Sources & references
Every source behind the figures on this site, newest first. Each card shows what the source backs, its quality (derived from our confidence rating — see how we source), and when we last consulted it. “Published” shows — when the source does not state a reliable date.
- Portugal MNE visa portal (vistos.mne.gov.pt)
- Minimum income
- Family rules
- Health insurance
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-10-20
EUR 3,680/mo = 4x the 2026 minimum wage; well corroborated but not read on an official page. UPCOMING, 2026-10-20: the Government's 2027 State Budget proposal (submitted 2026-10-08, reported by dnoticias.pt, abola.pt, postal.pt) sets the 2027 minimum wage at EUR 970 from 2027-01-01. If the decree-law is published as announced, 4x gives EUR 3,880/mo (savings benchmark ~EUR 11,640) - NOT yet in force, the 2026 figure stays the published value until the decree appears in Diario da Republica. 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. RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: unchanged, reconfirmed across current 2026 guide sites.
Consult sourcevistos.mne.gov.pt- Consulate General of Spain in Montreal - Teleworking (Digital Nomad) Residence Visa
- Minimum income
- Visa duration
- Family rules
- Health insurance
- Processing time
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: unchanged, reconfirmed by current 2026 guide sites. 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. RE-VERIFIED 2026-07-25: this arithmetic (200% x EUR 1,424.50 reprorated monthly = EUR 2,849) independently checks out against the official SMI decree, strengthening confidence without changing the figure.
Consult sourceexteriores.gob.es- u.ae - Residence visa for working outside the UAE
- Minimum income
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: reconfirmed unchanged; the USD 5,000 rumor still traces only to the same VisaHQ.com-originated cluster with no official or tier-1-press confirmation. 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. RE-CHECKED 2026-07-23: the claimed 2026-04-23 effective date is now 3 months past with still zero official or tier-1-press confirmation, and the rumor still traces to a single recurring publisher - USD 3,500 treated as confirmed current. RE-CHECKED 2026-07-24: a wider search now finds MORE secondary sources telling a materially more consistent story than before, but still zero primary-source or mainstream-press confirmation - stays reported/unconfirmed, USD 3,500 published. RE-CHECKED 2026-07-25: current Gulf News pages on this exact visa still state USD 3,500 with no mention of a 2026 change; tracing the 'more consistent' secondary sources found on 2026-07-24 back to their origin points to VisaHQ.com (a commercial visa-processing company) as the earliest and most prolific publisher, consistent with citation laundering rather than independent corroboration. Balance now leans toward the rumor being false, though nothing rises to an authoritative debunk - USD 3,500 stays published. RE-CHECKED 2026-07-27: more commercial/legal-services sources now assert USD 5,000 as settled fact, but at least one other 2026 guide still states USD 3,500 remains in place; still zero official-page or mainstream-press confirmation either way - USD 3,500 stays published. RE-CHECKED 2026-07-28: Khaleej Times' own 2026 visa-rule-changes roundup states the income floor 'remains' at USD 3,500 and attributes 2026's actual change to the 6-month bank-statement rule - the first tier-1 UAE press signal found on this question, and it corroborates rather than contradicts. u.ae/ICP/GDRFA still 403 on direct fetch. USD 3,500 stays published.
Consult sourceu.ae- ICP - Virtual Work Residence Visa issuance
- Application fees
- Processing time
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
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. RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: reconfirmed unchanged; the separately-flagged '~AED 1,500-1,700 all-in April-2026 fee reduction' lead remains single-cluster-sourced and unpromoted.
Consult sourceicp.gov.ae- GDRFA Dubai - Virtual Work visa issuance
- Visa duration
- Family rules
- Health insurance
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
One year from issuance, extendable (GDRFA). RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: reconfirmed unchanged.
Consult sourcegdrfad.gov.ae- u.ae - Taxation (no personal income tax)
- Tax regime
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
Tax fact from the official u.ae taxation portal; the visa pages themselves do not discuss tax. Home-country obligations out of scope. RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: reconfirmed unchanged.
