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🇲🇺 Mauritius visa and residence routes
Indian Ocean island living with English and French both widely spoken, and one of the clearest retiree-income routes anywhere.
The lowest published bar starts from €2,000 a month in income. The single documented route is passive income or pension. Naturalisation is not a realistic prospect for most foreign residents here.
How Mauritius compares
Living costs sit mid-table for this list, at roughly €1,500 a month for one person. English is widely enough spoken that daily life and work rarely require the local language.
Who these routes are built for
Based on the routes currently included in our database for Mauritius, these options suit retirees and those living on pensions, rents or dividends.
They are a poor fit for remote workers, who have no dedicated route here.
What the bar means in practice
The lowest income requirement, €2,000 a month on the Retired Non-Citizen Residence Permit, sits against living costs of about €1,500 a month. That is roughly 1.3 times typical single-person living costs, leaving a real but not generous margin. If that is out of reach, the nearest lower bar in Africa is 🇲🇦 Morocco, which starts at €1,000 a month.
Routes at a glance
| Route | Built for | Financial bar | Processing | Leads to residency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retired Non-Citizen Residence Permit | Passive income or pension | €2,000/mo | 1–2 mo | Yes |
The financial bar is the main money test for that route — a monthly income floor, or the savings to show where no income floor applies. Figures are for a single applicant; most programmes scale upward for a partner or children.
Which of these would actually take you?
This page lists the routes currently included in our database for Mauritius. The free 3-minute check compares those rules against your own passport, income, savings, age and family, and stamps each route clear, stretch or blocked — with the reason.
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Routes in our database, in detail
Retired Non-Citizen Residence Permit
Age 50+, transferring $24,000/yr (~$2,000/mo) into a local account. 10-year permit; a 20-year Permanent Residence Permit opens after 5 years and $200k cumulative transferred.
Before you rely on any of this
Visa and residence requirements on this page are compiled from the linked official sources and current as of 2026-08-07. Cost of living, English, healthcare and cross-country comparison indicators are ExpatSuccess estimates, not government figures. Governments change immigration rules without notice and consulates apply them with discretion, so confirm on the linked official portal before making decisions or spending money. This page is research, not legal, immigration, tax or financial advice.