Digital Nomad Visas in Asia

Asia's emerging nomad visa landscape spans tropical islands to modern megacities. Countries across Southeast and East Asia are increasingly welcoming remote workers with dedicated programs.

130 visa programs43 countries

Country↑	Program↕	Income↕	Investment↕	Funds Required↕	Capital Required↕	Duration↕	Dependants↕	Citizenship↕
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	Highly Skilled Migrant Programme	—	—	—	—	3 years — 5 years	Yes	Yes
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	Investor Temporary Residence Permit	—	AZN 100,000 one-time	—	—	1 year — 3 years	Yes	Yes (5yr)
🇧🇭 Bahrain	Golden Residency Visa for Property Owners	—	BHD 130,000 one-time	—	—	10 years	Yes	No
🇧🇭 Bahrain	Golden Residency Visa for Talented Individuals	—	—	—	—	10 years	Yes	No
🇧🇭 Bahrain	Self-Sponsorship Residence Permit (Investor)	—	BHD 100,000 one-time	—	—	2 years — 10 years	Yes	Yes
🇧🇭 Bahrain	Self-Sponsorship Residence Permit (Property Owner)	—	BHD 50,000 one-time	—	—	2 years — 10 years	Yes	Yes
🇧🇭 Bahrain	Self-Sponsorship Residence Permit (Retired Foreigner)	BHD 500 / month	—	—	—	2 years — 10 years	Yes	Yes
🇧🇩 Bangladesh	Investor Visa	—	$75,000 one-time	—	—	1 year — 5 years	Yes	Yes (5yr)
🇧🇹 Bhutan	Digital Nomad Residence Programme	No minimum income thresho...	—	—	—	1 year — 2 years	No	—
🇧🇹 Bhutan	Investor Card	—	BTN 15,000,000 one-time	—	—	3 years	Yes	Yes (20yr)
🇰🇭 Cambodia	Cambodia My 2nd Home (CM2H)	—	$100,000 one-time	—	—	10 years	Yes	Yes (5yr)
🇰🇭 Cambodia	Retirement Visa (ER Extension of Stay)	$1,500 / month	—	—	—	1 month — 1 year	No	Yes (7yr)
🇨🇳 China	Permanent Residence Permit (Investment Category)	—	$500,000 one-time	—	—	Permanent	Yes	No
🇨🇳 China	Private Affairs Residence Permit (Entrepreneurship)	—	—	—	CN¥50,000 one-time	1 year — 5 years	Yes	Yes
🇬🇪 Georgia	Investment Residence Permit	—	$300,000 one-time	—	—	5 years	Yes	Yes (10yr)
🇬🇪 Georgia	IT Residence Permit	$25,000 / year	—	—	—	3 years	Yes	Yes (10yr)
🇬🇪 Georgia	Remotely from Georgia	$2,000 / month	—	—	—	6 months — 1 year	Yes	No
🇬🇪 Georgia	Short-Term Residence Permit (Property Ownership)	—	$150,000 one-time	—	—	1 year	Yes	Yes
🇭🇰 Hong Kong	Entry for Investment as Entrepreneurs	—	—	—	No fixed minimum; must de...	3 years	Yes	—
🇭🇰 Hong Kong	New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme	—	HK$30,000,000 one-time	—	—	2 years — Permanent	Yes	—
🇭🇰 Hong Kong	Quality Migrant Admission Scheme	—	—	—	—	3 years — 8 years	Yes	—
🇭🇰 Hong Kong	Top Talent Pass Scheme	HK$2,500,000 / year	—	—	—	2 years — 3 years	Yes	—
🇮🇳 India	Permanent Residency Status for Foreign Investors	—	₹100,000,000 one-time	—	—	10 years — 20 years	Yes	Yes
🇮🇩 Indonesia	Golden Visa (Global Talent)	—	—	—	—	5 years — 10 years	Yes	No
🇮🇩 Indonesia	Golden Visa (Investor)	—	$350,000 one-time	—	—	5 years — 10 years	Yes	Yes
🇮🇩 Indonesia	Remote Worker KITAS	$60,000 / year	—	—	—	1 year — 2 years	Yes	No
🇮🇩 Indonesia	Retirement KITAS	$1,500 / month	—	—	—	1 year — 5 years	Yes	Yes (5yr)
🇮🇩 Indonesia	Silver Hair Visa	$3,000 / month	—	—	—	5 years — 10 years	Yes	—
🇮🇷 Iran	Investor Residence Permit	—	$100,000 one-time	—	—	3 years — 5 years	Yes	No
🇮🇷 Iran	Special Residence Permit for Non-Iranian Elites	—	—	—	—	1 year — 5 years	Yes	No
🇮🇶 Iraq	Investment Residency	—	—	—	—	1 year	No	No
🇮🇱 Israel	B/5 Investor Visa	—	$220,000 one-time	—	—	2 years	Yes	—