Consult sourceu.ae- Consulate General of Italy, New York - Digital Nomad / Remote Worker Visa
- Minimum income
- Visa duration
- Family rules
- Health insurance
- Processing time
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: unchanged, reconfirmed across current 2026 guide sites; no new Gazzetta Ufficiale decree found. 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. RE-CHECKED 2026-07-23: the ~EUR 28,000 figure some 2026 guide sites cite does not trace to any 2026 Gazzetta Ufficiale decree - the operative decree is still the original 2024-02-29 one (GU Serie Generale n. 79); ~EUR 28,000 looks like consulate-level rounding of the same formula, not a sourced threshold rise. EUR 24,789 remains the better-sourced figure. RE-CHECKED 2026-08-01: a visahq.com claim of a specific '2026-03-02 Gazzetta Ufficiale decree' behind the ~EUR 28,000 figure could not be verified anywhere - no matching GU entry, decree number, or independent source found; treated as an unverified/likely-spurious citation. EUR 24,789 stays published. RE-CHECKED 2026-08-05: verified the arithmetic directly - EUR 24,789 = 3x the 2026 healthcare-exemption threshold (EUR 8,263.31), confirming the formula rather than a guessed figure; ~EUR 28,000 is a loose rounding, not a competing legal number.
Consult sourceconsnewyork.esteri.it- Republic of Estonia e-Residency - Digital Nomad Visa
- Minimum income
- Visa duration
- Processing time
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: NET-vs-GROSS conflict stays open, same split as every prior pass, no direct page read achieved to adjudicate; the recurring "raised from EUR 3,504" framing resurfaced again and is treated as a stale 2023-baseline artifact, not a new rate change. 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. RE-CHECKED 2026-08-23: Estonia's own Ministry of Foreign Affairs embassy sub-pages (mfa.ee - Washington, Tokyo, New Delhi, Canberra, Cairo, Abu Dhabi, Kyiv, Tbilisi) are consistently search-indexed as stating the figure GROSS, strengthening that reading considerably - but every mfa.ee page tried was itself unreachable to direct fetch this pass, so this is not yet a confirmed page read. Applicants should budget for GROSS EUR 4,500 as the safer assumption pending direct confirmation.
Consult sourcee-resident.gov.ee- CRA - Non-residents of Canada
- Tax regime
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: reconfirmed unchanged.
Consult sourcecanada.ca- Agencia Tributaria (AEAT) - special regime for workers posted to Spanish territory (Beckham Law)
- Tax regime
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: unchanged, the 24%/EUR 600k figures reconfirmed by current sources. 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.
Consult sourcesede.agenciatributaria.gob.es- BOE - Real Decreto 126/2026, de 18 de febrero (2026 SMI: EUR 1,221/month, EUR 17,094/year)
- Published
- 2026-02-18
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
- CGPJ (Poder Judicial) - Supreme Court declares Art. 14.3 RD 240/2007 null (STS 2130/2026, EU-family-card absence-based residence expiry)
- Published
- 2026-05-05
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
- Hellenic MFA - Working in Greece as a digital nomad
- Minimum income
- Family rules
- Application fees
- Health insurance
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: NET-vs-GROSS conflict stays open, no tiebreaker found; one new source (freenance.io) claims GROSS and frames EUR 3,500 as "raised from EUR 2,500 in 2025," which does not match this fiche's tracked history and looks like a search-summary artifact, not a genuine change - not promoted. 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. RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-05: multiple independent 2026 guides (remoteworkeurope.eu, globalcitizensolutions.com, lexidy.com, nomadsembassy.com) state the required bank-statement history proving this income rose from 3 to 6 consecutive months, effective 27 January 2026 - corroborated across 4 independent secondary sources but no primary decree/circular citation found, so this is added as a documentation-requirement detail, not a change to the EUR 3,500 figure itself.
