{"data":{"program":{"slug":"tunisia-investor-residence-card","name":"Tunisia Investor Residence Card","url":"https://www.imidaily.com/tunisia-investor-residence-card/","country":"Tunisia","region":"Africa","program_type":"Active Investor Visa","status_granted":"Temporary Residency","min_investment_usd":0,"investment_options":["Business Investment"],"investment_range":null,"passive_investment":"No","min_annual_income_usd":null,"income_range":"US$0-25,000","min_net_worth_usd":0,"max_years_validity":5,"max_years_extension":5,"annual_stay_days":0,"pr_or_citizenship_possible":true,"years_to_pr":0,"years_to_citizenship":5,"tax_residency_required_for_naturalization":"Yes","dual_citizenship":null,"visa_free_countries":66,"notable_visa_free":["**Settlement Blocs**:"],"settlement_blocs":[],"country_attributes":["**Program attributes**: Citizenship within 5 years"],"program_attributes":[],"experts":[],"details":{"overview":"Tunisia's investor residence card is **an administrative permit created by statute, not a marketed investment-migration programme**. It has no application portal, no published capital threshold and no processing-time commitment — but it does carry an unusually long statutory validity of five years, renewable, with a ten-year variant available by decree.\n\nThe current legal basis is **Décret-loi n° 2022-68 du 19 octobre 2022**, published in the _Journal Officiel de la République Tunisienne_ on 21 October 2022, on improving the effectiveness of public-private partnerships and promoting investment in priority sectors. Its **Chapter VI, Article 35** provides that a **residence card is granted for five years** following the declaration of the investment with the competent investment structures and the filing of the **investment sheet (_fiche d'investissement_) with the Banque Centrale de Tunisie**; the card is **renewable for the same duration** so long as the investment continues, and **may be issued for ten years, renewable**, where the foreign investor meets conditions to be set by decree. The provision is available both to foreign investors residing in Tunisia and to **foreign executives employed on the investment projects** ([L'Économiste Maghrébin, \"IDE : conditions d'obtention de la carte de séjour et incitations financières\"](https://www.leconomistemaghrebin.com/2022/10/24/ide-conditions-carte-sejour-incitations-financieres/); [UNCTAD Investment Policy Monitor, Tunisia decree-law 2022-68](https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/investment-policy-monitor/measures/4438/tunisia-issues-law-for-improving-the-effectiveness-of-ppps-and-promoting-investment-in-priority-sectors)). The same decree-law inserted **Article 22 bis** into the investment law framework ([UNCTAD Investment Policy Hub, Tunisia investment law text](https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/investment-laws/laws/179/print/3)).\n\nThe facility was first announced by the **Tunisia Investment Authority (TIA / Instance Tunisienne de l'Investissement)** on 26 November 2019 under the heading that foreign investors could henceforth obtain a Tunisian residence card ([TIA announcement](https://www.tia.gov.tn/news-details/les-investisseurs-etrangers-peuvent-desormais-obtenir-une-carte-de-sejour-tunisienne)). The 2022 decree-law consolidated and extended that regime.\n\nUnderneath sits the general foreigners' regime: **Décret n° 68-198 du 22 juin 1968** regulating the entry and stay of foreigners in Tunisia ([Legislation Sécurité, Décret 68-198](https://legislation-securite.tn/latest-laws/decret-n-68-198-du-22-juin-1968-reglementant-lentree-et-le-sejour-des-etrangers-en-tunisie/)), as modified by **Décret n° 92-716 du 20 avril 1992**, which introduced two-year renewable temporary-stay visas for defined categories including investors ([Legislation Sécurité, Décret 92-716](https://legislation-securite.tn/latest-laws/decret-n-92-716-du-20-avril-1992-modifiant-et-completant-le-decret-n-68-198-du-22-juin-1968-reglementant-lentree-et-le-sejour-des-etrangers-en-tunisie/)).