Visa pathways
How nomads live abroad legally
Four pathways cover essentially every nomad-friendly country: formal digital nomad visas, freelance / self-employment residence permits, visa-free entry with optional residency upgrades, and tourist visas with extension stacks. Pick the one that fits your situation, then drill into the country pages for application steps.
Digital nomad visas
23 countries
23 countries with formal DNV programs — long-stay residence permits designed for remote workers, with income thresholds from $700/mo to $66k/year.
Freelance & self-employment visas
8 countries
8 European countries with self-employment residence permits for genuinely independent professionals — particularly valuable in countries that haven't yet shipped a formal DNV.
Visa-free entry for nomads
16 countries
16 countries where your passport authorizes a long stay without pre-application — from 90-day Schengen to Georgia's 365-day window for 95+ nationalities.
Tourist visa + extension stacking
15 countries
15 countries with flexible long stays via tourist-visa extensions — particularly valuable in APAC where formal DNVs are rare and extension stacks are the de-facto nomad path.
Every country we cover lives on exactly one pathway — that’s how the visa lookup works on country pages. If you already know the country you want, jump straight there for hand-crafted application steps.
Following visa launches in real time?
We send a weekly digest covering visa launches, income-threshold changes, and on-the-ground reports across all 4 pathways.