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Lebanon
Lebanon fits the sea, the mountains and Beirut with its food and nightlife into a very small territory. Prices are unstable and largely dollar-linked: rent and schooling are expensive, local food and services cheap. A Mediterranean year: hot dry summers, rainy winters and snow in the mountains, where the ski slopes run. The difficulties are practical and constant — power and water interruptions, life on generators, and a banking system not to be trusted with savings.
Facts about the destination
$580
Median rent
Mediterranean
Climate
Entry and visas6
- Nomad visa
- No such programme
- Work visa
- With restrictions
- Student visa
- Open
- Retirement visa
- No such programme
- Paid residency program
- No such programme
- Investment residency
- No such programme
Money and housing7
- Median rent
- $580 per month
- Tax system
- Territorial
- Налог берётся только с дохода из ливанских источников; зарубежный заработок в общем случае не облагается.
- Income tax, maximum
- up to 25%
- Price per square metre
- $3,700 per m²
- Property ownership for foreigners
- With restrictions
- Иностранцу доступна покупка ограниченной площади (до 3 000 м²) и только с разрешения совета министров.
- Special regime for new residents
- No
- Mortgage for non-residents
- No
Safety and environment6
- Air quality
- AQI 85
- Safety
- 2 out of 5
- Armed conflict
- Elevated risk
- Healthcare
- 3 out of 5
- Internet
- 2 out of 5
- Скорость и стабильность связи ограничены перебоями электроснабжения — генератор и резервный канал здесь бытовая норма.
- Insurance required for a visa
- No
Language and daily life4
- English
- 4 out of 5
- Russian-speaking
- 2 out of 5
- Banking
- 1 out of 5
- Банковская система работает с жёсткими ограничениями на снятие и переводы после кризиса 2019 года — расчёт в стране во многом наличный, в долларах.
- MIR cards
- No
Legalization9
- Years to permanent residency
- Practically unavailable
- Карту, которую называют постоянной, выдают на два-три года под рабочее разрешение или крупный банковский залог; ценза по годам проживания для неё не предусмотрено.
- Years to citizenship
- 10 years
- Remote work for foreign clients
- No
- Citizenship by investment
- No such programme
- Hiring a foreigner
- Hard
- Ease of legalization
- 2 out of 5
- Долгосрочных оснований для приезжего почти нет: рабочее разрешение требует ливанского работодателя и квоты, инвестиционных программ резидентства не существует.
- Second passport kept after naturalisation
- Yes
- Citizenship for a child born here
- Not granted
- Fast-track naturalisation
- No
Climate and region3
- Climate
- Mediterranean
- Kind of destination
- To live in
- Region
- Middle East
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