Mauritius residence permit through property purchase from USD 375,000

Projects approved by the Economic Development Board under the PDS, IRS, RES and Smart City schemes, and apartments in buildings of at least G+2 in condominiums. In every case the residence threshold is a price from USD 375,000. EDB publishes the lists of approved projects; we verify a specific project’s status before reservation.

A purchase outside the approved schemes is governed by the Non-Citizens (Property Restriction) Act and needs a separate authorisation; it gives no right to residence. G+2 apartments are the exception: they may be bought outside the resort schemes and, at a price from USD 375,000, give residence. The minimum price of such an apartment is MUR 6,000,000.

Residence runs while you own the property and ends when title passes. You must notify EDB and the project company in writing 30 days before the sale. The buyer files their own application with the MUR 25,000 fee and receives their own status. You may sell to a non-citizen, a citizen, a company, a société, a trust or a foundation.

Yes, through the project company or a manager it appoints and notifies to EDB. Rental and sale proceeds may be repatriated freely: the EDB rules impose no restriction.

Yes. The EDB guidelines state expressly that an owner with residence under the PDS, IRS and RES schemes is exempt from the Occupation Permit and Work Permit to invest and work. This is the main difference from a tourist visa or the Premium Visa.

The EDB rules tie residence to ownership of the property, not to days on the island: the guidelines contain no minimum-stay requirement. Citizenship and tax residence are another matter: residence counts for them, and we calculate it separately.

You can, with a condition from the EDB guidelines: under a local-currency loan from a Mauritian bank the first USD 500,000 is paid in USD or another freely convertible currency, and the loan is repaid in convertible currency. The rest of the price may be financed by the bank. For Indian buyers the remittance of the own-funds portion is planned under LRS.

Yes: by a company under the Companies Act 2001, including one holding a Global Business Licence, by a société or by a trust with a qualified trustee licensed by the FSC. Residence goes to the nominated shareholder, director, member or beneficiary; the nominee can change no more than once a year.

Residence by property has no direct path to the 20-year Permanent Residence Permit: that is granted on the Investor, Professional or Self-Employed Occupation Permit or the retired non-citizen permit after 5 years. Citizenship: a Commonwealth citizen, including an Indian national, may be registered after 5 years of continuous residence; a non-Commonwealth citizen is naturalised after 12 months of continuous residence plus 5 years out of the preceding 7; an investor of USD 500,000 after 2 years. The decision rests with the government, and India does not permit dual citizenship.

On purchase, 5% registration duty; on sale, 5% land transfer tax paid by the seller. Tax on rental income and the income tax rates depend on your tax residence; the EDB guidelines name Mauritian tax residence as an available option. The specific rates and the India–Mauritius treaty are worked out in an individual calculation, not promised on the page.

The EDB rules set no statutory period for the purchase or residence application, so we do not quote days. In practice the path is governed by three things: the property’s readiness (for an off-plan purchase, the VEFA stages), the speed of the bank’s KYC and the completeness of the EDB file. The application is treated as filed only once EDB considers the file complete.

Children up to 24 in full-time education, including stepchildren and adopted children. Over 24 only on a basis of their own. Parents are not on the list of dependants; the PDS guidelines allow a ‘wholly dependent next-of-kin’ at EDB’s discretion, but there is no certainty here. For parents aged 50 or over a separate retired non-citizen permit is the safer route.

It does not: USD 375,000 is the price of one property and does not depend on the number of dependants. Only the documents grow: each family member needs a passport, birth certificate and medical certificate, adults a certificate of morality, and a couple a marriage certificate or proof of partnership. The EDB fee of MUR 25,000 is paid once per purchase application.

Yes. If the application is refused through the fault of our team or an error in building the case, we refund the company's service fee less a minimal retention for costs actually incurred. Refund terms, the payment schedule and the rules on retaining service costs are fixed in the contract before work begins. Before we start, we check your documents and risk history free of charge and tell you about any risks in advance.