Mauritius · Residency by investment
Family Occupation Permit
Abolished by the Budget 2026-27 on 19 June 2026. The Annex to the Budget Speech states plainly that the Family Occupation Permit category will be abolished, with consequential amendments to the Immigration Act. Introduced in 2022 at a USD 250,000 contribution for a 10-year renewable permit covering the whole family, it never attracted meaningful volume.
Worth knowing because agency sites still market it. Mauritius's one true pay-a-contribution-get-residence product is dead. The country has deliberately moved toward substance-tested permits and away from cash-for-status. The replacement Golden Visa asks for USD 1m of real sector investment, not USD 250k of contribution.
Qualifying routes
A non-refundable contribution to the COVID-19 Projects Development Fund, for a 10-year permit covering the family. No longer available.
The facts
- Minimum investment
- $250k
- Total landed cost
- Historic: a USD 250,000 contribution, plus fees. No longer available.
- Route type
- Residency by investment
- Physical presence
- Not applicable
- Permanent residency
- Existing holders should take advice on transitional treatment. The Budget did provide transitional provisions for Professional-category OP holders. The Family OP, however, was abolished outright.
- Citizenship
- Not applicable
- Language test
- Not applicable
- Dual citizenship
- Not permitted. You would have to renounce.
- Abolished. Any adviser still quoting the USD 250,000 Family OP in 2026 is working from stale material.
- Existing holders face uncertainty. The Annex provided expressly for transitional arrangements in the Professional category, but not for the Family OP. The consequential Immigration Act amendments were still pending as of 15 July 2026.
- The replacement is not equivalent. The Golden Visa costs USD 1m and restricts the investment to five named sectors.