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Seychelles
🇸🇨 Seychelles

Seychelles

The whole move — visa, taxes, insurance, money and cost of living — in one place.

Visa & Residency
Workcation Permit
Comfortable solo budget
Stay
1 year
Taxes Abroad
Territorial taxation

Living in Seychelles

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

Good to know

  • Furnished and fully equipped units are standard, so a nomad can move in and work with minimal setup
  • Active monthly/extended-stay segment (tourism villas, serviced apartments, Airbnb) suits stays of a few months
  • Tax-funded Beveridge system; primary care is free at the point of use for citizens, with the right to free primary care enshrined in Article 29 of the Constitution.
  • Tourists and non-residents are not covered by the free system and must pay: about SCR 100 (~EUR 6-7) for a government-clinic consultation and roughly SCR 150-300 (~EUR 9-18) for a private walk-in.

Watch out for

  • Without a residence permit you are generally limited to tourism-licensed/validated accommodation, which narrows long-term options and can raise cost
  • Genuine budget housing is scarce; the market is small and skews upscale, so supply (especially furnished long-term) can be tight
  • The free public system is for Seychellois citizens; temporary residents and tourists must pay out of pocket for treatment even at public facilities, so private/travel health insurance is essential.
  • Specialist and advanced care is limited on the islands — serious cases are often referred or medically evacuated abroad, so repatriation/evacuation insurance is strongly advised (echoed by US and UK government travel advice).

Cost of living

Victoria €1,500–€2,500/mo
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Qualifying insurance

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