Sources & references

• u.ae - Residence visa for working outside the UAE
• Minimum income

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2026-07-19

USD 3,500/mo floor stated on u.ae, ICP and GDRFA (all official) and still unchanged on the last page read - the rumored rise to USD 5,000 has not materialized on any official page. What DID change: a GDRFA procedural update effective 2026-01-27 doubled the required proof-of-income history from 3 to 6 consecutive months of bank statements. RE-CHECKED 2026-07-19: secondary immigration-consultancy sources now describe a January-2026 ICP/GDRFA circular, said to take effect 2026-04-23, that raises this floor - but they conflict on the actual rule (flat USD 5,000/mo for everyone vs. a tiered structure where employees stay at USD 3,500 and only business owners/freelancers move to USD 5,000). No official page could be read to adjudicate, so USD 3,500 remains the published figure; treat USD 5,000 as an unconfirmed, internally-inconsistent rumor, not a fact, until an official page or a single consistent account surfaces.

• GDRFA Dubai - Virtual Work visa issuance
• Visa duration
• Family rules
• Health insurance

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2026-07-19

One year from issuance, extendable (GDRFA).

• Thailand e-Visa portal
• Visa duration
• Tax regime
• Application fees
• Processing time

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2026-07-19

5-year, multiple-entry validity; up to 180 days per entry, extendable once by another 180 days (THB 1,900 extension fee) at a local immigration office.

• France-Visas (official visa portal)
• Minimum income
• Visa duration
• Tax regime
• Family rules
• Application fees
• Health insurance
• Processing time

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2026-07-19

France has no digital nomad visa. Since June 2025, France had enforced a ban on remote work under the long-stay VISITOR visa (VLS-TS 'visiteur'); a 2026-06-23 Journal Officiel response from the Ministry of the Interior (answering National Assembly question n°11730) reversed course: remote work from France for a foreign employer, with income paid and taxed abroad and no activity benefiting a France-based business, is 'non-active' and IS compatible with visiteur status - no work permit needed. The visiteur visa has no fixed income figure in law; consulates require proof of 'sufficient and regular resources', commonly benchmarked against the SMIC. The Profession Liberale visa (resources ~SMIC, figure above) or the Talent Passport remain the applicable routes only if the work is integrated into the French economy (French clients, French-paid work, staff supervised in France). SMIC-linked figures rise with each revaluation - confirm the current amount and exact thresholds with your consulate.

• Consulate General of Spain in Montreal - Teleworking (Digital Nomad) Residence Visa
• Minimum income
• Visa duration
• Family rules
• Health insurance
• Processing time

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2026-07-18

RULE is official (200% of monthly SMI, per consulate). Euro figure is DERIVED from the 2026 SMI: Real Decreto 126/2026 fixed it at EUR 1,221/month (14 payments) / EUR 17,094/year. The commonly-cited ~2,442 figure is 2x the nominal monthly SMI; the fiche's EUR 2,849 is 200% of the SMI annualized then reprorated over 12 months (EUR 17,094 / 12 x 2) - the basis Extranjeria/UGE is reported to actually apply. Family uplift (official): +75% SMI first member, +25% each additional.

• Agencia Tributaria (AEAT) - special regime for workers posted to Spanish territory (Beckham Law)
• Tax regime

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2026-07-17

Beckham eligibility differs for employees vs self-employed. Re-checked 2026-07-17: the 24% rate (47% above EUR 600k from the same payer) is now independently corroborated by search-indexed content across several distinct pages on AEAT's own domain (sede.agenciatributaria.gob.es), including the exact URL above - not just the single secondary blog originally cited. sourceUrl updated to AEAT directly; confidence stays "reported" rather than "official" because the page still 403s on a literal direct fetch (proxy policy denial affecting all .gob.es domains this pass), so this rests on a search-engine read of AEAT's indexed content, not a page fetch.

• BOE - Real Decreto 126/2026, de 18 de febrero (2026 SMI: EUR 1,221/month, EUR 17,094/year)

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2026-02-18

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2026-07-17

• CGPJ (Poder Judicial) - Supreme Court declares Art. 14.3 RD 240/2007 null (STS 2130/2026, absence-based residence expiry)

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2026-05-05

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2026-07-17

• Portugal MNE visa portal (vistos.mne.gov.pt)
• Minimum income
• Family rules
• Health insurance

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2026-07-17

EUR 3,680/mo = 4x the 2026 minimum wage; well corroborated but not read on an official page. A separate ~EUR 3,480 figure circulates as a lower threshold - confirm with AIMA. Also expected: 12x min wage in savings (~EUR 11,040). Family uplift: +50% for a spouse, +30% per dependent child. Re-checked 2026-07-17, unchanged.

