Paraguay Relocation Index

How Paraguay scores

Defined legal residency framework and constitutional rights baseline | Healthcare access available despite quality/fragmentation limits

• Peace and conflict safety49
• Immigrant safety53
• Visa accessibility62
• Residence permit realism59
• Labor market access54
• Healthcare72
• Civil rights60
• Discrimination safety57
• Status security56
• Infrastructure reliability59
• Cost of living sustainability63

Recent news impact

Recent Paraguay-related updates skew slightly toward a more restrictive or enforcement-heavy near-term immigration environment (new immigration-related fees/penalties and a reported strengthening of border security procedures). Offsetting this, there is a cross-border infrastructure/schedule update for a major integration bridge that may improve predictability for regulated movement, resulting in a small net negative effect on the short-term relocation outlook.

• Residence Policy Change

  Paraguay immigration procedures saw updated fees and penalties effective 1 July 2026, increasing the cost and enforcement pressure around residency- and immigration-related processes.

• Border Restriction

  An official Migraciones update describes strengthened border security with increased coordinated procedures and controls during the first semester of 2026, which can raise friction at entry points for migrants.

• Infrastructure Crisis

  A bilateral integration-bridge commission schedule update with implementation from 14 September 2026 may temporarily affect cross-border movement operations, creating short-term uncertainty while also improving future predictability for regulated crossings.

Sources

• Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) documentation and interpretation guidanceWorld Bank
• Rule of Law: Percentile Rank - Paraguay (World Bank Data / WGI)World Bank
• Paraguay - Country Partnership Framework / governance and institutional weaknesses context (World Bank Group)World Bank Group
• Ley Nº 6984 / DE MIGRACIONES (Paraguay) - migration law framework including residence application basisBacn.gov.py (Paraguayan legal repository)
• Residencia Temporal (Paraguay) - official Migraciones page describing requirements workflowMigraciones (Paraguay)
• CONSTITUCION DE LA REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY (Bacn.gov.py) - constitutional basis for rights and judicial independenceBacn.gov.py (Paraguayan legal repository)
• 2024 Annual Report (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights) - discrimination and regulation gaps reference for ParaguayOAS / IACHR
• The Paraguayan Directorate of Migration establishes new fees for immigration procedures (take effect July 1, 2026)Agencia IP