Consult sourcemfa.gr- Ministry of Migration & Asylum - Residence permits
- Visa duration
- Processing time
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: unchanged, no new development. 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. RE-CHECKED 2026-07-31: the same reform also closed a second loophole - applicants who entered on a Type C (Schengen) visa or a visa-waiver could previously obtain the Type I.8 permit by showing a housing lease or property-purchase contract instead of the full consulate-first D-visa route; two independent legal-advisory sources (Bernitsas Law, siopi-law.gr) now describe this route as closed, consistent with the same law's abolition of in-country conversion. Reported/corroborated via search-indexed content, not a fetched primary source (mfa.gr/migration.gov.gr still 403).
Consult sourcemigration.gov.gr- AADE - Tax incentives for new tax residents (Art. 5C)
- Tax regime
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: unchanged. 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.
Consult sourceaade.gr- Portugal MNE visa fee schedule (emolumentos)
- Application fees
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: no resolution to the three-way conflict flagged 2026-09-21 (GrowIN's ~EUR 440 D8-renewal claim vs the ~EUR 247.30 general-concession figure vs this fiche's ~EUR 170-186 D8-specific estimate) - a fresh sweep (incl. a newly-located Portugal News piece dated 2026-03-04) again attributes ~EUR 440 only to the general "standard temporary permit" category and ~EUR 160-170 to D8 specifically, consistent with, not resolving, the open conflict; stays flagged pending direct AIMA page access. 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. RE-CHECKED 2026-07-25: Portuguese press (Publico/SAPO, not independently fetchable) reports AIMA's March-2026 fee-table update may have raised the relevant residence-permit lines to roughly EUR 133 + EUR 307.20 (~EUR 440 total) for the general temporary-residence category, well above the EUR 170 figure tracked here - but several D8-specific guides published after March 2026 still cite ~EUR 155-180, so it is unresolved whether the March increase applies to the D8 line item specifically. The EUR 170 estimate stays as the best-attested D8-specific figure pending confirmation; do not treat EUR 440 as sourced for this visa yet. A reduced EUR 45 fee applies to children aged 6-12 and to nationals of a short list of EU-facilitation-agreement countries. RE-CHECKED 2026-07-30: found the first D8-specific guide published clearly after the March-2026 revision to state a concrete residence-card figure - idealista.pt/en (2026-03-31) cites a EUR 185.60 D8 residence-permit fee (plus a EUR 109.40 application fee), close to the pre-revision EUR 170 estimate and well below the EUR 440 general-category figure. Still secondary-sourced (no AIMA official page fetchable), but this is the strongest D8-specific evidence yet that the March revision's higher line items apply to other residence categories, not the D8 - EUR 170 stays the tracked estimate, now with added corroboration. RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-21: a new outlet, GrowIN Portugal, explicitly names D8 among the categories ("work, D7, D8, family reunification and student") subject to the ~EUR 440 figure specifically for RENEWAL (not initial issuance) under Portaria 307/2023 - the most direct claim yet that the higher figure applies to D8, though single-sourced. Simultaneously, a separate, distinct cluster of sources (sociedadecivil.pt, diariodacidadania.com, EntreRios/sapo.pt, all citing AIMA's own statement that March 2026 was an index-linked annual update, not a hike) states the general concession fee as EUR 133 + EUR 114.30 (~EUR 247.30) - a third figure that matches neither GrowIN's EUR 440 nor this fiche's tracked ~EUR 170-186 D8-specific estimate, and the EUR 307.20 vs EUR 114.30 residence-title components don't reconcile with each other either (possibly renewal vs. initial-concession variants of the same line item, unconfirmed). Three mutually inconsistent current sources, none read directly on aima.gov.pt - does not meet the bar to change the published EUR 170-186 D8-specific estimate; flagged as an open three-way conflict for a future pass with direct AIMA access.
