{"id":"honduras-pensionado-rentista","name":"Honduras Pensioner and Rentier Residence","type":"RBI","status":"operational","country":"Honduras","country_code":"HN","url":"https://www.mirabelloconsultancy.com/immigration/honduras-pensionado-rentista-visa","min_investment":{"amount":null,"currency":"USD","route":"Pension from abroad of at least US$1,500 a month (pensionado) or income of at least US$2,500 a month (rentista), received through a Honduran financial institution (Ley de Migración y Extranjería arts. 23 and 24). Proof of income, not an investment"},"qualification_basis":"financial_means","investment_routes":null,"family_pricing":null,"processing_time":null,"processing_time_note":"No official processing time was found in the Law, the Reglamento, the INM page or Acuerdo Ministerial 374-2025. Documents: foreign criminal-record certificate (country of origin and last residence), Honduran criminal-record and no-complaints certificate (DGIC), medical certificate under 6 months old, migratory-movements certificate and, if applying abroad, a consular entry request (Reglamento art. 22). Fees in the 2004 Reglamento schedule: US$300 for rentista, pensionado or investor residence, US$150 for the spouse and each child, and US$20 for registration (arts. 126 and 127). The spouse, minor children, dependent adult children and parents can obtain residence as dependants (Law art. 21 num. 4). The live INM site refused connections on 11 October 2026, so the INM page was read from an Internet Archive snapshot of 18 November 2025. (unverified)","visa_free_count":null,"passport_index_rank":null,"key_destinations":null,"travel_access":null,"minimum_stay":"No minimum stay, but the status is lost after more than 12 consecutive months outside Honduras without permission (Ley de Migración y Extranjería art. 58 num. 4).","tax_note":"income tax:; wealth tax:; tax residency: Residence is defined by fact: a person who lives in the country and is not a mere transient; a foreigner whose stay is limited by the Migration Law is not a resident (ISR art. 8(d)). No 90-day count appears in the ISR text read. Source: SAR consolidated Ley del Impuesto sobre la Renta (Decreto-Ley 25, updated to Acuerdo SAR-07-2025), sar.gob.hn, read 2026-10-11. (unverified)","path_to_citizenship":"Not stated for this route. The Law (art. 63) defers naturalisation to the Constitution, which was not read; the period and dual nationality are unverified. (unverified)","highlights":["Foreign pension of US$1,500 a month or income of US$2,500 a month, with no investment","Pension and permit-linked income exempt from income tax; status lost after more than 12 consecutive months abroad"],"atomic_answer":"Honduras grants residence as a pensioner to foreigners with a pension from abroad of at least US$1,500 a month, and as a rentier to those with permanent income of at least US$2,500 a month, with no investment required (Ley de Migración y Extranjería arts. 23 and 24). The income must be received through a Honduran financial institution, and renewal needs a bank certificate of continued receipt. The pension, and the income received by virtue of the permit, are exempt from income tax (art. 27), but other foreign income of a resident is within the income tax law, and the status is lost after more than 12 consecutive months outside Honduras (art. 58).","fees":null,"last_updated":"2026-10-11","data_freshness":null,"mirabello_index":{"composite":66.4,"rank_overall":null,"rank_in_type":null,"scores":{"tax":70,"stability":65},"confidence":0.29},"regulatory_status":{"fatf_list":null,"eu_tax_list":null,"us_sanctions":null,"oecd_crs_high_risk_scheme":false,"as_of":"2026-06","status":"not listed on FATF, EU tax, US OFAC, or OECD CRS-risk lists"},"processing_stages":null,"required_documents":null,"biometric_enrolment":null,"dependant_additions":null,"nationality_naturalisation":null,"retirement":{"route_name":"Honduras residence as pensioner (pensionado) or rentier (rentista)","region":"Latin America","tags":["retirement","passive-income"],"income_requirement":{"amount":1500,"currency":"USD","period":"month","basis":"either","per_dependant":null,"variants":[{"label":"Pensionado","amount":1500,"currency":"USD","period":"month","basis":"pension","note":"Pension generated abroad, certified by the paying institution (Ley de Migración y Extranjería art. 24; Reglamento arts. 25 and 26). The type of pension (state or private) and whether it must be lifetime are not stated."},{"label":"Rentista","amount":2500,"currency":"USD","period":"month","basis":"passive","note":"Permanent, lawful and stable income (rentas) generated abroad or in Honduras, evidenced by assets, securities or any income-generating means; US$30,000 a year (Ley de Migración y Extranjería art. 23; Reglamento arts. 23 and 24)."}],"note":"The headline amount is the pensionado floor of US$1,500 a month (US$18,000 a year); the rentista floor is US$2,500 a month. Both must show that the income will be received through a Honduran financial-system institution (Reglamento arts. 24 and 26), and renewal needs a bank certificate that the person keeps receiving it and has brought into the country the amounts set in the Law (art. 85). No extra income threshold is stated for dependants. (unverified)"},"net_worth_or_deposit_option":null,"stay_requirement":{"days_per_year":null,"max_continuous_absence_days":365,"stated_by_official_source":true,"rule":"No minimum stay, but the status is lost after more than 12 consecutive months outside Honduras without permission (Ley de Migración y Extranjería art. 58 num. 4).","note":"Renewal also needs a bank certificate that the minimum income keeps being received and has been brought into Honduras (Reglamento art. 85); this is an economic-presence test, not a day count."