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Residencia Rentista. Honduras grants residency to people of independent means with stable income of at least $2,500 a month, from Honduras or abroad.

Free · The law behind every answer · Checked Sep 27, 2026

Residencia Rentista

Residency status, temporary and renewable, permitting indefinite stay without local employment.

Who qualifies

Whether you keep your U.S. citizenship depends on the route you take later.

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Does it fit your family?

One question, from the program’s own rules.

Steady monthly income, from any source?

Not legal advice.

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What it takes.

Income
At least $2,500 a month, steady and documented.
Time
Not precisely published; ask Honduras's Instituto Nacional de Migración for the current processing estimate at filing.
Cost
Not detailed in available official sources; confirm the current fee schedule with the Instituto Nacional de Migración before filing.
The hard part
The income floor here is higher than most regional peers, and documentation must show foreign-sourced income channeled through Honduran banks. Very little primary-source documentation exists in English or Spanish for this program; confirm current terms directly with Honduras's immigration authority before relying on it.

Dollar figures are converted from the local currency at the rate the program’s research used; the official figure is in the local currency.

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Citizens by 2031.

If your first permit is issued in 2027 and you keep living there, this is the road.

  1. 2027
    First residence permit

    5 years, renewable for 5 years at a time.

  2. 2030
    Apply for citizenship

    With a language test and a civics test.

  3. 2031
    Citizenship
Language
Read, write and speak Spanish.
Civics
A written exam on Honduran history, geography and the Constitution, held every three months, with one retake after six months.
Time away
More than three consecutive years of legal residence. No count of days abroad was found.
Two passports
It depends on the rules at the time and on your home country.
  • Resident status from the start; cards are issued for up to five years, and citizenship is possible after more than three years (one or two for Central Americans, Spaniards and Ibero-Americans).
  • The previous nationality must be renounced unless a dual-nationality treaty with the home country applies.
  • Clock start is inferred from the Constitution's 'residence' wording; not confirmed in practice.
  • Residence cards are issued for up to five years; the first and renewal lengths actually given are not set in the Regulation.
  • Whether Panama counts as Central American for the one-year clock is not settled; it is included here.
  • No official decision time found.
  • How long the decision takes isn’t published; we allow a year.
  • Whether you can keep your current citizenship depends on the rules at the time and your home country.
The law behind these dates
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Living there.

Time you must spend there
Not precisely published; ask Honduras's Instituto Nacional de Migración what minimum presence, if any, is needed to keep the status active.
Tax
Foreign-sourced income for rentistas and pensionados is not taxed by Honduras.

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

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Start today.

  1. Apply through Honduras's Instituto Nacional de Migración under the rentista category.Open riotimesonline.com ↗
  2. Round up the papers.
    • Proof of steady income: at least $2,500 a month
    • 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.

17 steps, from the first paper to the passport. 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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