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(unverified)","source":"https://investinseychelles.com (official)"},"processing_time":null,"visa_free_count":null,"passport_index_rank":null,"key_destinations":null,"travel_access":null,"minimum_stay":"No published minimum days-per-year; status is lost if continuously absent for 1 year or more without the Minister's consent. The widely-cited '5 days/year' figure does NOT appear in official documentation. (unverified)","tax_note":"income tax: Applies to Seychelles-sourced employment/business income; varies by residency status and income tier.; CGT: None — Seychelles has no standalone capital gains tax.; wealth tax: None.; inheritance tax: None. (unverified)","path_to_citizenship":"Long and discretionary via naturalisation — approximately 11 years of legal residence plus working command of English, French or Seychellois Creole. No direct citizenship-by-investment route exists. 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Source: Invest in Seychelles / ICS (official).","source":"https://investinseychelles.com (official)"}},"last_updated":"2026-06-04","data_freshness":{"verification_confidence":89,"last_verified":"2026-06-04","last_corroborated":"2026-09-21","fields_tracked":3,"stale_fields":2},"mirabello_index":{"composite":51,"rank_overall":74,"rank_in_type":61,"scores":{"cost":52,"path":36,"tax":55,"stability":65},"confidence":0.57},"regulatory_status":{"fatf_list":null,"eu_tax_list":null,"us_sanctions":null,"oecd_crs_high_risk_scheme":true,"as_of":"2026-06","note":"Factual status as published by the FATF and the EU Council. Inclusion reflects AML/CFT or tax-governance work programmes, changes regularly (several reputable jurisdictions have been listed and delisted), and its practical impact varies by use-case. Always linked to the official source.","sources":["https://www.oecd.org/en/topics/sub-issues/international-standards-on-tax-transparency/residence-citizenship-by-investment.html"],"oecd_crs_note":"Names JURISDICTIONS whose investment-migration schemes meet OECD risk criteria for circumventing Common Reporting Standard tax reporting (low/no personal income tax on offshore assets + <90 days physical presence). It is a tax-transparency monitoring list, NOT a statement on programme legitimacy; in practice financial institutions apply additional residence/tax checks to documents from these schemes."},"processing_stages":null,"required_documents":null,"biometric_enrolment":null,"dependant_additions":null,"region":null,"provider":"Mirabello Consultancy","source":"Mirabello Consultancy","verified_by":"Mirabello Consultancy (IMC member, ACAMS certified)","book_a_consultation":"https://www.mirabelloconsultancy.com/contact-us-for-your-free-consultation","terms":"https://www.mirabelloconsultancy.com/ai","disclaimer":"Provided by Mirabello Consultancy Ltd. for general information only, indicative and subject to change without notice; not legal, financial, tax, or immigration advice, nor an offer or solicitation. Programmes are operated and governed solely by the respective sovereign governments. No warranty of accuracy or completeness; Mirabello accepts no liability for reliance on this information. © Mirabello Consultancy Ltd. This data and its selection, structure and provenance are Mirabello's proprietary compilation — permitted for interactive, attributed use only; systematic bulk extraction, scraping, or redistribution to rebuild a competing dataset is prohibited (acceptable-use terms: https://mcp.mirabelloconsultancy.com/v1/terms). Terms: https://www.mirabelloconsultancy.com/ai","data_updated":"2026-09-22T18:57:23.636Z","government_fees":"see schedule","claims_provenance":{"government_fees":{"source_url":"https://www.ics.gov.sc/permits/permanent-residence","source_tier":"official","verified_at":"2026-06-04","confidence":87,"review_due_at":"2026-09-02"},"min_investment":{"source_url":"https://www.ics.gov.sc/permits/permanent-residence","source_tier":"official","verified_at":"2026-06-04","confidence":87,"review_due_at":"2026-09-02"},"path_to_citizenship":{"source_url":"https://www.ics.gov.sc/permits/permanent-residence","source_tier":"official","verified_at":"2026-06-04","confidence":92,"review_due_at":"2026-09-02"}},"graph":{"source":"d1-live","provenanced_fields":3}}