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Economic Investment Certificate (EIC)
Bermuda · Caribbean
Program facts from the CitizensOS Mobility Asset Database. Unknown facts are shown as Unknown, never as zero.
- Publication state
- Mobility Asset Database
- Lifecycle status
- Unknown
- Facts checked through
- Sep 21, 2026
- Source snapshots
- Database edition
Identity and current status
The route identity and current status.
- Year establishedPublished
- 2021
- Governing lawPublished
- Bermuda Immigration and Protection Act 1956
- Responsible authorityPublished
- Department of Immigration
What the program provides
What the program gives the holder.
- What the program providesPublished
- Live and work in Bermuda's tax-neutral island paradise with a 5-year residency option leading to permanent status through strategic investment
Best suited for
Who the program tends to suit. Research only, never a personal recommendation.
No governed customer claim is present for this section.
Eligibility
Personal qualifications an applicant must establish.
- Minimum agePublished
- 18 years
- Clean criminal record requiredPublished
- Yes
- Local health insurance requiredPublished
- Yes
- Nationality restrictionsPublished
- No
- Basic eligibilityPublished
- Minimum investment of $2,500,000 in one of the available investment options
- Generational limitPublished
- Not applicable
Household inclusion
How spouses and children are treated.
- Family sponsorshipPublished
- Yes
- Spouse includedPublished
- Yes
- Children includedPublished
- Yes
- Child age limitPublished
- 18 years
- ChildrenPublished
- Dependent children under 18, or up to 25 if in full-time education; dependents may live in Bermuda but need their own work permit to work
Documents
Evidence categories and filing documents.
No governed customer claim is present for this section.
Process and timeline
How you apply and how long it takes.
- Processing timePublished
- 4.3–12.9 weeks
- Can apply without travelingPublished
- No
- How you applyPublished
- Nomad Watch lists: in person
- Required in-person stepPublished
- In person in Bermuda
- What the processing time measuresPublished
- 30–90 days (Nomad Watch)
- Official application routePublished
- https://bda.bm/economic-investment-certificate/
Costs and investment
Fees, income and savings thresholds, and investment amounts.
- Minimum investmentPublished
- $2,500,000
- Minimum passive investment (July 2026)Published
- $2,500,000
- Minimum active investment (July 2026)Published
- None required
- Processing feePublished
- $2,500
- Application feePublished
- $2,625
- Total cost to applyPublished
- $5,125
- Monthly income requiredPublished
- None required
- Monthly pension income requiredPublished
- None required
- Monthly rental income requiredPublished
- None required
- Savings requiredPublished
- None required
- Proof of sufficient fundsPublished
- No
- Local bank deposit requiredPublished
- No
- Minimum local bank depositPublished
- None required
- Minimum investment as published (Sept 2026)Published
- USD 2,500,000
- Other investment routes (Sept 2026)Published
- Real estate, existing or new business, charity or government funds; held 5 yrs
- Fees paidPublished
- Before approval
Presence and maintenance
Stay, renewal, and how long the status lasts.
- Stay required to keep statusPublished
- 90 days/year
- Physical presence requiredPublished
- Yes
- In-country visit requiredPublished
- No
- Move-in windowPublished
- 0 months
- Length of residencyPublished
- 60 months
- Residency is lifetimePublished
- No
- RenewablePublished
- Yes
- Maximum durationUnknown
- Unknown
- Maximum duration is lifetimePublished
- Yes
- Stay rule (Sept 2026)Published
- 90 days a year for 5 years
- Tax residency rulePublished
- Residents staying more than 183 days per year will be considered tax residents
- Personal income taxPublished
- No personal income tax
Rights and onward pathways
Work, healthcare and other rights, and the path to permanent residence and citizenship.
- Time to permanent residencyPublished
- 5 years
- Time to citizenshipUnknown
- Unknown
- Work for a local employerPublished
- Yes
- Start a businessPublished
- Yes
- Remote or freelance workPublished
- No
- Local healthcare accessPublished
- Yes
- University accessPublished
- Yes
- Can buy landPublished
- Yes
- Local bankingPublished
- Yes
- Permanent residence timeline basisPublished
- Years stated
- Citizenship timeline basisPublished
- Not applicable
Risks, limitations, and uncertainty
Notes on changes, conflicts, and limits.
- Investment note (Sept 2026)Published
- Government bonds excluded since June 2024
Sources, freshness, and conflict disclosure
Where the CitizensOS Mobility Asset Database took these facts from.
- Official program websitePublished
- https://www.gov.bm/online-services/economic-investment-certificate-residential-certificate
- Investment source (Sept 2026)Published
- https://wiki.private.law/en/bermuda-residence
- Plan B sources (Sept 2026)Published
- https://www.applebyglobal.com/publications/bermuda-encourages-investment-with-residential-certificates | https://nomad.watch/visas/residency/bermuda-eirc
Every fact on this page comes from the CitizensOS Mobility Asset Database (Sep 21, 2026 edition). A blank is shown as Unknown.
This anonymous dossier is read-only research. It does not establish personal fit, eligibility, legal or tax advice, filing, approval, residence, citizenship, or a held Right.
