Special stay permit for employment by a Honduran state institution.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 1Report facts: 7
Official government source: inm.gob.hn · checked 2026-07-27
Central America · Immigration
Honduras
Honduras sits in Central America. Its immigration system runs 21 distinct routes — led by work, family and living from your own income, each set out in official law. 20 of them cite an official government source, shown on the route with the date we last read it. Who actually qualifies depends on your full profile.
- Immigration routes
- 21across 13 route categories, each set out in official law
- Source-cited routes
- 20 of 21cite an official government source, with the date we last read it
- Largest category
- Work3 of the 21 routes — see them under Work below
- Region
- Central America
- Capital
- Tegucigalpa
- Population
- 11,005,850
- Official language
- Spanish
- Currency
- HNL
- Time zone
- UTC-06:00
Source-cited pathways
Immigration routes
All 21 routes, grouped by purpose — 20 of 21 cite an official government source directly. Any route below without one says so on the route.
Work
3 routes
Special stay permit for employment under a Honduran contract.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 1Report facts: 7
Official government source: inm.gob.hn · checked 2026-07-27
Special stay permit for employment by an international organisation.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 1Report facts: 7
Official government source: inm.gob.hn · checked 2026-07-27
Investment
1 route
Residence based on a qualifying investment in Honduras.
Investment from USD 50,000 · Savings from USD 5,000
Eligibility: 2Documents: 5Process & costs: 3Report facts: 4
Official government source: inm.gob.hn · checked 2026-07-27
Starting a business
1 route
Special stay permit for operation of a business as an entrepreneur.
Eligibility: 2Documents: 1Report facts: 6
Official government source: inm.gob.hn · checked 2026-07-27
Talent and merit
1 route
Special stay permit for practice of a qualifying university profession.
Eligibility: 2Documents: 1Process & costs: 1Report facts: 5
Official government source: inm.gob.hn · checked 2026-08-03
Study
1 route
Special stay permit for study at a Honduran institution.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 1Process & costs: 1Report facts: 6
Official government source: inm.gob.hn · checked 2026-07-27
Family
3 routes
Residence based on marriage or kinship to a Honduran by birth.
Documents: 5Report facts: 9
Official government source: inm.gob.hn · checked 2026-07-27
Residence based on marriage or dependency on a foreign resident.
Documents: 5Report facts: 9
Official government source: inm.gob.hn · checked 2026-07-27
Special stay permit for dependency on a person lawfully supporting the applicant.
Documents: 1Report facts: 8
Official government source: inm.gob.hn · checked 2026-07-27
Living from your own income
2 routes
Residence based on a permanent foreign pension.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 3Report facts: 10
Official government source: inm.gob.hn · checked 2026-08-03
Residence based on permanent lawful stable rents.
Income from USD 2,500/mo
Eligibility: 1Documents: 3Report facts: 10
Official government source: inm.gob.hn · checked 2026-08-03
Long-term residence
1 route
Residence based on long-term conversion from a special stay permit.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 4Report facts: 9
Official government source: inm.gob.hn · checked 2026-07-27
Free movement
1 route
Regional short visit using a national identity document or passport under the CA-4 free-mobility arrangement.
Documents: 1Report facts: 7
Official government source: inm.gob.hn · checked 2026-07-27
Culture, faith and volunteering
2 routes
Special stay permit for religious service in Honduras.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 1Process & costs: 1Report facts: 6
Official government source: inm.gob.hn · checked 2026-07-27
Special stay permit for social service or volunteer activity.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 1Process & costs: 1Report facts: 6
Official government source: inm.gob.hn · checked 2026-07-27
Short stays and visits
2 routes
Consular visa for a visa-required traveller visiting Honduras.
Documents: 1Process & costs: 3Report facts: 5
Official government source: inm.gob.hn · checked 2026-07-27
Visa requiring prior validation and written authorisation from the Honduran INM.
Process & costs: 1Report facts: 7
Official government source: inm.gob.hn · checked 2026-07-27
Humanitarian protection
2 routes
Free in-country asylum procedure led by the Honduran INM.
Documents: 1Process & costs: 2Report facts: 6
Source pending confirmation: help.unhcr.org · checked 2026-07-27
Special stay permit for a qualifying humanitarian reason.
Documents: 1Process & costs: 1Report facts: 6
Official government source: inm.gob.hn · checked 2026-07-27
Sport
1 route
Special stay permit for sporting activity in Honduras.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 1Process & costs: 2Report facts: 5
Official government source: inm.gob.hn · checked 2026-07-27
Official sources
- Instituto Nacional MigracionGovernment
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