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Tax residency in eSwatini

How to become a tax resident — and how hard it is to leave.

How to become a tax resident

• ordinarily resident in Eswatini
• not ordinarily resident but present in Eswatini for an aggregate of 183 days or more in the year of assessment
• not ordinarily resident but present in Eswatini for an aggregate of 183 days or more in the year of assessment and in each of the two preceding years of assessment

There is no investment or nomad visa; long‑stay residence generally requires a Temporary Residence Permit linked to employment, business activity, study or dependency, applied for through Eswatini Immigration.

Tax residency is based on ordinary residence and 183‑day physical presence tests, so ceasing to be ordinarily resident and staying below the 183‑day threshold in the current and preceding years generally ends Eswatini tax residency without long tail rules or citizenship links.

“A person is regarded as a resident of Eswatini for tax purposes if he or she is ordinarily resident in Eswatini, or if he or she is not ordinarily resident in Eswatini but is physically present in Eswatini for an aggregate of 183 days or more in the year of assessment, or is physically present in Eswatini for an aggregate of 183 days or more in the year of assessment and in each of the two preceding years of assessment.” — Eswatini Revenue Service

Estimate — confirm against the linked sources. See methodology.