The Digital Nomad Visa Playbook
Sixty countries will let you live there while you work remotely. This is the book that tells you which ones you actually qualify for, what they really cost, how the applications work — and which tax traps to dodge. Every visa on earth, compared, explained, kept current.
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What's inside
- 15 deep-dive country guides — Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Croatia, Estonia, Malta, Georgia, Dubai, Thailand's DTV, Japan, Malaysia, Bali, Mexico and Costa Rica: who each visa suits, the application step by step, document checklists, the traps, and tax in one honest paragraph.
- All 60 programmes profiled — income thresholds, fees, durations, renewals, family rules and the tax angle for every digital-nomad route on earth, region by region.
- The ten-minute chooser — four questions that turn 60 options into your shortlist of three.
- The application toolkit — the master document list, the five mistakes behind most rejections, and a six-idea tax primer (183-day rule, treaties, US-citizen notes).
- Companion Excel tracker — sortable 60-country comparison, a shortlist scorer, a working Schengen 90/180 calculator, and an application checklist with status tracking.
Look inside
Why it stays accurate when blogs don't
Onward's visa dataset refreshes every week, and the playbook is regenerated from it. Three countries changed their rules while the 2026 edition was being written — Greece went consulate-only, Croatia's threshold jumped, Mexico's solvency maths moved. Buy once and every updated edition lands in your library free, forever. That's not a marketing line; it's how the book is built.
Who it's for
Remote employees and freelancers planning 6 months to 5 years abroad — whether you're optimising for the lowest income bar, a zero-tax year, a path to an EU passport, or five flexible years in Asia. It assumes no legal knowledge and no patience for 40-tab research spirals.
Fair questions
- Is this immigration advice? No — it's general information about visa categories, with every figure pointing at the official source. For your individual case (complications, refusals, family edge-cases), hire a licensed immigration adviser; the book tells you when that's worth it.
- How current is it? Figures checked July 2026; updates are free for life whenever rules move materially.
- What format? A 52-page PDF (made to be read, not padded) plus an .xlsx tracker that works in Excel, Google Sheets and LibreOffice.
- Refunds? If it's not useful, reply to your receipt within 14 days and you'll get your money back. No forms.
The playbook is general travel information, not legal, immigration or tax advice, and doesn't consider your personal situation. Rules change — always confirm with the official government source before acting. Onward is independent: no country, agency or law firm paid for placement.