Where you can live on an income from abroad if your passport is from Czechia

Living in Antigua and Barbuda on Income From Abroad

Permanent residence: minimum annual income:

US$500,000

Permanent residence: physical presence:

30 days in a calendar year

Permanent residence: validity:

12 months, renewable

Rentista (Passive-Income) Temporary Residency

Income threshold:

5 x monthly minimum wage (SMVM)

Income must originate:

Abroad

Government fee:

100 UMSM extra-Mercosur, 50 UMSM Mercosur^CALC (calculated by us, not published)

A Permit for Living on Your Own Money, Rationed by a Yearly Quota That Did Not Arrive on Time

The title:

Niederlassungsbewilligung - ausgenommen Erwerbstätigkeit

Income required:

Twice the reference rates in § 293 ASVG

Twice the single-person rate, 2026:

2 616,78 EUR a month^CALC (calculated by us, not published)

Living in Barbados on Income from Abroad: the Welcome Stamp

Length of the stamp:

12 months only

Income threshold:

$100 000 or more a year, generated outside Barbados

Fee, individual:

$4 000

No Permit for Living on Your Own Money, Because There Is No List of Permits to Put One In

A residence permit built on an income:

None named in article 9 or article 10 of the Act of 15 December 1980

What article 9 requires instead:

An authorisation from the Minister or his delegate, on criteria the article does not state

Where the application is made:

At the Belgian diplomatic or consular post for where you live abroad

Living in Belize on Income from Abroad

Qualifying period:

A continuous period of at least one year on a temporary permit

Income threshold:

None stated

Absence allowed during the qualifying year, per the Immigration Department:

not left the country for more than 14 days in total

Residency on Passive Income

Passive-income route:

None

Minimum income threshold:

None published, because there is no category to attach one to

What is asked instead:

Economic solvency by sworn declaration with documentary support

Residency on Income From Outside Brazil

Income test:

US$ 1,500 a month from a foreign paying source

Alternative to the income test:

US$ 18,000 available in a bank account

Initial term:

Up to one year

No Class for Someone Who Simply Has Money Coming In

A permanent route on income alone:

None in subsection 70(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, which lists every class

A temporary route on income alone:

None in section 200 of the Regulations, which conditions a work permit on work

What the economic classes ask for instead:

Work, a provincial nomination, experience, a trade, or a business a designated entity has backed

Temporary Residency as a Rentista

Qualifying income:

Real estate or financial assets only

Income threshold:

No published figure

Where you apply:

From abroad

Visitor Visa (V) for People Living on Income

Income threshold:

10 monthly minimum wages

Nature of the income:

Periodic and variable, from a demonstrable lawful source

Where the assets may be:

Abroad or in Colombia

The Rentista Route: US$2500 a Month, Guaranteed for Two Years

Monthly income required:

US$2500

Period the income must be guaranteed for:

At least 2 years

Who may certify the income:

A bank of the Costa Rican national banking system, a bank in the country where the income arises, or a Costa Rican certified public accountant

No Passive-Income Residence, and What Stands in Its Place

Passive-income route:

None

Retiree or rentista subclassification:

None

Nearest route:

Permanent residence on patrimony

There Is No Means-Tested Route: the Aliens Act's Grounds Are Work, Family, Study, Protection and a Handful of Named Cases

Residence permit for passive income or savings:

No such ground in sections 7 to 9 q of the Aliens Act

The nearest thing to a self-support route:

Self-employment under section 9 a(2)(10), which needs a business plan rather than an income

Where a money test does appear:

As a condition on a permit granted for another reason

Living in Dominica on Income from Elsewhere

Dedicated income or rentier category:

None

Published income threshold:

None

Application fee stated by the Act:

EC$50

Residence on Income From Abroad: the Rentista Route

Income threshold:

US$2,000 a month

Per dependant:

US$250 a month extra

Minimum age:

None

Living in Ecuador on Income from Outside: the Rentista Visa and the Nomad Variant

Income threshold:

3 minimum wages a month - USD 1,446 in 2026^CALC (calculated by us, not published)

Remote-work variant, annual alternative:

36 minimum wages a year - USD 17,352 in 2026^CALC (calculated by us, not published)

Where the income may come from:

Abroad or from Ecuadorian sources

Residence on Income From Abroad: the Rentista

Income threshold:

4 monthly minimum wages (commerce and services)

Threshold in dollars:

USD 1,635.20 a month^CALC (calculated by us, not published)

Threshold with two or more accompanying:

6 monthly minimum wages

There Is No Route for Living on Your Own Money: the Act Lists Three Grounds From Abroad and Two of Them Are Work

A residence permit for living on private income:

None in sections 45 and 47 of the Aliens Act, which list the grounds exhaustively

What a pension does for you:

It satisfies the money test; it does not open a route

The only open-ended door:

"Another special reason", section 45(1)(3), and only for a temporary permit

Live On Your Own Money and Promise Not to Work: the Visiteur Card, Measured Against the Minimum Wage

The permit:

Carte de séjour temporaire portant la mention "visiteur", valid one year

How much money:

At least the net annual salaire minimum de croissance

What does not count towards it:

The adult disability allowance and the old-age supplement, both excluded by name

No Passive-Income Permit - Germany Builds Every Title Around an Activity

A permit written for passive income:

None in the Act

The nearest provision:

The self-employment permit, which asks for a business rather than a balance

What this means in practice:

There is no German equivalent of a non-lucrative or elective residence

Living in Grenada on Income from Elsewhere

Income threshold:

None

Permanent residence fee, CARICOM and Cuba:

EC$1,000

Permanent residence fee, everyone else:

EC$5,000

Living in Guatemala on Income from Abroad

Status granted:

Permanent residence, indefinite term

Minimum monthly income:

