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Good practice Imported

Nomad Digital Residence — Antigua and Barbuda's Two-Year Remote-Work Visa

Antigua and Barbuda · St. John's · See the Antigua and Barbuda profile · See the St. John's profile

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 93% 43/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Antigua launched the Nomad Digital Residence on 24 Sept 2020, one of the Caribbean's first COVID-era remote-work visas: $1,500 fee, $50,000 minimum income, up to two years, tax-free on foreign earnings. No independent uptake or impact data has been published since launch.

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Government of Antigua and Barbuda
Period
2020–present
Keywords
remote work, immigration policy, digital economy, tourism

Context

Antigua and Barbuda's Nomad Digital Residence (NDR) programme took effect on 24 September 2020, among the earliest of the wave of COVID-era 'digital nomad' visas that Caribbean and other small-island states subsequently adopted.

Results

Eligible applicants -- who must certify at least US$50,000 in annual income from outside Antigua and Barbuda -- pay a US$1,500 application fee for a special-resident authorisation valid for up to two years, processed fully online in around 14 days, with no local income tax on foreign earnings.

Conclusions

No independent source publishes the number of NDR applications approved, total visa holders, or a measured economic-impact assessment, and the US$50,000 income floor structurally excludes lower-income remote workers. The practice is included here as a clearly documented policy design with verifiable terms, not as a proven-impact case.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k) — US$1,500 application fee, funded by applicant fees (own-resources).
Time to results
Medium (1–3 years)
Staffing & skills
Government of Antigua and Barbuda, NDR programme administrators

Conditions for success

  • fully online application processed in around 14 days
  • no new visa-category infrastructure required

Common failure modes

  • no published participation numbers or economic-impact data

Where it fits

Governance type
national government
Scale
national (small-island)
Income level
high-income

Commonly funded by

Own resources / municipal budget

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