Where some people have talked about it

Hey folks, just arrived to Paraguay yesterday as my gf is setting up her tax residency. I’m a U.S. entrepreneur, been running tech companies for the last decade. Would be great to grab a coffee/co work with anyone in the Capital. Up for that? Give me a shout! ☺️

welcome! we have a coworking session today https://nomads.com/meetups#264849116ed0fd531cbb6f5f01bf493c

Looking forward to seeing everyone over at West Coffee Julio Correa later today!

Hey guys, what do you think of the area “Las Mercedes” in ASU?

that's my neighborhood, i'm happy with it.
especially the area around Juan de Salazar is nice because it has many restaurants and activity

thanks for the feedback 🙏 that sounds great

I'd recommend that you don't live North of Juan de Salazar though, because there you already get a bit close to one of the shadier areas. Optimal would be to live either on Juan de Salazar or a bit South of it

Thanks man!

Sorry I'm color blind, so I can only guess that the horizontal line at the top is the green line lol...
You see where it says "Hot" on that screenshot? This is an area where you probably don't want to go near to.

Haha ok, yeah I meant that line, no worries. 😊 Thank you, helped me a lot🙏

Las Mercedes is a good area, I've lived there and in Barrio Jara a few times

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I’m heading to Asunción in mid-March to get my temporary residency. Can anyone recommend a good accountant? I’ll also be looking to open a company to start doing business there, so having a trusted accountant would be a huge plus.

Why not cayman or BVI?

Due to fees. Based on my research, the costs in these locations are significantly higher compared to PY. While obtaining residency and setting up a company in PY may be a bit more challenging, it is far more affordable. The DIY process costs around $600 plus travel expenses, with a minimal annual fee of approximately $200 (which includes a virtual office for tax purposes). In contrast, setting up in BVI or Panama requires an initial investment of $5,000–$10,000, with ongoing annual costs ranging from $1,000 to $3,000.

This also depends about the country. Finland for example implements mandatory 20% corpotate tax. Corporation tax is paid on the company's taxable income. Taxable income is calculated by deducting deductible expenses from the company's income.

Thx 🙏

Hi guys! I'm coming to asunción this Sunday, for one week or more.
I'm French, 35yo, traveling since 12 years and with my base and tax residency in Thailand.
I have a seo business since 10 years, and I have a property business in Thailand (side business).
Happy to meet other digital nomads for a drink or dinner 😊.
I speak English 95% and Spanish 60% lol.
Also, is there language exchanges events here, to meet local, expats and tourists?

Hey there!

See you soon!

yes, i can!

Could you provide a source for that information? From what I have read, companies are also exempt for foreign income

Where have you read that?

See EY for instance:
https://www.ey.com/content/dam/ey-unified-site/ey-com/en-gl/technical/tax-guides/documents/en-gl-wctg-10-2024.pdf.pdf#page=1428

Thanks for sharing. I have read further on the matter and it seems foreign income is indeed exempt. However, many foreign income are considered local income, therefore, for the type of structure I am looking for, I would indeed pay taxes using a PY company. So this option isn't good for me. Once again thanks for sending me this info, it saved me a lot of unecessary work. Now I will explore further the option you mention of BVI and if it makes sense to me, I will get in touch with you

3 meetups this week in Asuncion if people want to join

I'm hosting Tuesday Coworking and another community member is hosting Thursday Coworking then there's the digital nomad meetup Thursday evening as well.

Please RSVP and help the community events go live 🙏

My pleasure and if you need anything, lmk!

Hi guys! We are having our regular biweekly thursday social meet up this evening at 19:30 at Checkpoint Downtown Bar, if you're in Asu feel free to join! It's a free event, everyone's welcome! The typical attendance is around 80-100. If you're new in town, don't worry - you can find me (Villya), one of the hosts, so I can take you on mini tour around the group and get you introduced! Non alcoholic beverages are available too! Hope to see you this evening! Cheers, Villya

hey is there a link to this group?

I'll send you a DM with the link

Tuesday Coworking this week? Or anything else happening in next 3-4 days

Tuesday Coworking is on this week as usual, join us at West Coffee on Julio Correa

I'll repost the event now so you can see the details.

Good to note! I’ll check thathatt out

We are there from 1 pm to 6 pm (some stay until 8 pm when the cafe closes)

Hi guys, if you're in Asuncion and free this evening, we are having our next regular social meet-up today Thursday 27th March at 7:30pm at JAZZ CUBE in Villa Morra

If you want to meet and network with some awesome nomads, expats, and locals in Asunción, this is the perfect time and place to do so! 😁🙌🍻

🗓 Thursday 27 March
🕣 7:30pm onwards
👥 Everyone who wants to join is welcome

Hey all! How is Asu in late May? Thinking about coming for a month

It's autumn in May so the temperature will be nice chill and with lots of sunny days!

Join us again Tuesday Coworking at West Coffee on Julio Correa

see you tomorrow

See you today!

Tuesday Coworking is on every week if anyone wants to join us 🙌

Apparently Paraguay is gaining popularity 🚀

https://x.com/levelsio/status/1911168929873231921?t=cSjsAkOzb8nfVtlNTMGeSA&s=19

They say there's hundreds of people applying for residency daily

I'm in the naturalization process now, that's the next step

I got my residency yesterday. Paraguay is an amazing spot, and I'm happy more people are discovering it, but on the other hand, I worry that the extranjeros will overstay their welcome. I've noticed more and more anti-gringo sentiment in online discussion from locals. I worry extranjeros will be blamed for gentrification. Also I think there is talk of raising taxes and/or taxing foreign income? Oh well, it's a nice spot for now.