Consult sourcevistos.mne.gov.pt- AIMA - Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum
- Visa duration
- Tax regime
- Processing time
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
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. RE-CHECKED 2026-07-30: a citizen petition asking Parliament for transitional protections for people already mid-process under the old 5-year rule was discussed by a parliamentary committee on 2026-06-06 - no legislative change has resulted, still just a discussed petition, not actionable yet; the 10-year (7-year EU/CPLP) timeline stands unchanged. RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: unchanged; the implementing-regulation deadline (missed ~2026-08-16/17) remains unmet with no publication found.
Consult sourceaima.gov.pt- Diario da Republica - Lei n.o 61/2025, de 22 de outubro (family reunification reform)
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
- Diario da Republica - Lei Organica n.o 1/2026, de 18 de maio (Nationality Law reform)
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
- Italian MFA visa portal (vistoperitalia)
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
- MFA Japan - Designated Activities (Digital Nomad)
- Minimum income
- Visa duration
- Tax regime
- Family rules
- Health insurance
- Processing time
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
Attributed to MFA/ISA (pages not fetched directly). Income must be from outside Japan; work for Japan-based entities is not allowed.
Consult sourcemofa.go.jp- Immigration Services Agency of Japan
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
- Thai MFA - DTV requirements checklist (PDF)
- Family rules
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
Dependents (spouse and children) may apply. RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: reconfirmed unchanged.
Consult sourceimage.mfa.go.th- Thailand e-Visa portal
- Visa duration
- Tax regime
- Application fees
- Processing time
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
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. RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: reconfirmed unchanged.
Consult sourcethaievisa.go.th- Estonian Police and Border Guard Board - long-stay (D) visa
- Tax regime
- Family rules
- Application fees
- Health insurance
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: unchanged, flat 22% rate reconfirmed. General 183-day rule; confirm your position with the Estonian Tax and Customs Board. RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-23: Estonia's Riigikogu abolished the planned 2026 'security tax' package (which would have added 2% to both corporate and personal income tax) in December 2025 - the flat personal income tax rate for 2026 stays at 22%, not the 24% some mid-2026 secondary guides still describe; this confirms, rather than changes, the published ~20-22% figure (EY Estonia, SimplBooks, Estonian Tax and Customs Board via search-indexed content).
Consult sourcepolitsei.ee- France-Visas (official visa portal)
- Minimum income
- Visa duration
- Tax regime
- Family rules
- Application fees
- Health insurance
- Processing time
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
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.
Consult sourcefrance-visas.gouv.fr- France-Visas - self-employed / liberal activity
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
- Assemblee Nationale - Question n°11730, teletravail et statut visiteur (answered 2026-06-23)
- Published
- 2026-06-23
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
- Prefecture de l'Oise - nouveaux montants des taxes demandees aux etrangers (loi de finances 2026, droit de timbre EUR 25 -> EUR 50)
- Published
- 2026-05-01
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
- Make it in Germany (official) - freelance visa
- Visa duration
- Tax regime
- Family rules
- Application fees
- Health insurance
- Processing time
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
Issued 1-3 years (typically 2 for first-timers), renewable; permanent settlement possible after 5 years with B1 German and pension contributions. RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: reconfirmed unchanged.
Consult sourcemake-it-in-germany.com- GOV.UK - Standard Visitor (overview)
- Tax regime
- Family rules
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
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.
Consult sourcegov.uk- GOV.UK - Standard Visitor visa (apply, fees)
- Visa duration
- Application fees
- Health insurance
- Processing time
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
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.
Consult sourcegov.uk- GOV.UK - Visit the UK on business (permitted activities)
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
- GOV.UK - Immigration Rules Appendix Visitor: Permitted Activities (PA 4(h), remote work)
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
- GOV.UK - Get an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) to visit the UK
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
- IRCC - Public policy on visitor work permits (remote work for a foreign employer)
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
- IRCC - Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA)
- Application fees
- Processing time
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: reconfirmed unchanged. CAD 100 visitor-visa (TRV) fee applies to nationals who need a visa, plus a CAD 85 biometrics fee (CAD 185 total). Nationals of visa-exempt countries arriving by air instead need only the eTA, CAD 7. Which route applies depends on nationality - confirm on the IRCC eTA/visa-exempt country list.
