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Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is American infrastructure on a Caribbean island: San Juan for healthcare and work, with the old town and beaches half an hour away. Rent costs less than on the US mainland, while food, electricity and goods cost more because everything is shipped in. It is warm all year, the rainy and hurricane season runs from June to November, and the mountains are cooler and wetter. Entry follows US rules, and the difficulties are power interruptions and the price of anything imported.
Facts about the destination
$1,800
Median rent
Tropical
Climate
Entry and visas7
- Nomad visa
- No such programme
- Work visa
- With restrictions
- Student visa
- Open
- Retirement visa
- No such programme
- Paid residency program
- No such programme
- Investment residency
- Open
- Отдельной территориальной программы нет: инвестиционный маршрут — федеральный EB-5 США с порогом $800 000 в зоне целевой занятости.
- Residency by investment: entry threshold
- from $800,000
Money and housing7
- Median rent
- $1,800 per month
- Tax system
- Worldwide income taxed
- Налоговая система территории отдельная: доход из местных источников облагается по шкале Пуэрто-Рико и выводится из федерального налога США.
- Income tax, maximum
- up to 33%
- Price per square metre
- $2,500 per m²
- Property ownership for foreigners
- Allowed
- Special regime for new residents
- Yes
- Act 60 даёт новому резиденту 0% на дивиденды, проценты и прирост капитала, полученные после переезда, и 4% на экспортные услуги. Условия — не менее 183 дней в году на острове, покупка жилья в течение двух лет и ежегодный благотворительный взнос; действующие декреты рассчитаны до конца 2035 года.
- Mortgage for non-residents
- No
Safety and environment6
- Air quality
- AQI 35
- Safety
- 3 out of 5
- Armed conflict
- None
- Healthcare
- 4 out of 5
- Internet
- 4 out of 5
- Insurance required for a visa
- No
Language and daily life4
- English
- 4 out of 5
- Рабочий язык быта и документов — испанский; английский свободно понимают в бизнесе, медицине и туристическом секторе.
- Russian-speaking
- 1 out of 5
- Banking
- 3 out of 5
- MIR cards
- No
Legalization9
- Years to permanent residency
- 5 years
- Years to citizenship
- 10 years
- Remote work for foreign clients
- No
- Citizenship by investment
- No such programme
- Hiring a foreigner
- Hard
- Ease of legalization
- 2 out of 5
- Second passport kept after naturalisation
- Yes
- Citizenship for a child born here
- Unconditional
- Fast-track naturalisation
- Yes
Climate and region3
- Climate
- Tropical
- Kind of destination
- To live in
- Region
- Caribbean
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