Document checklist
Somalia → Honduras: Special Permit of Permanence for Students (Permiso Especial de Permanencia para Estudiantes)
What you need before you submit, checked against official requirements, not guesswork.
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Required documents
13 itemsIdentity
Application letter to the Executive Director of INM
RequiredA written request addressed to the Executive Director of the Instituto Nacional de Migración, giving a contact address and phone number for you (and for your legal representative, if you have one).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Migración (Honduras), Requisitos: Categoría Extranjeros Estudiantes
Authenticated copy of your passport
RequiredAn authenticated photocopy of your valid passport.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Migración (Honduras), Requisitos: Categoría Extranjeros Estudiantes
Birth certificate (if you are under 18)
RequiredYour birth certificate, required if you are a minor.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Migración (Honduras), Requisitos: Categoría Extranjeros Estudiantes
Recent photo (6cm x 5cm)
RequiredA recent front-facing photo, 6 centimetres tall by 5 centimetres wide, with your name written on the back.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Migración (Honduras), Requisitos: Categoría Extranjeros Estudiantes
Financial
Proof you can support yourself
RequiredEvidence you have enough money to live on while you study. No fixed amount is published, so check with INM what evidence they will accept.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Migración (Honduras), Requisitos: Categoría Extranjeros Estudiantes
Special Permit of Permanence fee
RequiredA fee of USD $50.00 per person for each year of the permit, plus a L.200.00 (200 Honduran lempiras) certification fee.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Migración (Honduras), Requisitos: Categoría Extranjeros Estudiantes
Sponsor's commitment and, if your parents sponsor you, their resident foreigner card
RequiredA document from whoever is supporting you financially committing to your subsistence while you study. If your parents are your sponsors, they must also present their own foreign resident card.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Migración (Honduras), Requisitos: Categoría Extranjeros Estudiantes
Purpose of travel
Admission letter from your school or institution
RequiredA letter proving you have been admitted to study, or to complete a professional internship, at an institution in Honduras.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Migración (Honduras), Requisitos: Categoría Extranjeros Estudiantes
Other
Authorization from both parents (if you are under 18)
RequiredWritten authorization from both of your parents, required if you are a minor.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Migración (Honduras), Requisitos: Categoría Extranjeros Estudiantes
Medical certificate
RequiredA medical certificate issued no more than 6 months before you submit your application.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Migración (Honduras), Requisitos: Categoría Extranjeros Estudiantes
Police and criminal record certificates
RequiredA legalized criminal background certificate from your country of origin and from your last country of residence. If you are 18 or older, you also need an original police clearance certificate from Honduras's Dirección Policial de Investigaciones (DPI).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Migración (Honduras), Requisitos: Categoría Extranjeros Estudiantes
Power of attorney (if a legal representative applies for you)
A document proving your legal representative is authorized to submit and manage the application on your behalf.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Migración (Honduras), Requisitos: Categoría Extranjeros Estudiantes
Signed statement of responsibility
RequiredA signed statement guaranteeing you can support yourself during your studies and that you will leave Honduras when your permit ends, and that you will notify INM once you finish your studies.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Migración (Honduras), Requisitos: Categoría Extranjeros Estudiantes
Why applications on this route get refused
False information in your application
Under Article 58 of the Ley de Migración y Extranjería, a resident or special-permit holder loses that status if falsehood is proven in the application, declarations, reports or documents presented.
How to avoid it: Make sure every document, declaration and detail you submit is accurate and genuine.
Not meeting entry requirements or missing migratory documents
Article 87 says a foreigner is rejected immediately if they don't meet the entry requirements or don't present the required migratory documents.
How to avoid it: Check every item on INM's requirements checklist for students before you apply or travel.
False or forged documents
Article 88 says the Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería will deport any foreigner who enters or stays in the country using false documents.
How to avoid it: Only submit original or properly authenticated documents, and never a forged or altered one.
Sources
- Instituto Nacional de Migración (Honduras), Requisitos: Categoría Extranjeros Estudiantes · checked 19 Sept 2026
- Instituto Nacional de Migración (Honduras), Ley de Migración y Extranjería (Decreto 208-2003) · checked 19 Sept 2026
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