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Making a business application

Whether you need a business application as well as residency, and which one to do first.

Business and residency are two separate online applications. Whether you need both — and the order you do them in — depends on how you will work and where you will live.

If you are employed by a Gibraltar business

You only need the residency application. The business you work for should already be registered, so you should not need to make a business application yourself.

If you are seeking to become self-employed, a working director or a partner

You need both applications if you intend to live in Gibraltar:

  1. a business application (this includes registration and, if your activity needs one, a business licence), and
  2. a residency application.
Warning:

Apply for your business first. The business application (which includes registration and licensing) must be submitted and approved before you make your residency application.

What happens if your residency application is refused

Warning:

If you apply through the business route and your residency application is later refused:

  • the processing fees you paid for the business application are not refunded (any deposit you paid is refunded), and
  • you must either restructure your business so it operates without a Gibraltar-resident self-employed person, working director or partner, or terminate the business registration and any licence.

The residency criteria apply either way

Whichever route applies to you, the person seeking residency must still meet the criteria. In the business route this means they must be 55 or under and be contracted to earn at least £37,500 a year. If the business has been registered for less than 12 months, it must also pay a deposit against tax and social insurance contributions.

See check if you can apply and fees and deposits.

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