What The SUACE Investor Residency Dataset Shows
SUACE (Sistema Unificado de Apertura y Cierre de Empresas) is Paraguay's one-stop business-opening and investor facilitation system, used under Ley 6984/22 to streamline investor residency for qualifying applicants. The law established a formal $70,000 minimum investment threshold and a dedicated processing channel that operates separately from ordinary DNM residency routes.
The DNM public-information response for request #88224 covers January to November 2024 and shows 269 investor-residency filings through SUACE across 30 nationalities, with 267 grants recorded in the same reporting window. The data reveals that Bolivia, Argentina, and Brazil account for the largest share of filings — consistent with the regional patterns visible in overall Paraguay residency data — while Russia, Spain, and Chile represent the largest non-regional investor flows.
For the site's target commercial audience — western and European investors evaluating Plan B residency options — the most notable finding is that meaningful demand from outside the Americas is visible in the official data. Germany, the United States, Taiwan, Poland, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, and others appear in the nationality table, and the SUACE pathway's structured legal basis and relatively fast processing represent a genuine alternative to ordinary residency for investors who meet the threshold.
Key Findings
- ✓ Bolivia leads SUACE investor filings (101), followed by Argentina and Brazil — consistent with regional residency patterns.
- ✓ Russia (26 filings) is the top non-regional source, notable among Eastern European investor nationalities.
- ✓ Western European and North American investors are present: Spain, Germany, Italy, France, United States, United Kingdom, and others appear in the data.
- ✓ DNM reported 269 investor residency filings and 267 grants in the same January–November 2024 window — two separate same-period counts, not a matched approval rate.
- ✓ SUACE represents a distinct early-stage channel within Paraguay's broader residency system, representing approximately 1% of total residency filings by volume.
Investor Origin Patterns
The charts below show the SUACE investor residency data from multiple angles: overall filing volume by nationality, global geographic distribution, regional composition, and the relative scale of SUACE within Paraguay's total residency system.
269 filings and 267 grants are separate same-period counts — not matched cohort outcomes.
Top 15 Nationalities By SUACE Investor Filings
January–November 2024 investor-residency filings through SUACE
Source: BCP, BPM6 asset/liability methodology
Source: DNM public-information response #88224, period 01/01/2024–30/11/2024.
Bolivia, Argentina, and Brazil dominate the SUACE investor filing data, consistent with their overall share of Paraguay residency demand. Russia appears as the top non-regional source, ahead of Spain and Chile. Western and European nationalities are visible but represent a smaller share of total volume.
Investor Origin Map
Global distribution of SUACE investor residency filings — January–November 2024
The choropleth map shows global filing distribution. Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Taiwan, China, Iran, South Africa, and Australia — countries outside the Americas — would be invisible on a Americas-only map. The map confirms that while SUACE investor residency is heavily regional, meaningful demand exists across multiple continents.
Regional Composition of SUACE Investor Filings
Share by region — January–November 2024
Source: DNM public-information response #88224. Bolivia classified as MERCOSUR.
MERCOSUR nationalities (Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay) account for the largest regional bloc, but the non-MERCOSUR share is substantial — reflecting the investor diversity visible in the data. The Western Europe and Eastern Europe categories together represent a meaningful share of SUACE investor filings.
SUACE Investor Filings vs Total DNM Residency
Scale comparison — different periods and scopes
SUACE (269 filings): Jan–Nov 2024 only. DNM annual (29,124 total): full year 2024. Prorated 11-month estimate shown for comparability. These figures are not directly comparable — SUACE is one distinct channel within a much larger residency system.
SUACE investor filings represent approximately 1% of total DNM residency applications by volume. The chart is illustrative — the time periods differ and the scopes are different. SUACE is a specialized early-stage channel for a specific investor audience, not the whole market. The prorated DNM estimate (~26,697) uses 29,124 × 11/12 for rough reference only.
Western And European Investor Filings
Non-MERCOSUR and non-regional nationalities — January–November 2024
Source: BCP, BPM6 asset/liability methodology
Source: DNM public-information response #88224. Countries filtered to non-MERCOSUR/non-regional nationalities.
For the site's target commercial audience, the western and European subset is the most directly relevant view. Russia leads, followed by Spain, Germany, Poland, the United States, Taiwan, Italy, South Africa, China, Iran, and others. The absolute numbers are smaller than the MERCOSUR bloc, but the data confirms meaningful uptake from target markets.
Nationality Concentration
Cumulative filing share — all 30 nationalities
Source: DNM public-information response #88224, period 01/01/2024–30/11/2024.
The top three nationalities (Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil) account for approximately 64% of all SUACE investor filings. The long tail extends across 27 additional nationalities, including meaningful representation from Russia, Spain, Chile, Germany, and the broader western investor segment.
Full SUACE Investor Residency Table By Nationality
The table below shows investor-residency filings through SUACE by nationality for January to November 2024. Search, sort, and filter to explore the dataset.
