- Application fee (USD) none 300
processing time cleared. The previous 90 to 180 days are not in the law, the regulation or the checklist (https://tramitedigital.sgjd.gob.hn/SimpleA/assets/sitios/documentos/ATC-%20Rentista.pdf).
Minimum income
$2,500/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
- Rentista Residency
- Local name
- Residencia Rentista
- Type
- Passive income
- Status
- Active
- Renewable
- Yes
Residence for foreigners with permanent, lawful and stable income of at least US$2,500 a month, earned abroad or in Honduras and received through a Honduran financial institution. The status is residence from the grant. Salaried work is not included.
Financial requirements
- Income requirement
- $2,500/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 23, and article 23 of its regulation set the US$2,500 monthly floor. The annual figures are twelve times that monthly test, not a separate yearly amount. 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. Stamps are required and their amount is not in the tariff. Qualifying rents are exempt from income tax under regulation article 29. Household goods may be imported once free of import tax, and one personal vehicle may be imported free of import tax if the minimum income is paid into the national banking system for five years. More than twelve consecutive months abroad without permission cancels the residence. A separate discretionary category under Acuerdo Ministerial 374-2025 can accept half this income when the applicant cannot qualify here. It does not change this threshold.
Last verified Oct 9, 2026 Last changed Oct 10, 2026 Source