Source document
The Immigration Act 2022 (Act No. 14 of 2022)
Has everything in it been taken?
CompleteReviewed 9 Oct 2026
Reviewed. Everything in it that belongs in the tables has been taken.
What the document holds
Immigration Act 2022, replacing the 1970 Act. In scope: residence status for buyers of IRS/RES/IHS/PDS/Smart City property and G+2 apartments at USD 375,000 (alone or as each co-buyer's share) (s. 8); retiree permit (s. 10); permanent residence, 20-year validity, USD 1,500 monthly income to switch to retiree PRP (s. 11); investor occupation permit 10 years, 5-working-day deemed approval, extension of 3-year permits valid on 1 Sep 2020 (s. 12); family occupation permit 10 years (s. 14); transitional saving for IRS/RES owners (s. 39); consequential amendments to the EDB Act, Citizenship Act (s. 9(4) replaced: event added), and Non-Citizens (Property Restriction) Act (residents may buy other residential property from USD 350,000: purchase permission, no new residence route, not taken). Fees and deposits only 'as prescribed' (deposit up to MUR 100,000 applies to work-permit holders, not taken). Rest: admission, temporary residence for spouses, removal, offences (not in scope). Terms added; the Act's own event (2022-07-27) already in data. Pass extract-gapfill-2026-10-09 (decision 8) added the 6-month deadline to apply for permanent residence after meeting the criteria (s. 11(1)(a)(i)(B)), for investors and retirees.
What it supports
12 rows on this site come from this document. Each one opens with the page and the exact words.
Residence by investment
Programmes (2)
Rules and prices (8)
- Residence permit validityfamily occupation permit (applicant, spouse, dependants, household staff)10 yearsSince 27 Jul 2022 · Mauritius Government Gazette 2022Mauritius · Family Occupation Permit
- Time limit for a decisionoccupation permit application (also retiree and family occupation permits via ss. 10(2)(b) and 14(5))5 working daysSince 27 Jul 2022 · Mauritius Government Gazette 2022Mauritius · Investor occupation permit
- Time limit to apply for permanent residenceinvestor occupation permit holder applying for permanent residence (EDB Act First Schedule Part IV item 2), from the date the criteria are met6 monthsSince 27 Jul 2022 · Mauritius Government Gazette 2022Mauritius · Investor occupation permit
- Residence permit validityinvestor occupation permit10 yearsSince 27 Jul 2022 · Mauritius Government Gazette 2022Mauritius · Investor occupation permit
- Permanent residence permit validitypermanent residence permit under s. 11(1)(a) (investors, retirees and others meeting EDB Act First Schedule Part IV)20 yearsSince 27 Jul 2022 · Mauritius Government Gazette 2022Mauritius · Investor occupation permit
- Property purchasemain applicant and dependants (IRS, RES, IHS, PDS or Smart City Scheme buyer)USD 375,000Since 27 Jul 2022 · Mauritius Government Gazette 2022Mauritius · Residence through property purchase
- Property purchasemain applicant and dependants (apartment in a building of at least ground plus 2 floors)USD 375,000Since 27 Jul 2022 · Mauritius Government Gazette 2022Mauritius · Residence through property purchase
- Each co-buyer's share of a jointly bought propertyeach co-buyer's share of a jointly purchased scheme property, and dependantsUSD 375,000Since 27 Jul 2022 · Mauritius Government Gazette 2022Mauritius · Residence through property purchase
3 more rows from this document are in the source data but not on this site: numbers we would have had to work out ourselves, figures a later correction replaced, or programmes outside these datasets.
About the document
What it covers Replaces the Immigration Act 1970. s. 8: residence permit for property buyers under IRS, RES, IHS, PDS or Smart City Scheme, or G+2 apartments, at USD 375,000; s. 10 retiree permit; s. 12 occupation permits.
Notes Gazette copy as hosted by UNODC SHERLOC; not found on a Mauritian government site in this pass.
Source id mus-immigration-act-2022 · accessed 2 Oct 2026