Note: Per-nationality grant counts are not confirmed in the source PDF. Only total grants (267) is confirmed for the reporting window. This table shows filings only.
| Nationality | Region | Filings | Share of Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolivia | MERCOSUR | 101 | 37.5% |
| Argentina | MERCOSUR | 46 | 17.1% |
| Brazil | MERCOSUR | 26 | 9.7% |
| Russia | Eastern Europe | 26 | 9.7% |
| Spain | Western Europe | 10 | 3.7% |
| Chile | South America | 6 | 2.2% |
| Germany | Western Europe | 5 | 1.9% |
| Poland | Eastern Europe | 4 | 1.5% |
| United States | North America | 4 | 1.5% |
| Taiwan | Asia | 4 | 1.5% |
| China | Asia | 3 | 1.1% |
| Iran | Asia | 3 | 1.1% |
| Italy | Western Europe | 3 | 1.1% |
| South Africa | Africa | 3 | 1.1% |
| Australia | Oceania | 2 | 0.7% |
| United Kingdom | Western Europe | 2 | 0.7% |
| Colombia | South America | 2 | 0.7% |
| France | Western Europe | 2 | 0.7% |
| Mexico | North America | 2 | 0.7% |
| Peru | South America | 2 | 0.7% |
| Switzerland | Western Europe | 2 | 0.7% |
| Ukraine | Eastern Europe | 2 | 0.7% |
| Uruguay | MERCOSUR | 2 | 0.7% |
| Belgium | Western Europe | 1 | 0.4% |
| Canada | North America | 1 | 0.4% |
| Czech Republic | Eastern Europe | 1 | 0.4% |
| Slovakia | Eastern Europe | 1 | 0.4% |
| Hungary | Eastern Europe | 1 | 0.4% |
| Netherlands | Western Europe | 1 | 0.4% |
| Portugal | Western Europe | 1 | 0.4% |
269 investor-residency filings through SUACE, January–November 2024. Per-nationality grants not confirmed in source.
Showing 30 of 30 nationalities Is The SUACE Investor Pathway Right For You?
The data shows the pathway is real, active, and attracting investors from multiple continents. Learn whether the $70,000 minimum investment and streamlined process make sense for your situation.
What The Data Suggests
Why Bolivia and Argentina Dominate (And Why That Makes Sense)
The top three nationalities in the SUACE investor data — Bolivia (101), Argentina (46), and Brazil (26) — are the same three that dominate overall Paraguay residency applications. That is not coincidental. Geography, MERCOSUR ties, existing diaspora networks, and the practical reality that nearby countries generate the largest cross-border residency flows all apply to the investor pathway as much as to ordinary residency.
What is more notable is that Russia ranks fourth with 26 filings — equal to Brazil and ahead of every other non-regional nationality. This likely reflects a combination of factors including existing Russian diaspora in Paraguay, relatively straightforward capital requirements for Russian investors, and possibly indirect flows through other jurisdictions.
The Non-Regional Investor Story: Russia, and the Western Opportunity
Russia aside, the non-regional filing data is most notable for the visibility of western and European nationalities: Spain (10), Germany (5), United States (4), Poland (4), Taiwan (4), Italy (3), and others. These numbers are small in absolute terms — the entire non-MERCOSUR bloc accounts for about 95 filings — but they are real, visible in official data, and commercially relevant.
For the western investor audience that Paraguay Sovereign serves, the meaningful question is not whether SUACE investor residency is only a regional phenomenon — the data already disproves that — but whether the pathway's legal structure, processing speed, and $70K threshold represent a compelling alternative to ordinary residency or to competitor programs in Uruguay, Panama, or Portugal. The SUACE pathway's main competitive advantages are its legal grounding in Ley 6984/22, the formal $70K threshold, and reportedly fast processing.
SUACE vs Ordinary Residency: What's Different
The key distinction is that SUACE investor residency under Ley 6984/22 is a purpose-built pathway with a defined minimum investment threshold ($70,000) and a dedicated processing channel. Ordinary residency through DNM follows the standard migratory categories with different requirements, processing times, and documentation. SUACE is designed to be more efficient for qualifying investors, though both routes can lead to permanent residency.
The data in this dataset reflects filings through the SUACE channel specifically. It is not a count of all high-investment residency applications — only those filed through SUACE. The approximately 1% of total DNM residency applications figure is an order-of-magnitude indicator, not a precise measure.
What The Data Does Not Show (And Why We Are Transparent About That)
This dataset has important gaps that readers should understand. First, the 269 filings and 267 grants are not matched cohort data — they are separate same-period counts from the DNM's operational reporting. The per-nationality grant breakdown is not confirmed in the source PDF. Second, the January–November 2024 window is a single reporting period, not a multi-year trend. Third, the dataset does not include investment amounts, sector data, or approval-rate-by-nationality information.
This page is designed to be transparent about those gaps rather than to paper over them. The value of the page is the cleaned, interactive, honest presentation of what the official source actually shows — not a simplified narrative that implies more than the data supports.
