Caribbean Digital Nomad Visa Comparison — Barbados, Dominica, Curaçao, Grenada

Disclaimer — YMYL content. This article compares four Caribbean remote-work routes that are open to new applicants: the Barbados Welcome Stamp, Dominica's Work In Nature, Curaçao's @HOME in Curaçao, and Grenada's Remote Employment Visa. Antigua and Barbuda's Nomad Digital Residence has closed — the Department of Immigration's own programme site (nomad.gov.ag) carries the banner "This program has ended", and it is covered below under "Programmes that have closed" rather than as a live option. Visa fees, durations, and tax exemptions change. Verify every figure with the issuing authority named against it, and consult a qualified immigration adviser before applying.

The Caribbean is still the densest cluster of dedicated remote-work routes in the world, and the four compared here are the ones a freelancer or remote employee can actually apply for today. No 6-month consular waits, no thick business plans, no €4,500 deposits. You apply online or through the immigration department, prove foreign income, pay a fee, and — on the routes that publish a timeline — you are usually answered in weeks rather than months.

They are not interchangeable. Two of them (Barbados and Grenada) are statutory permits created by a Remote Employment Act and granted by a Chief Immigration Officer; two (Dominica and Curaçao) are programme-run schemes with published fee schedules. That difference shows up in what each one asks you to prove and in how much of the detail is published at all. This article compares them on the figures we can source, names the authority behind each one, and is explicit about the gaps.

TL;DR

Barbados, Dominica, Curaçao and Grenada all run open Caribbean remote-work routes. Curaçao's @HOME costs USD 294 for six months, Dominica's Work In Nature runs 18 months for USD 800, and the Barbados Welcome Stamp costs USD 2,000 for a 12-month term you re-apply for rather than renew. Grenada's statutory income floor is EC$100,000 a year. Antigua's Nomad Digital Residence has closed.

Side-by-side comparison

Every figure in the table below traces either to a record in our Visa Threshold Index — which names the issuing authority and the date the record was checked — or to the programme's own published fee or eligibility page. Where a figure is not published, the cell says so instead of guessing.

None of the four records a permanent-residence horizon. Treat all of them as a lifestyle window, not a settlement route — the COLO section further down links to the routes that do count toward residency.

Barbados Welcome Stamp

The Barbados Welcome Stamp launched in July 2020 as one of the world's first national digital nomad visas. It set the template several other countries copied within months, and it is still the most documented route in the region.

Legal basis and authority: the Stamp is granted by the Chief Immigration Officer of Barbados, with the approval of the Minister responsible for Immigration, under the Remote Employment Act, 2020 (ss. 2–3). Record checked 2026-08.

Cost and duration: USD 2,000 for individuals, USD 3,000 for families. The Act grants the Stamp for a period of 12 months only — you re-apply at the end of the term rather than renewing it. That distinction matters when you are planning a two-year stay and budgeting a second USD 2,000.

Income: section 3 of the Act requires proof of annual income of USD 50,000 (BDS$100,000) or more generated outside Barbados over the 12 months of the intended stay. Demonstrated by recent bank statements or pay slips.

Tax: a Welcome Stamp holder is deemed non-resident for Barbados income-tax purposes, so foreign-source income is not taxed locally during the Stamp. Barbados has also signed double-taxation treaties with the UK, US, Canada, and several others that reinforce this clean treatment.

Internet: one of the best in the Caribbean. Fibre in Bridgetown and the southern/western coastal strip averages 100-200 Mbps. Mobile 4G/5G coverage is comprehensive.

Lifestyle: Bridgetown and the southern coast (Hastings, Worthing, Christ Church) house the bulk of the international community. The west coast (Holetown, Speightstown) is more upscale and quieter. The Atlantic east coast is dramatic, wilder, and surf-oriented. Barbados is widely English-speaking, has a strong British colonial-legal heritage (driving on the left, etc.), and is well-connected to both the US East Coast and London via direct flights.

Co-working: a handful of dedicated spaces (Caribbean Catalyst, Project Caribbean) plus several hotels that have repositioned their lounges as work-friendly. The community is smaller than Bali or Lisbon, but mature for the Caribbean.

