Mauritius Premium Visa
Mauritius
Residency
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See if you're a match →The Mauritius Premium Visa is a renewable long-stay route for remote workers, retirees, and long-stay visitors whose main business or income source stays outside Mauritius. It generally requires proof of long-stay plans, accommodation, travel and health insurance, at least $1,500 per month for each adult applicant, and no entry into the local labour market.
- Type
- Remote-work residence
- Work setup
- Remote workers whose job or clients stay abroad
- Core requirements
- $1,500/mo per adult, foreign-source income, insurance, accommodation, and long-stay plans
- Local work
- Does not allow entry into the Mauritius labour market
- Duration
- More than 6 months and up to 1 year.
- Renewal / path
- Renewable; longer-term work, investment, or retirement routes are separate.
Summary
The Mauritius Premium Visa is a renewable long-stay visa for non-citizens who want to stay in Mauritius for more than six months and up to one year. It can fit remote workers, retirees, and long-stay visitors whose main business activity or income source is outside Mauritius.
Mauritius' official Premium Visa page lists the broad criteria: long-stay plans, accommodation or purpose of visit, travel and health insurance, and foreign-source income or business activity. The EDB/NELS Premium Visa FAQ adds the financial floor: at least $1,500 per month for each adult applicant, plus $500 per month for each dependent child.
Eligibility
You generally qualify if all of the following are true:
- You are a non-citizen eligible to apply for the Premium Visa.
- You plan to stay in Mauritius for more than six months and up to one year.
- You do not enter the Mauritius labour market.
- Your main place of business and source of income or profits is outside Mauritius.
- You can show at least $1,500 per month for each adult applicant, plus $500 per month for each dependent child.
- You can show long-stay plans, accommodation or purpose-of-visit evidence, and travel and health insurance for the initial stay.
- You meet ordinary immigration requirements.
Duration
The Premium Visa is valid for a period exceeding six months and up to one year, with an option to renew.
What this route allows
This route can let you live in Mauritius while continuing remote work, business, or retirement-income activity sourced outside Mauritius. The visa is issued online and the official page states there is no processing fee.
What this route is not
This is not a local-employment route. If you want to work for a Mauritian employer, invest locally, or settle longer term, Mauritius points applicants toward separate Occupation Permit, Residence Permit, investment, or retirement routes.
Next Steps
- Confirm your work or income source remains outside Mauritius.
- Confirm the household income figure: $1,500/month for each adult applicant, plus $500/month for each dependent child.
- Prepare evidence of long-stay plans, accommodation, and travel or health insurance.
- Gather documents showing your foreign employer, clients, business, pension, or other income source.
- Apply through the official online Premium Visa process.
- Track renewal timing if you plan to stay beyond the first visa period.
- Consider a separate Mauritius work, investment, or retirement route if you decide to remain longer term.
Sources
- Residency Mauritius - Mauritius Premium Visa - official Premium Visa page, duration, eligibility criteria, online application, and renewal notes.
- Economic Development Board / National E-Licensing System - Premium Visa FAQ, November 2023 - official FAQ and checklist, including evidence of funds and monthly income thresholds.