Exclusive attention for Salvadorans abroad

For decades, the country’s structural situation and lack of opportunities forced Salvadorans to leave the country. But the country’s recent transformation has been so significant that it started a process of reverse migration.

Also, new direct investments have allowed the diversification of national investment to all regions of the country.

To attend the natural interest of Salvadorans abroad, we created the Diaspora Investment Directorate Salvadoran and Municipalities, which is one of the three pillars of the Investment and Export Promotion Agency of El Salvador (Invest in El Salvador). This is a unique initiative in the region and the continent.

The Directorate of Salvadoran Diaspora is responsible for attracting and promoting the investments of all those Salvadorans who reside in a foreign country, facilitating investment processes through technical advice and guidance for the establishment, development, and subsequent attention of the project.

Salvadorans abroad in numbers

The services offered by the Directorate of Salvadoran Diaspora are aimed at Salvadoran investors from abroad who have generated capital and are interested in developing businesses in the country.

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+ $32 m

+ 36K

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Incentive and exclusive benefits for Salvadorans abroad

Given this reverse migration, Congress has approved the Special Transitory Law of Incentives and Preferential Treatment for the Repatriation of Salvadorans, to benefit and grant facilities to Salvadorans residing abroad who decide to return to settle permanently in the country.

Benefits for Salvadorans living
abroad who wish to return home.

Benefits for Salvadorans living abroad who wish to return home

El Salvador is currently experiencing a climate of security and a renaissance as a result of the successful strategy promoted by the government of President Nayib Bukele. This has caused 6 out of 10 Salvadorans to be willing to return to the country*.

Given this reverse migration, Congress has approved the Law of Incentives and Preferential Treatment for the Repatriation of Salvadorans , to benefit and grant facilities to Salvadorans residing abroad who decide to return to settle permanently in the country.

This regulation establishes that Salvadorans who reside abroad and move to El Salvador (including changing their address) will have access to the following benefits:

• Transfer to the country their goods and vehicles without having to pay taxes.
• The total value of the furniture of the family group must not exceed $70,000.00. If the amount is higher, they will have to pay only the excess of the taxes established in the Law Tax on the Transfer of Movable Goods and the Rendering of Services.
• They can import two light motor vehicles for private, family, or work use without payment of duties.
• They can access services offered by local banks, and present their credit history, tax returns, or any other document that supports the financial activity carried out abroad to demonstrate their payment capacity.

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Requirements to access these benefits

• Be Salvadoran by birth or naturalization, in the latter case, as long as the nationality has been acquired before the Law enters into force.

• Reside in any country abroad and manifest the intention to transfer the definitive residence to El Salvador.

• Present an affidavit of the domicile in the country subscribed in the General

• Direction of Migration and Foreigners. Modify the address in the Documento Único de Identidad (DUI).

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Conditions to import vehicles to El Salvador

• Possession of a title deed stating that the vehicle is in perfect working order.

• Vehicles classified as scrap, partial, or total loss, as well as those that are not in normal operating conditions are excluded from the benefit.

• Proof of ownership of the vehicle by legally established means. The acquisition must be made at least six months before importation.

• The imported vehicle must be kept in ownership for at least one year, after which time it may be transferred or sold.

• Comply with the provisions established in the Norms for the Importation of Automobile Vehicles and other Means of Transportation and the Law of Land Transportation, Transit and Road Safety.

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Thanks to its strategic location in the heart of the Americas, land connectivity, and highly productive human talent, El Salvador is positioned as a key destination to be a business and operations hub for the entire region.

Investors who choose El Salvador have at their disposal specialists in various sectors, strategic information, a network of contacts and adequate support that will facilitate their entry into the business environment of a renewed, safe, and business-friendly country.

The professional and specialized support offered by the Agency is subsidized by the National Government, which represents an important saving in the investment cost.

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