Honduras country guide
Passive income · Last checked 2026-08-07
Rentistas
Stable lawful rent
Honduras’s Rentistas category is for an applicant receiving stable, lawful rent of at least US$2,500 per month from a foreign or domestic source.
- Country
- Honduras
- Applicant basis
- Stable lawful rent
- Responsible authority
- Instituto Nacional de Migración
- Official route status
- Current official route
- Information available
- Detailed guide
- Last checked
- 2026-08-07
Supported requirements
What the current source supports
- Document stable, lawful rent of at least US$2,500 per month or its equivalent from a foreign or domestic source.
- Provide authenticated evidence of the property, securities, or other lawful source generating the rent and evidence that the funds are received through a Honduran national financial institution.
- Provide the current passport, photograph, movement record, foreign police record, domestic no-complaint record, medical certificate, and legal-representation evidence required by the authority.
- Apostille or legalize foreign documents as applicable and provide the accepted official Spanish translation.
- An applicant filing from outside Honduras follows the competent Honduran diplomatic or consular channel before the in-country immigration process.
Applicant scope
Who this route generally serves
- Generally designed for
- Applicants able to document the lawful and stable rent, its producing assets or securities, and receipt through a Honduran national financial institution.
- Legal basis named by the authority
- Current Instituto Nacional de Migración residence guidance and the Ley de Migración y Extranjería, including Articles 23 and 43.
Route lifecycle
What to confirm from application onward
- Financial basis
- At least US$2,500 per month in qualifying stable lawful rent. No currency conversion is presented.
- Government service fees
- A current route-specific fee schedule was not established. Confirm current INM filing, registration, and card amounts before paying.
- Initial status
- Rentistas is a permanent residence category. After approval, the applicant must complete foreigner registration and the separate resident-card step.
- Renewal
- Current RNE guidance requires resident-card maintenance and continued category evidence. Confirm the live rentier-specific timing, documents, and fee before renewal.
- Dependents
- Dependent rules are not modeled because a current rentier-specific dependent checklist was not established.
- Work rights
- Current law restricts remunerated activity for rentiers while permitting investments and only the limited professional services authorized by law. This page does not infer general local-employment permission.
- Presence considerations
- The cited sources do not establish one rentier-specific physical-presence rule.
- Permanent residence
- Inmigrado is a separate status generally requiring at least five consecutive years in qualifying status and additional conditions; rentier residence does not automatically grant it.
- Citizenship relationship
- Naturalization is a separate discretionary process and is not established by this route.
Official evidence
Sources for this route
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.