Honduras · Country guide
Moving to Honduras from the US
Visas, residency routes, citizenship and tax for Americans moving to Honduras, with the law behind each rule.
Source-checked15 sources, 11 officialHow we checkToday's rate: $1 = 26.96 lempirasUpdated 14 Nov 2026
CapitalTegucigalpa
Visa-free (US)90 days, plus 30 in justified cases
Residency income from$1,500 a month of pension
CitizenshipAfter more than 3 years of residence
Tax on foreign incomePensions exempt for pension residents; other foreign income being checked
Dual citizenshipNo: you renounce US nationality first
Honduras in brief
- Visit: 90 days, plus one 30-day extension in justified cases; visa-free entry Not yet verified
- No remote-work route: income residents can't earn a salary, so remote employees don't clearly fit.
- Retirees: $1,500 a month of pension from abroad, paid into a Honduran bank.
- Other routes: $2,500 a month of steady income, or a $50,000 investment.
- Short of the amount? A 2025 rule lets officials grant residence with half, at their discretion.
- Tax: you're resident after more than 3 months a year; work done here is taxed at 0–25%.
About Honduras
Honduras runs from a long Caribbean coast and the Bay Islands to a mountainous interior with colonial hill towns and the Maya ruins of Copán. It's hot and humid most of the year, and cooler in the mountains.
By the numbers
11.0 millionPeople, 2025 estimate
Size of VirginiaLand area, 43,000 sq mi
59%Live in cities
2World Heritage sitesNeeds review
$3,600GDP per person
Needs reviewThe count is from news reports; confirming it on the official list.
Regions
- Caribbean Honduras: Beaches, port towns, the Bay Islands and the Río Plátano jungle reserve.
- Honduran Highlands: The capital, mountains, Maya ruins and colonial hill towns; cooler than the coast.
- Pacific Honduras: A short coast with the country's Pacific ports.
Culture and daily life
- Language: Spanish everywhere; English is rare outside the big towns and the Bay Islands.
- Food: The baleada, a flour tortilla with beans, cheese and cream, is the cheap everyday meal.
- Religion and holidays: Mostly Catholic, with a Protestant minority; Independence Day is September 15.
Economy and politics, briefly
- Prices: inflation was 4.6% in 2025. The lempira was about 26.8 per dollar in September 2026.
- Politics: President Nasry Asfura took office on January 27, 2026, for a 2026–2030 term, after a very close election.
- Growth: the economy grew about 3.8% in 2025.
Sources (9)
- World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL), 2025: Honduras 11,005,850 (API file fetched for the run, last updated 11 Nov 2026) 2026-11-11
- Wikivoyage, Honduras, country infobox: area 112,090 sq km (the CIA World Factbook figure, per search results) = about 43,280 sq mi; Virginia total area 42,775 sq mi (US Census) = 1.0x 2026-11-13
- US Census Bureau, State Area Measurements and Internal Point Coordinates (total area, sq mi) 2010
- Banco Central de Nicaragua, Nicaragua en Cifras 2025, regional context tables (urban population 2025: Honduras 59.1%; CEPAL and SECMCA figures for other countries) 2026-07
- La Prensa (EFE) and El Heraldo on Copán (1980) and the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (1982), Honduras's two World Heritage sites 2026
- World Bank, Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG), 2025: Honduras 4.60% (API file last updated 11 Nov 2026) 2026-11-11
- US Treasury Reporting Rates of Exchange: Honduras-Lempira 26.84 (30 Sep 2026) 2026-09-30
- El Heraldo: Asume Nasry Asfura como el 12 presidente de la República de Honduras 2026-01-27
- La Prensa: Nasry Asfura asumirá la Presidencia de Honduras sin el reconocimiento de Xiomara Castro 2026-01
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- Migration law: the law itself; the amounts come from its 2004 regulation and a 2025 official notice.
- Fees: the amounts shown date from 2004; current ones are being confirmed.
- Checklists: the current document list for pension residence.
- Retiree tax break: whether the income-tax exemption for pension and income residents still applies.
- Remote workers: whether remote pay or freelance fees can count as income for the income route.
- Visa-free entry: confirming the US exemption on an official Honduran list.
- Pending changes: a tax reform bill could cut exemptions, and the Próspera special-zone regime is in dispute Pending change
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