Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico has no immigration route of its own — settling here runs through United States’s immigration system. The routes that apply are United States’s.
- Region
- Caribbean
- Currency
- USD
- Immigration routes
- Via United States
- Route categories
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- Largest category
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What we found
Puerto Rico is a territory of United States in Caribbean. It has no separate immigration or residence route of its own: a person settles here under United States’s national immigration rules, using United States’s visas and permits.
Official sources
What this means for you
To move to Puerto Rico, look at United States’s immigration routes — those are the routes that apply. There is no Puerto Rico-specific pathway to search for separately.
Not legal advice. Territory status and access rules can change — always confirm current requirements with the official sources above before making any decision.
To move to Puerto Rico, start with United States.
Puerto Rico’s immigration runs through United States. Check which routes may fit your circumstances, or see United States’s routes.