\n\nThe **Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie Tuniso-Française (CCITF)** publishes the operative procedure. Three prerequisites apply: the applicant must be a foreign national, must have entered Tunisia legally, and must comply with the rules on entry, stay and the exercise of a professional activity. The file must include an **attestation that the applicant is not subject to the work-contract visa requirement**, the **company's articles of association together with proof of publication in the JORT**, proof of accommodation, a copy of a valid passport, four photographs and the completed visa / _carte de séjour_ form. Ordinary applicants file with the offices of **National Security (Sûreté Nationale)**; investors, their family members and executives file instead with the **Agence de Promotion de l'Industrie** or the investor-support cell at the Ministry of Development and International Cooperation ([CCITF, \"Obtention de la carte de séjour pour un investisseur étranger\"](https://www.ccitf.org/actualites/detail-dune-actualite/news/obtention-de-la-carte-de-sejour-pour-un-investisseur-etranger-ce-quil-faut-savoir.html)).\n\nAn independent 2026 verification describes the route as **open but administrative** — a permit issued through the _Direction de l'appui aux investisseurs_ rather than a programme, with **no citizenship-by-investment, residence-by-investment or golden-visa scheme in Tunisia and no published minimum investment** ([arrive.now, Tunisia investor residency, last verified July 2026](https://arrive.now/fr/programs/tunisia/tunisia-investor-residency/)).","how_to_qualify":"**Investment requirements**\n- **No published minimum investment amount.** Neither Article 35 of Décret-loi 2022-68 nor the CCITF procedure states a capital figure ([L'Économiste Maghrébin](https://www.leconomistemaghrebin.com/2022/10/24/ide-conditions-carte-sejour-incitations-financieres/); [CCITF](https://www.ccitf.org/actualites/detail-dune-actualite/news/obtention-de-la-carte-de-sejour-pour-un-investisseur-etranger-ce-quil-faut-savoir.html)); independent verification in 2026 confirms the absence of any published threshold ([arrive.now](https://arrive.now/fr/programs/tunisia/tunisia-investor-residency/)).\n- The investment must be **declared with the competent investment structures**, and the **investment sheet (_fiche d'investissement_) must be filed with the Banque Centrale de Tunisie** — this filing is the trigger for the five-year card ([L'Économiste Maghrébin](https://www.leconomistemaghrebin.com/2022/10/24/ide-conditions-carte-sejour-incitations-financieres/)).\n- The card is renewable **for as long as the investment continues** ([L'Économiste Maghrébin](https://www.leconomistemaghrebin.com/2022/10/24/ide-conditions-carte-sejour-incitations-financieres/)).\n- A **ten-year renewable card** is available where the investor satisfies conditions to be fixed by decree ([L'Économiste Maghrébin](https://www.leconomistemaghrebin.com/2022/10/24/ide-conditions-carte-sejour-incitations-financieres/); [UNCTAD Investment Policy Monitor](https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/investment-policy-monitor/measures/4438/tunisia-issues-law-for-improving-the-effectiveness-of-ppps-and-promoting-investment-in-priority-sectors)).\n\n**Eligibility prerequisites**\n- Be a **foreign national**, have **entered Tunisia legally**, and **comply with the regulations on entry, stay and the exercise of a professional activity** in Tunisia ([CCITF](https://www.ccitf.org/actualites/detail-dune-actualite/news/obtention-de-la-carte-de-sejour-pour-un-investisseur-etranger-ce-quil-faut-savoir.html)).\n- Eligible categories under Article 35 are **foreign investors resident in Tunisia** and **foreign executives employed on the investment projects**; family members are handled through the same investor-support channel ([L'Économiste Maghrébin](https://www.leconomistemaghrebin.com/2022/10/24/ide-conditions-carte-sejour-incitations-financieres/); [CCITF](https://www.ccitf.org/actualites/detail-dune-actualite/news/obtention-de-la-carte-de-sejour-pour-un-investisseur-etranger-ce-quil-faut-savoir.html)).\n\n**Documentation**\n- Attestation of **non-submission to the work-contract visa requirement** ([CCITF](https://www.ccitf.org/actualites/detail-dune-actualite/news/obtention-de-la-carte-de-sejour-pour-un-investisseur-etranger-ce-quil-faut-savoir.html)).\n- **Company articles of association plus proof of publication in the JORT** ([CCITF](https://www.ccitf.org/actualites/detail-dune-actualite/news/obtention-de-la-carte-de-sejour-pour-un-investisseur-etranger-ce-quil-faut-savoir.html)).\n- **Proof of accommodation** in Tunisia ([CCITF](https://www.ccitf.org/actualites/detail-dune-actualite/news/obtention-de-la-carte-de-sejour-pour-un-investisseur-etranger-ce-quil-faut-savoir.html)).\n- Copy of a **valid passport**, **four photographs**, and the completed **visa / carte de séjour application form** ([CCITF](https://www.ccitf.org/actualites/detail-dune-actualite/news/obtention-de-la-carte-de-sejour-pour-un-investisseur-etranger-ce-quil-faut-savoir.html)).