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@HOME in Curaçao - Remote Worker / Digital Nomad Permit
Curaçao · 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
- Landsverordening toelating en uitzetting (National Ordinance on Admission and Expulsion) and the @HOME in Curaçao admission policy
- Responsible authorityPublished
- Immigration Service Curaçao (Toelatingsorganisatie), Ministry of Justice
What the program provides
What the program gives the holder.
- What the program providesPublished
- Work remotely from Curaçao's Caribbean shores for up to a year with no local income tax on your foreign earnings
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 requiredUnknown
- Unknown
- Local health insurance requiredPublished
- No
- Nationality restrictionsPublished
- No
- Basic eligibilityPublished
- Proof of location-independent work for a foreign employer, a foreign company you own, or foreign clients
- Employment statusPublished
- Full-time employee or self-employed
- Type of remote employmentPublished
- Employee of a foreign-registered employer, partner/shareholder of a foreign company, or freelancer/consultant with foreign clients
- Generational limitPublished
- Not applicable
Household inclusion
How spouses and children are treated.
- Family sponsorshipPublished
- Yes
- Spouse includedPublished
- Yes
- Children includedPublished
- Yes
- Child age limitUnknown
- Unknown
- ChildrenPublished
- Families can apply; each member files and pays separately, and members aged 12 and over sign their own application
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
- 2 weeks
- Can apply without travelingPublished
- Yes
- How you applyPublished
- Online (@HOME in Curaçao portal)
- What the processing time measuresPublished
- About 2 weeks to process (program FAQ)
- Official application routePublished
- https://athomeincuracao.com/
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
- None required
- Application feePublished
- $299
- Total cost to applyPublished
- $299
- Monthly income requiredUnknown
- Unknown
- Monthly pension income requiredPublished
- None required
- Monthly rental income requiredPublished
- None required
- Savings requiredUnknown
- Unknown
- Proof of sufficient fundsPublished
- Yes
- Local bank deposit requiredPublished
- No
- Minimum local bank depositPublished
- None required
- Fees paidPublished
- Before approval
- Cost notesPublished
- XCG/ANG 535 per applicant (~USD 299); each family member pays separately, no family rate
Presence and maintenance
Stay, renewal, and how long the status lasts.
- Stay required to keep statusPublished
- None
- Physical presence requiredPublished
- No
- In-country visit requiredPublished
- No
- Move-in windowPublished
- 0 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; the 6-month permit simply runs out
- Tax residency rulePublished
- Tax residence is decided on facts and circumstances (durable ties to Curaçao), not a fixed day count
- Personal income taxPublished
- range between 9.75%-46.5%
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 accessUnknown
- Unknown
- University accessUnknown
- Unknown
- Can buy landUnknown
- Unknown
- Local bankingUnknown
- Unknown
- 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. 6 months plus one 6-month extension (max 1 year); no route to residence. Remote-worker permits are excluded from the multi-year permits introduced 1 April 2026.
Sources, freshness, and conflict disclosure
Where the CitizensOS Mobility Asset Database took these facts from.
- Official program websitePublished
- https://athomeincuracao.com/
- Plan B sources (Sept 2026)Published
- https://athomeincuracao.com/faq/ | https://www.curacaochronicle.com/post/local/new-immigration-policy-allows-up-to-three-year-residence-permits
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.
