There are no restrictions regarding the sector of activity or the location of the investment project. The requirement that must be met by the investment is to have a positive impact on national development and the economy. Investment activity may be implemented through the construction of new facilities (green field investments) or business acquisitions, restructuring or expansion of current activities (brown field investments). Factors taken into account for assessing the impact on national development and the economy are job creation, promotion of domestic resources and vertical integration of domestic production, export orientation, innovation and adoption of new technology. The legal framework does not set specific limits regarding the total cost of the investment project. However, an investor applying for a resident permit under this program should contribute to the investment with an amount of at least 250,000 euros, available through own funds. In addition, the number of permits for executives allowed for each investment project depends on the amount of the total investor contribution. Finally, the total number of resident permits allowed for an investment project cannot exceed 10 (for investors and executives). The holders of a resident permit have access to the exercise of investment activity (as a legal representative, president, board member or chief executive officer), while the executives of the investment have access to dependent employment for the needs of the investment. The family members of the investor are not granted access to the labor market, while the family members of the executives have the same access to the labor market as the sponsor.
