Estonia digital nomad visa income: proof from the six months before you apply, and a tax line at 183 days
Estonia · Digital Nomad Visa
Income required
EUR 3,960 per month
Income of at least 0.60 times Estonia's subsistence level for each day in the country, which the foreign ministry states as a monthly sum
Government fee
EUR 90–120
Government fees on file, main applicant, initial application
Official source · Threshold checked 26 Oct 2026 · Last rule change in force: Eligibility criteria, 1 Jan 2026 (10 months ago) · Figures read from the official rules on file at the time this page was served.
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The income bar is now tied to Estonia's subsistence level and reset with it, and it is proven with evidence from the six months before you apply, so the date a new contract started can matter as much as its size. Once you are in Estonia, spending more than 183 days there within 12 months can make you an Estonian tax resident, and a long-stay visa runs well past that point.
Someone who signs a remote contract and books a flight the same week may find their bank statements tell the wrong story. The interior ministry's regulation asks for proof of income from the six months before the application. Since 1 January 2026 it sets the bar as a share of the subsistence level for each day in Estonia, which the foreign ministry states as the monthly figure above; older guides still quote the previous, higher amount.
Who counts as a remote worker
The Aliens Act gives three ways to qualify. You keep working for an employer registered abroad, under a contract. You run a business through a company registered abroad that you own a share of. Or you provide services mainly to clients based abroad, under contracts with them. A spouse, a registered partner and children can join you, and the income test does not apply to them.
Two lengths of stay
The law allows a short-stay or a long-stay visa for remote work. The guidance gives up to 90 days for the first and up to 365 days for the second. Each has its own state fee: the lower end of the government fee above is the short stay, the higher end the long one.
The tax date
The same guidance warns that more than 183 days in Estonia within a 12-month period can make you resident there for tax. A full-year plan is a tax question too, for a tax adviser in both countries.
Fees to Estonia and fees to a firm
To the Estonian state:
- The visa's state fee, shown above as the government fee. Family members apply for visas of their own.
To a firm:
- Its own service fee, set apart from the state's.
What to ask before paying:
- Do your statements for the last six months show income at the figure above, and does the quote use this year's figure?
- Is your employer or company registered outside Estonia, or are most of your clients based abroad?
- Which visa does the quote price, short stay or long stay, and does it match your plans?
- Will your stay pass 183 days within any 12 months, and who is looking at the tax side?
- If Estonia refuses the visa or changes the rules first, is any of the firm's fee returned?
If a relocation firm has sent you a fee quote for this visa, say yes where the box above asks about one, and it is read line by line against the published rules. With nothing on paper, answer no and enter your monthly income. The check compares a document or a figure with the published rules, and does not look at your application or advise on it; for advice on your own case, speak to a qualified immigration lawyer.
General information, not legal advice.
