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Mauritius

Property Development Scheme residence permit. Buy a qualifying PDS home for more than $375,000 and you, your spouse and children under 24 get residence in Mauritius for as long as you own it.

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Property Development Scheme residence permit

A residence permit for the buyer, spouse and children under 24, valid for as long as the property is owned; the holder may work in Mauritius without a separate Occupation Permit.

Who qualifies

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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Does it fit your family?

One question, from the program’s own rules.

Savings you could move or invest?

Not legal advice.

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What it takes.

Investment
About $375,000.
Time
8–12 weeks for the property transaction and permit issuance together.
Cost
The $375,000+ purchase price plus registration duty (5%) and legal fees of $5,000–15,000.
The hard part
Financing the purchase, since Mauritian banks generally require substantial equity from non-residents.

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

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Citizens by 2034.

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

  1. 2027
    Permanent residence

    From the start, with nothing to renew.

  2. 2033
    Apply for citizenship

    With a language test.

  3. 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.
  • The residence permit lasts as long as the property is owned, so it works like permanence without the formal permit; citizenship still needs 12 months plus 5 of the 7 years before in Mauritius.
  • 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
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Living there.

Time you must spend there
The program sets no minimum number of days. Renewal still expects it to be your home.
Tax
Becoming a Mauritian tax resident brings the flat 15% rate on Mauritian and remitted foreign income; owning the property alone, without residing, does not.

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

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Start today.

  1. See the EDB’s guidelines for property purchase and residency.Open edbmauritius.org ↗
  2. Gather these documents.
    • Proof of the funds to invest: about $375,000, and where they came from
    • Request your FBI Identity History Summary
    • Health cover for the move
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