Business and start-ups: countries and programmes
Registering a company or sole trader, start-up visas for founders.
Countries available
7 destinationsOfficial requirements from the reference book — for 6 of 7 countries. A dash means the condition is not fixed in the sources.
| Who it suits | Review time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serbia | Age of majority, a passport, an address, insurance… | About 1 month | from $2,130 | |
| UAE | An investor or partner in a commercial venture in the UAE | 48 hours | from $1,400 | |
| Armenia | Foreign nationals carrying on business activity in Armenia | Up to 30 days from filing the application | from $400 | |
| Germany | Entrepreneurs and freelancers whose product or service… | — | upon consultation | |
| US | It suits a national of a treaty country who has… | An applicant outside the USA files the documents and… | from $8,000 | |
| Montenegro | Registration of your own company (DOO) or sole trader | Registration takes about 1–2 weeks; the residence permit about 1–3 months | from $3,590 | |
| Georgia | — | — | from $170 |
Serbiafrom $2,130
- Residence permit through a sole trader in Serbia — With a virtual address
- Residence permit through a company in Serbia — d.o.o.
- Who it suits
- Age of majority, a passport, an address, insurance…
- Review time
- About 1 month
UAEfrom $1,400
- Who it suits
- An investor or partner in a commercial venture in the UAE
- Review time
- 48 hours
Armeniafrom $400
- Who it suits
- Foreign nationals carrying on business activity in Armenia
- Review time
- Up to 30 days from filing the application
Germanyupon consultation
- Who it suits
- Entrepreneurs and freelancers whose product or service…
- Review time
- —
USfrom $8,000
- Who it suits
- It suits a national of a treaty country who has…
- Review time
- An applicant outside the USA files the documents and…
Montenegrofrom $3,590
- Who it suits
- Registration of your own company (DOO) or sole trader
- Review time
- Registration takes about 1–2 weeks; the residence permit about 1–3 months
Terms come from the official programme sources and are verified by hand; a dash means the regulation sets no such requirement or it is not published.
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