Official sources

Every income threshold, duration, fee, and rule on NomadQualify traces to an official government or consulate source. Here they are, by country. See our methodologyfor how we use them. Last verified July 2026.

Europe

Croatia

• Croatia — Ministry of the Interior (MUP), Temporary stay of digital nomads ↗(official)
• Croatia — Ministry of the Interior (MUP), foreigners portal ↗(official)

Estonia

• Estonia — e-Residency programme, Digital Nomad Visa (official, e-resident.gov.ee) ↗(official)
• Estonia — Embassy in Canberra, Digital Nomad Visa (mfa.ee) ↗(consulate)

Germany

• German Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) — Self-Employment and Freelancers ↗(official)
• Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) — Self-employment and freelancing ↗(official)

Greece

• Greece — Ministry of Migration and Asylum (migration.gov.gr) ↗(official)
• Greece — Ministry of Foreign Affairs / consular visa information (mfa.gr) ↗(consulate)

Italy

• Italy — Consulate General in New York, Digital Nomad / Remote Worker Visa (esteri.it) ↗(consulate)
• Italy — Ministry of Foreign Affairs official visa portal (vistoperitalia.esteri.it) ↗(official)

Malta

• Residency Malta Agency — Nomad Residence Permit, eligibility ↗(official)
• Malta Tax and Customs Administration — Nomad Residence Permits (Income Tax) Rules guidelines (S.L. 123.210) ↗(official)

Portugal

• Portugal — AIMA (Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum), residence permits ↗(official)
• Portugal — Ministry of Foreign Affairs visa portal (vistos.mne.gov.pt) ↗(consulate)

Spain

• Spain — Unidad de Grandes Empresas y Colectivos Estratégicos (UGE-CE), Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration ↗(official)
• Spain — Ministry of Foreign Affairs consular visa information (exteriores.gob.es) ↗(consulate)

Albania

• Albania — e-Albania, the official government services portal (Unique Permit / Leje Unike) ↗(official)
• Albania — official electronic visa portal (Type D long-stay visa) ↗(consulate)

Cyprus

• Republic of Cyprus — Civil Registry and Migration Department / Deputy Ministry of Migration, Digital Nomads and family members ↗(official)
• Republic of Cyprus (gov.cy) — Digital Nomad Visa Scheme for non-EU nationals (scheme document) ↗(official)

Czech Republic

• Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic — Proof of funds for the purposes of a long-term visa ↗(official)
• Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic — Third-country nationals: long-term visa (over 90 days) ↗(official)

Hungary

• Hungary — National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing (OIF), White Card factsheet ↗(official)
• Ecovis — Hungary White Card for digital nomads (law-firm summary of Act XC of 2023) ↗(law_firm)

Iceland

• Iceland — Work in Iceland (Government of Iceland), long-term visa for remote workers ↗(official)
• Iceland — Directorate of Immigration (Útlendingastofnun), long-term visa for remote work and family members ↗(official)

Latvia

• Latvia — Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (PMLP), obtaining a long-stay visa for remote work ↗(official)
• Latvia — PMLP, state fees for visa issuance and related services ↗(official)

Montenegro

• Government of Montenegro — official portal (Ministry of the Interior / MUP) ↗(official)
• Montenegro digital nomad visa — relocation guidance and program tracking ↗(law_firm)

Romania

• Romania — General Inspectorate for Immigration (IGI), long-stay visa for other purposes ↗(official)
• Romania — Ministry of Foreign Affairs, consular visa fees (type D visa €300 from 27 April 2026) ↗(consulate)
• PwC Romania — legal analysis of Law 22/2022 (digital nomad visa) ↗(law_firm)

Bulgaria

• Bulgaria — Ministry of the Interior (Migration Directorate) ↗(official)
• Bulgaria — Ministry of Foreign Affairs, consular and visa information ↗(consulate)

Moldova

• Moldova — Ministry of Foreign Affairs, consular section: Residence and work permits (directs to the Bureau for Migration and Asylum) ↗(official)
• Moldova — Bureau for Migration and Asylum / General Inspectorate for Migration (Ministry of Internal Affairs) ↗(official)
• Fragomen — Moldova: Digital Nomad / Remote Work Visa Introduced (effective 20 Sep 2025) ↗(law_firm)

Norway

• Norway — UDI (Directorate of Immigration), skilled workers and self-employed persons ↗(official)
• Norway — UDI, pay and working conditions (minimum pay thresholds) ↗(official)

Slovenia

• Slovenia — Portal GOV.SI, Ministry of the Interior: Temporary residence permit for digital nomads (21 Nov 2025) ↗(official)
• Jadek & Pensa — analysis of the 2025 Aliens Act migration amendments (digital nomad permit) ↗(law_firm)

