Foreign liberal professionals, such as architects, lawyers, economists, [accountants, auditors and engineers] must, in order to be granted the right to a permanent residence permit, generate an annual gross income from their work of not less than one million meticais. For the purposes of the OECD FDI RR Index, such monetary threshold required for foreign professionals to be eligible for permanent residency in Mozambique are assumed equivalent to minimum capital/investment requirements.
"SUBSECTION III - Migration regime
ARTICLE 32 - Migration regime
1. Authorized investors and their representatives, as well as individual EZETI owners in the case of residential tourism, will be granted the right of permanent residence in the country, extended to the spouse and minor children, provided that it is duly proven by GAZEDA. [...]
4. Liberal professionals, such as architects, lawyers, economists, foreigners must, in order to be granted the right to a permanent residence permit, generate an annual gross income from their work of not less than one million meticais.[...]" (Decree No. 43/2009 of 21 August on the Regulation of the Investment Law [google translation])
Decree No. 43/2009 of 21 August on the Regulation of the Investment Law [google translation]
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