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Workation Retreat Programme — Seychelles' Multi-Agency Remote-Worker Visa

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 89% 48/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Seychelles launched its Workation Retreat Programme in April 2021, a one-year remote-work visa for people earning income abroad. Its distinguishing feature is governance: built jointly by six public bodies, though no data on visa uptake has been published since launch.

Details

Promoter
Seychelles Tourism Board
Period
2021–present
Keywords
tourism, remote work, talent attraction, inter-agency governance

Context

Announced in April 2021 by the Seychelles Tourism Board, the Workation Retreat Programme grants remote workers, freelancers and business owners whose income is earned outside Seychelles a residence permit of up to one year, with no local tax on that foreign income.

Objectives

Extend visitors' stays 'beyond the usual holiday experience' by aligning visa, tax, tourism-marketing and port-of-entry rules under a single scheme.

Activities

The programme was designed jointly by six public bodies — the Seychelles Tourism Board, the Department of Tourism, the Department of Immigration, the Seychelles Investment Board, the Seychelles Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Seychelles Hospitality and Tourism Association, and the Department of Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine — an explicitly cross-agency governance design.

Conclusions

As with several comparable Caribbean and Indian Ocean remote-work visas, no independent source has published permit numbers, visitor spending or a formal impact evaluation since launch; the programme remains listed as active on the government's official portal, but its actual take-up is undocumented.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k)
Time to results
Short (< 1 year)
Staffing & skills
Seychelles Tourism Board (lead), Department of Tourism, Department of Immigration, Seychelles Investment Board, Seychelles Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Seychelles Hospitality and Tourism Association, Department of Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine

Conditions for success

  • Cross-agency alignment of visa, tax, tourism-marketing and port-of-entry processes under one scheme, as explicitly designed

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