What is a digital nomad visa?

A temporary residence permit for people whose work — a job, clients, or a business of their own — is based outside the country they are moving to. Of the 83 countries checked here, 54 run one you can apply for today. Most ask you to prove a monthly income; some also ask for money in the bank.

Which countries have a digital nomad visa?

54 of the 83 countries checked here run a programme you can apply to today, across Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa. The rest are here because "there is nothing to apply for" is an answer worth being able to look up: some announced a visa and never launched it, some have closed one, and some have no dedicated route at all. Every country, and which group it is in.

Which digital nomad visa is cheapest?

On what a year costs to qualify, it is Cabo Verde, at $1,650 — twelve months of the income it asks you to prove, plus any bank balance. That is a different question from where living is cheapest: that is Kenya, at $152 a month per person. Both lists are ranked in full.

Do the years on a nomad visa count toward permanent residence?

On 23 of the 54 open programmes, yes: 7 lead to residence on the ordinary route and 16 through another permit the visa converts into. On the rest you would have to qualify from scratch on unrelated grounds, even where the country has a residence route. Which ones, and the statute behind each.

Is there a nomad visa with no income requirement?

6 open programmes set no income test at all, and a further 7 name no figure, asking only for "sufficient means" so that a consulate decides. Those are different questions at the counter, and no dollar amount is invented for the second kind. The list, and why the difference matters.

Checked against the law · 21 Sept 2026

What 83 digital nomad visas really ask of you.

A digital nomad visa lets you live in one country while your work stays in another. 54 are open to apply for. Give this two numbers and it says which of them would take you, what a month there costs, whether the years count toward staying — and the law each figure came from.

54visas open to apply for
83countries, each with its source
23can lead to permanent residence

A street in the old town of Ljubljana at cafe-table height, awnings and shopfronts along one side

Ljubljana, Slovenia$3,791 / mo

Terracotta rooftops and narrow streets across Lisbon's old town, seen from above

Lisbon, Portugal$4,048 / mo

Skanderbeg Square in the middle of Tirana, seen from above, with the city around it

Tirana, AlbaniaNo fixed amount

The Chao Phraya river turning through Bangkok, towers along both banks

Bangkok, ThailandNo minimum

Why this exists

The number you found is probably wrong

Search for the cheapest nomad visa and you get relocation agencies contradicting each other, and none of them citing a statute. Believe the low number and you find out at the consulate counter, after the fee is paid.

Read the Colombia page →

What two guides print

$750

per month · no source given

What Colombian law sets

$1,400

3x minimum wage: COP 5.25M/month (2026)

What you get

Three of the 83

Compare these three →

The tool

How it works

01Tell it two numbers.
What you earn a month and what you have saved. They stay in your browser.
02See where you stand.
Every country says whether you qualify or fall short, and by how much. Narrow by region, by a language you already speak, by whether you can apply online — or by how many hours of your working day overlap with theirs.
03Check it yourself, then apply.
Each country links the government page that takes the application and the law the figure came from.

Start with your two numbers →

pt vs es

Portugal

Spain

Income$4,048$3,134

Savings$12,144None

A month costs$1,631$1,789

ResidenceYesYes

shaded rows are where they differ

Comparison

Narrow it to two, then decide

Pick two to four countries — from the tool, from any country’s own page, or from a list like the cheapest — and every requirement is laid out side by side, with the rows where they actually disagree marked. The comparison is a link; send it to whoever you would be moving with.

Try it: Portugal vs Spain →

Method

Why these numbers disagree with the other lists

A guide’s figure is not the law

Where the law asks only for “sufficient means”, NomadYou says no fixed amount rather than borrowing a blog’s invention. That is 7 of the 54 open programmes.

Every claim says how sure it is

Income, residence, paperwork and cost of living each name their source, a confidence level, and the date last checked. Unverified says unverified.

Cost of living from national accounts

One person’s month, for 83 countries, from World Bank and UN accounts — not a site strangers fill in. City figures sit beside it, labelled.

In Chrome, you can just ask

“Where could I move on $3,000 a month?” — answered on your own machine by Chrome’s built-in model, naming countries you can go and check. Where the browser has no model the box does not appear, and everything else works exactly the same.

Which of these lead to citizenship?
Is Spain or Portugal cheaper to live in?

Turn on Chrome’s built-in AI ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Bogotá seen from above, dense city blocks running back to the green hills behind it

Bogotá, Colombia$1,400 / mo

Guides

Start from a question instead

Cape Town's skyline at sunset, older facades in front of the towers behind them

Cape Town, South Africa$3,100 / mo

What is a digital nomad visa?: A temporary residence permit for people whose work — a job, clients, or a business of their own — is based outside the country they are moving to. Of the 83 countries checked here, 54 run one you can apply for today. Most ask you to prove a monthly income; some also ask for money in the bank.
Which countries have a digital nomad visa?: 54 of the 83 countries checked here run a programme you can apply to today, across Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa. The rest are here because "there is nothing to apply for" is an answer worth being able to look up: some announced a visa and never launched it, some have closed one, and some have no dedicated route at all. Every country, and which group it is in.
Which digital nomad visa is cheapest?: On what a year costs to qualify, it is Cabo Verde, at $1,650 — twelve months of the income it asks you to prove, plus any bank balance. That is a different question from where living is cheapest: that is Kenya, at $152 a month per person. Both lists are ranked in full.
Do the years on a nomad visa count toward permanent residence?: On 23 of the 54 open programmes, yes: 7 lead to residence on the ordinary route and 16 through another permit the visa converts into. On the rest you would have to qualify from scratch on unrelated grounds, even where the country has a residence route. Which ones, and the statute behind each.
Is there a nomad visa with no income requirement?: 6 open programmes set no income test at all, and a further 7 name no figure, asking only for "sufficient means" so that a consulate decides. Those are different questions at the counter, and no dollar amount is invented for the second kind. The list, and why the difference matters.

Photographs Cape Town, Lorna Kalimashe · Bogotá, Juan Felipe Ramírez · Ljubljana, Marek P · Lisbon, Home Privilege Real Estate · Tirana, Marsel Dajçi · Bangkok, Nokwheet Photography · Valencia, Nataliya Vaitkevich. All under the Pexels License, which asks for no attribution; this is here because every other claim on the site names its source.