jm_imv
Jamaica Permanent Residence (Retirement category)
Jamaica · 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 establishedUnknown
- Unknown
- Responsible authorityPublished
- Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA)
What the program provides
What the program gives the holder.
- What the program providesPublished
- Retire to Jamaica's beaches and hills with permanent residence granted on proof of pension and means
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 ageUnknown
- Unknown
- Clean criminal record requiredPublished
- Yes
- Local health insurance requiredUnknown
- Unknown
- Nationality restrictionsPublished
- No
- Basic eligibilityPublished
- Retired foreign national with evidence of pension and means of support (no published minimum)
- 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
- Spouse and children apply separately under PICA's Dependent category (for dependants of a permanent resident), each with its own fee
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
- 13–26.1 weeks
- Can apply without travelingPublished
- No
- How you applyPublished
- Paper application lodged at a PICA office in Jamaica, followed by an interview
- Required in-person stepPublished
- Jamaican medical certificate, document lodgement and interview with PICA in Jamaica
- What the processing time measuresPublished
- PICA: applications usually processed within 3 to 6 months
- Official application routePublished
- https://www.pica.gov.jm/immigration/permanent-residence
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
- $640
- Total cost to applyPublished
- $640
- 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
- Yes
- Local bank deposit requiredPublished
- No
- Minimum local bank depositPublished
- None required
- Fees paidPublished
- Before approval
- Cost notesPublished
- JM$100,000 non-refundable application fee (~US$640); each dependant files separately and pays the same fee; J$1,000 stamp duty reported on approval
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
- Yes
- Move-in windowUnknown
- Unknown
- Length of residencyUnknown
- Unknown
- Residency is lifetimePublished
- Yes
- RenewablePublished
- No
- Maximum durationUnknown
- Unknown
- Maximum duration is lifetimePublished
- Yes
- Stay rule (Sept 2026)Published
- No published stay requirement to keep permanent residence
- Tax residency rulePublished
- Residents staying six months or more in the tax year (or keeping a home and visiting) will be considered tax residents
- Personal income taxPublished
- range between 25%-30%
Rights and onward pathways
Work, healthcare and other rights, and the path to permanent residence and citizenship.
- Time to permanent residencyPublished
- Immediate
- Time to citizenshipPublished
- 5 years
- Work for a local employerPublished
- Yes
- Start a businessPublished
- Yes
- Remote or freelance workPublished
- Yes
- Local healthcare accessUnknown
- Unknown
- University accessUnknown
- Unknown
- Can buy landPublished
- Yes
- Local bankingPublished
- Yes
- Permanent residence timeline basisPublished
- Immediate upon approval
- Citizenship timeline basisPublished
- Years stated
Risks, limitations, and uncertainty
Notes on changes, conflicts, and limits.
- Plan B note (Sept 2026)Published
- Grants permanent residence directly (no fixed income figure published; PICA judges pension and means case by case). Naturalisation after 5 years' aggregate residence including the 12 months before applying; Commonwealth citizens may register after 5 consecutive years. Queue label 'Retiree Visa' is PICA's Retirement category of permanent residence.
Sources, freshness, and conflict disclosure
Where the CitizensOS Mobility Asset Database took these facts from.
- Official program websitePublished
- https://www.pica.gov.jm/immigration/permanent-residence
- Plan B sources (Sept 2026)Published
- https://www.pica.gov.jm/immigration/permanent-residence | https://www.pica.gov.jm/immigration/fees | https://www.pica.gov.jm/citizenship/naturalisation
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.