What This Means For Your Nationality
If your nationality is Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, or another MERCOSUR country, the data shows active use of the SUACE investor pathway by your national group — confirming that the pathway is real and accessible within your regional context.
If your nationality is Russia, Spain, Germany, the United States, Poland, Taiwan, Italy, or another non-regional nationality, the data shows that your market is not absent from SUACE investor residency. The absolute numbers are smaller than the MERCOSUR bloc, but they are visible in official data and suggest the pathway is accessible to investors from those markets.
The best next step is to use this data as context, then compare the SUACE pathway's specific requirements, processing timeline, and capital threshold against your own situation and goals — ideally with a strategy call to discuss your specific nationality, documents, and investment capacity.
Methodology And Caveats
This page is based on an official DNM public-information response covering request #88224 (MIC/SUACE, received December 3, 2024) for the period from January 1, 2024 to November 30, 2024.
The source reports 269 investor-residency filings through SUACE and 267 grants in the same reporting window — two separate same-period counts. Per-nationality grant counts are not confirmed separately in the source PDF.
Country names were normalized from the Spanish source for consistency and GeoJSON matching. ISO codes were mapped for all 30 nationalities. Geographic region tags were added based on standard UN regional groupings, with Bolivia classified as MERCOSUR (associate member) per the implementation plan convention.
The EAS formation figure (20,496 since February 2021) is provided as contextual information about SUACE's overall activity volume, not as a direct count of investor residency applications. Not all EAS founders apply for investor residency.
- Source: DNM public-information response #88224 (MIC/SUACE)
- Source URL: https://informacionpublica.paraguay.gov.py/public/2024/1734964357_1_PEDIDODEACCESOALAINFORMACIN88224.pdf
- Reporting period: 2024-01-01 to 2024-11-30
- Filings and grants are separate same-period operational counts — not a matched approval rate
- Per-nationality grant breakdown not confirmed in source
- Future annual datasets should be published as separate year pages (e.g., /2025/) rather than replacing 2024
- Update cadence: dependent on DNM public-information release schedule
Source Files And Tools
The primary product at launch is the searchable HTML page. The official source PDF is linked for transparency.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is SUACE?
SUACE (Sistema Unificado de Apertura y Cierre de Empresas) is Paraguay's one-stop business-opening and investor facilitation system. It handles investor residency applications under Ley 6984/22, which created a streamlined pathway for investors meeting the $70,000 minimum investment threshold.
What is Ley 6984/22?
Ley 6984/22 is the investment residency law that established the SUACE investor residency mechanism. It sets the $70,000 minimum investment threshold and allows qualifying investors to file for permanent residency through SUACE as an alternative to the standard migratory residency process.
What is the $70,000 minimum investment?
Ley 6984/22 requires a minimum investment of USD 70,000 through SUACE to qualify for the investor residency pathway. This can include capital investment, business formation through EAS (simplified stock companies), or other approved investment vehicles.
How long does SUACE investor residency take?
Processing times through SUACE are typically faster than ordinary residency — reportedly 10 to 15 days for initial filing, though actual processing varies. The SUACE pathway is designed to be more efficient than standard migratory residency routes.
What is the difference between SUACE investor residency and ordinary residency?
SUACE investor residency under Ley 6984/22 is a distinct pathway with its own requirements ($70K minimum investment) and processing channel. Ordinary residency through DNM follows different rules and processing times. The key distinction is that SUACE targets investors and entrepreneurs specifically.
How does the filing count relate to the grant count?
The 269 filings and 267 grants are reported as two separate same-period counts for the January–November 2024 window. They are not matched cohort data. The DNM reports them as operational series, not as approval rates. Per-nationality grant counts are not confirmed in the source.
Is this data available for other years?
The 2024 dataset (Jan–Nov) is the primary available dataset from the DNM public-information response #88224. Requests for 2025 data or earlier multi-year datasets have not yet been filled. This page is designed to accommodate future yearly editions.
Can I see the source data?
Yes. The original DNM public-information PDF is linked in the methodology section and downloads area. The primary value of this page is the cleaned interactive presentation, methodology transparency, and editorial interpretation built on top of the official source.
What is an EAS (Empresa por Acciones Simplificada)?
An EAS (Empresa por Acciones Simplificada) is a simplified stock company — a streamlined corporate form introduced in Paraguay under Ley 6984/22. It allows foreign investors to establish a legal entity quickly and with minimal capital requirements. Many SUACE investor residency applicants use EAS formation as the investment vehicle for meeting the $70,000 minimum threshold.
Are EAS company formations the same as investor residency filings?
No. EAS (simplified stock companies) formed through SUACE number 20,496 since February 2021. Not all EAS founders apply for investor residency. The EAS figure is context for the scale of SUACE's activity, not a direct count of investor residency applications.
Is SUACE the only investor residency pathway in Paraguay?
No. Ley 6984/22 created the SUACE investor residency mechanism, but other pathways exist including ordinary permanent residency through DNM. SUACE is one structured pathway among several for investors seeking Paraguay residency.
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