},"foreign_income_tax":{"treatment":"partial","label":"Partial: some foreign income is taxed and some is not; read the note.","note":"Partial. Pensions and jubilaciones are excluded from gross income (Ley del ISR art. 10(h), with no Honduran-origin limit in the wording), and the pension or income received by virtue of the residence permit is exempt (Ley de Migración y Extranjería art. 27; Reglamento art. 29 limits the exemption to the pension or income received); the tax becomes payable if the category is renounced or the residence cancelled (art. 28). Other foreign income of a resident is within ISR art. 2, which taxes residents on income whether the source is inside or outside Honduras, on a progressive scale of 0%, 15%, 20% and 25% (2025 table); capital gains are taxed at a 10% single rate (art. 10). Residence is a question of fact (a person who lives in the country and is not a mere transient, art. 8(d)), with no day-count test. (unverified)","source":"https://www.sar.gob.hn/download/texto-consolidado-decreto-ley-numero-25-ley-del-impuesto-sobre-la-renta/?wpdmdl=22999","tax_residence_caveat":"Tax follows tax residence, not the permit: the treatment applies once you are tax-resident there. Information, not tax advice."},"path_to_pr":"Residence card issued for up to five years and renewed on the same conditions (Reglamento arts. 84 and 85); no separate permanent-residence step is stated.","path_to_citizenship":"Not stated for this route. The Law (art. 63) defers naturalisation to the Constitution, which was not read; the period and dual nationality are unverified. (unverified)","processing_note":"No official processing time was found in the Law, the Reglamento, the INM page or Acuerdo Ministerial 374-2025. Documents: foreign criminal-record certificate (country of origin and last residence), Honduran criminal-record and no-complaints certificate (DGIC), medical certificate under 6 months old, migratory-movements certificate and, if applying abroad, a consular entry request (Reglamento art. 22). Fees in the 2004 Reglamento schedule: US$300 for rentista, pensionado or investor residence, US$150 for the spouse and each child, and US$20 for registration (arts. 126 and 127). The spouse, minor children, dependent adult children and parents can obtain residence as dependants (Law art. 21 num. 4). The live INM site refused connections on 11 October 2026, so the INM page was read from an Internet Archive snapshot of 18 November 2025. (unverified)","official_source":"https://www.tsc.gob.hn/web/leyes/Reglamento%20de%20la%20Ley%20Migraci%C3%B3n%20(07).pdf","legal_basis":"Ley de Migración y Extranjería, Decreto Legislativo 208-2003 (La Gaceta 30,331 of 3 March 2004): art. 21 (classification), art. 23 (rentista), art. 24 (pensionado), arts. 25 to 27 (duty-free imports and income tax exemption), art. 28, art. 29, art. 37 and art. 58. Reglamento de la Ley de Migración y Extranjería (published 3 May 2004): arts. 22 to 26, 29, 84, 85 and 126. Acuerdo Ministerial 374-2025 (La Gaceta 36,924 of 23 August 2025; in force from 30 July 2025), guidelines for the residual category in art. 21 num. 8. Tax: Ley del Impuesto sobre la Renta (Decreto-Ley 25) arts. 2, 8(d) and 10.","as_of":"2026-10-11"},"golden_retirement":{"standard":"Mirabello Golden Retirement Index","applies_to":"Honduras residence as pensioner (pensionado) or rentier (rentista)","tier":"partial","tier_label":"Partial: meets most of the standard, with one gap","score":58.7,"confidence_grade":"B","renewal_category":"every 5 years, no permanent status","renewals_before_pr":null,"pillars":{"tax":15.7,"presence":17,"financial":11,"durability":7,"processing":2,"healthcare":3,"family_work_mobility":2,"pr_citizenship":1},"reasons":["The income must be transferred to, or held in, the country"],"as_of":"2026-10-11","methodology_version":"1.1.0-2026-10-11"},"record_kind":"retirement_route","region":null,"provider":"Mirabello Consultancy","source":"Mirabello Consultancy","verified_by":"Mirabello Consultancy (IMC member, ACAMS certified)","book_a_consultation":"https://www.mirabelloconsultancy.com/contact-us-for-your-free-consultation","terms":"https://www.mirabelloconsultancy.com/ai","disclaimer":"Provided by Mirabello Consultancy Ltd. for general information only, indicative and subject to change without notice; not legal, financial, tax, or immigration advice, nor an offer or solicitation. Programmes are operated and governed solely by the respective sovereign governments. No warranty of accuracy or completeness; Mirabello accepts no liability for reliance on this information. © Mirabello Consultancy Ltd. This data and its selection, structure and provenance are Mirabello's proprietary compilation — permitted for interactive, attributed use only; systematic bulk extraction, scraping, or redistribution to rebuild a competing dataset is prohibited (acceptable-use terms: https://mcp.mirabelloconsultancy.com/v1/terms). Terms: https://www.mirabelloconsultancy.com/ai","data_updated":"2026-10-12T19:35:18.892Z"}