Honduras Exceptional Residence — Residency Program

Minimum investment $25,000 Business

Stay —

Application fee —

Tax Territorial Territorial Tax System

Path to staying

Renewrenewable
Permanent residencypossible
Citizenshipafter 3 years

Permanent residency
Citizenship 3 years
Dual citizenship not allowed
Language required for citizenship Speak, read and write Spanish

Overview

Country: Honduras
Program: Exceptional Residence
Local name: Residencia del artículo 21 numeral 8
Type: Economic
Status: Active
Renewable: Yes

Discretionary residence under article 21(8) of the Migration Law, given rules by Acuerdo Ministerial 374-2025. One gate is for people who cannot meet an ordinary category but can show at least half of it: US$1,250 a month of income, US$750 a month of foreign pension, or a US$25,000 investment. Those amounts are alternatives. Other gates cover lapsed long stays, workers with two years of legal residence, and humanitarian or special family cases. The Secretariat may accept, refuse or archive the file.

Investment options

Investment options
Type	Tier / zone	Min amount	USD equivalent	Holding	Returnable	Required
Business	Half of investor minimum	USD 25,000	$25,000	—	Yes	Optional

Financial requirements

Income requirement: $1,250/mo
Pension requirement: $750/mo

Eligibility

Criminal record check required
Health check required
Health insurance not required

Work rights

Employment not allowed
Self-employment not allowed
Own a business not allowed
Work permit included no

Family and dependents

Dependents allowed: No
Spouse included: No
Parents allowed: No

Benefits and mobility

Bank account can open
Property purchase allowed
Public healthcare no access

Tax

Tax regime: Territorial
Regime name: Territorial Tax System
Foreign income taxed: No
Capital gains taxed: No

How to apply

Method: in person
Apply from abroad: Yes
Local representative: Required

Notes

Signed on 29 July 2025 and published in La Gaceta No. 36,924 on 23 August 2025. The economic gate uses the documentation and fee of the ordinary category the applicant falls short of, which is US$300 for rentista, pensionado and investor. The lapsed-stay gate uses the inmigrado tariff: US$300 for Central Americans, US$400 for Ibero-Americans and US$500 for other nationalities. The worker and humanitarian gates use the article 21(6) tariff of US$200. The worker gate needs two years of continuous legal residence, an existing work authorization, and an employer certificate on the 90 percent Honduran-staff and 85 percent Honduran-payroll rules. The humanitarian gate needs 120 days of continuous legal residence. The rentista and pensionado income-tax exemption does not apply to this category. The Secretariat was instructed to publish a simplified checklist. That checklist was not found.

Last verified Oct 9, 2026 Last changed Oct 10, 2026 Source

Change history

Oct 10, 2026

Added

created from Acuerdo Ministerial 374-2025. Half-thresholds are US$1,250 a month, US$750 a month or US$25,000, as alternative gates, not a cut to the ordinary categories (https://omih.unah.edu.hn/dmsdocument/20055-el-acuerdo-ministerial-374-2025-pdf).