• Portugal MNE visa fee schedule (emolumentos)
• Application fees

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2026-07-17

EUR 110 is the National Visa (Visto Nacional) administrative processing fee charged by the consulate for the D8 application - non-refundable if refused, and this is the figure well and consistently corroborated (incl. a search-engine snippet of the official vistos.mne.gov.pt/emolumentos page, which itself still 403s on direct fetch). It is NOT the total cost: after arrival, AIMA charges a separate residence-card (Titulo de Residencia) issuance fee, reported at roughly EUR 170 following a March-2026 fee-table revision, making total government fees commonly cited around EUR 320-400 - that AIMA figure is only attested by secondary sources, so it is deliberately left out of this single Money value rather than guessed. A reduced EUR 45 fee applies to children aged 6-12 and to nationals of a short list of EU-facilitation-agreement countries.

• AIMA - Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum
• Visa duration
• Tax regime
• Processing time

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2026-07-17

D8 leads to a renewable residence permit; permanent residence remains a 5-year milestone. Citizenship is different: Portugal's Nationality Law reform (in force since 2026-05-19) raised the residency requirement for citizenship from 5 to 10 years (7 years for EU/CPLP nationals), with the clock now starting from residence-card issuance rather than application date. Re-checked 2026-07-17: the reform survived Constitutional Court preventive review (Acordao 1133/2025) with this timeline intact - the Court struck down four unrelated provisions (criminal-conviction bar, vague fraud clause, loss-of-nationality-as-penalty), not the residency clock.

• Diario da Republica - Lei n.o 61/2025, de 22 de outubro (family reunification reform)

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2026-07-17

• Diario da Republica - Lei Organica n.o 1/2026, de 18 de maio (Nationality Law reform)

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2026-07-17

• GOV.UK - Standard Visitor (overview)
• Tax regime
• Family rules

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2026-07-17

Figure is the Statutory Residence Test's day-count thresholds (46/91/183 depending on UK ties), not a visa rule - the visitor visa itself imposes no tax regime. Foreign income taxed only if UK tax-resident under the SRT; confirm your own tie count before relying on the automatic overseas test.

• GOV.UK - Standard Visitor visa (apply, fees)
• Visa duration
• Application fees
• Health insurance
• Processing time

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2026-07-17

Standard Visitor visa: up to 6 months per visit, not renewable/extendable in-country for this purpose - you must leave and can reapply for a new visit. Remote work must stay incidental to the visit, not its primary purpose, or the visit itself is out of category.

• GOV.UK - Visit the UK on business (permitted activities)

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2026-07-17

• GOV.UK - Immigration Rules Appendix Visitor: Permitted Activities (PA 4(h), remote work)

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2026-07-17

• GOV.UK - Get an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) to visit the UK

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2026-07-17

• ICP - Virtual Work Residence Visa issuance
• Application fees
• Processing time

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2026-07-16

ICP federal channel: AED 300 total (100 application + 100 issuance + 100 smart services). Dubai GDRFA channel differs (AED 200 + 5% VAT + add-ons). Excludes medical test, Emirates ID, insurance. Fees are AED, not USD.

• u.ae - Taxation (no personal income tax)
• Tax regime

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2026-07-16

Tax fact from the official u.ae taxation portal; the visa pages themselves do not discuss tax. Home-country obligations out of scope.

• France-Visas - self-employed / liberal activity

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2026-07-16

• Assemblee Nationale - Question n°11730, teletravail et statut visiteur (answered 2026-06-23)

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2026-06-23

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2026-07-16

• Tax regime

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2026-07-15

Secondary tax sources. Regimes have conditions (e.g. Impatriati needs 3 years' prior non-residence + a 4-year residency commitment; the two regimes cannot be combined). Verify with the Agenzia delle Entrate. UPDATE 2026-07-15: the 2026 Budget Law was enacted as Law No. 199 of 30 Dec 2025 (Gazzetta Ufficiale), extending the Regime Impatriati (D.Lgs. 209/2023 - 50% tax-base reduction, EUR 600,000/year cap, arrival year plus 4 more) to foreign workers who transfer tax residence to Italy from 2026. It is unresolved whether this is the same measure other 2026 sources still describe as a separate, still-undefined 'Digital Nomad Tax Bonus,' or a distinct one - treat the extended Impatriati terms above as the confirmed baseline and re-check for a dedicated DNV-specific bonus once a primary text (Gazzetta Ufficiale or an Agenzia delle Entrate circolare) is read directly.

