Digital nomad visas that lead to permanent residence
23 active programmes whose years count toward staying. The test applied here is "does holding this visa get me closer to staying?", not "does this country have permanent residence?" — which is why this list is shorter than most. A direct pathway means the nomad permit leads to permanent residence on the ordinary route; an indirect one means the permit converts, or its years carry over, to another permit whose clock ends in residence.
23 on the permanent-residence list
- AlbaniaDirectPathwayMinimum monthly incomeno fixed amountRequired savingsnoneUnique Permit (digital mobile worker)medium · 2026-09-07
- Czech RepublicDirectPathwayMinimum monthly income$3,500Required savings$3,470Digital Nomad Program (long-term business visa)high · 2026-09-07
- EcuadorDirectPathwayMinimum monthly income$1,446Required savingsnoneDigital Nomad Visa (Visa de Nómada Digital)high · 2026-09-07
- GuatemalaDirectPathwayMinimum monthly incomeno fixed amountRequired savingsnoneDigital Nomad Temporary Residence (Residencia Temporal de Nómada Digital)medium · 2026-09-21
- ItalyDirectPathwayMinimum monthly income$2,272Required savingsnoneDigital Nomad Visahigh · 2026-09-07
- PortugalDirectPathwayMinimum monthly income$4,048Required savings$12,144D8 Digital Nomad Visahigh · 2026-09-07
- SpainDirectPathwayMinimum monthly income$3,134Required savingsnoneDigital Nomad Visa (Teletrabajadores)medium · 2026-09-07
- AndorraIndirectPathwayMinimum monthly income$5,177Required savingsnoneDigital Nomad Residence (Residència per a nòmada digital)high · 2026-09-07
- BarbadosIndirectPathwayMinimum monthly income$4,167Required savingsnoneBarbados Welcome Stampmedium · 2026-09-07
- BrazilIndirectPathwayMinimum monthly income$1,500Required savingsnoneVITEM XIV Digital Nomad Visamedium · 2026-09-07
- Cabo VerdeIndirectPathwayMinimum monthly incomeno minimumRequired savings$1,650Remote Working Cabo Verdemedium · 2026-09-07
- El SalvadorIndirectPathwayMinimum monthly income$1,635Required savingsnoneRentista Residence, digital nomad route (Residente Rentista)high · 2026-09-07
- GreeceIndirectPathwayMinimum monthly income$3,850Required savingsnoneDigital Nomad Visa (Type D)low · 2026-09-07
- KazakhstanIndirectPathwayMinimum monthly income$3,000Required savingsnoneNeo Nomad Visa (B12-1)medium · 2026-09-07
- KenyaIndirectPathwayMinimum monthly income$2,000Required savingsnoneClass N Digital Nomad Work Permitmedium · 2026-09-07
- LatviaIndirectPathwayMinimum monthly income$4,992Required savingsnoneDigital Nomad Visa (long-stay D)medium · 2026-09-07
- MauritiusIndirectPathwayMinimum monthly income$1,500Required savingsnonePremium Visamedium · 2026-09-07
- MontenegroIndirectPathwayMinimum monthly incomeno fixed amountRequired savingsnoneDigital Nomad Temporary Residencelow · 2026-09-07
- NamibiaIndirectPathwayMinimum monthly income$2,000Required savingsnoneDigital Nomad Visamedium · 2026-09-07
- RomaniaIndirectPathwayMinimum monthly income$6,050Required savingsnoneDigital Nomad Visa (long-stay D/AS)high · 2026-09-07
- TaiwanIndirectPathwayMinimum monthly income$3,333Required savings$10,000Digital Nomad Visa (BOCA)high · 2026-09-07
- TurkeyIndirectPathwayMinimum monthly income$3,000Required savingsnoneDigital Nomad Visa (GoTürkiye certificate)high · 2026-09-07
- UruguayIndirectPathwayMinimum monthly incomeno fixed amountRequired savingsnoneProvisional Residence for Digital Nomads (Residencia Provisoria para Nómadas Digitales)medium · 2026-09-07
No country in this list matches that.
How this list is made
Each claim carries its own confidence grade, separate from the income figure: a row graded unverified means nobody has checked it against the destination country's residence statute yet, which is an honest state rather than a placeholder.
Every row here was checked against the immigration ministry, the law itself or an embassy page, in that order, and the residence claim carries the grade that checking earned: 9 high , 12 medium , 2 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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