🇮🇱 Israel	Innovation Visa for Foreign Entrepreneurs	—	—	—	No minimum capital requir...	1 year — 2 years	Yes	No
🇯🇵 Japan	Business Manager Visa	—	—	—	¥30,000,000 one-time	6 months — 5 years	Yes	Yes
🇯🇵 Japan	Designated Activities (Long Stay for Sightseeing and Recreation)	¥30,000,000 one-time	—	—	—	6 months — 1 year	Yes	No
🇯🇵 Japan	Digital Nomad Visa	¥10,000,000 / year	—	—	—	6 months	Yes	No
🇯🇵 Japan	Future Creation Individual Visa (J-Find)	—	—	—	—	6 months — 2 years	Yes	No
🇯🇵 Japan	Startup Visa	—	—	—	No fixed minimum capital ...	1 year — 2 years	Yes	Yes (10yr)
🇯🇴 Jordan	Annual Residence Permit Based on Bank Deposit	JOD 10,000 one-time	—	—	—	1 year — 5 years	Yes	Yes
🇯🇴 Jordan	Citizenship by Investment	—	JOD 500,000 one-time	—	—	3 years — Permanent	Yes	Yes (3yr)
🇯🇴 Jordan	Residency by Investment	—	JOD 200,000 one-time	—	—	5 years	Yes	No
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	A6 Investor Visa (Golden Visa)	—	$300,000 one-time	—	—	10 years	Yes	Yes (5yr)
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	C5 Business Immigrant Visa	—	—	—	No minimum capital for sm...	90 days — 2 years	Yes	Yes (5yr)
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	Digital Nomad Residency	No minimum income require...	—	—	—	1 year — 10 years	No	—
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	Neo Nomad Visa	$3,000 / month	—	—	—	1 year — 2 years	Yes	—
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	Permanent Residence Visa for In-Demand Professions	—	—	—	—	90 days — 10 years	Yes	Yes (5yr)
🇰🇼 Kuwait	Investor Residency Permit	—	KWD 5,000,000 one-time	—	—	5 years — 15 years	Yes	No
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	Digital Nomad Status	$5,000 / year	—	—	—	60 days — 10 years	Yes	No
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	Investment Visa	—	KGS 10,000,000 one-time	—	—	5 years — 10 years	Yes	—
🇱🇦 Laos	Investor Visa (NI-B2)	—	No universal fixed minimu...	—	—	3 months — 5 years	Yes	Yes
🇱🇧 Lebanon	Annual Residence Permit (Cash Bond Deposit)	Cash bond of 1,500,000,00...	—	—	—	1 year	Yes	Yes (5yr)
🇱🇧 Lebanon	Permanent Residence Permit (Financial Independence)	Cash guarantee of 4,500,0...	—	—	—	3 years	Yes	Yes (5yr)
🇲🇴 Macau	Major Investment Temporary Residency	—	MOP 15,000,000 one-time	—	—	18 months — 3 years	Yes	—
🇲🇴 Macau	Talent Recruitment Residence Permit	—	—	—	—	3 years — 5 years	Yes	—
🇲🇾 Malaysia	DE Rantau Nomad Pass	$2,000 / month	—	—	—	3 months — 2 years	Yes	No
🇲🇾 Malaysia	Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H)	—	MYR 675,000 one-time	—	—	5 years — 20 years	Yes	No
🇲🇾 Malaysia	Malaysia Tech Entrepreneur Programme (MTEP)	—	—	—	MYR 50,000 one-time	1 year — 5 years	Yes	—
🇲🇾 Malaysia	Premium Visa Programme (PVIP)	—	MYR 1,000,000 one-time	—	—	20 years	Yes	—
🇲🇾 Malaysia	Residence Pass-Talent (RP-T)	MYR 15,000 / month	—	—	—	10 years	Yes	—
🇲🇻 Maldives	Corporate Resident Visa	—	$250,000 one-time	—	—	5 years	Yes	No
🇲🇳 Mongolia	Investor Visa	—	$100,000 one-time	—	—	1 year — 3 years	Yes	Yes (5yr)
🇳🇵 Nepal	Residential Visa for Investors	—	$100,000 one-time	—	—	1 year	Yes	No
🇳🇵 Nepal	Residential Visa for Persons of Exceptional Merit	—	—	—	—	1 year	Yes	No
🇳🇵 Nepal	Residential Visa for Retirees	$20,000 / year	—	—	—	1 year	Yes	No
🇴🇲 Oman	Golden Residency Program	—	OMR 200,000 one-time	—	—	10 years	Yes	No
