Mauritius · Residency by investment
Permanent Residence Permit (20-year)
Qualification tightened with effect from September 2025. The qualifying permit-holding period rose from 3 to 5 years, and the income and investment thresholds rose across every category.
The PRP is what the Occupation Permit is actually for. It drops the turnover treadmill and gives 20 years of secure status, along with the right to invest and work without a further permit. Reaching it now takes five years of sustained, evidenced economic performance rather than three.
Qualifying routes
MUR 15m annual turnover for each of the 5 preceding years, or MUR 75m aggregate over 5 consecutive years.
MUR 3m annual business income for 5 years, or MUR 15m aggregate.
A monthly basic salary of at least MUR 400,000.
USD 200,000 transferred to Mauritius over the 5-year period.
USD 375,000 into a qualifying business activity.
The facts
- Minimum investment
- $375k
- Total landed cost
- There is no material government fee. The real cost is the five years of maintained thresholds that precede it.
- Route type
- Residency by investment
- Timeline
- 2–6 months (The application must be filed within 6 months of satisfying the criteria.)
- Physical presence
- None prescribed once granted. The PRP runs 20 years.
- Family
- Spouse or common-law partnerDependent childrenDependent parents
- Permanent residency
- This is the permanent residence status. It runs for 20 years and is renewable.
- Citizenship
- PRP years count toward the 7-year naturalisation requirement
- Language test
- adequate knowledge of English or another language current in Mauritius
- Dual citizenship
- Not permitted. You would have to renounce.
- Requirements
- 5 years' continuous holding of a qualifying permitCategory-specific turnover, salary or transfer thresholds, met and evidencedClean criminal recordApplication within 6 months of satisfying the criteria
- Permanent means 20 years, not forever. Think of it as a long lease on status. Renewal is at the state's discretion, under whatever rules exist in 2046.
- The MUR 15m annual turnover test for investors is demanding. It works out to roughly USD 325k a year, every year, for five consecutive years, and it has to be evidenced in audited accounts.
- The September 2025 changes were not grandfathered in the way many advisers assumed. Permit holders who entered under the 3-year expectation now face five.
- The government's own Passport and Immigration Office page was still publishing the superseded 3-year criteria when we checked in July 2026. That meant MUR 15m annual or MUR 45m aggregate over 3 years, MUR 150,000 monthly salary, and USD 54,000 over 3 years for retirees. Do not rely on the official site for this permit. It is out of date, and the EDB, not the PIO, is the operative authority.
- The 6-month filing window after qualifying is strictly applied. Miss it, and the clock arguments start again.
- A PRP does not shelter you from the new 35% top band. Permanent residence and tax residence are different questions, and they have different answers.