The cheapest digital nomad visas
43 active programmes ranked by what a year actually costs: twelve months of the income the law asks you to prove, plus any bank balance it asks you to hold. Every figure is the official one, converted to US dollars, with the statute it comes from on the country's own page.
43 on the cheapest list
- Cabo Verde$1,650Annual totalRemote Working Cabo Verdemedium · 2026-09-07
- Thailand$15,000Annual totalDestination Thailand Visa (DTV, workcation)medium · 2026-09-07
- Colombia$16,800Annual totalDigital Nomad Visa (Visa V Nómada Digital)high · 2026-09-07
- Ecuador$17,352Annual totalDigital Nomad Visa (Visa de Nómada Digital)low · 2026-09-07
- Brazil$18,000Annual totalVITEM XIV Digital Nomad Visamedium · 2026-09-07
- Mauritius$18,000Annual totalPremium Visahigh · 2026-09-07
- El Salvador$19,620Annual totalRentista Residence, digital nomad route (Residente Rentista)low · 2026-09-07
- Kenya$24,000Annual totalClass N Digital Nomad Work Permitlow · 2026-09-07
- Malaysia$24,000Annual totalDE Rantau Nomad Passhigh · 2026-09-07
- Namibia$24,000Annual totalDigital Nomad Visahigh · 2026-09-07
- Sri Lanka$24,000Annual totalDigital Nomad Visa (Residence category)high · 2026-09-07
- Italy$27,264Annual totalDigital Nomad Visahigh · 2026-09-07
- Bulgaria$32,016Annual totalDigital nomad residence permit (art. 24c ZChRB)medium · 2026-09-12
- Costa Rica$36,000Annual totalStay for Remote Workers (Estancia para Trabajadores Remotos)medium · 2026-09-07
- Kazakhstan$36,000Annual totalNeo Nomad Visa (B12-1)high · 2026-09-07
- Moldova$36,000Annual totalDigital nomad visa (Law 144/2025)low · 2026-09-12
- Panama$36,000Annual totalShort Stay Visa for Remote Workershigh · 2026-09-07
- Turkey$36,000Annual totalDigital Nomad Visa (GoTürkiye certificate)medium · 2026-09-07
- Grenada$36,996Annual totalRemote Worker Visalow · 2026-09-07
- South Africa$37,200Annual totalRemote Work Visitor's Visahigh · 2026-09-07
- Spain$37,608Annual totalDigital Nomad Visa (Teletrabajadores)medium · 2026-09-07
- United Arab Emirates$42,000Annual totalVirtual Working Programme (Dubai)high · 2026-09-07
- Czech Republic$45,470Annual totalDigital Nomad Program (long-term business visa)high · 2026-09-07
- Slovenia$45,492Annual totalDigital nomad temporary residence (Nov 2025)high · 2026-09-14
- Cyprus$46,200Annual totalDigital Nomad Visahigh · 2026-09-07
- Greece$46,200Annual totalDigital Nomad Visa (Type D)high · 2026-09-07
- Malta$46,200Annual totalNomad Residence Permithigh · 2026-09-07
- Croatia$47,820Annual totalTemporary Stay of Digital Nomadshigh · 2026-09-07
- Taiwan$49,996Annual totalDigital Nomad Visa (BOCA)medium · 2026-09-07
- Barbados$50,004Annual totalBarbados Welcome Stamphigh · 2026-09-07
- Dominica$50,004Annual totalWork in Nature Extended Stay Visahigh · 2026-09-07
- Hungary$50,600Annual totalWhite Cardhigh · 2026-09-07
- Estonia$59,400Annual totalDigital Nomad Visa (D-visa)medium · 2026-09-07
- Latvia$59,904Annual totalDigital Nomad Visa (long-stay D)high · 2026-09-07
- Portugal$60,720Annual totalD8 Digital Nomad Visahigh · 2026-09-07
- Indonesia$62,000Annual totalE33G Remote Worker KITASmedium · 2026-09-07
- Andorra$62,124Annual totalDigital Nomad Residence (Residència per a nòmada digital)medium · 2026-09-07
- Japan$66,996Annual totalDigital Nomad Visa (Designated Activities)high · 2026-09-07
- Montserrat$69,996Annual totalRemote Work Stamphigh · 2026-09-07
- Romania$72,600Annual totalDigital Nomad Visa (long-stay D/AS)low · 2026-09-07
- Belize$75,000Annual totalWork Where You Vacationlow · 2026-09-07
- South Korea$75,480Annual totalWorkcation Visa (F-1-D)high · 2026-09-18
- Iceland$86,400Annual totalLong-term Visa for Remote Workersmedium · 2026-09-07
No country in this list matches that.
How this list is made
Low-confidence rows are listed but marked: where no official text could be reached, treat the figure as a lead to check rather than a fact. Programmes that set no figure at all are not ranked here, because "no minimum" is not a cheaper number — it is a different question, answered on the no-income-requirement page.
Every row here was checked against the immigration ministry, the law itself or an embassy page, in that order, and the figure carries the grade that checking earned: 24 high , 12 medium , 7 low. The country page behind each name carries the statute or the official page it came from, so you can check it yourself rather than take it on trust. Data checked .
- high
- Taken from the immigration ministry, the law itself or an embassy page, and read directly.
- medium
- From official material that is incomplete, dated or indirect on this point, so it is reported with the gap named.
- low
- No official source says it outright; taken from secondary material and marked as an estimate.
A starting point, not advice. Thresholds are set in local currency and change every year, and consulates apply their own rules. Verify on the official page before spending money.
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