🇲🇺 Mauritius Digital nomad visa

All requirements in detail

Official name

Premium Visa (Mauritius)

Visa type

Digital nomad visa

Status

Active

Income requirement (original currency)

1,500 USD / month

Income basis

Mixed (salary, freelance or savings)

Legal basis

Official EDB Premium Visa FAQ ('Evidence of funds'): 'Minimum amount of USD 1500 per month for each adult applicant and minimum amount of USD 500 per month for each dependent child.' Applicants must upload recent bank statements (last 3 months) plus proof of monthly income (employment contract or attestation of monthly revenue), so the threshold is evidenced by contract and/or bank statements. The French version of the same FAQ specifies the per-child amount applies to a 'dependent (enfant) age de moins de 24 ans' (dependent child under 24). The main place of business and/or source of income and profits must be outside Mauritius. EUR figure is a portal conversion only, not an EDB-published figure: 1,500 USD x 0.8612 (USD->EUR mid-market, 2026-06-15) ~= 1,292 EUR. The EDB FAQ states only USD; it does NOT publish a EUR threshold.

Proof of funds

Required — ≈ €1,292

Family surcharges

The EDB FAQ sets USD 1,500/month per adult applicant; for a couple both adults must meet it, i.e. ~USD 3,000/month combined (~2,584 EUR) - the EDB does not publish a separate 'USD 3,000' figure, it follows from 1,500 x 2 adults. Each dependent child (under 24) adds USD 500/month (~431 EUR). Spouse and minor/under-24 children can be included on the same Premium Visa; marriage certificate and children's birth certificates (English or French, certified translation if needed) are required at first application.

Working for local clients

Not allowed

Path to citizenship

No

Where to apply

Online, In country

Processing time

1–8 weeks

Tax residency trigger

183 days

Insurance requirement, verbatim intent: The official EDB Premium Visa FAQ requires applicants to hold 'sufficient travel and health insurance' and lists 'Travel and Health Insurance for intended period of stay' as a mandatory upload at both first application and renewal (French version: 'Assurance de voyage et medicale couvrant la duree du sejour', covering the duration of stay). For applicants already in Mauritius on a tourist visa, the Premium Visa duration is aligned with the validity of the health insurance (and return ticket), both of which must exceed 6 months. No minimum coverage amount is published. There is no public-health-enrolment requirement tied to the visa; private international or travel health insurance is the practical route.

Tax notes: Holding the Premium Visa does NOT by itself make the holder a Mauritian tax resident. Tax residency is generally triggered by physical presence of 183 days or more in an income year (or 270 days over three income years). Foreign-source income is taxed on a remittance basis - taxed only to the extent funds are brought and deposited into a Mauritian bank account; income left in a foreign account is not taxed in Mauritius. Per the EDB FAQ, money spent in Mauritius through foreign credit or debit cards is NOT deemed to have been remitted to Mauritius (a reading confirmed in the Dilloo Supreme Court case). Mauritian-source income of a Premium Visa holder (e.g. emoluments for work performed remotely while physically in Mauritius) is also taxed on a remittance basis. The EDB FAQ adds that bank deposits will not be subject to Mauritian income tax if a declaration is made that the required tax has already been paid in the country of origin or residence. Standard Mauritian personal income tax rates apply where liable. Summary of published rules; not tax advice.

Beyond the visa

Mauritius — the rest of the move

The visa is step one. Here is the rest of what it takes to live here — each researched and sourced.