Liechtenstein · Business & founder
Third-Country National Residence on Grounds of Particular National Interest
No quota, no published criteria, no entitlement. Granted purely at government discretion where Liechtenstein has a particular interest — in practice for 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 we specifically want you'. There is no programme, no 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
No statutory investment figure. Sources consistently state that simply having money to invest is not enough — substantial jobs and economic substance are expected.
The facts
- Total landed cost
- Unpublished and case-specific. Expect substantial local economic commitment plus significant legal and advisory fees.
- Timeline
- 6–24 months — Fully discretionary; no service standard
- Physical presence
- Genuine residence; third-country permits are typically issued for 1 year at a time versus 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 unofficial estimate we could not verify.
- Permits are typically annual for third-country nationals, creating 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.