Financial threshold
—
no minimum listed
Stay
12
months, renewable
Application fee
$50
Tax
15.0%
Mauritius flat 15% income tax
Path to staying
- Residence permit12 months
- Renew12 months at a time
- Permanent residencyafter 3 years
- Permanent residency 3 years
- Citizenship
- Dual citizenship allowed
Overview
- Country
- Mauritius
- Program
- Mauritius Premium Visa
- Type
- Passive income
- Status
- Active
- Initial duration
- 12 months
- Renewable
- Yes (12 mo)
- Min stay
- 180 days per 12 months
One-year renewable residence for remote workers, retirees, and professionals to live and work from Mauritius.
Eligibility
- Criminal record check required
- Health check not required
- Health insurance required
Work rights
- Employment not allowed
- Self-employment allowed
- Own a business not 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
- Tax rate
- 15.0%
- Regime name
- Mauritius flat 15% income tax
- Foreign income taxed
- No
- Capital gains taxed
- No
How to apply
- Method
- online
- Processing time
- 14–30 days
- Apply from abroad
- Yes
Notes
Application fee $50. Retirees must transfer $2,000/month ($24,000/year) to Mauritian bank. Min 180 days/year in Mauritius. Permits last 5 years now (reduced from 10). PR possible after 3 years. Dependent permits $400 each. No capital gains tax.
Also in Mauritius
Mauritius also offers a digital nomad visa for remote workers