Immigration
Digital Nomad Visas: Lowest Income Bar
Remote-worker visas ranked by the lowest monthly income requirement.
What this ranking measures
Ranked over the remote-worker programs Richbay tracks, not every program that exists, and on each program’s PUBLISHED terms rather than on how applications are decided in practice. Terms change often — check the official page before relying on any figure here.
- 1
Colombia
- Min. income
- $1,000/mo
Very low bar ($1,000/mo); Medellín / Bogotá nomad hubs; no PR path.
- 2
Argentina
- Min. income
- $1,300/mo
Low bar; USD buying power high amid inflation; 6+6 month structure.
- 3
Brazil
- Min. income
- $1,500/mo
$1,500/mo+; family eligible; 2-yr max total.
- 4
Mauritius
- Min. income
- $1,500/mo
No application fee; $1,500/mo+; family eligible.
- 5
Malaysia
- Min. income
- $2,000/mo
KL / Penang nomad-friendly; $24k/yr+; family eligible.
- 6
Hungary
- Min. income
- $2,200/mo
White Card since 2022; family applies separately; no PR path; 15% Hungarian flat tax applies if HU-source.
- 7
Italy
- Min. income
- $2,700/mo
- Path to PR
- Yes
Launched 2024-04; requires "highly skilled" remote worker classification; €2,700/mo+.
- 8
Croatia
- Min. income
- $2,700/mo
Foreign income exempt; max 18 mo (6-mo cooldown then reapply); non-EU must apply from outside.
- 9
Spain
- Min. income
- $2,760/mo
- Path to PR
- Yes
Launched under Startup Act; €2,520/mo+; optional Beckham regime taxes first 6 yrs at flat 24% on wages.
- 10
Costa Rica
- Min. income
- $3,000/mo
$3,000/mo+; 12+12 structure; can get local license & bank account.
- 11
Panama
- Min. income
- $3,000/mo
USD official; territorial tax; 9+9 month structure.
- 12
Portugal
- Min. income
- $3,500/mo
- Path to PR
- Yes
Portugal D8 requires ~4× minimum wage (~€3,280/mo); PR/citizenship eligible after 5 yrs. IFICI tax incentive for high-value-added work.
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