Consult sourcecanada.ca- IRCC Help Centre - how long can I stay in Canada as a visitor
- Visa duration
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: 6-month figure reconfirmed; the competing 1-year CBSA-discretion claim still traces to no primary IRCC/CBSA source and still describes general visitor status, not digital-nomad status specifically. Most visitors are authorized up to 6 months per entry at the border officer's discretion (sometimes less, occasionally more); the day you must leave by is stamped in your passport or shown in your eTA/visa record. Staying longer requires applying to extend visitor status from inside Canada before the authorized period ends - not a renewal in the country-hopping sense. RE-CHECKED 2026-08-23: IRCC's own digital-nomad-specific operational bulletin ('Temporary residents: Digital nomads', 2026-05-26) states a digital nomad 'only needs visitor status to relocate to Canada for up to 6 months at a time' - directly corroborating this 6-month figure from what appears to be the bulletin's own language (search-indexed excerpt; canada.ca itself blocked to direct fetch). A separately-circulating claim that CBSA officers now have general discretion to grant visitors up to 1 year per entry (dated 2026-01-05) remains reported only via immigration-consultancy sources, not a primary IRCC/CBSA page or mainstream press - stays unpromoted, and this finding argues against it applying to digital-nomad status specifically even if true for other visitor categories.
Consult sourceircc.canada.ca- IRCC - Visitor visa: how to apply
- Family rules
- Health insurance
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
Spouse and children can accompany you as visitors, but each family member generally needs their own visitor visa or eTA and must independently show sufficient funds and ties. RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: reconfirmed unchanged.
Consult sourcecanada.ca- IRCC - Temporary residents: Digital nomads (operational bulletin)
- Published
- 2026-05-26
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
- MUP - Ministry of the Interior, Digital Nomad Residence Permit
- Minimum income
- Visa duration
- Application fees
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
Alternative: a lump-sum savings balance of EUR 43,470 (for a 12-month permit) or EUR 65,205 (18 months) in lieu of the monthly-income test. Well corroborated across 4+ independent 2026 sources (relocationcroatia.com, taxesforexpats.com, getgoldenvisa.com, citizenremote.com); a search-indexed snippet of mup.gov.hr itself appears consistent with this figure, but the page could not be fetched directly this pass, so this stays 'reported' rather than 'official'. RE-CHECKED 2026-08-23: the required bank-statement/payslip evidence history is now consistently reported at 6 months (up from 3 pre-2025-amendment) across several independent 2026 sources (getgoldenvisa.com, taxesforexpats.com, relocationcroatia.com) - a documentation detail, not a change to the EUR 3,622.50 figure itself. RE-CHECKED 2026-09-04: the specific gazette citation for the March-2026 update, 'Narodne novine 3/26' (previously resting on a single AI-search summary, flagged 2026-08-23), is now independently repeated across multiple distinct guide sites (remoteworkeurope.eu, wiki.private.law, plus the already-tracked set) - stronger secondary corroboration for the citation itself, though still not a direct mup.gov.hr/narodne-novine.nn.hr page read, so this stays 'reported'. RE-CHECKED 2026-09-05: a further independent repeater (mandracchio-capital.com) also ties the figure to the same 'Narodne novine 3/26' citation - additional secondary corroboration, still short of a direct gazette/mup.gov.hr page read. RE-CHECKED 2026-09-08: no change to the figure; re-check focused on the separate renewal-mechanic question this pass (see visaDuration note). RE-CHECKED 2026-09-09: a 'EUR 3,625/EUR 1,511 average-salary' variant of this figure was checked and dismissed as internally inconsistent (2.5x EUR 1,511 does not reconcile to EUR 3,625; only the published EUR 1,449 base reconciles to EUR 3,622.50) - not promoted. RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: the EUR 3,622.50/month figure (2.5x the prior-year average net salary) reconfirmed unchanged across current sources; no fresher gazette citation than 'Narodne novine 3/26' found.
