🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda Digital nomad visa

All requirements in detail

Official name

Nomad Digital Residence Visa (NDR Programme)

Visa type

Digital nomad visa

Status

Suspended

Income requirement (original currency)

4,167 USD / month

Income basis

Mixed (salary, freelance or savings)

Legal basis

Official NDR eligibility (per the Antigua and Barbuda embassy/high-commission programme pages and nomad.gov.ag) required an 'expected income of no less than US$50,000 (Fifty thousand US dollars) or the equivalent in other currencies, for each year of the 2 years in Antigua'. Expressed monthly: USD 50,000 / 12 = USD 4,167/month. The requirement is an annual-income declaration backed by 'Evidence of employment or self-employment' (pay stubs / bank statements; both employed and self-employed remote workers qualified, pensioners did not). It is therefore an earned-income test, NOT a pure savings test. No EUR threshold is set by the authority; the EUR value is an indicative FX conversion at roughly EUR 1 = USD 1.08 (mid-June 2026): USD 50,000/yr ~ EUR 46,300/yr ~ EUR 3,860/month.

Proof of funds

Required

Family surcharges

No separate income multiplier for dependants is published; the USD 50,000 minimum is per main applicant. Dependants are handled by the fee tier rather than additional income: single applicant, couple (applicant + 1 dependent), family (applicant + up to 3 dependents), with each additional dependant USD 650. Dependants may include immediate family and, per programme materials, support/domestic staff.

Working for local clients

Not allowed

Path to citizenship

No

Where to apply

Online

Processing time

1–2 weeks

Insurance requirement, verbatim intent: A certificate indicating medical-insurance coverage for the period of the intended stay was a required document for the NDR application (per the embassy/high-commission programme pages and Department of Immigration materials); some materials describe it as medical insurance inclusive of travel insurance for the two-year stay. No minimum coverage amount was published by the authority. The programme is no longer accepting applications (ended 15 Nov 2025), so these requirements are historical for new applicants; existing holders' visas run to their original two-year expiry. Antigua's public Medical Benefits Scheme does not extend to NDR holders, so private international/travel medical cover was the practical requirement.

Tax notes: NDR holders were not treated as tax residents of Antigua and Barbuda; the programme's stated principle is that successful applicants and their dependents pay income taxes in their country of normal residence, with no personal income tax payable to Antigua and Barbuda. This sits within the wider regime: Antigua and Barbuda abolished personal income tax in its entirety effective April 2016 (announced by PM Gaston Browne), so there is no personal income tax on residents or visa holders, and no capital gains, inheritance or wealth tax. The NDR visa permitted remote work only for companies/clients OUTSIDE Antigua and Barbuda; local employment was not allowed. No day-count residency trigger is published for the NDR. Holders should still confirm tax-residency obligations in their home country, since the visa does not by itself displace an existing home tax residence.

Beyond the visa

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