Legal route
SIRV
The Philippines Special Investor's Resident Visa is the actual residence route tied to the US$75,000 investment threshold.
Live Research DossierUpdated 2026-03-30
Philippines Investment Visa Research
This site answers a precise question: whether putting roughly US$75,000 into a qualifying Philippine investment, especially listed stocks, can lawfully support long-term residence in the Philippines, and what the actual filing, cost, and risk picture looks like.
Minimum capital
US$75,000
The capital itself is separate from government fees, bank friction, and stock-execution costs.
Stock path
Allowed, but structured
Current BOI material still allows investments in publicly-listed companies, but the paperwork looks more like a controlled, certificated holding than a casual brokerage trade.
Why this matters
The hardest part is not proving the visa exists. It is proving that your chosen stock structure will satisfy BOI's documentary standard before the 180-day clock runs out.
Do not assume an ordinary online broker account is enough for the listed-stock route.
The visa lasts only while the qualifying investment and reporting obligations are maintained.
Treat the 180-day probationary window as a hard execution deadline, not a soft target.
Raw handoff
Another Codex can read the markdown directly.
There is now a single dossier link for continuation, plus a download link and a JSON manifest. That makes the live Vercel URL usable as machine-to-machine context, not just a polished summary.
Open single dossier: /raw/dossierDownload markdown packet: /download/dossierOpen manifest JSON: /context
Copy-Paste Prompt For Another Codex
Open https://site-seven-sigma-95.vercel.app/raw/dossier
Then open https://site-seven-sigma-95.vercel.app/raw/next-codex-prompt
Use those as the source of truth and continue the Philippines SIRV research.Research documents
Read or edit the dossier one file at a time.
The site is designed so the substance lives in markdown, not hardcoded JSX. Future updates should usually happen in the docs below.
Applicant
Applicant Guide
The actual visa route, why the stock route is possible, and what you need to do end-to-end.
- The relevant route is the Philippines Special Investor's Resident Visa (SIRV), not a generic 'investment permit'.
- Yes, eligible shares in publicly-listed Philippine companies can qualify, but the process is stricter than buying PSE stocks in a normal retail account.
- Your residence lasts only while the required qualifications and investments are maintained.
Applicant
Timeline And Costs
Official processing windows, practical timing, and the government and non-government cost stack.
- Official office processing can look fast on paper; document prep and stock-structure coordination are usually the slow parts.
- Government fees are separate from the US$75,000 capital requirement.
- The 180-day probationary period is the deadline that matters most.
Applicant
Risks And Open Questions
What can go wrong, what is still ambiguous, and what to verify before wiring money.
- The biggest risk is that the stock route is legally allowed but operationally awkward.
- This visa ties immigration status to a maintained qualifying investment.
- A few official materials differ slightly on dependents and processing windows, so current filing practice should be confirmed directly with BOI.
Research
Source Map
Primary and near-primary sources used for this dossier, with why each source matters.
- Priority was given to BOI and BI sources.
- Some BOI PDFs are live but protected by a web application firewall; search-indexed copies were used to confirm content.
- This dossier is current as of 2026-03-30 and should be refreshed before any filing decision.
Codex
Next Codex Prompt
The handoff context another Codex should read first before continuing the research or editing the site.
- This page is intentionally written as a reusable continuation prompt.
- The fastest single-file handoff is now available at /raw/dossier.
- The raw markdown version of this prompt is available at /raw/next-codex-prompt.