🇴🇲 Oman	Retiree Residence Card	OMR 4,000 / month	—	—	—	5 years	Yes	Yes (15yr)
🇵🇰 Pakistan	Business-Investor Visa	—	$50,000 one-time	—	—	1 year — 5 years	Yes	Yes
🇵🇰 Pakistan	Long-Term Residency (LTR)	—	$300,000 one-time	—	—	5 years — 10 years	Yes	No
🇵🇭 Philippines	Digital Nomad Visa	$2,000 / month	—	—	—	1 year — 2 years	No	—
🇵🇭 Philippines	Special Investor's Resident Visa (SIRV)	—	$75,000 one-time	—	—	Permanent	Yes	Yes (10yr)
🇵🇭 Philippines	Special Resident Retiree's Visa (SRRV)	$800 / month	—	—	—	Permanent	Yes	Yes
🇶🇦 Qatar	Mustaqel Visa (Entrepreneur)	—	—	—	QAR 250,000 one-time	5 years	Yes	—
🇶🇦 Qatar	Mustaqel Visa (Talent)	—	—	—	—	5 years	Yes	—
🇶🇦 Qatar	Real Estate Investment Residency	—	QAR 730,000 one-time	—	—	1 year — 5 years	Yes	Yes
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	Entrepreneur Residency	—	—	—	SAR 400,000 one-time	5 years — Permanent	Yes	No
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	Gifted Premium Residency	—	—	—	—	5 years	Yes	Yes
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	Investor Residency	—	SAR 7,000,000 one-time	—	—	Permanent	Yes	Yes
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	Real Estate Owner Residency	—	SAR 4,000,000 one-time	—	—	1 year	Yes	Yes
🇸🇬 Singapore	EntrePass (Entrepreneur Pass)	—	—	—	SGD 100,000 one-time	1 year — 2 years	Yes	—
🇸🇬 Singapore	Global Investor Programme (GIP)	—	SGD 10,000,000 one-time	—	—	Permanent	Yes	Yes (2yr)
🇸🇬 Singapore	Overseas Networks & Expertise Pass (ONE Pass)	SGD 30,000 / month	—	—	—	5 years	Yes	—
🇸🇬 Singapore	Tech.Pass	SGD 22,500 / month	—	—	—	2 years — 4 years	Yes	—
🇰🇷 South Korea	D-10 Job Seeker Visa	—	—	Must demonstrate sufficie...	—	6 months — 1 year	No	—
🇰🇷 South Korea	Immigrant Investor Scheme for Public Business	—	₩1,500,000,000 one-time	—	—	2 years — Permanent	Yes	Yes (5yr)
🇰🇷 South Korea	Permanent Residence for Overseas Pension Beneficiaries	$73,700 / year	—	—	—	Permanent	Yes	Yes
🇰🇷 South Korea	Technology Startup Visa	—	—	—	No fixed minimum capital ...	1 year — 2 years	Yes	—
🇰🇷 South Korea	Tourism and Leisure Facility Investment Immigration	—	₩1,000,000,000 one-time	—	—	3 years — Permanent	Yes	Yes (5yr)
🇰🇷 South Korea	Workation (Digital Nomad) Visa	$3,083 / month	—	—	—	1 year — 3 years	Yes	No
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	Colombo Port City Investor Visa	—	$100,000 one-time	—	—	5 years — 10 years	Yes	No
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	Condominium Investment Visa	—	$75,000 one-time	—	—	5 years — 10 years	Yes	No
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	Digital Nomad Visa	$2,000 / month	—	—	—	1 year	Yes	No
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	Golden Paradise Residence Visa	—	$100,000 one-time	—	—	5 years — 10 years	Yes	No
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	Individual Investor Residence Visa	—	$100,000 one-time	—	—	5 years — 10 years	Yes	No
🇸🇾 Syria	Investment Residency Permit	—	No fixed minimum threshol...	—	—	1 year — Permanent	Yes	Yes
🇹🇼 Taiwan	Digital Nomad Visitor Visa	$40,000 / year	—	—	—	6 months — 2 years	No	Yes
🇹🇼 Taiwan	Employment Gold Card	NT$160,000 / month	—	—	—	1 year — 3 years	Yes	Yes (3yr)
🇹🇼 Taiwan	Entrepreneur Visa	—	—	—	NT$2,000,000 one-time	2 years	Yes	—
🇹🇼 Taiwan	Investor Resident Visa	—	$200,000 one-time	—	—	1 year — 5 years	Yes	—
