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Namibia · DNV

🇳🇦 Namibia Digital nomad visa

Namibia DNV requirements: income, duration, taxes, health insurance — from official sources.

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Minimum income
€1,720/mo
Proof required
Initial duration
6 months
Not renewable
Health insurance
Required (explicit)
Full visa period
Tax treatment
Territorial taxation
Path to residence
No
Family can join
Government fee
≈ €175
Plus processing time
Verified data Last verified June 15, 2026 Reviewed by Henry van de Vorming
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All requirements in detail

Official name
Namibia Digital Nomad Visa
Visa type
Digital nomad visa
Status
Active
Income requirement (original currency)
2,000 USD / month
Income basis
Mixed (salary, freelance or savings)
Legal basis
NIPDB sets a flat foreign-income threshold of USD 2,000/month for the main applicant (income must be earned remotely from sources/clients outside Namibia, proven via payslips/employment contracts and 6 months of bank statements). Eligible applicants are remote employees, freelancers and self-employed professionals, so the basis is mixed (salary/contract or active business income). Add-ons: +USD 1,000/month for an accompanying spouse and +USD 500/month per accompanying child. EUR conversion at the mid-June 2026 rate of ~USD 1 = EUR 0.86: USD 2,000 = EUR 1,720. Savings alone are not accepted - income must come from active remote work.
Proof of funds
Required
Family surcharges
Accompanying spouse: +USD 1,000/month (= EUR 860). Each accompanying child: +USD 500/month (= EUR 430), at ~USD 1 = EUR 0.86 (mid-June 2026). So an applicant + spouse + 1 child must show = USD 3,500/month combined (= EUR 3,010).
Working for local clients
Not allowed
Path to citizenship
No
Where to apply
Online
Processing time
2–4 weeks

Insurance requirement, verbatim intent: NIPDB explicitly requires applicants to hold valid international health and travel insurance covering risks while in Namibia for the duration of stay. No minimum coverage amount is published by the authority. A medical certificate (form 3-1/0003) and a radiological (TB) report (form 31/0004) are also required as part of the application documents.

Tax notes: Namibia uses source-based (territorial) taxation: income is taxed by reference to where it is sourced, regardless of the earner's nationality. Foreign-sourced income (remote work for overseas employers/clients) is generally outside the Namibian tax net. CAVEAT (tax practitioner, tier-3): under a strict reading, income for services physically rendered while the holder is in Namibia can be deemed Namibian-sourced and therefore taxable, subject to relief under a Double Tax Agreement (Namibia has DTAs with Botswana, France, Germany, India, Malaysia, Mauritius, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Sweden and the UK). This point is contested and not settled in published guidance; NIPDB publishes no specific DNV tax exemption. No fixed day-count residency trigger is specified for DNV holders. Not tax advice - individual position should be confirmed with a Namibian tax adviser.

Insurance requirement

Insurance that meets the Namibia DNV requirements

Required (explicit), for: full visa period. These plans match the published requirement:

#1

Cigna Global Health Options – International Health Plans (Silver / Gold / Platinum)

Likely qualifying

Cigna Healthcare (Cigna Global Insurance Company Limited) · International health insurance

NIPDB requires valid international health insurance covering risks in Namibia for the whole stay, and Cigna Global is a worldwide international medical plan (Silver $1M / Gold $2M / Platinum unlimited) with no upper age limit, buyable by someone relocating to Namibia as an expat; with no published minimum the only watch-item is confirming Namibia sits in the chosen coverage area.

  • 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

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#2

MyHealth International

Likely qualifying

APRIL International Care France (health risk insured by Groupama Gan Vie; assistance/personal liability by CHUBB European Group SE) · International health insurance

APRIL MyHealth International is a worldwide full international health plan ($500k-unlimited, hospitalisation and evacuation at 100%) for people residing outside their country of nationality, which matches a nomad moving to Namibia and satisfies NIPDB's international-health requirement; max entry age 74 (60 in some markets) and full medical underwriting are the only caveats.

  • Four plan tiers with annual limits from EUR/USD 500,000 (Explore) up to unlimited (Extensive/Elite; capped at EUR/USD 2M-4M for treatment in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, USA)
  • Enrollment from age 10 up to 74 in most countries; one-year contract with automatic renewal
  • Hospitalisation, medical evacuation and cancer treatment at 100% on all tiers, with hospital direct billing and free unlimited 24/7 telehealth (Teladoc)

from €52 /mo

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#3

Foyer Global Health (Essential / Special / Exclusive)

Likely qualifying

Foyer Global Health S.A. (Foyer Group, Luxembourg) · International health insurance

Foyer Global Health provides worldwide international health cover with unlimited inpatient benefits and requires a stay abroad of at least 3 months, fitting a Namibia visa stay; it satisfies the 'international health' requirement with no minimum to clear, the only restriction being that US permanent residents are not insurable.

  • No overall annual or lifetime limit on core medical cover in all three plans; unlimited inpatient benefits confirmed on the official plan comparison
  • Insurer FAQ explicitly confirms cover in the home country as well as the country of expatriation; worldwide or worldwide-ex-USA regions
  • Luxembourg-regulated insurer (Foyer Group); 24/7 medical assistance, evacuation, teleconsultation and second medical opinion included in all plans

from €80 /mo

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Beyond the visa

Namibia — 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.

🩺 Health Insurance 🧾 Taxes Abroad 💶 Cost of Living 🛡️ Health System 🏡 Housing & Relocation 🏦 Banking & Money 📶 Connectivity & eSIM

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