[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":261},["ShallowReactive",2],{"guide-translations-digital-nomad-visa-europe":3},[4],{"id":5,"title":6,"body":7,"description":225,"extension":226,"faq":227,"image":246,"meta":247,"navigation":248,"path":249,"seo":250,"sources":251,"stem":258,"verifiedAt":259,"__hash__":260},"guides\u002Fguides\u002Fdigital-nomad-visa-europe\u002Fen.md","Digital nomad visa Europe: what it does to your 90 days",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":214},"minimark",[10,15,19,24,33,41,44,48,51,132,135,139,142,145,148,152,156,159,162,166,169,172,175,179,187,190,193,197,205,208],[11,12,14],"h1",{"id":13},"how-does-a-digital-nomad-visa-change-your-schengen-90180-days","How does a digital nomad visa change your Schengen 90\u002F180 days?",[16,17,18],"p",{},"A digital nomad visa turns the issuing country into your legal home, so time spent there stops counting toward the Schengen 90\u002F180 limit. It does not touch the clock anywhere else in the zone: a trip from your new base to France, Italy, or any other Schengen country during the life of the permit is an ordinary short stay and goes straight into your 90 days, the same as it would for a tourist.",[20,21,23],"h2",{"id":22},"does-a-digital-nomad-visa-reset-your-schengen-90-days","Does a digital nomad visa reset your Schengen 90 days?",[16,25,26,27,32],{},"No, and \"reset\" is the wrong word for what happens. A digital nomad visa does not touch your Schengen day count at all: it removes you from that count entirely, for the one country that issued the permit, for as long as it stays valid. The ",[28,29,31],"a",{"href":30},"\u002Fguides\u002Fschengen-90-180-rule","90\u002F180 rule"," only governs short stays; once you hold a residence permit or a national long-stay (D) visa, your presence in that country runs on that country's own rules instead.",[16,34,35,36,40],{},"This works the same way as any other residence permit or D-visa, which the ",[28,37,39],{"href":38},"\u002Fguides\u002Fresidence-permit-90-180","permit guide on this site"," covers in more detail. A digital nomad visa is just one route onto that long-stay track, alongside work permits, student visas and family reunification.",[16,42,43],{},"The catch is scope. The exemption belongs to the country that issued the document, not to Schengen as a whole. Fly from a base in Lisbon to a week in Amsterdam and that week is a short stay in the Netherlands, counted against the ordinary 90\u002F180 allowance, even though the Portuguese permit is perfectly valid the entire time.",[20,45,47],{"id":46},"which-digital-nomad-visas-are-actually-open-in-2026","Which digital nomad visas are actually open in 2026",[16,49,50],{},"Programmes have opened, tightened their numbers, or quietly closed since 2020, and some comparison tables still circulating online have not caught up. These four are checked against each issuing country's own government portal as of August 2026.",[52,53,54,73],"table",{},[55,56,57],"thead",{},[58,59,60,64,67,70],"tr",{},[61,62,63],"th",{},"Country",[61,65,66],{},"Monthly income",[61,68,69],{},"Permit length",[61,71,72],{},"Leads to permanent residence",[74,75,76,91,104,118],"tbody",{},[58,77,78,82,85,88],{},[79,80,81],"td",{},"Spain (teleworker visa)",[79,83,84],{},"200% of the SMI, about €2,849 gross",[79,86,87],{},"Up to 3 years, then a 2-year renewal",[79,89,90],{},"Yes, after 5 years",[58,92,93,96,99,102],{},[79,94,95],{},"Portugal (D8)",[79,97,98],{},"4x the minimum wage, €3,680",[79,100,101],{},"2 years, then 3-year renewals",[79,103,90],{},[58,105,106,109,112,115],{},[79,107,108],{},"Croatia",[79,110,111],{},"2.5x average net salary, €3,622.50, or a lump-sum savings alternative",[79,113,114],{},"Up to 18 months, no back-to-back renewal",[79,116,117],{},"No, temporary only",[58,119,120,123,126,129],{},[79,121,122],{},"Estonia",[79,124,125],{},"€4,500 net",[79,127,128],{},"Up to 12 months",[79,130,131],{},"No, a visa rather than a residence permit",[16,133,134],{},"The euro figures move every time the underlying minimum wage or salary statistic does, so treat them as a snapshot, not a target to plan a savings account around months ahead of applying.",[20,136,138],{"id":137},"spain-and-portugal-the-two-routes-that-lead-somewhere-permanent","Spain and Portugal: the two routes that lead somewhere permanent",[16,140,141],{},"Spain's version, created by the 2022 startups law that amended the 2013 entrepreneurs' law, is the one that comes up most often, partly because it is one of only two here that can turn into permanent residence. The first authorisation runs up to three years, a first renewal adds two more, and five years of legal residence opens the door to Spain's ordinary permanent status. Applicants need a university degree or three years of relevant experience, and self-employed applicants can bill Spanish clients for no more than 20% of their total work.",[16,143,144],{},"Portugal's D8 runs on the same logic with a different rhythm: a two-year initial permit, then renewals of three years each, five years of legal residence again the threshold for permanent status. Portugal's income bar is set as a multiple of the national minimum wage, which is why it moves every year the wage does.",[16,146,147],{},"Both routes start with a consulate application before you travel, then convert into a residence card after arrival, and both are commonly handled with a local immigration lawyer, because the paperwork trail of contracts, apostilled documents and proof of remote income is where applications tend to get rejected.",[149,150],"partner-banner",{"offer":151},"entre-tramites",[20,153,155],{"id":154},"croatia-and-estonia-a-base-not-a-foothold","Croatia and Estonia: a base, not a foothold",[16,157,158],{},"Croatia and Estonia sit at the other end of the spectrum. Both exempt your days from the Schengen count while the permit is