Relocating to Bahamas
Understand the country before you commit to the move.
34% verifiedThe Bahamas is an archipelago nation in the Caribbean/Atlantic, a Commonwealth realm with English as its official language. It is not part of the EU, Schengen Area, or Eurozone, and uses the Bahamian Dollar, which is pegged 1:1 to the US Dollar.
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Life in Bahamas
What will life actually be like?
Where should I live?
Living: Major Cities
What will daily life cost?
Cost of Living Overview
What is healthcare like?
Healthcare: Average Costs
What about schools?
Living: Education
How will I bank?
Banking: International Transfers
Cities
Where should I live?
The Bahamas counted 398,165 people in the 2022 census, with 296,732 on New Providence, about 75% of the total.
Read the cities guide →Residency
Find your residency route
Your best route depends on how you plan to live, work and invest. These are the guides Atlas currently holds for Bahamas.
How do you plan to support yourself in Bahamas?
Residency: Citizenship
The Bahamas offers citizenship by investment for legal permanent residents who have had the legal status for 10 years and have resided in The Bahamas for a m…
Residency: Digital Nomad Visa
The Bahamas BEATS extended-stay permit lets remote workers stay up to 12 months, at a 2020 listed cost of USD 1,025 for an individual professional.
Residency: Permanent Residency
Bahamas economic permanent residence needs a USD 1.0 million investment in real estate or Central Bank zero-coupon bonds, held for 10 years, with accelerated…
Residency: Processing Times
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Residency: Required Documents
The documents for a Bahamas Home Owner Resident Card application, per the Immigration Department.
Residency: Retirement Visa
The Bahamas offers a Qualified Person of Independent Means (QPIM) visa for retirees, with a non-refundable processing fee of BS$200.00 (equivalent to approxi…
Residency: Visa Overview
Non-Bahamians living in the Bahamas for reasons other than work need an annual residence permit, listed at USD 3,000 a year, alongside BEATS and permanent re…
Residency: Work Visa
Work visas in the Bahamas are required for foreign workers who have been offered a job by a Bahamian employer, with an annual non-refundable processing fee o…
Property
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Taxes
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Banking
Banking
Healthcare
Healthcare
Lifestyle
Lifestyle
Business
Business
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