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Long Stay Visitor Permit
Belize · Central America
Program facts from the CitizensOS Mobility Asset Database. Unknown facts are shown as Unknown, never as zero.
- Publication state
- Mobility Asset Database
- Lifecycle status
- Active
- Facts checked through
- Sep 21, 2026
- Source snapshots
- Database edition
Identity and current status
The route identity and current status.
- Year establishedPublished
- 2022
- Governing lawPublished
- Statutory Instrument No. 114 of 2022
- Responsible authorityPublished
- Belize Tourism Board
What the program provides
What the program gives the holder.
- What the program providesPublished
- Fund your Caribbean dream with financial independence in Belize's English-speaking haven
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
- Yes
- Basic eligibilityPublished
- Proof of monthly remote income of $6,250 or more
- Employment statusPublished
- Full-time employee
- Type of remote employmentPublished
- Applicants must demonstrate that they have a job that can be performed remotely
- 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
- Children under 18 may join; student permits are waived so they can attend Belize schools
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
- 1–3 weeks
- Can apply without travelingPublished
- Yes
- How you applyPublished
- Nomad Watch lists: online
- What the processing time measuresPublished
- 7–21 days (Nomad Watch)
- Official application routePublished
- https://immigration.gov.bz/permits/long-stay-permit/
Costs and investment
Fees, income and savings thresholds, and investment amounts.
- Minimum investmentPublished
- None required
- Minimum passive investment (July 2026)Published
- None required
- Minimum active investment (July 2026)Published
- None required
- Processing feePublished
- $250
- Application feePublished
- $250
- Total cost to applyPublished
- $500
- Monthly income requiredPublished
- $6,250/month
- Monthly pension income requiredPublished
- None required
- Monthly rental income requiredPublished
- None required
- Savings requiredPublished
- None required
- Proof of sufficient fundsPublished
- Yes
- Local bank deposit requiredPublished
- No
- Minimum local bank depositPublished
- None required
- Fees paidPublished
- Before approval
Presence and maintenance
Stay, renewal, and how long the status lasts.
- Stay required to keep statusPublished
- None
- Minimum days per year in country (July 2026 figure)Published
- 30 days/year
- Physical presence requiredPublished
- Yes
- In-country visit requiredPublished
- Yes
- Move-in windowPublished
- 3 months
- Length of residencyPublished
- 6 months
- Residency is lifetimePublished
- No
- RenewablePublished
- Yes
- Maximum durationPublished
- 12 months
- Maximum duration is lifetimePublished
- No
- Stay rule (Sept 2026)Published
- No minimum-stay rule in the program terms (6-month permit)
- Tax residency rulePublished
- Applicants must agree to comply with Belize tax laws
- Personal income taxPublished
- 25%
Rights and onward pathways
Work, healthcare and other rights, and the path to permanent residence and citizenship.
- Time to permanent residencyUnknown
- Unknown
- Time to citizenshipUnknown
- Unknown
- Work for a local employerPublished
- No
- Start a businessPublished
- No
- Remote or freelance workPublished
- Yes
- Local healthcare accessPublished
- Yes
- University accessPublished
- No
- Can buy landPublished
- Yes
- Local bankingPublished
- Yes
- Permanent residence timeline basisPublished
- Not applicable
- Citizenship timeline basisPublished
- Not applicable
Risks, limitations, and uncertainty
Notes on changes, conflicts, and limits.
- Plan B note (Sept 2026)Published
- Temporary permission: nothing requires presence; it simply lapses if unused; Matched to Belize's Work Where You Vacation program; application by email, fee paid on arrival
Sources, freshness, and conflict disclosure
Where the CitizensOS Mobility Asset Database took these facts from.
- Official program websitePublished
- https://www.travelbelize.org/work-where-you-vacation/
- Plan B sources (Sept 2026)Published
- https://nomad.watch/visas/nomad-visas/belize-work-where-you-vacation | https://www.travelbelize.org/work-where-you-vacation/
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.