North Macedonia

• North Macedonia — Ministry of Internal Affairs (Министерство за внатрешни работи), official portal ↗(official)
• ExpatMoney — North Macedonia's Upcoming Digital Nomad Visa (status tracker: still proposed) ↗(tracker)

Americas

Colombia

• Colombia — Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Cancillería), visa portal ↗(official)
• Colombia — Resolución 5477 de 2022 (visa regulation, migracioncolombia) ↗(gazette)

Costa Rica

• Costa Rica — Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería (DGME) ↗(official)
• Costa Rica — Instituto Costarricense de Turismo (Visit Costa Rica): Digital Nomads requirements ↗(official)

Mexico

• Mexico — Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (SRE): Visa de residencia temporal ↗(official)
• Mexico — Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM) ↗(official)

Argentina

• Argentina — Dirección Nacional de Migraciones: Residencia transitoria como Nómada Digital (argentina.gob.ar) ↗(official)
• Argentina — Decreto DNU 366/2025 (Poder Ejecutivo Nacional) ↗(gazette)

Brazil

• Brazil — Ministério das Relações Exteriores (MRE): Digital Nomad Visa VITEM XIV (RN 45/2021) ↗(official)
• Brazil — MRE (Nassau consular post): Digital Nomads VITEM XIV – RN 45/2021 ↗(consulate)

Panama

• Panama — PROPANAMA (government investment and export authority): Digital Nomad Visa ↗(official)
• Panama — Servicio Nacional de Migración: Decretos y Resoluciones 2021 (Executive Decree 198) ↗(gazette)

Belize

• Belize Immigration Department — Long Stay Visitor Permit ↗(official)
• Belize Tourism Board — Work Where You Vacation ↗(official)

Ecuador

• Ecuador — Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Movilidad Humana (Cancillería) ↗(official)
• Ecuador Digital Nomad Visa — 2026 requirements (EcuaPass) ↗(tracker)

El Salvador

• El Salvador — Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería (DGME) ↗(official)
• El Salvador Digital Nomad Visa — 2026 guide (Digital Nomad Tax) ↗(tracker)

Uruguay

• Uruguay — Trámites del Estado (gub.uy): Hoja de Identidad Provisoria ↗(official)
• Uruguay — Dirección Nacional de Migración, Ministerio del Interior ↗(official)

Peru

• Peru — Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones (official announcement of the digital-nomad migratory status) ↗(official)
• Peru — Decreto Legislativo N° 1582 (El Peruano, official state gazette) ↗(gazette)

Puerto Rico

• Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC) — administers Act 60 incentive decrees ↗(official)
• US Internal Revenue Service — Bona fide residents of Puerto Rico (IRC Section 933) ↗(official)

Caribbean

Barbados

• Barbados — Welcome Stamp (Visit Barbados, official government tourism authority) ↗(official)
• Barbados — Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Welcome Stamp Programme ↗(official)

Anguilla

• Government of Anguilla / Anguilla Tourist Board — Work From Anguilla ↗(official)
• Anguilla Tourist Board — Work From Anguilla application form ↗(official)

Aruba

• Aruba Tourism Authority — One Happy Workation (aruba.com) ↗(official)
• VisaGuide.World — Aruba One Happy Workation overview ↗(tracker)

Bahamas

• Bahamas — BEATS (Bahamas Extended Access Travel Stay), official program site ↗(official)
• Bahamas — Department of Immigration (immigration.gov.bs) ↗(official)

Curaçao

• @Home in Curaçao — official programme FAQ ↗(official)
• @Home in Curaçao — official programme site ↗(official)

Dominica

• Dominica — Work In Nature (WIN) Extended Stay Visa, Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica ↗(official)
• Dominica — Work In Nature programme details (windominica.gov.dm) ↗(official)

Grenada

• Grenada — Government of Grenada official portal (gov.gd) ↗(official)
• Grenada — remote-worker visa application form (gov.gd documents) ↗(official)

Montserrat

• Government of Montserrat — Remote Workers Stamp announcement (gov.ms) ↗(official)
• Government of Montserrat — Remote Employment Act 2020 (No. 14 of 2020) ↗(gazette)

Saint Lucia

• Government of Saint Lucia — Apply for a Non-Immigrant Visa ↗(official)
• Government of Saint Lucia — Online Immigration & Customs Portal ↗(official)

Antigua and Barbuda

• Antigua and Barbuda High Commission (UK) — Nomad Digital Residence Visa Programme ↗(official)
• Antigua and Barbuda — Nomad Digital Residence programme portal (Department of Immigration) ↗(official)

