Mauritius

Occupation Permit — Investor. Put $100,000 or more into a Mauritian company and get a 10-year renewable permit to live there and run it.

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

Occupation Permit — Investor

A 10-year Occupation Permit as an investor, covering the applicant, spouse and dependent children, renewable if the business keeps meeting the criteria.

Who qualifies

The applicant must transfer a minimum of $100,000 from abroad into the bank account of the Mauritian company being invested in; the former $50,000 entry tier was abolished in 2026 reforms, so $100,000 is now the floor.
Economic Development Board (EDB) Mauritius, Occupation Permit (Investor) guidelines, updated 2026
From the third year of registration, the business must generate annual turnover of at least MUR 5 million, rising to MUR 8 million from the fifth year, for the permit to be renewed.
Economic Development Board (EDB) Mauritius, Occupation Permit (Investor) guidelines, updated 2026

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

Does it fit your family?

One question, from the program’s own rules.

Savings you could move or invest?

Not legal advice.

What it takes.

Investment: About $100,000.
Time: 6–10 weeks once the investment is transferred and the company registered.
Cost: The $50,000+ investment plus company registration and legal fees of roughly $3,000–6,000.
The hard part: Hitting the MUR 5–8 million ongoing turnover bar at renewal, not just making the initial $100,000 transfer.

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

Citizens by 2034.

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

2027
First residence permit
10 years, renewable for 10 years at a time.
2032
Permanent residence
Five years on an Occupation Permit or a retired Residence Permit, then a 20-year Permanent Residence Permit. Investors must show turnover (MUR 15 million a year or 75 million over five years); retirees must have brought in USD 200,000 over the five years.
2033
Apply for citizenship
With a language test.
2034
Citizenship

Language: English or any other language in current use in Mauritius (French and Creole included); no formal test found.
Time away: The whole 12 months right before applying, plus at least 5 years in total during the 7 years before that. Holders of the spouse's temporary residence permit are excluded.
Two passports: It depends on the rules at the time and on your home country.

A ten-year Occupation Permit renewed on turnover tests; permanent residence after five years. Investors of USD 500,000 or more may be naturalised after two years at the minister's discretion.
The five-year permanent-residence rule is in the Finance Act 2025, but its Immigration Act part starts 'on a date to be fixed by Proclamation', which I could not confirm. The Passport and Immigration Office's own guidelines still show the old three-year rule.
Dual citizenship: the 2022 amendment removed the duty to renounce, but the minister may still strip a naturalised citizen who uses rights reserved to another country's nationals; how that is applied is not published.
The Commonwealth and spouse shorter clocks are registration routes; they are shown without nationality lists so they are not applied automatically.
Decision time is reported at about 12 months, but only in a search summary, so none is shown.
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

Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2025 (Act 18 of 2025), ss. 13 and 25: permanent residence after 5 years · checked 2026-09-25
Mauritius Citizenship Act as amended 2022 (ss. 5, 7, 9, 12), Passport and Immigration Office · checked 2026-09-25

Living there.

Time you must spend there: The program sets no minimum number of days. Renewal still expects it to be your home.
Tax: Mauritian tax residence (183+ days) brings a flat 15% rate on Mauritian-source and remitted foreign income, with no capital gains tax.

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

Start today.

Apply through the EDB's Occupation Permit (Investor) program.Open edbmauritius.org ↗
Round up the papers.
- Proof of the funds to invest: about $100,000, and where they came from
- Request your FBI Identity History Summary
- Health cover for the move

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.

Run it for my family →

ISSUED TO

YOUR FAMILY

Cover