Consult sourcemup.gov.hr- Narodne novine (Official Gazette) - Zakon o izmjenama i dopunama Zakona o porezu na dohodak, NN 138/20
- Tax regime
- Published
- 2020-12-16
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
Sourced directly from Croatia's official gazette text (narodne-novine.nn.hr) via a search-engine read, not a fetched page - stays 'reported' rather than 'official' pending direct access. Independently corroborated by 8 sources including Wolters Kluwer's international tax blog, a genuinely independent professional-tax source rather than a visa-marketing site.
Consult sourcenarodne-novine.nn.hr- Narodne novine (Official Gazette) - Zakon o strancima (Aliens Act), NN 133/20, Article 56 (family reunification)
- Family rules
- Published
- 2020-12-16
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
Reunification runs through the general Zakon o strancima (Aliens Act, NN 133/20) family-reunification track (Article 56), not a nomad-specific mechanism - sequential filing only, after the principal's Digital Nomad permit is approved. Spouse, registered/life partner and dependent children under 18 qualify; unmarried partners need 3 years' cohabitation (or a shared child, or marriage). The income top-up (worked examples: +1 dependent to ~EUR 3,984/mo, +2 to ~EUR 4,346/mo off the EUR 3,622.50 base) is corroborated across 6 independent 2026 sources, including two Croatian immigration-law firms (Kontic Legal, Bimaris) citing Article 56 by number and a direct link to the Act's official text - up from 3 thin, undated leads on 2026-08-16. Family members do NOT inherit the Article 9(1)(26) tax exemption and have no automatic local work right (sources split on whether they may apply separately for a standard third-country-national work permit). Not marked 'official' - mup.gov.hr itself not reachable on direct fetch this pass.
Consult sourcenarodne-novine.nn.hr- Direccion General de Migracion y Extranjeria - Nomadas Digitales
- Minimum income
- Visa duration
- Family rules
- Application fees
- Health insurance
- Processing time
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
Corroborated across 9 independent 2026 sources (Dentons, taxesforexpats.com, mismo.team, y-axis.com, citizenremote.com, rippling.com, aeroseer.com, hqsimple.com, remotetaxcalc.com), including a search-indexed echo of migracion.go.cr's own 'Nomadas Digitales' page - the page itself was not directly fetchable this pass (network egress block), so this stays 'reported' rather than 'official'. Demonstrated via bank statements, sworn declaration, or a certified public-accountant/notary certification. RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: USD 3,000 solo / USD 4,000 family thresholds reconfirmed unchanged by current sources.
Consult sourcemigracion.go.cr- Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Seattle - F-1-D Workation (Digital Nomad) Visa requirements
- Health insurance
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: KRW 100,000,000 minimum coverage figure reconfirmed unchanged. Graduates out of TBD this pass: the KRW 100,000,000 figure, previously only a search-snippet-level lead, is now traceable to a consulate-level MOFA page (Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Seattle, F-1-D program page) plus 5+ independent secondary guides (Seoulstart, HaniSeoul, krinsider, koreaplus-lifes, americanvisitorinsurance.com) converging on the same figure for medical treatment AND repatriation - several sources warn 'repatriation' must be explicitly named on the policy or the application is rejected. Not marked 'official' - hikorea.go.kr/immigration.go.kr/mofa.go.kr root pages remain 403 on direct fetch, so this rests on a consulate sub-page plus secondary corroboration, not a primary ministry page read.