Bermuda

• Government of Bermuda — One (1) Year Residency Certificate Policy ↗(official)
• Government of Bermuda — Work From Bermuda FAQ (program closure notice) ↗(official)

Cayman Islands

• Cayman Islands Government — Immigration (gov.ky) ↗(official)
• Cayman Islands — Global Citizen Certificate Regulations, 2020 (official gazette, legislation.gov.ky) ↗(gazette)

Asia

Indonesia

• Directorate General of Immigration — official eVisa portal (E33G FAQ) ↗(official)
• Directorate General of Immigration, Republic of Indonesia (imigrasi.go.id) ↗(official)

Thailand

• Thailand e-Visa official portal (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) ↗(official)
• Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs — DTV requirements checklist (PDF) ↗(official)

Japan

• Immigration Services Agency of Japan (ISA) / Ministry of Justice ↗(official)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan — Designated Activities (Digital Nomad, Spouse or Child of Digital Nomad) ↗(consulate)

Malaysia

• Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) — DE Rantau Nomad Pass ↗(official)
• MDEC DE Rantau — official application portal (Malaysia Digital) ↗(official)

South Korea

• HiKorea — official e-Government portal for Korea Immigration Service ↗(official)
• Consulate General of the Republic of Korea — F-1-D Workation (Digital Nomad) Visa requirements ↗(consulate)

Kazakhstan

• Republic of Kazakhstan — Neo Nomad Visa (B12-1), official government portal (gov.kz) ↗(official)
• Kazakhstan — Neo Nomad Visa immigration alert (Vialto Partners) ↗(law_firm)

Sri Lanka

• Sri Lanka — Department of Immigration & Emigration, Digital Nomad Visa Category (official guidance PDF) ↗(official)
• Sri Lanka — Department of Immigration & Emigration (main portal) ↗(official)

Taiwan

• Taiwan Employment Gold Card — official government portal (National Immigration Agency / NDC) ↗(official)
• Taiwan Gold Card — salary qualification requirements (official FAQ) ↗(official)

Philippines

• Presidential Communications Office — PBBM allows issuance of Digital Nomad Visas to non-immigrant aliens ↗(official)
• Philippine Bureau of Immigration — official site (watch for the Digital Nomad Visa application portal) ↗(official)
• Executive Order No. 86, s. 2025 (full text) ↗(gazette)

Nepal

• Nepal Department of Immigration — official site (watch for the Digital Nomad Visa rollout) ↗(official)
• The Kathmandu Post — Nepal eyes tourism, economic boost with new digital nomad visa policy (28 May 2025) ↗(tracker)

Middle East

Georgia

• Georgia — Ministry of Foreign Affairs, visa and entry information ↗(official)
• Georgia — official e-Visa portal ↗(official)

United Arab Emirates

• United Arab Emirates Government — Residence visa for working outside the UAE (u.ae) ↗(official)
• GDRFA Dubai — Visa Issuance (Virtual Work) service page ↗(official)

Armenia

• Armenia — Migration and Citizenship Service, e-government residency portal ↗(official)
• Armenia — Ministry of Foreign Affairs, residency information ↗(official)

Turkey

• Türkiye — GoTürkiye Digital Nomad programme (official application platform) ↗(official)
• Türkiye — Presidency of Migration Management (Göç İdaresi Başkanlığı) ↗(official)

Africa

Mauritius

• Mauritius — Economic Development Board, Premium Visa ↗(official)
• Mauritius — Passport and Immigration Office, Premium Visa ↗(official)

Cape Verde

• Cabo Verde — official Remote Working Programme (Government / national tourism board) ↗(official)
• Cabo Verde — Remote Working Programme guidance (specialist tracker citing Decree-Law n.º 13/2025) ↗(tracker)

Kenya

• Kenya Directorate of Immigration Services — Class N (Digital Nomads) permit infopack (fns.immigration.go.ke) ↗(official)
• CMS — Kenya Introduces the Class N Digital Nomad Permit (analysis of the October 2024 regulations) ↗(law_firm)

Namibia

• Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board (NIPDB) — Digital Nomad Visa (program administered with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security) ↗(official)
• Citizen Remote — Namibia Digital Nomad Visa (tracker) ↗(tracker)

Seychelles

• Seychelles Electronic Border System — Visitor Workcation Permit (official government portal) ↗(official)
• Seychelles Tourism — Workcation Retreat Program ↗(official)

South Africa

• South Africa — Department of Home Affairs (dha.gov.za) ↗(official)
• Bowmans — South Africa: The 'digital nomad visa' (Take 3), analysis of the amended Immigration Regulations ↗(law_firm)