Liechtenstein · Business & founder
Third-Country National Residence on Grounds of Particular National Interest
There is no quota, no published criteria and no entitlement. It is granted purely at the government's discretion, where Liechtenstein has a particular interest. In practice that means senior executives or investors generating substantial local economic benefit. Reportedly a low single-digit number per year, though no official count is published.
Liechtenstein's answer to non-EEA wealth is essentially no, unless the country specifically wants you. There is no programme, no set price and no published count. Families are far better served by Switzerland's cantonal fiscal-interest route, which at least has a discernible structure.
Qualifying routes
There is no statutory investment figure. Sources consistently say that simply having money to invest is not enough. Substantial jobs and real economic substance are expected.
The facts
- Total landed cost
- Unpublished and case-specific. Expect a substantial local economic commitment plus significant legal and advisory fees.
- Route type
- Business & founder
- Timeline
- 6–24 months (Fully discretionary, with no service standard.)
- Physical presence
- Genuine residence is required. Third-country permits are typically issued for 1 year at a time, compared with up to 5 years for EEA and Swiss nationals.
- Family
- SpouseDependent children, subject to the same discretion
- Permanent residency
- Long and discretionary. Third-country nationals face materially harder conditions than EEA nationals.
- Citizenship
- 10 years' residence plus a municipal vote, or 30 years by the simplified route
- Language test
- German required
- Dual citizenship
- Not permitted. You would have to renounce.
- Requirements
- a particular national interest in your presence, as assessed by the governmentsubstantial economic contribution, typically jobs and real substancesufficient means without recourse to social assistancegenuine residence
- Entirely discretionary, with no published criteria or numbers. The reported low-single-digit annual figure is an unverified unofficial estimate.
- Permits are typically annual for third-country nationals. That creates perpetual renewal risk.
- Money alone is explicitly insufficient. The government expects economic substance.
- No official primary source could be retrieved for this route, because llv.li blocked automated access throughout. Verify directly with the Ausländer- und Passamt before relying on any of it.