Buying a Mauritian company, and the Investor Occupation Permit
Buying an established Mauritian company can carry a residence permit with it. The thresholds are published, the official pages do not entirely agree with each other, and we would rather show you that than tidy it up.
For a buyer outside Mauritius — France, Reunion, South Africa, elsewhere. Checked 10 September 2026. Information, not advice.
The permit, in one paragraph
The Occupation Permit is a combined work and residence permit. The Investor category is the one that matters when you acquire a company: you apply as a shareholder who is also a director of a Mauritius-incorporated company.
It runs up to ten years and is renewable against turnover criteria. Your spouse and children may hold dependent permits for no longer than yours, and a dependent permit does not allow your spouse to work.
Where this comes from
The Investor Occupation Permit is issued for up to 10 years, renewable, and an application is made for each shareholder who is also a director of the company.
Occupation Permit guidelines, administered by the Economic Development Board · source
Dependants may apply for a residence permit for a duration not exceeding that of the main holder.
Passport and Immigration Office · source
The money threshold, and the disagreement in it
The Economic Development Board's most recent published figure for the Investor category is an initial investment of USD 100,000. Pages that are still online from 2020 onward, and several advisers writing in 2025 and 2026, quote USD 50,000.
We cannot resolve that from the outside and we will not pretend to. Before you commit to anything, put the figure to the Economic Development Board directly and get it in writing.
Where this comes from
The Economic Development Board's 2026 permit newsletter states a minimum initial investment of USD 100,000 for the Investor category.
Economic Development Board, permits newsletter, 2026 · source
Caveat: Other pages, including an Economic Development Board news item from 2020, state USD 50,000. Treat the lower figure as unconfirmed for a 2026 application.
A separate route: an investment of USD 375,000 in a qualifying business activity leads to the 20-year Permanent Residence Permit.
Passport and Immigration Office · source
Buying an existing company instead of transferring cash
This is the part that concerns anyone reading a Blue Mango Listing. Where you acquire an existing business rather than incorporate a new one, the test is reported to shift from a fresh cash transfer to the company's own figures: a net asset value from USD 50,000 and cumulative turnover of at least Rs 12M over the three years before the application.
Two Mauritian professional firms state that test in those terms. We did not find it written on an official page, so treat the shape as reliable and the exact figures as unconfirmed until the Economic Development Board confirms them for your file.
That threshold is why the Blue Mango admission bar starts at turnover of Rs 12M. A company below it may be an excellent company and a poor route to a permit.
Where this comes from
For an existing or inherited business, the company must show a net asset value of at least USD 50,000 and cumulative turnover of at least Rs 12M in the three years preceding the application.
Rogers Capital, Mauritius, live-and-work guide · source
Caveat: Stated by two Mauritian advisory firms and not found on an Economic Development Board page. Confirm before you rely on it.
Renewal turnover, as the official pages state it
The permit is not granted once and forgotten. The published renewal criteria are turnover figures the company must reach as it matures.
Where this comes from
Minimum annual turnover of Rs 5M from the third year of registration, and Rs 8M from the fifth year.
Economic Development Board, permits newsletter and Occupation Permit guidelines · source
The Permanent Residence Permit route for an Investor Occupation Permit holder is stated on the Passport and Immigration Office page as three years held with annual turnover of Rs 15M, or Rs 45M aggregate.
Passport and Immigration Office · source
Caveat: The Economic Development Board guidelines state five years and Rs 75M aggregate. The two official pages disagree; ask which is in force.
Four things foreign buyers get wrong
- Tax residency is a day count, not a permit. The test is 183 days in the income year, or 270 days across two preceding years.
- Mauritius charges no capital gains tax on a share sale, which mostly helps the seller and shapes what he will accept.
- Permits are not transferable. Foreign staff already in the company hold permits tied to their own employment, and a change of ownership is something the Economic Development Board expects to be told about.
- A Professional permit holder or a retired resident who buys into a business may not manage it or draw a salary from it without changing category.
Where this comes from
An individual is resident where present in Mauritius for 183 days or more in an income year, or 270 days or more over the two preceding income years.
Mauritius Revenue Authority · source
The Occupation Permit and Residence Permit are not transferable, and changes must be notified to the Economic Development Board and the Passport and Immigration Office.
Occupation Permit guidelines, sections 15 and 17 · source
How to read a Mauritian company from 9,000 km away
You cannot visit the workshop this week, so you are reading documents and hoping they are real. Two things are checkable from anywhere: the BRN against the Registrar's public search, and accounts prepared by a named accountant.
Every Blue Mango Listing goes through that check before it is published, and the page then shows what was checked, against what, on what date, and which figures are only the seller's word. No company name until the seller releases it to you.
Where this comes from
Any company can be looked up by BRN on the Registrar's public online search.
Corporate and Business Registration Department · source
What this page is not
Blue Mango is a marketplace, not an immigration adviser. Nothing here is legal, tax or immigration advice, and permit decisions are the Economic Development Board's and the Passport and Immigration Office's alone.
Where a figure on this page carries a caveat, that caveat is the point. Ask the Economic Development Board, and ask a Mauritian adviser to hold your hand through the acquisition itself.
Two doors
Listing a company is free for the first ten companies and buyers pay nothing at any point.