USD 1,250

Each dependant adds:

USD 300

Guyana Has No Residence Route for Passive Income

Residence route based on passive income:

None found in the Immigration Act or the Investment Act

Purposes a permit may be issued for:

Transit, medical treatment, visiting, employment, trade or business, or any other purpose of a temporary nature

Ceiling on a permit and its extensions:

Three years from the date of entry

Living in Haiti on Income from Elsewhere: One Permit, and a Means Test That Shrank by Fifty Times

Dedicated income, rentier or passive-income category:

None

Bank attestation the agency asks for:

A minimum of 7,500 gourdes or US$200

Deposit the immigration law requires:

US$10,000 in a bank established in Haiti, or an affidavit of support from a Haitian citizen

Living in Honduras on an Income of Your Own

Income threshold:

USD 2,500 per month

Where the income may arise:

Abroad or in Honduras

Must be received through:

A Honduran financial institution

No Class to Belong To: Every Residence Here Is One Officer's Permission

A statutory residence class for income:

None in the Immigration Act 2004, which prescribes no classes at all

What exists instead:

Stamp 0, the Department's name for a set of conditions under section 4(6)

Work:

Not permitted, unless a letter of permission says otherwise

No Passive-Income Permit in the Act - the Route Is a Visa Decree the Act Does Not Contain

A permit written for passive income:

None in the Act

What Italy uses instead:

The elective residence visa, created by the visa decree

Where money does appear in the Act:

Article 26-bis, for investors, outside the quota

Living in Jamaica on income from elsewhere

Minimum income published:

None

Permanent residence application fee:

JM$100,000.00

Published processing time:

3 to 6 months

Temporary Residence on Your Own Means

Savings test:

An average monthly balance of 11,460 days of UMA over the last 12 months

Income test:

Net monthly income above 680 days of UMA for the last 6 months

Savings test in pesos:

MXN 1,344,372.60^CALC (calculated by us, not published)

Nineteen Restrictions, and Only One Asks About Money Alone

A residence purpose for living here on income from elsewhere:

None

The nearest thing in that list:

Residence as an economically non-active long-term resident

Who may use it:

A long-term resident, meaning the holder of an EU long-term residence permit

Residence on Income from Abroad in Nicaragua

A route based on income from abroad:

None in force

The route that existed:

Residente rentista, under Ley 694

Monthly income it required:

USD 1.250.00

Living in Panama on Your Own Means

Threshold:

B/.300,000

Monthly income test:

None

Fixed deposit term:

3 years minimum

Living in Paraguay on Income You Do Not Earn Locally

Income threshold for temporary residency:

None published

Income threshold for permanent residency:

No amount published

Temporary residency term:

Up to 2 years, renewable for the same period

Rentista Residency on Permanent Income

Income threshold (foreign source):

US$ 1,000 net per month

Income threshold (Peruvian source):

Not published

Length of permission:

Indefinite

There Is No Permit for Living on Your Own Money, and the Act Says So by Listing the Ones There Are

A permit for living on independent means:

None in Dział V of the Ustawa o cudzoziemcach, whose chapters name every purpose, nor in the nine points of article 186(1)

What the permit is tied to:

The declared purpose of stay

Longest a temporary permit can run:

3 years

There Is No Passive-Income Permit - There Is a Residence Visa and a Figure in a Ministerial Order

A permit written for passive income:

None in the Act - the route is the residence visa and the general conditions

Residence visa:

Two entries, four months, to apply for the permit here

Decision on the visa:

60 days

Living on Foreign Income in Saint Kitts and Nevis

Income or passive-income residence permit:

None

Minimum income threshold:

None stated anywhere in the Act

Nearest thing to a route:

Visitor permit, up to 6 years from entry

Living in Saint Lucia on income from elsewhere

Income-based residence category:

None

Minimum income:

None published

How long you can stay without Cabinet:

One year from entry

Living in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on Income from Elsewhere

A residence route for people living on foreign income:

None published

What exists instead:

One permission, decided at the Prime Minister's Office

Income threshold:

Not published

Living on Your Own Money: 400% of the IPREM, and No Work at All

Means for yourself:

400% of the IPREM a month

Each dependent family member:

100% of the IPREM a month, in addition

How long it must be held:

For the whole validity of the permit, not shown once at the counter

No Income or Private-Means Route: One Permit, Granted on Purpose Rather Than on a Category

Dedicated income or private-means route:

None

Income threshold:

None published

Residence permit:

At most two years, renewable

One Sentence in the Aliens Act Is the Whole Route, and It Says May

Is there a passive-income route:

Yes, in one sentence of chapter 5, section 5 of the Aliens Act

Income threshold in the instrument:

None stated in chapter 5, section 5 of the Aliens Act

Is the permit a right:

No - the Act says may be granted

Living in The Bahamas Without Working: the Permit to Reside

Statutory basis: Immigration Act s. 30(1)(a):

A permit to remain otherwise than to engage in gainful occupation

Annual fee for a residence permit:

$3,000 for each year or part of a year

Annual fee for a dependant:

$300 for each year or part of a year

Living in Trinidad and Tobago on Income from Abroad

Passive-income or digital-nomad category:

None

Residence qualifying period:

5 years continuous

Shortest period the Minister may accept:

12 months

No Passive-Income Route at All

A permit for living on your own money:

None

The nearest provision:

The employment creation preference, which requires ten jobs

What the corpus shows by comparison:

Spain, Portugal and Italy each have such a route; Germany and the United States do not

Permanent Residency on Means of Support

Income threshold:

None published

Foreign employment:

Accepted

Rents and pensions from abroad:

Accepted as their own category

Living in Venezuela on Income from Abroad

Income required:

USD 1,200 a month

Per accompanying family member:

USD 500 a month

Income must come from:

Abroad