Closed — the programme has ended. The figures below describe what the row records; there may be nothing to apply for right now. Always check the official page before acting.
The requirements
- Programme status
- Closed — the programme has ended
- Minimum monthly income
- $4,167 a month
- Required savings
- None
- Annual total
- $50,004
- Initial duration
- Closed
- Family allowed
- Yes
- Apply online
- No, in person or by post
USD 50,000/year expected income.
How this figure is set: A fixed amount set in law or on the official page. The wording on the source is: 50000
. Formula: USD 50,000/yr expected income (historical criterion, still shown on portal).
Income confidence: high · checked 2026-09-07
Legal basis: NDR programme criteria on nomad.gov.ag (programme ended).
Does this lead to permanent residence?
No pathway. NDR (ended) doesn't count; ordinary residence route is 4 yrs.
immigration.gov.ag's Residency FAQ (read directly) lists the qualifying grounds -- student, employee, investor, spouse of citizen -- for the 4-year Resident Permit clock; NDR/digital-nomad status is not among them, so exclusion is inferred from omission, not an explicit statutory bar. nomad.gov.ag itself displays 'This program has ended,' confirming closure directly from the programme's own site.
Pathway confidence: medium · checked 2026-09-07
Where it is
St John's sits at 17.12° N, 61.85° W.
Open in Google Maps ↗A map of St John's. This is the only link here that leaves the site.
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Time zone
- UTC−4 Antigua (America/Antigua)
The country
- Region
- Americas · Caribbean
- Capital
- St John's
- Currency
- XCD
Nearest
The countries covered here whose capitals are closest to St John's.
- MontserratOpen$5,833 / mo53 km
- AnguillaClosed—177 km
- DominicaOpen$4,167 / mo208 km
- Saint LuciaClosed—358 km
What it costs to live there
$951 per person, per month. That is what one resident of Antigua and Barbuda spends in an average month with housing included — not what a newcomer renting at market rates will spend, which is higher, and furthest above it in the cheapest countries.
Cost of living confidence: high · checked 2026-09-20UN Statistics Division, National Accounts Main Aggregates, reference year 2024: household consumption expenditure including NPISHs, current US$, divided by population and by twelve. The World Bank publishes no series for Antigua and Barbuda, so the UN's copy of the same measure stands in. Population: World Bank population (SP.POP.TOTL, 2025). This is what one resident spends in an average month with housing included, since national accounts count the imputed rent of owner-occupiers. It is an average over the whole population, not a visitor's budget, so a newly arrived remote worker renting at market rates will spend more - see the city figures for what that looks like.
Languages
- English official
Shares of the population from Unicode CLDR: official, then anything spoken by a quarter of the country, an eighth, or a fiftieth. It answers "will I be understood", not "how good is their English".
How to apply
There is no live application for Antigua and Barbuda in this dataset. What the row records about residence: NDR (ended) doesn't count; ordinary residence route is 4 yrs.
Fee USD 1,500 single / 3,000 family. No local income tax. Programme ended 15 Nov 2025 (nomad.gov.ag: "This program has ended").
A starting point, not advice. Figures are converted to US dollars at open-market rates; official thresholds are set in local currency. Sources: official source ↗. Data checked . Compiled by Junaid Qadir.