Very recently, Rwanda added additional requirements to the Class K Visa, which is the one that is used most often for our retirees. This visa allows you to live in Rwanda for two years at a time if you can prove “assured income”. Assured income is your social security, retirement check, 401K, or any other promised monthly payment installments. While this visa is popular, there are some updates that we discovered when talking with immigration that have not made it to their website yet.
Before you apply for this visa, it is recommended that you should have been in the country for almost 120 days. (that’s four months in a row) that is when you will have the ability to get your paperwork together (If you work with the My Cousin Care manager, we will work with you to have all necessary documents)
The threshold to be qualified for the Class K is currently at $3000 monthly income.
You will have to be insured by a Rwandan based health insurance company. If you are 60 and under, you can use Radiant Insurance or Old Mutual (former UAP). Old mutual has an option to get Eastern African Coverage which is a good idea as it will allow you to go to Kenya for treatment if needed.
In order to be insured, you will have to visit a doctor for a checkup here in Rwanda. It is not hard to set up that service once you get here and once again, if you have a My Cousin Care Manager…we will support in that area. If you have a certificate to prove that you are retired, please bring that as well.
You will have to pay 150,000 Rwf (150 USD) to apply. If you have all the needed paperwork ready your Class K Visa would be approved in 10 days, and if not, you will be given the six-month mark to complete everything required by Immigration office, and after you will pay an additional 150,000 to then receive the two-year visa.