Drawbacks: cost of living is the highest of the four. Rents in the south coast nomad districts run USD 1,200-2,500 for a 1-bed. Eating out and groceries reflect the import-heavy Caribbean economy. Hurricane season (June-November) brings real weather risk, and the 12-months-only term means the admin comes round every year.

3 scenarios where Barbados wins

Scenario B1 — Maya, 38, UK consultant, $7,500/month, wants the most established Caribbean setup. Maya wants infrastructure, English, easy flights to London, and a community of similar professionals. Barbados's mature Welcome Stamp programme, fibre internet, and established expat community fit. The USD 2,000 fee is small relative to her income; the USD 50,000 threshold is comfortable.

Scenario B2 — Ngozi and Tom, couple with one child (8), both remote workers, combined $11,000/month. The family fee is USD 3,000 for spouse + child included, against USD 2,000 for an individual — a flat uplift they can budget exactly. Barbados has international schools (e.g. Codrington School) accepting nomad-family children. Of the four routes, only Barbados and Dominica publish a flat family price.

Scenario B3 — Devon, 33, freelance fintech analyst, US client base, wants reliable internet for video calls. Barbados's fibre infrastructure is the strongest of the four destinations. For someone whose work depends on Zoom reliability and large file uploads, the broadband quality matters. Devon's US clients connect easily to Barbados via Miami direct flights.

Dominica Work In Nature (WIN)

Dominica's "Work In Nature" (WIN) Extended Stay Visa is positioned as the nature-and-biodiversity option. Dominica (not to be confused with the Dominican Republic) is a small, mountainous, rainforest-heavy island — UNESCO heritage sites, dozens of dive spots, and a famously low population density.

Cost and duration: the official WIN fee schedule (windominica.gov.dm) sets a US$100 non-refundable application fee, then a visa fee of US$800 for a single applicant or US$1,200 for a family application — a flat family rate, not a per-dependant add-on. A business application for four or more employees is US$800 plus US$500 per additional employee; that per-employee figure is a business-route item and does not apply to family members. Duration: up to 18 months — the longest term any of these four publishes.

Income: there is no fixed monthly threshold, but there is a published annual benchmark. The official WIN eligibility page asks that "you can expect to earn an income of US$50,000 or more over the next 12 months and/or have the means to support yourself, your spouse/partner, and their other family members accompanying you". Read it as: US$50,000/year is the stated bar, with a documented means-of-support case as the published alternative. In practice applicants evidence it with employer letters, bank statements, or self-employment records showing foreign clients.

Tax: 0% on foreign-source income for the visa duration.

Internet: variable. The capital Roseau and main coastal towns have fibre (often 30-100 Mbps), but smaller villages and rainforest-adjacent areas can be limited to slower connections or rely on mobile 4G. Verify the connection at your specific property before signing a long lease.

Lifestyle: Dominica is profoundly different from the other three. Less developed for tourism. The island is volcanic, rainforest-covered, with hot springs, waterfalls, and the only natural sulphur lake in the world (Boiling Lake). The expat community is small and outdoors-oriented. Roseau is the capital, small (under 15,000 people), with the most-developed services. Portsmouth is the second town. Many remote workers base in small coastal or hill villages.

Co-working: very limited dedicated co-working. Most remote workers either work from home, from accommodation, or in cafes in Roseau. The Yard at the Garraway Hotel has been one of the most-used options.

Drawbacks: internet is the weakest of the destinations we have measured — verify any specific accommodation. Daily-life infrastructure (shopping, dining, services) is much lighter than Barbados or Curaçao. Direct international flights are limited (most connections via San Juan, Antigua, or Barbados). If you need a busy social scene, this isn't it.

3 scenarios where Dominica wins

Scenario D1 — Marcus, 41, freelance environmental consultant, $4,200/month, biodiversity-research interest. Dominica's natural environment is the unique selling point. His professional interest aligns with the destination's biology and conservation work. The lower visa fee (USD 800) and lower cost of living let him stretch his income further than in Barbados.

