Turismo

RESIDING AND RETIRING
IN HONDURAS
The country facilitates the issuance of residences, especially
for business people or people who receive some type of
income from abroad. There are several types of residences:
for pensioners/retirees; investors; rentiers who receive
income from abroad; to work temporarily; and by marriage,
family bond or de facto union.
The process begins at the nearest Honduran Consulate
abroad, with the application to the desired type of residence,
and it ends with a lawyer and notary in Honduras. Even if the
process of obtaining residence can take several months, the
future resident can enter and live in the country through a
temporary visa issued by the Embassy of Honduras in the
country of origin or the Honduran immigration authority.
To obtain the residence card, the applicant presents his
passport, criminal record, health certificate, photographs and
other additional documents. Honduran embassies provide
general guidance as to the whole process. The residence card
must be renewed periodically.
The resident investor or worker requests their respective work
permit before the Secretary of Labor presenting the required
documents.
The Law of Pensioners and Rentiers issued in 1991 describes
the most requested types of residence in the tourist areas of
the country, mostly in the northern part of the country.
Roatan is a favorite, especially for those who receive income
from abroad regularly, whether it is due to their status as
pensioner or retiree in their country of origin or to their
monthly income from investments or securities abroad.
DIRECTORIO ORQUÍDEA EMPRESARIAL 2017
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