Stay up to a year on the Premium Visa

Purpose

The Premium Visa lets a non-citizen stay in Mauritius for more than six months and up to one year. You can renew it.

For a stay under 180 days, you do not need it. A tourist visa on arrival covers you.

The Economic Development Board (EDB) runs the scheme for long-stay visitors, retirees and people who work for an employer or clients outside Mauritius. You can bring your family.

Conditions

• You stay out of the Mauritian job market. No local employer, no local clients.
• Your main place of business sits outside Mauritius, and so does the source of your income.
• You can show your plans for a long stay.
• You hold travel and health insurance for the first part of your stay.
• You can show the purpose of your visit and your accommodation.
• You meet the standard immigration requirements.

The EDB publishes a list of countries whose nationals can apply from home. If your country is off that list, enter on a tourist visa and apply once you are in Mauritius.

Cost

The EDB issues the visa free of charge and takes no processing fee.

Application

Apply online through the EDB portal, linked from the EDB page in the sources below. The EDB checklist names each document to upload. Once your form is complete, the EDB emails the visa to you.

The EDB page gives no processing time. Apply before you fix your travel dates.

Work and property later

You cannot take a job in Mauritius on this visa. If you decide to work or invest here, apply for an Occupation Permit while you hold the Premium Visa.

Tax

The EDB page explains how Mauritius taxes money you bring into the country during your stay. Read that section, and ask the Mauritius Revenue Authority about your own case, before you move income into a Mauritian bank account.

Contact

Economic Development Board, Ground Floor, 7 Exchange Square, Wall Street, Ebene 72201.

Phone +230 203 3800. Email [email protected].