Temporary residence permit for a foreigner who has reached the retirement age determined in Latvia
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Termiņuzturēšanās atļauja ārzemniekam, kas sasniedzis Latvijas Republikā noteikto pensijas vecumu (Imigrācijas likuma 23. panta pirmās daļas 26. punkts) as of 2026-05-20[1] Latvia does not brand these permits; the Immigration Law describes each ground in Section 23(1) and OCMA titles its pages after the ground. The string recorded is the descriptive designation, not a programme name. |
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| Official name (English) | Temporary residence permit for a foreigner who has reached the retirement age determined in Latvia as of 2026-05-20[1] |
| Legal basis | Immigration Law (Imigrācijas likums) Section 23(1)(26) as of 2026-05-20[1] Consolidated text of the Immigration Law in the version in force from 20 May 2026, read at likumi.lv, the official publisher's consolidated-law service. Amendment check (research-rules section 3 step 2): the two 2026 amending laws were retrieved and read – the law of 26 March 2026 (in force 29 April 2026, one item, adding a refusal ground at Section 35(1)(36)) and the law of 23 April 2026 (in force 20 May 2026, which rewrote parts of Section 23(1)); neither is later than the version cited here. |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-05-20[1] Section 23 issues a termiņuzturēšanās atļauja – a temporary residence permit; OCMA issues it as a foreigner's eID card. |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA, EFTA as of 2025-07-24[3] |
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| Minimum age | 65 as of 2026-05-20[1][2] |
| Criminal-record condition | Not established from a qualifying source |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | up to 5 years as of 2026-05-20[1] |
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| Renewable | Not established from a qualifying source |
| Work rights | Not established from a qualifying source |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Not established from a qualifying source |
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Requirements
| Minimum income | 2 × average monthly old-age pension disbursed, previous year per month as of 2026-04-01[4] |
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| Qualifying income types | pension as of 2026-04-01[4] Sub-paragraph 11.5 speaks of a personal and regular pension in the accounting of the social insurance institutions. No other income type is admitted by that sub-paragraph, and the statutory condition in Section 23(1)(26) is the broader 'sufficient means of subsistence' – the regulation is what makes it operative, and it names a pension. |
| Work prohibited | Not established from a qualifying source |
Process
| Where to apply from | Not established from a qualifying source |
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| Statutory processing time | up to 30 days as of 2026-03-18[6] |
| Fees |
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| Quota |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Yes as of 2026-05-20[1] Immigration Law Section 23(4): in the cases named in Section 23(1) the foreigner's spouse, the minor children (including children under guardianship) of the foreigner or of the spouse, and persons under trusteeship, are likewise entitled to request a temporary residence permit for the term of the permit issued to the foreigner. A child who was a minor when the permit was requested falls under Section 29 on reaching majority. |
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| Eligible relations | spouse, minor child, other dependent as of 2026-05-20[1] Recorded from Section 23(4). 'Other_dependent' carries aizgadniba – persons under trusteeship – which the vocabulary has no closer value for; children under guardianship are recorded inside minor_child, as the statute groups them there. |
| Family may apply at the same time | Not established from a qualifying source |
| Family members' work rights | Not established from a qualifying source |
| Additional means per family member |
Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 6 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 6 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2025-07-24 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-05-20 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-22 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Imigrācijas likums (Immigration Law), consolidated text in force from 20 May 2026
Saeima / Latvijas Vēstnesis (likumi.lv consolidated-law service) · statute · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-16 - [2] Par valsts pensijām (Law On State Pensions), consolidated text
Saeima / Latvijas Vēstnesis (likumi.lv consolidated-law service) · statute · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-16 - [3] The long-term resident status of the European Community in Latvia
Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (PMLP) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2025-07-24 · Accessed 2026-08-16 - [4] The necessary subsistence
Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (PMLP) · official guidance · Tier 1 · Published 2026-03-16 · Accessed 2026-08-16 - [5] Latvia temporarily suspends issuance of temporary residence permits to Russian and Belarusian citizens
Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (PMLP) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2022-06-13 · Accessed 2026-08-16 - [6] State fee for issuing the residence permit
Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (PMLP) · fee schedule · Tier 1 · Published 2026-03-18 · Accessed 2026-08-16