🇹🇼 Taiwan	Plum Blossom Card (Investment APRC)	—	NT$15,000,000 one-time	—	—	Permanent	Yes	Yes
🇹🇯 Tajikistan	Investor Visa (Category C)	—	$500,000 one-time	—	—	2 years — 5 years	Yes	No
🇹🇭 Thailand	Destination Thailand Visa (DTV)	—	—	—	—	180 days — 5 years	Yes	No
🇹🇭 Thailand	Long-Term Resident Visa (Work-from-Thailand Professionals)	$80,000 / year	—	—	—	5 years — 10 years	Yes	Yes
🇹🇭 Thailand	LTR Visa (Wealthy Global Citizens)	—	$500,000 one-time	—	—	5 years — 10 years	Yes	—
🇹🇭 Thailand	LTR Visa (Wealthy Pensioners)	$80,000 / year	—	—	—	5 years — 10 years	Yes	Yes
🇹🇭 Thailand	Non-Immigrant Visa (Investment)	—	THB 10,000,000 one-time	—	—	1 year	Yes	Yes
🇹🇭 Thailand	Non-Immigrant Visa O-A (Long Stay)	THB 65,000 / month	—	—	—	1 year	Yes	No
🇹🇭 Thailand	Non-Immigrant Visa O-X (Long Stay 10 Years)	THB 3,000,000 one-time	—	—	—	5 years — 10 years	Yes	—
🇹🇭 Thailand	SMART Visa S (Startup)	—	—	—	THB 600,000 one-time	6 months — 2 years	Yes	Yes
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	Business Visa Class II	—	—	—	No minimum capital thresh...	6 months — 2 years	Yes	—
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	Investor Residence Authorization	—	$1,500,000 one-time	—	—	2 years — Permanent	Yes	—
🇹🇷 Turkey	Citizenship by Investment	—	$400,000 one-time	—	—	5 years — Permanent	Yes	Yes
🇹🇷 Turkey	Digital Nomad Visa	$3,000 / month	—	—	—	1 year	Yes	—
🇹🇷 Turkey	Short-Term Residence Permit (Tourism Purpose)	$1,200 / month	—	—	—	6 months — 2 years	Yes	Yes (8yr)
🇹🇷 Turkey	Turkiye TechVisa (Startup)	—	—	—	—	3 years	Yes	—
🇹🇷 Turkey	Turquoise Card	—	—	—	—	3 years — Permanent	Yes	Yes
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	Investor Residence Permit	—	$500,000 one-time	—	—	5 years	Yes	Yes (7yr)
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	Golden Visa (Entrepreneur)	—	—	—	AED 500,000 one-time	5 years — 10 years	Yes	No
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	Golden Visa (Investor)	—	AED 2,000,000 one-time	—	—	5 years — 10 years	Yes	No
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	Golden Visa (Talented Individuals)	—	—	—	—	10 years	Yes	Yes
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	Green Visa (Freelancer / Self-Employed)	AED 360,000 / year	—	—	—	5 years	Yes	Yes
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	Green Visa (Investor/Partner)	—	AED 1,000,000 one-time	—	—	5 years	Yes	No
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	Job Exploration Visa	—	—	Must prove sufficient fun...	—	60 days	No	—
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	Retirement Visa	AED 15,000 / month	—	—	—	5 years	Yes	No
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	Virtual Work Residence Permit	$3,500 / month	—	—	—	1 year	Yes	No
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	Golden Visa	—	$250,000 one-time	—	—	5 years	Yes	No
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	Investment Visa	—	$290,000 one-time	—	—	3 years — Permanent	Yes	Yes (5yr)
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	IT Visa	$2,500 / month	—	—	—	1 year — 3 years	Yes	—
🇻🇳 Vietnam	Investor Visa (DT1-DT4)	—	₫3,000,000,000 one-time	—	—	1 year — 10 years	Yes	—
🇻🇳 Vietnam	Special Visa Exemption Card	—	—	—	—	5 years	No	Yes
🇻🇳 Vietnam	UĐ1 Visa (High-Quality Digital Technology Personnel and Preferential Cases)	—	—	—	—	5 years	Yes	Yes (3yr)