For a foreign national employed by the Haitian state or an agricultural, industrial or commercial enterprise, or taking fixed residence for more than three months.
Legal text via official repository: refworld.org · checked 2026-07-27
Caribbean · Immigration
Haiti
Haiti sits in Caribbean. Its immigration system runs 7 distinct routes — led by residence-based status, short stay & visit and work, each set out in official law. 3 of them cite an official government source, shown on the route with the date we last read it. Who actually qualifies depends on your full profile.
- Immigration routes
- 7across 5 route categories, each set out in official law
- Source-cited routes
- 3 of 7cite an official government source, with the date we last read it
- Largest category
- Residence-based status2 of the 7 routes — see them under Residence-based status below
- Region
- Caribbean
- Capital
- Port-au-Prince
- Population
- 11,906,095
- Official language
- French, Haitian Creole
- Currency
- HTG
- Time zone
- UTC-05:00
Source-cited pathways
Immigration routes
All 7 routes, grouped by purpose — 3 of 7 cite an official government source directly. Any route below without one says so on the route.
Work
1 route
Residence-based status
2 routes
For a non-Haitian requesting permission from the Directorate of Immigration and Emigration to remain in Haiti for a stated purpose.
Official government source: immigration.mict.gouv.ht · checked 2026-07-27
For a foreign national granted the statutory residence-visa class for an unlimited stay.
Short stay & visit
2 routes
Humanitarian protection
1 route
Asylum and Refugee StatusUnknown
For a person in Haiti seeking international protection through the UNHCR-operated refugee-status procedure.
Official source of the governing body: help.unhcr.org · checked 2026-07-27
Transit
1 route
Transit VisaUnknown
For a traveller passing through Haiti without remaining beyond the statutory transit period.
Legal text via official repository: refworld.org · checked 2026-07-27
Official sources
- Direction Immigration EmigrationGovernment
- servicespublics.gouv.htGovernment
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