Mauritius
Premium Travel Visa · Port Louis
An Indian-Ocean idyll with a free visa, low taxes and English-French ease — safe, beautiful and refreshingly simple to set up.
MUR 68,807/mo
5–15 days
1 year
78/100
90 Mbps
High
Tropical island
UTC+4
Model your move to Mauritius
Set who's coming and what you earn. We'll handle eligibility, taxes, contributions, living costs and what you'd have left — and compare it to home.
Staying more than ~183 days?
Affects tax residency for territorial & exempt regimes.
Your monthly life in Mauritius
Pre-filled with typical costs in Grand Baie. Drag or type to match your life.
A nice place in a popular area
Power, water, gas
Home fibre + data
Food at home
Transit, rideshare, fuel
Private cover nomads usually need
Eating out, coffee, going out
Shopping, gym, subscriptions, misc.
You meet the income requirement
Needs $1,500/mo.
Your qualifying income
$6,000
$6,000
$1,708
$4,292
Tax in Mauritius
Effective rate
0.0%
- Income tax / mo
- $0
- Social security / mo
- Not charged
- Total deductions / mo
- $0
- Take-home / mo
- $6,000
Under 183 days you stay outside the local system; your home country keeps covering you.
Private health insurance isn't required for this visa, but most nomads carry it — it's already counted in your living costs above.
Foreign income is taxed only if remitted to Mauritius; resident rates are progressive (0% to MUR 500k, 10% to MUR 1M, 20% above) since July 2025.
vs. United States
Tax
22.8% at home → 0.0% here
Same lifestyle costs
$3,796 at home → $1,708 here
Money left over
$838 at home → $4,292 here
Estimates for planning only — actual tax depends on treaties, your residency and personal circumstances. Confirm with official sources and a qualified advisor before you move.
What it takes to qualify
Income & savings
- Monthly income (single)
- MUR 68,807
- Basis
- $1,500 per month
- Combine two incomes?
- Yes
A modest $1,500/month for the main applicant.
The visa
- Program
- Premium Travel Visa
- Introduced
- 2020
- Duration
- 1 year, renewable
- Max total stay
- 2 years
- Fees
- $0 (approx)
- Who can apply
- Employees, Freelancers, Business owners
- Bring family?
- Yes
Free of charge — a rare zero-fee programme. A renewable one-year stay on an Indian-Ocean island.
What you'll actually pay
Income tax
- Treatment
- Foreign income not taxed for nomads
- Headline rate
- 20%
- Tax residency at
- 183 days
- Employee social
- Usually home-covered
Foreign income is taxed only if remitted to Mauritius; resident rates are progressive (0% to MUR 500k, 10% to MUR 1M, 20% above) since July 2025.
Good news
There's effectively no local income tax to worry about on your foreign earnings here.
Reviewed Source: Mauritius EDB
Path to residency & citizenship
This is a lifestyle visa: great for living here now, but time on it doesn't count toward permanent residency or a passport.
Premium visa is a stay permit; longer residency routes exist separately.
Reviewed Source: Mauritius EDB
Typical costs in Grand Baie
Rent (1-bed)
$800
Rent (family)
$1,300
Groceries / person
$280
Utilities
$90
Internet
$30
Transport / person
$35
Health insurance
$60
Dining / person
$230
Cost index 45/100 vs New York · prices are about 50% of US levels (PPP). Monthly figures shown in USD.
Highlights & watch-outs
What makes it great
- No visa fee at all.
- Foreign income tax-free unless remitted.
- Safe, bilingual and beautiful.
What to watch
- Remote from major markets.
- Internet good but not elite.
Reviewed Source: Mauritius EDB
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