active, using the same legal mechanism as Spain and Portugal, but neither one is built to lead anywhere further. Croatia's temporary stay tops out at 18 months and cannot be renewed back to back: you have to leave for six months before applying again. Estonia issues a long-stay D-visa rather than a residence permit at all, capped at a year, with no built-in renewal.",[16,160,161],{},"If the goal is a base for a year or two rather than a long-term move, that is not a downside. It is a lighter commitment with a lower bar to leave.",[20,163,165],{"id":164},"a-worked-example-permit-days-vs-travel-days","A worked example: permit days vs travel days",[16,167,168],{},"Say a freelance developer gets Spain's teleworker visa and settles in Barcelona from 1 March 2026. Through spring and summer they live there full-time, so none of that time touches their Schengen count.",[16,170,171],{},"In June they take two work trips: 12 days in Paris for a conference, then, two weeks later, 9 days in Rome visiting a client. By 1 September, look back 180 days. The months in Barcelona do not appear in the count at all, because Spain is the issuing country. France contributes 12 days, Italy contributes 9, for a total of 21 days used out of 90. There are 69 days left for any further travel elsewhere in Schengen before the window forces a pause.",[16,173,174],{},"Compare that with the same two trips made on a plain 90-day tourist entry and no permit at all: those 21 days in France and Italy would still count, but so would every day spent in Spain, and by September the freelancer would be most of the way to the 90-day wall instead of nowhere close to it.",[20,176,178],{"id":177},"what-this-guide-does-not-cover-tax","What this guide does not cover: tax",[16,180,181,182,186],{},"A digital nomad visa is an immigration status. It says nothing on its own about whether you owe tax in the country you moved to, or stop owing it where you came from. Tax residency runs on its own clock, usually built around a 183-day threshold in a calendar year, and the two counts do not automatically line up: you can hold Spanish immigration residency well before you cross the 183-day tax mark, or the other way around. Working that out belongs in the ",[28,183,185],{"href":184},"\u002Fguides\u002F183-days-tax-residency","183-day tax residency guide",", not here.",[149,188],{"offer":189},"safetywing",[16,191,192],{},"Health insurance is the other piece every application needs before it can even be filed, and it has to run for as long as you are away from your home country's public system, not just the first few months. Most consulates want a policy that covers the whole first year with no gaps, which rules out short-term travel insurance for anyone applying from outside the EU.",[20,194,196],{"id":195},"tracking-both-clocks","Tracking both clocks",[16,198,199,200,204],{},"Once the permit is granted, the practical problem shifts from \"will I qualify\" to \"how many days do I have left to travel.\" The ",[28,201,203],{"href":202},"\u002Fschengen-calculator","free 90\u002F180 calculator"," on this site lets you mark a country as covered by a residence permit or D-visa, so it leaves those days out of the short-stay total automatically while still counting every other trip you log. Nothing you enter leaves your device.",[206,207],"hr",{},[16,209,210],{},[211,212,213],"em",{},"Verified: August 2026. This article is general information, not legal advice. Digital nomad visa programmes, income thresholds and renewal rules change, sometimes more than once a year, so confirm current figures with the issuing country's own consulate or immigration authority before you apply.",{"title":215,"searchDepth":216,"depth":216,"links":217},"",2,[218,219,220,221,222,223,224],{"id":22,"depth":216,"text":23},{"id":46,"depth":216,"text":47},{"id":137,"depth":216,"text":138},{"id":154,"depth":216,"text":155},{"id":164,"depth":216,"text":165},{"id":177,"depth":216,"text":178},{"id":195,"depth":216,"text":196},"A digital nomad visa exempts your days in the issuing country from the Schengen count, not elsewhere. 2026 programmes, income limits, a worked example.","md",[228,231,234,237,240,243],{"question":229,"answer":230},"Does a digital nomad visa reset the Schengen 90 days?","No. It does not reset anything: it exempts your days in the issuing country from the count entirely, for as long as the permit is valid. Travel to any other Schengen country during that time still counts against the ordinary 90\u002F180 limit.",{"question":232,"answer":233},"What is the income requirement for a digital nomad visa in Europe?","It varies by country and moves with each country's minimum wage or salary statistics. As of August 2026: roughly €2,849\u002Fmonth for Spain, €3,680 for Portugal, €3,622.50 for Croatia, and €4,500 for Estonia.",{"question":235,"answer":236},"What is Portugal's D8 visa?","Portugal's remote-work residence visa, requiring proof of income at four times the national minimum wage plus savings. It converts to a residence permit after arrival and can lead to permanent residence after five years.",{"question":238,"answer":239},"Does Spain's digital nomad visa lead to permanent residence?","Yes. The initial authorisation runs up to three years, a first renewal adds two more, and five years of legal residence opens the door to Spain's ordinary permanent residence.",{"question":241,"answer":242},"Do I still need to count Schengen days with a digital nomad visa?","Yes, for any country other than the one that issued your permit. Days at home under the permit are exempt; days spent traveling elsewhere in Schengen count exactly like a short-stay visit.",{"question":244,"answer":245},"Does a digital nomad visa also solve tax residency?","No. Immigration status and tax residency run on separate clocks that do not automatically match. 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