\n- Evidence of the **investment declaration and the BCT investment sheet** ([L'Économiste Maghrébin](https://www.leconomistemaghrebin.com/2022/10/24/ide-conditions-carte-sejour-incitations-financieres/)).\n\n**Where to file**\n- **Investors, their family members and company executives**: the **Agence de Promotion de l'Industrie**, or the investor-support cell at the **Ministry of Development and International Cooperation** ([CCITF](https://www.ccitf.org/actualites/detail-dune-actualite/news/obtention-de-la-carte-de-sejour-pour-un-investisseur-etranger-ce-quil-faut-savoir.html)).\n- **All other foreign nationals**: the offices of **National Security** ([CCITF](https://www.ccitf.org/actualites/detail-dune-actualite/news/obtention-de-la-carte-de-sejour-pour-un-investisseur-etranger-ce-quil-faut-savoir.html)).\n- In current practice the _Direction de l'appui aux investisseurs_ is the operative channel ([arrive.now](https://arrive.now/fr/programs/tunisia/tunisia-investor-residency/)).\n\n**No published processing time or fee schedule.** The SICAD government service page for the foreigners' residence card carries no substantive detail ([SICAD, Octroi de la carte de séjour pour étrangers](http://www.sicad.gov.tn/Fr/Prestation_Octroi-de-la--carte-de-sejour-pour-etrangers_57_3_D1024)).","benefits":"- **Five-year residence card issued up front**, not a one- or two-year permit — granted on declaration of the investment and filing of the investment sheet with the Banque Centrale de Tunisie ([L'Économiste Maghrébin](https://www.leconomistemaghrebin.com/2022/10/24/ide-conditions-carte-sejour-incitations-financieres/))\n- **Renewable for equal five-year periods** for as long as the investment continues ([L'Économiste Maghrébin](https://www.leconomistemaghrebin.com/2022/10/24/ide-conditions-carte-sejour-incitations-financieres/))\n- **Ten-year renewable card available** where the investor meets conditions fixed by decree ([UNCTAD Investment Policy Monitor](https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/investment-policy-monitor/measures/4438/tunisia-issues-law-for-improving-the-effectiveness-of-ppps-and-promoting-investment-in-priority-sectors))\n- **No published minimum investment** — the statute conditions the card on a declared investment, not on a capital figure ([L'Économiste Maghrébin](https://www.leconomistemaghrebin.com/2022/10/24/ide-conditions-carte-sejour-incitations-financieres/); [arrive.now](https://arrive.now/fr/programs/tunisia/tunisia-investor-residency/))\n- **Extends to foreign executives employed on the investment projects**, not just the investor ([L'Économiste Maghrébin](https://www.leconomistemaghrebin.com/2022/10/24/ide-conditions-carte-sejour-incitations-financieres/))\n- **Dedicated investor filing channel** at the Agence de Promotion de l'Industrie / Ministry of Development and International Cooperation, bypassing the ordinary National Security route ([CCITF](https://www.ccitf.org/actualites/detail-dune-actualite/news/obtention-de-la-carte-de-sejour-pour-un-investisseur-etranger-ce-quil-faut-savoir.html))\n- **Exemption from the work-contract visa requirement** is built into the file, so the investor is not treated as an employee needing a labour-market test ([CCITF](https://www.ccitf.org/actualites/detail-dune-actualite/news/obtention-de-la-carte-de-sejour-pour-un-investisseur-etranger-ce-quil-faut-savoir.html))\n- **Five-year statutory naturalisation residence requirement** under Article 20 of the Nationality Code — the card's validity period matches the naturalisation clock exactly ([Code de la nationalité tunisienne](https://migrationpolicy.unescwa.org/sites/default/files/policies/2018_Tunisia_Nationality_Code.pdf))","citizenship_timeline":"**Article 20 of the Code de la nationalité tunisienne** is the operative rule: naturalisation may be granted only to a foreigner who proves **habitual residence in Tunisia during the five years preceding the application**, subject to the exceptions in Article 21 ([UN ESCWA text of the Nationality Code](https://migrationpolicy.unescwa.org/sites/default/files/policies/2018_Tunisia_Nationality_Code.pdf); [9anoun.tn, Article 20](https://9anoun.tn/fr/kb/codes/code-nationalite/code-nationalite-article-20)).\n\nThe five-year investor residence card under Article 35 of Décret-loi 2022-68 therefore aligns neatly with the five-year habitual-residence requirement: an investor who holds and uses the card for its full initial term completes the statutory residence period without needing a renewal ([L'Économiste Maghrébin](https://www.leconomistemaghrebin.com/2022/10/24/ide-conditions-carte-sejour-incitations-financieres/)).