Added
created from regulation 24(3) condition A and the Border Control FAQ (tcifsc.tc).
TC
Residence Permit (Independent Means)
Active
Exempt
Turks and Caicos · Residence Permit, condition A · Passive income · apply in person · processing up to 42 days
Financial threshold
—
no minimum listed
Stay
—
Application fee
$1,500
Tax
0.0%
Zero Income Tax
Path to staying
- Renewrenewable
- Permanent residencyafter 10 years
- Citizenshipafter 11 years
- Permanent residency 10 years
- Citizenship 11 years
- Dual citizenship allowed
Overview
- Country
- Turks and Caicos
- Program
- Residence Permit (Independent Means)
- Local name
- Residence Permit, condition A
- Type
- Passive income
- Status
- Active
- Renewable
- Yes
Residence permit for a person who has a house, condominium or apartment available in the Turks and Caicos Islands and can support themselves and their dependants without working. No income floor is published. The holder must ordinarily reside in the Islands and cannot work. After ten consecutive years on a residence permit they can apply for a Permanent Residence Certificate.
Eligibility
- Minimum age 18+
- 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
- Yes
- Spouse included
- Yes
- Max child age
- 18
- Parents allowed
- No
Benefits and mobility
- Bank account no
- Property purchase allowed
- Public healthcare no access
- Must be primary residence required
Tax
- Tax regime
- Exempt
- Tax rate
- 0.0%
- Regime name
- Zero Income Tax
- Foreign income taxed
- No
- Capital gains taxed
- No
How to apply
- Method
- in person
- Processing time
- Up to 42 days
- Apply from abroad
- No
Notes
Immigration Regulations, regulation 24(3), condition A, and regulation 26(1). The Director may grant one to three years, and may also issue an annual residence permit, so there is no single initial term. The permit fee is USD 1,500 plus a USD 150 administrative fee. A spouse or child endorsement is USD 500 plus a USD 150 administrative fee. Children must be under 18. Dependants cannot work. The later PRC under regulation 13(2)(a)(iii) costs USD 10,000 and does not itself allow work. Naturalisation as a British Overseas Territories Citizen needs a PRC covering the last twelve months, so the practical wait is about eleven years from the first residence permit, not five. Renewal is requested thirty days before expiry. A late renewal adds USD 250. The Director can take up to six weeks. The Immigration Bill 2026, which is not in force, has been described as stretching this ordinary route toward twenty years.
Last verified Oct 9, 2026 Last changed Oct 10, 2026 Source