Mauritius · Digital nomad
Premium Travel Visa
Open
Last verified July 2026
Open and operating, and free of charge. The Budget 2026-27 extended the same tax treatment to the new Golden Visa.
The tax treatment is unusually well drafted for a nomad visa. Foreign employment income is taxed only if remitted. Spending locally on a foreign card is expressly not treated as a remittance. Funds already taxed abroad can be brought in tax-free on declaration. It is the cheapest legitimate way to test-drive Mauritian residence before committing capital.
Qualifying routes
$1.5k
Remote worker, retiree or long-stay visitor
Minimum USD 1,500 per month per adult applicant, plus USD 500 per month per dependent child.
The facts
- Minimum
- $1.5k
- Total landed cost
- No government fee. Budget for health insurance and a return ticket, both of which must carry more than 6 months' validity.
- Route type
- Income requirement
- Timeline
- 1–2 months (Processed online, typically within a few weeks.)
- Physical presence
- Multi-entry, valid for more than 6 months up to 1 year, and renewable. Stay beyond 180 days in a calendar year, and the tax questions below come into play.
- Family
- SpouseDependent children come in at USD 500 per month each
- Permanent residency
- There is no direct path. But a Premium Visa holder in Mauritius may apply for an Occupation Permit or a Retired Non-Citizen Residence Permit from within the country.
- Citizenship
- None. Premium Visa time does not build a naturalisation clock.
- Language test
- Not applicable
- Dual citizenship
- Not permitted. You would have to renounce.
- Requirements
- Proof of monthly income of USD 1,500 per adult, and USD 500 per child.Bank statements for the last 3 months.travel and health insurance valid for the length of the staya return ticketmain business and source of income based outside Mauritius
What can go wrong
- Your main place of business, and your source of income and profits, must remain outside Mauritius. This is not a route to working locally.
- Mauritian-source income is taxable regardless of the visa. That includes work physically performed in Mauritius for a local payer.
- It builds nothing. No permanent residence clock, no naturalisation clock, no security of tenure. It is a one-year permission, renewable at the authorities' discretion.
- Spend 183 days or more and you become tax-resident. That brings the remittance basis, but it also brings the new 35% band on remitted and local income above MUR 12m.
- The favourable card-spending rule is an administrative concession embedded in the Income Tax Act. It has been amended before, and it can be again.