Bahamas or Falkland Islands
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| Bahamas | Falkland Islands | |
|---|---|---|
| Salary in IT | — | — |
| Citizenship | 10 years | — |
| Partner can work | yes | — |
| Parents | — | — |
| Pets | difficult | difficult |
| Pet limit | no limit | no limit |
| Quarantine | no | — |
| Residence permit fee | — | — |
| Rent, 2 bedrooms | $ 1 826 · estimate | — |
| Basket | $ 58,0 | — |
| Life expectancy | 74.71 | — |
| Homicides/100k | 29.9 | — |
| Natural hazards, 0–10 | 3.5 | — |
How the two sets of routes differ
Long-stay routes in this reference: Bahamas — 17, Falkland Islands — 8. Types present in both: work and family. Bahamas adds: study, investment, repatriation and retirement.
Fees, thresholds and deadlines
Bahamas: fees range from 200 to 25,000 BSD. Routes with a published decision deadline: 17; the shortest is 28 days. Falkland Islands: fees range from 40 to 200 GBP. Routes with no fee: 1.
Beyond the first permit
Permanent status: Bahamas with no residence period; the other country publishes no term. Citizenship: Bahamas after 10 years; the other country publishes no term.
Bahamas in brief
The Bahamas is an archipelago of more than 700 islands and cays southeast of Florida; the economy rests on tourism and the offshore financial sector. There is no personal income tax — the main budget revenue comes from VAT and customs duties (Department of Inland Revenue, inlandrevenue.finance.gov.bs). Permanent residence is available through the Economic Permanent Residence Certificate for an investment of $1.0 million or more in real estate or Central Bank of The Bahamas bonds, with no requirement for time resident in the country (Section 17A of the Immigration Act), or through long-term retention of a work permit (10–20 years depending on category). The cost of living is among the highest in the Caribbean: renting a one-bedroom flat in central Nassau exceeds $1,380 a month (livingcost.org, 2026). The country lies in an active tropical cyclone zone (season June–November, INFORM risk 7.4 out of 10, 2026): Hurricane Dorian in September 2019 nearly destroyed Marsh Harbour on Abaco and caused serious damage to Freeport on Grand Bahama.
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