🇧🇧 Barbados Digital nomad visa

All requirements in detail

Official name

Barbados 12-Month Welcome Stamp

Visa type

Digital nomad visa

Status

Active

Income requirement (original currency)

4,167 USD / month

Income basis

Savings accepted

Legal basis

Statutory minimum is an expected annual income of USD 50,000 (≈ USD 4,167/month). The official Visit Barbados portal states applicants must "make an annual income of at least USD$50,000 over the 12 months you intend to have the travel stamp" — an income-expectation declaration (salary, freelance or business income qualify), not a frozen-savings/proof-of-funds bank balance. The requirement is given legislative effect by the Remote Employment Act, 2020-23. EUR conversion at roughly USD 1 = EUR 0.925 (mid-2026): USD 50,000/yr ≈ EUR 46,250/yr ≈ EUR 3,855/month. No separate savings figure is published.

Family surcharges

No higher income threshold is published for families; the USD 50,000 income expectation applies to the principal applicant. Families pay a higher flat fee (USD 3,000 vs USD 2,000) rather than a per-dependent income surcharge.

Working for local clients

Not allowed

Path to citizenship

No

Where to apply

Online

Processing time

1–2 weeks

Insurance requirement, verbatim intent: Applicants must hold valid health insurance covering the entire period for which the Stamp is granted (12 months); the Stamp cannot be granted or renewed without it, and cover may be obtained abroad or purchased locally in Barbados. The authorities publish no minimum coverage amount. Short-term travel insurance is not accepted; long-term or residency health insurance is required instead. The public health system does not provide free care to Welcome Stamp holders (see healthcare access), so private international or long-term resident health insurance is required.

Tax notes: Welcome Stamp holders are deemed non-resident in Barbados for income tax purposes under the Remote Employment Act, 2020-23. The official Visit Barbados portal confirms holders "will not be liable to pay Barbados Income Tax" on remote work performed for employers or clients outside Barbados, which avoids double taxation. This does not extinguish tax obligations in the holder's home country or other country of tax residence. Holders are still subject to Barbados' 17.5% VAT on goods and services purchased on the island. No specific tax-residency day-count threshold is published for Stamp holders; time on the Welcome Stamp is generally not counted toward ordinary Barbados tax residency, so the usual residency day-count trigger does not apply to Stamp income, and no official figure for it is published.

Beyond the visa

Barbados — 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.