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Country guide
Spain is not part of the MERCOSUR Agreement, so your case follows the general route of Law 6984/2022: with Interpol and the higher fee, even though your documents are already in Spanish and nothing needs translating. What causes the most misunderstandings is not the procedure itself but confusing immigration residency with tax residency.
Route: Law 6984/2022, general route
Document checklist
Which exact certificate, with what validity, apostille and order depends on your case (civil status, children, the residency you are after). We give it to you ready-made in the free evaluation.
How it works
We tell you which route applies (Law 6984, MERCOSUR or direct permanent), which documents you need and what it costs. In writing.
Criminal record, birth and civil-status certificates, apostilled. We tell you exactly which ones, in what format and when to request them, and we check every scan before you travel.
In your first week in Asunción we complete the prior steps and the filing together. You leave with 'precaria' status — you can already work, study and travel in and out.
Migraciones decides and issues the temporary admission card. We follow up and keep you posted — even when there is nothing new.
The prior steps and data capture at the Identification Department. We go with you. You collect the card in person.
The switch to permanent residency has a window before your temporary card expires. We remind you in time and prepare your proof-of-means file under DNM Res. 407/2026.
Common mistakes
In Spain, arraigo is a specific immigration figure. In Paraguay that category does not exist: the path is 2 years of temporary residency and then the switch to permanent, unless you have a Paraguayan spouse or children or you come in through investment.
That requirement belonged to the previous law and disappeared with Law 6984/2022, although many websites still publish it. Today means are proved with the document for your category, and only for permanent residency; there is no published minimum amount.
Immigration residency and tax residency are separate procedures before separate institutions. The tax residency certificate is issued by DNIT (RG 65/2020) and requires an active, up-to-date RUC and the migration movement certificate for the tax year. What happens with your position in Spain is decided by Spanish law: check it with an adviser there.
Frequently asked questions
No: all your documents are already in Spanish and Migraciones accepts them as they are. What every one of them does need is the Hague apostille done in Spain, before you travel. A Spanish document without an apostille does not enter the file, however readable it may be.
For temporary residency, the official list does not include proof of means. For the switch to permanent it does: in your case, the pension statement showing the amount received and the financial channel through which you receive it (DNM Res. 407/2026). There is no published minimum amount; what is required is that the income be verifiable.
Paraguay taxes on a territorial basis: personal income tax reaches only Paraguayan-source income, at a rate of up to 10%, and foreign-source income falls outside its scope. That says nothing about what you may have to declare in Spain, which is governed by Spanish law and any applicable treaties: check it with an adviser there. We do not advise on Spanish taxation.
The evaluation is free and in writing: we tell you which route applies, what it means in your case and our fixed fee, with the ID card (cédula) always included.
As an Argentine you enter through the MERCOSUR Residence Agreement: temporary residency requires no Interpol check and no proof of means, and your documents are already in Spanish. What does get tricky is the apostille and making the names match letter for letter between your birth certificate and your DNI or passport.
As a Brazilian you enter through the MERCOSUR Residence Agreement and your Portuguese documents need no translation: that is an official exception at Migraciones, and it makes for the lightest paperwork of all. The trap is assuming the exception also covers the apostille: it does not.
As a Uruguayan you enter through the MERCOSUR Residence Agreement: temporary residency with no Interpol check and no proof of means, documents in Spanish with no translation and the lowest fee on the table. The delicate part is the calendar: Uruguayan record checks should be requested close to your trip, not months ahead.
Venezuela is not part of the MERCOSUR Residence Agreement, so your case goes through the general route of Law 6984/2022: with Interpol and the higher fee. And one date defines everything: since 10 January 2026 Venezuelan citizens are required to hold a consular visa, and anyone whose entry was registered before that date can start or continue their residency without one.
Your case follows the general route of Law 6984/2022: Interpol, the full fee, apostilles and sworn translation of everything in English. It is the path with the most preparation, and the bottleneck is almost always in one place: the FBI Identity History Summary and its apostille.