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Entrepreneur work permit. A foreign entrepreneur establishing a Barbados business can apply through the long-term work-permit process with investment and company documents.

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Entrepreneur work permit

If approved, a long-term work permit for the business activity, for up to three years.

Who qualifies

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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It could fit.

A foreign entrepreneur establishing a Barbados business can apply through the long-term work-permit process with investment and company documents.

Every door that fits your family

Not legal advice.

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What it takes.

Time
The Immigration Department does not publish a processing period on the work-permit page.
Cost
BDS$300 application fee plus a category- and duration-dependent final fee; investment amount is not fixed on this page.
The hard part
Establishing the business and documenting compliant investment funds and licences.
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The road past the first permit.

Further residence or citizenship status requires a separate application.

  1. 2027
    Route candidate

    The residence and work authorization sequence still needs verification.

  • We have not yet confirmed this country’s road from residence to citizenship.
  • We have not yet confirmed how this route counts toward residence or citizenship.
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Living there.

Time you must spend there
The program sets no minimum number of days. Renewal still expects it to be your home.
Tax
Where you become tax resident follows the days you spend there and where your home is. We map it for your family before you move.

We never file a tax return. We tell you what applies and brief the professional who does.

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Start today.

  1. Prepare the company registration, investment transfer and work-permit forms.Open immigration.gov.bb ↗
  2. Round up the papers.
    • The business plan, and the endorsement or approval it needs
    • Request your FBI Identity History Summary
    • Health cover for the move
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Or let us run it.

$900for your first year as a founding member. Then $399 a year, automatically.Standard first year: $1,200. Everyone renews at $399.One membership, the whole family. Accounts and activation included.

15 steps, from the first paper to every renewal. You do 4 of them: send what we ask for, sign, and show up. We run the rest, and keep every permit renewed on time. Accounts and activation are included, whether you move now or keep the plan ready. Accounts depend on provider availability. Government, record and approved third-party charges are extra.

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