Honduras country guide
General permanent residence · Last checked 2026-08-08
Inmigrados
Definitive residence after at least five consecutive lawful years
Honduras may grant immigrated status, defined as definitive residence, after at least five consecutive years as a lawful resident or holder of a qualifying special-permanence permit.
- Country
- Honduras
- Applicant basis
- Definitive residence after at least five consecutive lawful years
- Responsible authority
- Instituto Nacional de Migración / competent Honduran residence authority
- Official route status
- Current official route
- Information available
- Detailed guide
- Last checked
- 2026-08-08
Supported requirements
What the current source supports
- Provide INM certification of at least five consecutive years of lawful residence or qualifying special permanence in Honduras.
- Provide INM certification that the resident card or special-permanence card remained valid and was renewed as required during the qualifying period.
- Provide certification that the applicant has not violated the Constitution, migration law, or other Honduran laws.
- Provide certification that the applicant has not been deported, expelled, or convicted in another country.
- File through legal counsel with the general residence documents required by INM and complete post-approval RNE registration and card issuance.
Applicant scope
Who this route generally serves
- Generally designed for
- Lawful Honduran residents or qualifying special-permanence holders who can certify five consecutive years, annual card maintenance, and compliant immigration and criminal history.
- Legal basis named by the authority
- Honduran Migration and Foreigners Law Articles 3(26), 21(7), 37, 38, 55, 57, 58, and 63; and current INM residence and RNE guidance.
Route lifecycle
What to confirm from application onward
- Financial basis
- No fixed investment or income threshold is stated for immigrated status. Article 38 permits the authority to examine lawful activity and sufficient resources for the applicant and economic dependents.
- Government service fees
- The RNE checklist states USD 20 for registration, L 50 for the stamp, L 200 for certification, and USD 20 per year of card validity. An immigrated card may be issued for one to five years. The change-of-status application charge and representation costs remain separate.
- Initial status
- Immigrated resident status, which the migration law defines as the right of definitive residence after a discretionary State decision.
- Renewal
- The RNE page permits an immigrated card to be issued and renewed for up to five years; the document cycle does not make approval automatic or remove ongoing compliance duties.
- Dependents
- The cited route does not automatically convert dependents. Family members must hold or obtain their applicable status and registration.
- Work rights
- The law prohibits activity outside the expressly authorized migratory quality. This page does not infer unrestricted employment or professional licensing from immigrated status alone.
- Presence considerations
- A resident loses status after more than 12 consecutive months outside Honduras without the corresponding permission under Article 58.
- Permanent residence
- This is Honduras’s definitive-residence quality, reached through a separate discretionary application after the qualifying lawful period; five years alone does not confer status automatically.
- Citizenship relationship
- Naturalization is a separate discretionary State process with its own constitutional residence period and statutory requirements. Immigrated status is not citizenship.
Official evidence
Sources for this route
ResidenciasInstituto Nacional de Migración · ES · Last checked 2026-08-07Ley de Migración y ExtranjeríaCongreso Nacional / Instituto Nacional de Migración · ES · Last checked 2026-08-07Registro Nacional de ExtranjerosInstituto Nacional de Migración · ES · Last checked 2026-08-07Requisitos para inscripción de extranjero en el Registro Nacional de ExtranjerosInstituto Nacional de Migración · ES · Last checked 2026-08-08
General planning information only—not legal, tax, or investment advice. A listed route does not determine eligibility. Verify current rules with the responsible authority before acting.