Consult sourcemofa.go.kr- Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Houston - F-1-D For Workation (Digital Nomad)
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
- Tax regime
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: unchanged; the Digital Nomad Tax Bonus remains unenacted, still no Agenzia delle Entrate ruling naming DNV holders specifically for Regime Impatriati. 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. RE-CHECKED 2026-08-01: located the specific Agenzia delle Entrate ruling behind the 'foreign employer / smart working' question - Risposta ad interpello n. 2/2026 (12 January 2026) confirms a worker who returns to Italy and does smart working for a foreign employer (including one different from their pre-return employer) can access Regime Impatriati, provided the work is carried out predominantly on Italian territory and all other D.Lgs. 209/2023 requirements are met. This is an official AEdE ruling, sourceUrl updated to it directly, but confidence stays 'reported' rather than 'official' because the page itself 403s on direct fetch (same proxy-policy pattern as other .gov.it domains) - this rests on a search-engine read of AEdE's own indexed document, not a page fetch. It resolves the foreign-employer question generally but does not explicitly name 'digital nomad visa holders' as a category, so whether a separate, still-undefined 'Digital Nomad Tax Bonus' also exists remains open.
Consult sourceagenziaentrate.gov.it- Application fees
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
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. RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: unchanged.
Consult sourcemovingto.com- Application fees
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
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.
Consult sourcemofa.go.jp- Seoul Economic Daily - Korea formally adopts digital nomad visa, eases income requirements (2x prior-year per-capita GNI in won; 50m-won relaxed tier)
- Minimum income
- Published
- 2026-07-07
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: KRW 105,000,000 standard tier and the relaxed 18-34 tiers reconfirmed unchanged this pass. Per the 2026-07-07 Ministry of Justice announcement (visa relaunched as permanent 2026-06-30, replacing the pilot's flat 2x-GNI rule with this tiered formula). The rule is denominated in WON, not dollars: it keys off the Bank of Korea's published prior-year per-capita GNI (KRW 52.41 million for 2025), so 2x = ~KRW 105 million and the relaxed tier = ~KRW 52.4 million. This resolves the USD 65,800-vs-73,926 split tracked here since 2026-07-29: both were conversions of the SAME KRW 105 million rule at different exchange rates (~1,596 and ~1,420 KRW/USD respectively), not competing thresholds - which is why neither could ever be sourced to a distinct official figure. Publishing the won amount removes that FX artifact; any dollar equivalent drifts with the rate (the site's own FX table, used only by the eligibility shortlister, was itself found stale during this same pass and refreshed - see lib/matcher.ts). RE-CHECKED 2026-08-03/05: Korea Herald's post-launch visa Q&A independently corroborates a third tier - ages 18-34 intending to live in Greater Seoul need 1.5x GNI (~KRW 78.6 million) - and notes holders who relocate into Greater Seoul after approval must meet the higher threshold at renewal or move back out within 6 months. Not marked 'official' - hikorea.go.kr, immigration.go.kr and mofa.go.kr all still 403 on direct fetch, so no primary Korean-government page has been read. The full official multiplier table for other intermediate age/region combinations remains unpublished anywhere found - treat the three tiers above as the load-bearing ones, not a complete table.
Consult sourceen.sedaily.com- Korea Herald - S. Korea officially launches digital nomad visa with eased eligibility rules
- Visa duration
- Published
- 2026-07-07
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
1-year initial grant, renewable annually, extended from a 2-year to a 3-year total cap per a 2026-07-07 Ministry of Justice announcement - corroborated across 5+ independent secondary sources (incl. a EY Global tax alert and an immigration law firm), not yet read on an official Korean government page directly (hikorea.go.kr/immigration.go.kr/mofa.go.kr all 403 on direct fetch). RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: reconfirmed unchanged.
