- Minimum income
- No fixed floor
- Proof required
- Initial duration
- 6 months
- Renewable
- Health insurance
- Required (explicit)
- Full visa period
- Tax treatment
- Foreign income exempt
- Path to residence
- No
- Family can join
- Government fee
- ≈ €255
- Plus processing time
All requirements in detail
- Official name
- @HOME in Curaçao — Temporary Stay Permit for Remote Workers / Digital Nomads
- Visa type
- Digital nomad visa
- Status
- Active
- Income basis
- Mixed (salary, freelance or savings)
- Legal basis
- The official @HOME in Curaçao FAQ does not publish a fixed minimum monthly income. Instead of an income threshold, applicants must submit 'proof of solvency' documents demonstrating gainful remote employment/self-employment abroad — a recent employer's statement, a certified copy of an employment contract, or (for own-company applicants) a recent declaration/statement of assignment. A USD 2,500/month minimum is cited by several third-party blogs but is NOT stated on the official program site (athomeincuracao.com/faq), and other third-party sources explicitly state there is no minimum income, so the figure is treated as unverified and left null. No EUR conversion is given because no official figure exists. (FX context, June 2026: 1 USD ≈ 0.86 EUR.)
- Proof of funds
- Required
- Family surcharges
- No published per-dependent income uplift. Each person (including family members) files an individual application under the main applicant ('main provider'); family members aged 12+ must sign their own application. Each application carries its own ANG 535 / ~USD 294 fee.
- Working for local clients
- Not allowed
- Path to citizenship
- No
- Where to apply
- Online, In country
- Processing time
- 2 weeks
Insurance requirement, verbatim intent: Official FAQ: 'A valid international travel insurance is required (including COVID-19 coverage)' and 'A valid medical insurance is a prerequisite for approval of your application.' No minimum coverage amount (sum insured) is published. @HOME remote-worker permit holders are non-residents and cannot enrol in the public BVZ scheme, so international/travel medical cover valid for the full stay is effectively mandatory.
Tax notes: The official FAQ states participants 'will not be required to pay Curaçao Income Tax,' and that short-stay remote workers (6 months) 'will not become a resident of Curaçao.' Holders of the @HOME remote-worker permit are not treated as Curaçao tax residents and the permit does not confer residency, so foreign-source remote income is not taxed locally. No special tax regime name attaches to the program; the exemption follows from non-resident status. The permit itself sets no published day-count threshold. Separately, Curaçao's general tax rules treat someone who establishes residency — typically spending 183+ days/year on the island — as a tax resident; the @HOME permit (max 12 months, no residency) is designed to keep holders outside that local tax net, and anyone who otherwise establishes tax residency would fall under standard resident-taxation rules rather than this permit.
Insurance requirement
Insurance that meets the Curacao @HOME requirements
Required (explicit), for: full visa period. These plans match the published requirement:
SafetyWing (underwritten by SafetyWing Insurance I.I., Puerto Rico; Complete health portion by VUMI Group I.I.) · Nomad subscription
Worldwide travel-medical subscription buyable from anywhere (incl. Curacao) that runs the full stay and issues a downloadable certificate of coverage as visa proof, directly satisfying the @HOME FAQ's 'valid international travel insurance + valid medical insurance' requirement for a non-resident who cannot enrol in public BVZ.
- Subscription model: Essential auto-extends every 28 days (5-364 days per policy) and can be bought while already abroad; coverage in 170+ countries
- No deductible on either plan; Essential also includes travel benefits (lost checked luggage, trip interruption, evacuation from local unrest)
- Complete is full health insurance (USD 1.5M/year) including routine and preventive care, mental health, cancer treatment and limited maternity; renewable for life if enrolled before age 64
from €54.36 /mo
View plans (opens in a new tab)Genki UG (policyholder/agent); underwritten by Squarelife Insurance AG, Liechtenstein · Long-stay travel insurance
Worldwide long-stay travel insurance (EUR 1,000,000 medical limit) sold globally with no residency restriction, covering the entire Curacao stay and matching the visa's accepted 'travel'/'international_health' types with no minimum to fall short of.
- Up to EUR 1,000,000 medical coverage valid in every country for up to 12 months, with monthly billing and cancellation possible after the first month
- Sign-up is possible while already abroad and up to age 69; insurance certificate for visa applications and border checks is issued immediately after the first payment
- 24/7 emergency assistance (MCI Assist) with direct payment for inpatient hospital stays and no deductible on inpatient treatment
from €63.90 /mo
View plans (opens in a new tab)Cigna Global Health Options – International Health Plans (Silver / Gold / Platinum)
Likely qualifyingCigna Healthcare (Cigna Global Insurance Company Limited) · International health insurance
Worldwide international health plan (Silver $1M / Gold $2M / Platinum unlimited) with no upper age limit, fitting the @HOME requirement for 'valid medical insurance' for a non-resident excluded from public BVZ; only caveat is expat-policy structure (home-country treatment capped), not geography.
- Three core tiers with annual maximums of $1M/€800k (Silver), $2M/€1.6M (Gold) and paid-in-full with no overall cap (Platinum)
- No upper enrollment age (18+); insurer states it does not terminate policies based on age
- Modular design: outpatient, evacuation & crisis assistance, health & wellbeing, vision & dental can be added; deductibles ($0-$10,000) and cost shares (0-30%) reduce the premium
from — /mo
View plans (opens in a new tab)Beyond the visa
Curacao — the rest of the move
The visa is step one. Here is the rest of what it takes to live here — each researched and sourced.
Sources
- Government FAQ — At Home in Curaçao (official program site) (opens in a new tab) accessed 2026-06-15
- Government At Home in Curaçao FAQ — fees (ANG 535 / ~USD 294), processing ~2 weeks (opens in a new tab) accessed 2026-06-15
- Government At Home in Curaçao FAQ — 'You will not be required to pay Curaçao Income Tax'; remote workers do not become residents (opens in a new tab) accessed 2026-06-15
- Government At Home in Curaçao FAQ — valid international travel insurance (incl. COVID-19) and medical insurance prerequisite (opens in a new tab) accessed 2026-06-15
- Government At Home in Curaçao — official program homepage (three target groups: remote workers, hibernators, investors) (opens in a new tab) accessed 2026-06-15
- Government Remote Workers — Curaçao Visitors (official tourism board): documents required, NAF 535 fee, up to 6 months (opens in a new tab) accessed 2026-06-15
- Government Basisverzekering ziektekosten (BVZ) — SVB Curaçao (public basic health insurance, residents only) (opens in a new tab) accessed 2026-06-15
- Media Curacao Launches Long-Term Stay Program — Caribbean Journal (launch dated 11 Feb 2021) (opens in a new tab) accessed 2026-06-15
- Law firm How to Apply for the Curaçao Digital Nomad Visa — Temporary Stay Permit, no residency, 6+6 months (opens in a new tab) accessed 2026-06-15
- Media XE — USD→EUR conversion (1 USD ≈ 0.86 EUR, 15 June 2026) used to derive the ~EUR 255 fee (opens in a new tab) accessed 2026-06-15
- Media Curaçao Health Insurance for Expats — public (BVZ) vs private access (opens in a new tab) accessed 2026-06-15