50 Countries Offering a Digital Nomad Visa (2022 Updated)

What is a digital nomad? Also called as remote workers or remote freelancers, they are people who primarily conduct their profession online. This gives them the ability to work whenever and wherever they want a.k.a. being location-independent; thus, it naturally makes them lead a nomadic lifestyle in return. (Digital Nomad Visa)
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UPDATE:
— August 2022: Grenada’s Digital Nomad Visa is now active
— August 2022: Latvia’s Digital Nomad Visa is now active
— July 2022: Added Italy digital nomad visa (pending)
— July 2022: Added Colombia digital nomad visa (pending)
— May 2022: Added Argentina digital nomad visa (pending)
— March 2022: Added Albania’s Unique Permit for digital nomads (active)

The digital nomad profession is relatively new and a LOT of people covet such an amazing lifestyle — including me! However, even if it offers everyone the freedom to work anytime and anywhere, this kind of career has its own complications.

For instance, working as a digital nomad abroad under a plain tourist visa is technically illegal; nevertheless, a lot of countries turn a blind eye to it (if not regard it as a ‘gray area’) because digital nomads are inherently just working online and are NOT taking away any jobs from the locals.

So sure, even if that issue can be swept under the rug, what happens when a tourist visa expires and the desire to stay longer is apparent? After all, tourist visas run short for 90 days at most. Plus, if you hold a weak third world passport like I do, a lot of countries don’t even offer that many days and extensions are not easy to do!

Well… thankfully, things have started to change.

Add the recent COVID-19 pandemic and more governments have truly seen the need to address (if not entice) long-term travelers who can help revitalize their economy and local tourism. As such, established digital nomad visas started to pop up and they aim to be easy to obtain, with zero tax implications and without requiring too much paperwork or a work contract.

The icing to the cake? I want to help you save some time and effort to research the countries that already offer — OR are planning to offer — a digital nomad visa to remote workers; so, I have come up with this comprehensive article! Rest assured, I will also try my best to update it regularly.