• Application fees

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2026-07-15

Japan's general visa issuance fee rose from JPY 3,000 to JPY 15,000 (single-entry) effective 2026-07-01 - the first revision since 1978. A consulate Digital Nomad checklist states the visa follows the general single-entry fee schedule. RE-CHECKED 2026-07-15: a search-indexed snippet of this exact MOFA fee page now corroborates "approximately 15,000 yen for a single-entry visa," but the live page still could not be fetched directly this pass either, so confidence stays "reported" pending an on-page read.

• Consulate General of Italy, New York - Digital Nomad / Remote Worker Visa
• Minimum income
• Visa duration
• Family rules
• Health insurance

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2026-07-12

Some consulates round up to ~EUR 28,000 - confirm with your consulate. Income must derive from the remote work; passive income (pensions, rent, stocks) is excluded. Eligibility also needs a degree OR 5 years' experience (3 for ICT) + 6 months remote-work experience.

• Republic of Estonia e-Residency - Digital Nomad Visa
• Minimum income
• Visa duration
• Processing time

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2026-07-12

The official page states EUR 4,500 NET per month; several secondary guides state EUR 4,500 GROSS over the preceding 6 months. Confirm net-vs-gross with the PPA before relying on it. Income must come from an employer/clients registered OUTSIDE Estonia.

• Hellenic MFA - Working in Greece as a digital nomad
• Minimum income
• Family rules
• Application fees
• Health insurance

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2026-07-12

Attributed to the official mfa.gr page (403 on direct fetch) and corroborated by multiple specialist sources, though at least one 2026 secondary guide states this figure as GROSS rather than NET - the net/gross distinction could not be independently re-confirmed on the official page this pass and should be treated as unresolved. Family uplift: +20% spouse, +15% per child.

• Ministry of Migration & Asylum - Residence permits
• Visa duration
• Processing time

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2026-07-12

Type D visa: up to 12 months. Then Type I.8 residence permit: 2 years, renewable for successive 2-year periods. LAW 5275/2026 (~5 Feb 2026): the in-country conversion route was ABOLISHED - you must now obtain the Type D visa at a Greek consulate abroad BEFORE entering.

• AADE - Tax incentives for new tax residents (Art. 5C)
• Tax regime

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2026-07-12

Art. 5C (AADE) requires 5-of-6-years prior non-residence AND historically Greek-source income; specialist tax sources flag that a nomad working purely for foreign clients may not qualify. Do NOT present the 50% cut as an automatic benefit.

• Italian MFA visa portal (vistoperitalia)

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2026-07-12

• MFA Japan - Designated Activities (Digital Nomad)
• Minimum income
• Visa duration
• Tax regime
• Family rules
• Health insurance
• Processing time

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2026-07-12

Attributed to MFA/ISA (pages not fetched directly). Income must be from outside Japan; work for Japan-based entities is not allowed.

• Immigration Services Agency of Japan

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2026-07-12

• Thai MFA - DTV requirements checklist (PDF)
• Family rules

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2026-07-12

Dependents (spouse and children) may apply.

• Estonian Police and Border Guard Board - long-stay (D) visa
• Tax regime
• Family rules
• Application fees
• Health insurance

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2026-07-12

General 183-day rule; confirm your position with the Estonian Tax and Customs Board.

• Make it in Germany (official) - freelance visa
• Visa duration
• Tax regime
• Family rules
• Application fees
• Health insurance
• Processing time

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2026-07-12

Issued 1-3 years (typically 2 for first-timers), renewable; permanent settlement possible after 5 years with B1 German and pension contributions.

• EU citizens' right to reside & work (free movement)

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2026-06-16

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2026-07-10

• Legal basis: right to move & reside freely

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2004-04-29

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2026-07-10

• Right to work in another EU country

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2026-07-10

• Application fees

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2026-07-05

EUR 116 visa application fee (non-refundable). Plus ~EUR 116 for the residence permit on arrival (contributo EUR 40 + electronic permit EUR 30.46 + stamp EUR 16 + postal kit EUR 30). The consular visa fee varies quarterly by the EUR/USD rate.