requires to demonstrate you have ties with Switzerland, for example, past holidays, friends, relatives.