- Application fee (USD) not set 300
processing time cleared. The previous 90 to 180 days are not in the pensionado checklist or the regulation (tramitedigital.sgjd.gob.hn).
HN
Pensionado Residency
Active
Territorial
Honduras · Residencia Pensionado · Retirement · apply in person
Minimum income
$1,500/mo
per month
Stay
—
Application fee
$300
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
- Pensionado Residency
- Local name
- Residencia Pensionado
- Type
- Retirement
- Status
- Active
- Renewable
- Yes
Residence for foreigners with a permanent, lawful and stable pension from abroad of at least US$1,500 a month, received through a Honduran financial institution. The law sets no minimum age. Salaried work is not included.
Financial requirements
- Income requirement
- $1,500/mo
- Pension requirement
- $1,500/mo
- Application fee
- $300
Eligibility
- Criminal record check required
- Health check required
- Health insurance not required
Work rights
- Employment not allowed
- Self-employment not allowed
- Own a business allowed
- Work permit included no
Family and dependents
- Dependents allowed
- Yes
- Spouse included
- Yes
- Parents allowed
- Yes
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
Decreto 208-2003, article 24, and article 25 of its regulation set the US$1,500 monthly pension. It must be generated abroad. The annual figures are twelve times that monthly test. Pensioners follow the rentista ban on salaried work. The Secretariat checklist charges US$300 for this residence and US$150 for a spouse, minor child, dependent adult child or grandparent. Foreigner-registry inscription is a further US$20. The qualifying pension is exempt from income tax under regulation article 29. The same one-time household-goods import and five-year vehicle import rules apply, and more than twelve consecutive months abroad without permission cancels the residence. Acuerdo Ministerial 374-2025 can accept half this pension only in its separate discretionary category.
Last verified Oct 9, 2026 Last changed Oct 10, 2026 Source