What changed in Seychelles

Seychelles taxes an individual crypto holder at zero, by architecture rather than by any crypto-specific rule

Crypto tax and legal status

There is no Seychelles expat tax regime because a local salary is the one thing worth avoiding

Personal income tax

Redomiciliation into and out of Seychelles both work cleanly, with legal continuity preserved

Moving your company

No capital gains tax, no inheritance tax, no wealth tax and no exit tax, but foreign-owned residential property does pay 0.50 percent a year

Leaving home: exit tax and ties

Seychelles' zero crypto tax only protects someone actually resident here, a Seychelles IBC is a wrapper, not a shield

Crypto tax and legal status

No Seychelles VASP is actually licensed yet, only eight are in assessment, and none should be called licensed

Crypto tax and legal status

Nobody, including the SRC, has defined where private crypto investing ends and taxable business activity begins

Crypto tax and legal status

Opening a Seychelles bank account for an IBC is notoriously hard, and reputation friction outlasts the EU delisting

Moving your company

An IBC cannot do virtual asset business, mining or mixing, and must stop implying Seychelles regulates it

Moving your company

The real risk to a Seychelles IBC is not Seychelles law, it is your home country's effective-management test

Moving your company

Seychelles came off both EU tax-haven annexes on 17 February 2026, for the first time since 2020

Moving your company

Economic substance follows multinational group membership, not company size

Moving your company

A Seychelles IBC costs USD 130 to register and USD 140 a year, and the annual return is gone

Moving your company

There is no fast passport here: investor citizenship needs USD 1 million plus 11 years of residence

Permanent residency and citizenship

ICS's own citizenship pages contradict each other on the marriage route, follow the form but flag the conflict

Permanent residency and citizenship

Naturalisation through marriage needs 10 years married plus 5 years' residence, an 80 percent exam, and sponsors

Permanent residency and citizenship

The GOP runs on a quota system with real approval odds, not a rubber stamp

Residency routes

The Eden Island Scheme bundles a property purchase with a five-year family residence permit for one flat fee

Residency routes

Permanent Residence by investment costs USD 1 million and is not a golden-visa passport product

Residency routes

The Residence Permit buys five years of Seychelles residence for just five days of presence a year

Residency routes

Private insurance with air evacuation cover is a practical necessity, and no reciprocal healthcare agreement exists with any roster country

Healthcare coverage

Free healthcare is for citizens and residents only, and Permanent Residence holders are expressly excluded

Healthcare coverage

Whether a GOP-holding expatriate must contribute to the Seychelles Pension Fund is not definitively resolved

Social security

Seychelles has no totalization agreement with any of the requested roster countries

Social security

Seychelles Pension Fund contributions are among the lowest in the world, and leaving lets you cash out tax-free

Social security

Seychelles' permanent establishment threshold is 90 days, tighter than the OECD's 183

Permanent establishment risk

Remote work for a foreign employer while physically in Seychelles owes no Seychelles income tax

Personal income tax

A non-citizen employee in Seychelles pays 15 percent from the first rupee, with no tax-free band a citizen gets

Personal income tax

Moving to Seychelles has no arrival trigger and leaving has no exit tax, unlike Denmark-style worldwide systems

Tax residency

The often-cited 183-day individual residence test could not be verified against the Act itself

Tax residency

Seychelles has no residence-based worldwide personal income tax, so residence barely matters here

Tax residency

Major shareholders and company directors are exempt from the GOP employment certificate requirement

Right to work

The Gainful Occupation Permit is employer-sponsored and cannot be self-issued by a visitor

Right to work

Seychelles bars all work on a visitor permit, paid or unpaid, remote included

Right to work

The Workcation Retreat nomad permit cannot be verified as operating and should not be routed to

Immigration and visa

Overstaying or working without a permit carries real fines, not just a warning

Immigration and visa

Seychelles is visa-free for every nationality but not permission-free, and the visitor permit runs a full year

Immigration and visa