Investors Permit 2014

1. Residence permit36 months
2. Renew36 months at a time
3. Permanent residencyafter 10 years
4. Citizenshipafter 5 years

• Permanent residency 10 years
• Citizenship 5 years
• Dual citizenship not allowed
• Language required for citizenship Naturalisatietoets in Dutch and Papiamentu

Country

Curacao

Program

Investors Permit 2014

Local name

Investors permit 2014

Type

Investor visa

Status

Active

Initial duration

36 months

Renewable

Yes (36 mo)

Residence permit for bona fide foreign investors whose investment matters to the Curaçao economy, introduced by the Minister of Justice on 6 September 2014. A local business investment or a purchase of real property of at least XCG 500,000 supports a 3-year permit, XCG 750,000 a 5-year permit, and XCG 1,500,000 an indefinite permit. Bank deposits do not qualify. Temporary permits renew for the same period while the investment continues. Dutch nationality is a separate naturalisation after five years of admission and main residence in the Kingdom.

Tax regime

Worldwide

Regime name

Inkomstenbelasting

Foreign income taxed

Yes

Capital gains taxed

Yes

Method

online

Processing time

Up to 120 days

Apply from abroad

Yes

The live Admission Office page quotes Caribbean guilders (XCG). The 2014 ministerial decree, still published by the Admission Office, uses Netherlands Antillean guilders (ANG) at the same numbers. The Caribbean guilder replaced the Antillean guilder at par on 31 March 2025. USD figures use the legal peg of USD 1 = XCG 1.79 (Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten), rounded to the nearest dollar on 2026-10-09. The application fee shown is the 3-year charge. Fees are paid at Maduro & Curiel’s Bank before filing, and they match the 2014 decree (government fee plus charges): XCG 1,865 for 3 years (about USD 1,042), XCG 3,095 for 5 years (about USD 1,729), and XCG 6,170 for the indefinite permit (about USD 3,447). The decree builds those totals from the annual independent-means charges: XCG 635 for the first year and XCG 615 for each following year, prepaid for the term. The indefinite total equals ten such years. A family member’s fee is not published as a separate figure; the decree says charges are due per request and per period. The permit is limited to admission as an investor. Wage employment is allowed only if the employer holds an employment permit. Holding the qualifying business, or the real property, is the admission ground. A local bank must declare the investment. The application also needs a passport, a birth certificate not older than one year, a certificate of good conduct not older than three months, and health insurance that covers hospital and psychiatric care. The first decision is awaited abroad. Filing is by scanned PDF through the Admission Office submit page; if the purpose is not on the portal, the same page says to email [email protected]. The office then has four months. The card is collected by appointment. Spouse, notarial cohabiting partner, and children can receive a permit of the same length. The guidelines do not state a child age cap or a minimum age for the investor. Parents are not listed. There is no published day-count for physical presence. The program is aimed at people who want to stay more than six months a year. Residents are taxed on worldwide income under the inkomstenbelasting. The permit does not itself grant the penshonado rate. An indefinite permit is also available, under the 1 April 2026 admission policy, after ten years of uninterrupted lawful residence. Naturalisation is Dutch nationality through the Governor and the IND: five years of admission and main residence in the Kingdom, the naturalisatietoets in Dutch and Papiamentu, and in principle loss of the other nationality unless Article 9 of the Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap makes an exception. A permit for indefinite residence counts as admission for an indefinite period. Whether a temporary investor permit has that character is not stated for this limitation. Curaçao residence is not Schengen access. Dutch nationality, once granted, is Kingdom nationality.

• @HOME in Curaçaodigital nomad visa

1. Oct 10, 2026
   • Name Investor Permit Investors Permit 2014
   • Official page https://curacaovisitors.com/at-home-in-curacao/investor/ https://immigrationcur.org/en/dep/investeer/
   • Application fee (USD) not set 1042
   • Years to permanent residency 5 10
   • Investment options updated

   first application is electronic and the decision is awaited abroad. Removed the 120-day stay, minimum age 18, child age 18 and 60-day minimum processing time, none of which is published. Tax label set to inkomstenbelasting on worldwide income. Language requirement set to the naturalisatietoets in Dutch and Papiamentu (ind.nl).