Consult sourcekoreaherald.com- Greenback Tax Services - South Korea Digital Nomad Visa for Americans Explained: Requirements, Costs, and Tax Rules
- Tax regime
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: reconfirmed unchanged. Multiple independent tax-focused outlets (Greenback Tax Services, Bright!Tax, krinsider, Nomad Tax Guide) converge on Korea not taxing foreign-sourced remote income while the visa's own ban on Korean employers holds. Several of the same sources flag that guidance on the >183-day resident-status threshold is still evolving/unsettled - noted here rather than presented as resolved. Not marked 'official': hikorea.go.kr/immigration.go.kr/mofa.go.kr still unreachable on direct fetch, so this is search-result-synthesized secondary reporting, not a primary Korean-government page read.
Consult sourcegreenbacktaxservices.com- Y-Axis - South Korea Launches New Digital Nomad Visa with Easier Eligibility and 3 Years of Stay
- Family rules
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: reconfirmed unchanged. Independent secondary coverage (Y-Axis, Bright!Tax, VisasUpdate, SharedHomies, Trenity Consultants) consistently reports that a spouse and minor children may accompany the primary F-1-D applicant as dependents, that only the primary applicant must meet the income threshold (dependents are not separately income-tested), that dependents cannot work in Korea, and that each dependent needs their own private health insurance. No source reports a distinct per-dependent income uplift for this program, so upliftPerDependent is left unset rather than guessed. Not marked 'official' - hikorea.go.kr/immigration.go.kr/mofa.go.kr still unreachable on direct fetch.
Consult sourcey-axis.com- Application fees
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
RE-VERIFIED 2026-09-24: no comprehensive by-nationality fee table found this pass either; fee-by-nationality variance stays genuinely TBD in the note below, the USD 90 base figure itself reconfirmed unchanged. USD 90 for the initial 1-year multiple-entry visa application, plus 60,000 KRW (~USD 41) per annual extension up to the 3-year total cap. Three independent secondary sources converge on this figure (Korea Herald's post-launch visa Q&A, an EY Global tax alert, an Envoy Global news alert), replacing the previously-scattered range (~USD 45-100 depending on nationality/fee type) - a materially more specific and better-corroborated figure than before. Not marked 'official' - hikorea.go.kr/immigration.go.kr/mofa.go.kr still 403 on direct fetch, so no primary Korean-government page has been read; by-nationality fee variance may still apply and is not ruled out. RE-CHECKED 2026-08-19: no comprehensive by-nationality fee table found this pass either - the general pattern (USD 90 default; USD 45 flat reciprocity fee applying to ALL Korean visa categories for US nationals, not F-1-D-specific; CAD 121.50 via the Canada consulate's F-1-D page) is reconfirmed, not contradicted. No material change.
Consult sourcekoreaherald.com- EY Centroamerica - Autoridades publican el reglamento a la Ley de Nomadas Digitales
- Tax regime
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
This is the best-corroborated finding of the pass: 9+ independent sources including EY's own Central America tax-alert page (cited as sourceUrl), Consortium Legal, GHP Abogados, El Financiero (Costa Rica's major financial daily), Dentons, taxesforexpats.com, ERP Lawyers, and Central Law. Strong candidate for promotion to 'official' the moment migracion.go.cr/Hacienda becomes directly fetchable.
Consult sourceey.com- Khaleej Times - 6 major UAE visa rule changes in 2026 you should know about
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
- Andersen - Alteracoes ao regime juridico de entrada, permanencia, saida e afastamento de estrangeiros (Lei 61/2025)
- Published
- 2025-10-23
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
- Erickson Immigration Group - South Korea Officially Launches Digital Nomad Visa
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
- EY Global - Republic of Korea formalizes its digital nomad visa program with expanded eligibility and extended stay period
- Published
- 2026-07-07
- Last consulted
- 2026-09-24
- EU citizens' right to reside & work (free movement)
- Published
- 2026-06-16
- Last consulted
- 2026-07-10
- Legal basis: right to move & reside freely
- Published
- 2004-04-29
- Last consulted
- 2026-07-10
- Right to work in another EU country
- Published
- —
- Last consulted
- 2026-07-10