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Saint Lucia · Tourist tolerance · apply online, in country · processing 5–5 days
Saint Lucia has no digital nomad visa. "Don't Just Visit, Live It" was a Tourism Authority extended-stay promotion. Its page at stlucia.org/en/liveit/ returned 404 on 9 October 2026. The stay that remains is a visitor permit under section 12 of the Immigration Act, plus the ordinary non-immigrant visa for nationalities that need one. An immigration officer may grant a permit to enter and remain for up to 6 months, including as a visitor. The Chief Immigration Officer may extend that permit, more than once, up to one year from the date of entry. A stay longer than one year needs Cabinet. The permit must be extended in person before it expires. There is no published income floor. The visa form asks how much money the applicant will bring and the checklist asks for proof of sufficient funds. No amount is set. The non-immigrant visa, for nationalities that are not exempt, is EC$125 for a single entry usable within 3 months, or EC$190 for multiple entries over one year. At the Eastern Caribbean dollar peg of EC$2.70 to US$1, that is about US$46 and US$70. The stored fee is the multiple-entry visa. Visa-exempt nationalities, including the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada on the Department of External Affairs list last updated November 2018, do not pay it. The list is still the file linked from the Tourism Authority's 2026 entry page. Processing on the government service page is 5 working days. Apply at least two weeks ahead by sending the form to the Immigration Department at [email protected]. A visa can sometimes be requested at the airport and can be refused. The online arrival form at travelslu.govt.lc is a customs and immigration declaration, not this visa. The form's document list is two certified photos, a passport described as "valid for up to six months", a return ticket, an itinerary, proof of a hotel or private address, an invitation letter if staying with someone, a school letter for students, proof of sufficient funds, and a job letter. Health insurance and a police certificate are not on that list. A spouse and children can be named on the form. There is no separate dependant fee and no cap. Local employment needs a work permit under the Labour Act. This permit does not include one, and it does not lead to the separate temporary residence permit (EC$1,000) or permanent residence permit (EC$2,500). There is no nomad tax exemption. An individual is tax resident at 183 days in the income year, or earlier if Saint Lucia is their permanent home. Someone who is resident only because of the 183-day test is not "ordinarily resident". Foreign income of a resident who is not ordinarily resident is taxed only to the extent it is received in Saint Lucia. A non-resident is taxed on Saint Lucia-source income. An ordinarily resident individual is taxed on worldwide income. From income year 2023 the individual rates on chargeable income are 15 percent on the first EC$15,000, 20 percent on the next EC$15,000 and 30 percent above that, after a personal allowance of EC$25,000 for a resident.
Last verified Oct 9, 2026 Last changed Oct 10, 2026 Source
proof of employment set to required. The current visa form lists a job letter among the documents to submit (https://www.govt.lc/media.govt.lc/www/resources/forms/SaintLuciaVisaApplicationForm.pdf).
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