\n\nThe critical qualifier is **\"habitual residence\"** — this is a genuine-presence test, not a paper-permit test, so Tunisian tax residency should be expected to follow. Naturalisation remains discretionary and, as in most Maghreb jurisdictions, is granted sparingly; the Nationality Code text reviewed does not create an entitlement on completion of five years ([Code de la nationalité tunisienne](https://migrationpolicy.unescwa.org/sites/default/files/policies/2018_Tunisia_Nationality_Code.pdf)).\n\nTunisia has **no separate permanent residence category** — the long-validity residence card performs that function, so the program operates as a temporary residence route with no separate PR step.","legal_basis":"The operative provision is **Article 35 of Décret-loi n° 2022-68 du 19 octobre 2022** (JORT, 21 October 2022), in **Chapter VI** of that decree-law on improving the effectiveness of public-private partnerships and promoting investment in priority sectors. Article 35 fixes the **five-year residence card** granted on declaration of the investment with the competent investment structures and filing of the investment sheet with the **Banque Centrale de Tunisie**, its **renewal for equal periods** while the investment subsists, and the **ten-year renewable variant** subject to conditions to be set by decree. **Article 37** of the same decree-law inserted **Article 22 bis** into the investment law ([L'Économiste Maghrébin](https://www.leconomistemaghrebin.com/2022/10/24/ide-conditions-carte-sejour-incitations-financieres/); [UNCTAD Investment Policy Monitor](https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/investment-policy-monitor/measures/4438/tunisia-issues-law-for-improving-the-effectiveness-of-ppps-and-promoting-investment-in-priority-sectors); [UNCTAD, consolidated investment law text](https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/investment-laws/laws/179/print/3)).\n\nThe general immigration framework is **Décret n° 68-198 du 22 juin 1968** regulating the entry and stay of foreigners in Tunisia ([Legislation Sécurité](https://legislation-securite.tn/latest-laws/decret-n-68-198-du-22-juin-1968-reglementant-lentree-et-le-sejour-des-etrangers-en-tunisie/)), amended and supplemented by **Décret n° 92-716 du 20 avril 1992**, which created two-year renewable temporary-stay visas for enumerated categories including investors ([Legislation Sécurité](https://legislation-securite.tn/latest-laws/decret-n-92-716-du-20-avril-1992-modifiant-et-completant-le-decret-n-68-198-du-22-juin-1968-reglementant-lentree-et-le-sejour-des-etrangers-en-tunisie/)).\n\nInstitutionally, the **Tunisia Investment Authority (TIA / Instance Tunisienne de l'Investissement)** announced the investor residence card on 26 November 2019 ([TIA](https://www.tia.gov.tn/news-details/les-investisseurs-etrangers-peuvent-desormais-obtenir-une-carte-de-sejour-tunisienne)); the **Agence de Promotion de l'Industrie** and the investor-support cell of the **Ministry of Development and International Cooperation** receive investor files ([CCITF](https://www.ccitf.org/actualites/detail-dune-actualite/news/obtention-de-la-carte-de-sejour-pour-un-investisseur-etranger-ce-quil-faut-savoir.html)); the **Ministry of Interior / Sûreté Nationale** handles ordinary residence cards ([CCITF](https://www.ccitf.org/actualites/detail-dune-actualite/news/obtention-de-la-carte-de-sejour-pour-un-investisseur-etranger-ce-quil-faut-savoir.html)); and the **Banque Centrale de Tunisie** receives the _fiche d'investissement_ that triggers the five-year card ([L'Économiste Maghrébin](https://www.leconomistemaghrebin.com/2022/10/24/ide-conditions-carte-sejour-incitations-financieres/)).\n\nNationality is governed by the **Code de la nationalité tunisienne**. **Article 20** provides that naturalisation may be granted only to a foreigner who proves **habitual residence in Tunisia during the five years preceding the application**, with exceptions set out in Article 21 ([Code de la nationalité tunisienne, UN ESCWA](https://migrationpolicy.unescwa.org/sites/default/files/policies/2018_Tunisia_Nationality_Code.pdf); [9anoun.tn, Article 20](https://9anoun.tn/fr/kb/codes/code-nationalite/code-nationalite-article-20))."}},"as_of":"2026-11-15T00:23:25.913Z"},"meta":{"publisher":"IMI Daily","attribution":"Source: IMI Daily (https://www.imidaily.com). 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