I'm curious, where do you see anti-gringo discussions online?

So like in the main WA groups there have been some pretty nasty threads about this type of thing.

Also... I don't know, maybe I'm just imagining things, but like, my first time I was in Asuncion was in 2023, and I was just absolutely blown away by how friendly the locals were and how well they treated me.

In 2025 it's still amazing but it feels rather different, I can't quite explain it. But like to give you an example, in 2023, with extremely limited Spanish, every time I got in an Uber, the Uber driver couldn't stop talking to me. Wanted to know everything about where I was from and all of that. This year, with much better Spanish, I don't get that much anymore. Maybe just because there are more foreigners and it's less novel. And maybe me being able to speak an intelligible sentence in Spanish is less novel and less interesting hahaa. But still just something feels different.

Ic, personally I'm quite glad if not everyone asks me about my life story, in other countries I got tired of that before coming here.

Hosting coworking again this Tuesday for anyone who wants to join here in Asuncion

Appreciate a few RSVPs to get this live!

We usually have 10-15+ join us for these events but not all from Nomadlist

https://nomads.com/meetups#436e85b52fe11602b35b0d20c8e721bb

Hey guys, heading back to LatAm later this year. Asunción seems to be popping off looking at this group.

Would you say it’s worth staying for a month? Is there enough to see and do in Asunción and Paraguay as a whole?

See you soon :D

I think whether it's worth it is really up to your interests and goals probably, but there's also access to other countries nearby as well — I've been here for over a year now, usually we move around more but it's been a good place to be and there's a growing community here with people passing through all the time.

My wife and I have found it to be a chill place to live, good prices, good food, good people — some people say it's boring or don't like that there's not mountains or beaches. I understand that too but other people just work to create what they want to see here while they are here — people are hosting meetups, arranging sports, hackathons and business ideas etc.

Awesome, thanks for your feedback & hopefully see you soon 🫡

My experience is that there isn't a whole lot of adventure packed sightseeing and stuff if that's your thing. You can visit the main historical spots in the city center in a few hours. Maybe there are a few more days of sights in Asuncion if you venture outside the center.

Despite this, Asuncion is definitely one of my favorite spots. Very friendly locals, and also, a vibrant expat community with regular meetups.

Asuncion is very affordable, and very safe in the better neighborhoods (the center is rather sketchy but safe compared to el centro in most other Latin American capital cities).

I find that Asuncion is a great spot to be productive and also to see friends I've known since my first time there.

Since you mention other cities... check out Ciudad del Este. Right on the border with Foz in Brazil and Puerto Iguazu in Argentina, you could stay there for a while and regularly hop around to different countries and do all sorts of sightseeing. Although there's no expat scene that I know of in CDE.

Yeah that would be the goal anyways, which is to focus on my business and then just do some exploring on the weekends, so not minding if it’s a little calmer :)

Thanks Falcon!

Buenos Dias amigos! I just thought I'd introduce myself here in the chat seeming I'm here for the next (almost) 2 weeks in Asuncion.

Chris, web developer and content creator, here in Paraguay to grab the tax residency and catch up with friends.

Looking forward to connecting with the community here.

Also, any recommendations for good work cafes around here?

Welcome 👋

What area of the city are you in?

On Tuesdays afternoons, I host a coworking meetup at West Coffee in a little plaza called Paseo Miraflores


Happy to share some other cafes around the city our group likes, I'm not sure what's open today for sure with the holidays

Awesome. Please send me details. I’d love to join

There's a cafe in that area called La Gallette that might be a good fit for you, I like to work from their Barrio Jara location but I haven't worked at the Villa Morra one yet myself.

They have a nice avocado toast combo breakfast option with a pot of tea and juice.. that's my go to.

Some other friends like the Hub Hotel Juan Valdez

I'll send you a link to the coworking event in a minute I need to post the one for this week on Nomads

Thanks fhvcrxnwigerx What about proper coworking spaces? Any that offer day-passes or short-term memberships?

ovlhjxajzekm you gonna do a video on the whole residency procedure?

Yep! That’s my plan

Would be awesome if you can cover banking-related stuff. Last time I checked the residency, available banking options were kinda lackluster. 🙏🏼

There's one called LOffice people talk about but I've never been, I usually hit the cafes

Ok thanks. I’ll check it out

Let me know where (and if) to find the content for this one. I’m seeing different options online for the tax residency. Good luck 💪

It’ll be the next video on my channel rdmutreheoecbgpprcod

Hey everyone, I am in Asuncion until June. I am a freelance fullstack developer and digital nomad since October, trying to see if Paraguay is a good place to get the residency and even stay here a bit, have a new hq. If anyone wants to meet, just tell me!

Welcomes. I believe there's a meetup tomorrow if you wanna check the schedule

Hey everyone 😊 nice to see this channel is quite active.
I have my temp residence in PY, gotta come back in the next months to get the perm residence.

How's the expat scene there atm? Is it growing? Are there many expats living there full time? Would be great to meet some of you on my next visit

Yes it looks like the biweekly event is on this Thursday at 7:30 pm at Sacramento brewing co.

They often post on Nomads too but if not it's on every other Thursday usually.

We also host another coworking meetup on Thursdays at a random cafe, this week it will be at La Gallette Villa Morra probably.

Next week we are aiming for Kaffei in the downtown area, working out the details now

Thanks for the infos, yes it will check the events 👌. Perfect for the coworking events too, I will come to one

Hi Nathan thank you!! Yes our regular social meet up will be tomorrow at 19:30 at Sacramento Brewing on Av. Santisimo Sacramento. I'll post the event link below 😊