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Data report · 14 October 2026

One visa, three figures

3 visas where other sites quote a different figure from the official source, 5 remote-work visas with more than one official income figure, and household amounts for 4 visas. Each figure comes with its official source and check date.

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The figure most pages quote, the reason it differs, and what the official source says. We link the pages where we saw each figure; they are not sources for ours.

Official figure: EUR 2,442 a month (≈ $2,730) · Digital nomad visa · checked 2026-10-11

Official figure: EUR 24,789 a year (≈ $27,700) · Digital nomad visa · checked 2026-10-12

  • EUR 28,000 a year on remoteworkeurope.eu. The page gives about EUR 28,000 (around EUR 2,333 a month) as three times the healthcare-exemption level.
    Official: The rule is three times the income level that exempts from health-service cost sharing. The Italian Embassy in Washington's 2026 checklist states EUR 24,789, the 2024 value, and publishes no later figure. Remote employees also need contract pay of at least EUR 33,000 per the same checklist. Embassy of Italy in Washington, Gazzetta Ufficiale

Official figure: $60,000 a year · Remote worker visa · checked 2026-10-12

Remote-work visas whose official rules set more than one income figure, by age, region, job or type of contract. The route page explains each one.

CountryVisaOfficial figuresOfficial source
ThailandLTR · Work-from-Thailand
  • $40,000 a year: Alternative to the USD 80,000 test: average personal income over the two years before application below USD 80,000 but at least USD 40,000, only with a master's degree or higher, owned intellectual property, or Series A funding of at least USD 1 million
  • $80,000 a year: Main income test: average personal income over the two years before application
Thailand Board of Investment checked 2026-10-11
MalaysiaDE Rantau nomad pass
  • $24,000 a year: Tech talent professions (software, data, AI, cloud, cybersecurity, digital marketing and content roles)
  • $60,000 a year: Non-tech talent professions (for example chief executive, finance, legal, consulting, managers) listed in the MDEC FAQ
Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation checked 2026-10-12
ItalyDigital nomad visa
  • EUR 24,789 a year (≈ $27,700): Minimum annual income from lawful sources of at least three times the level exempting from health-service cost sharing
  • EUR 33,000 a year (≈ $36,900): Remote employees only: annual gross pay in the contract must not be below the collective-agreement pay or the ISTAT average gross annual pay
Gazzetta Ufficiale, Embassy of Italy in Washington checked 2026-10-12
South KoreaWorkcation visa (F-1-D)
  • KRW 52,410,000 a year (≈ $39,300): Ages 18 to 34 staying outside the Seoul metropolitan area or in a population-decline (concern) area: 1x GNI
  • KRW 78,620,000 a year (≈ $58,900): Ages 18 to 34 in the Seoul metropolitan area (1.5x GNI), or age 35 and over outside the metropolitan area or in a population-decline area (1.5x GNI)
  • KRW 104,830,000 a year (≈ $78,600): Age 35 and over in the Seoul metropolitan area (2x GNI)
Ministry of Justice checked 2026-10-11
TaiwanDigital nomad visa
  • $20,000 a year: Age 20–29
  • $40,000 a year: Age 30+
Bureau of Consular Affairs checked 2026-10-11

Added up from the amounts the official sources state for the applicant and each family member.

CountryVisaSingle applicantCoupleCouple with one childOfficial source
SpainDigital nomad visa Gross income a monthEUR 2,442 a month (≈ $2,730)EUR 3,357.75 a month (≈ $3,750)EUR 3,663 a month (≈ $4,090)Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Spain, Large Companies and Strategic Groups Unit checked 2026-10-11
PortugalD7 passive income visa Income a month, net of social-security contributionsEUR 920 a month (≈ $1,030)EUR 1,380 a month (≈ $1,540)EUR 1,656 a month (≈ $1,850)Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DGERT checked 2026-10-12
GreeceDigital nomad visa Net income a monthEUR 3,500 a month (≈ $3,910)EUR 4,200 a month (≈ $4,690)EUR 4,725 a month (≈ $5,280)Decentralized Administration of Epirus–Western Macedonia, Greece, Ethniko Typografeio checked 2026-10-11
MalaysiaDE Rantau nomad pass Processing feesMYR 1,080 (≈ $260)MYR 1,620 (≈ $400)MYR 2,160 (≈ $530)Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation checked 2026-10-12