Scenario D2 — Sofia, 32, illustrator focused on nature/botanical themes, $3,500/month. Her work is inspired by environment. Dominica's rainforest, biodiversity, and slow pace give her material. The lack of social scene is a feature, not a bug — she wants distraction-free time. She bases in a hillside village with verified fibre.

Scenario D3 — Adventure-couple Lars and Anneli, 35 and 36, both remote, $9,000/month combined, want a year of hiking, diving, and outdoor immersion. Dominica's hiking trails (Waitukubuli National Trail), dive sites (Champagne Reef, Scott's Head), and natural hot springs make it a genuine outdoor-adventure base. 18 months on a single grant is the longest published term of the four, and it is enough time to really explore.

Curaçao @HOME in Curaçao

Curaçao's @HOME in Curaçao visa is the cheapest and shortest of the four — USD 294 for an initial 6 months, extendable for another 6 months (total 12 months maximum). It's also the most distinctively Dutch-Caribbean in character.

Cost and duration: USD 294 for individuals, the lowest published fee in the comparison. Initial 6 months, extendable once for another 6 months.

Income: proof of stable foreign income; no fixed published threshold. Bank statements and remote-work documentation requested.

Tax: 0% on foreign-source income for the qualifying 6-month period under the @HOME programme. The programme is structured around the short stay; an extension follows the same rules.

Internet: strong. Curaçao's fixed broadband infrastructure is among the best in the Caribbean — typical 100-200 Mbps fibre in Willemstad and the developed coastal areas. The island has invested heavily in digital infrastructure.

Lifestyle: Curaçao is a former Dutch colony, now a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The capital Willemstad's Punda district is a UNESCO World Heritage site — colourful Dutch-Caribbean architecture, walkable, with a strong café and restaurant culture. The island is outside the main hurricane belt (technically possible but historically very rare), making it a more weather-stable Caribbean option. Beach diversity is among the best — over 35 named beaches, many accessible and uncrowded. Diving and snorkelling are world-class.

The language mix is unusual: Dutch is official, Papiamento (a Portuguese/Spanish/Dutch/African creole) is daily life, English is widely usable, and Spanish is common given proximity to Venezuela. Most service-sector interaction works in English.

Co-working: a small but growing scene. Willemstad has several dedicated spaces (Capriles Plaza, B-Compass, hotel-based options) and the local startup community is active.

Drawbacks: the 6-month + 6-month structure caps out at a year — shorter than Dominica's 18 months, and the extension can only be taken once. If you want a multi-year Caribbean base, this is the wrong instrument. The Dutch-Caribbean cultural mix is delightful but distinct — adjustment is part of the experience. International flight route options are fewer than Barbados.

3 scenarios where Curaçao wins

Scenario C1 — Emma, 30, freelance graphic designer, $3,800/month, wants the cheapest Caribbean entry. The USD 294 fee is roughly 1/7 of the Barbados Welcome Stamp. For a 6-month stay (extendable), the total visa cost is minimal. Willemstad's fibre handles her client video calls. She uses a Punda district co-working spot.

Scenario C2 — Jorge, 36, Spanish-speaking developer with US clients, $5,500/month, wants Dutch-Caribbean culture and English-language work. Curaçao's quadrilingual environment (Dutch + Papiamento + English + Spanish) suits him. The hurricane-belt-outside advantage means he can sign a 12-month lease without storm-season worry. The published fee is the lowest of the four.

Scenario C3 — Photography-loving Aaliyah, 28, $4,000/month freelance, wants beach diversity and weather stability. Curaçao's 35+ beaches and outside-the-hurricane-belt position make it the most weather-stable photography base in the comparison. The cost is also the lowest. Her 6+6 month structure aligns with her one-year horizon.

Grenada Remote Employment Visa

Grenada's route is the most statutory of the four. It exists because Parliament passed the Remote Employment Act, No. 3 of 2021, and the permit is granted by the Chief Immigration Officer of Grenada, with the approval of the Minister (s. 3(1)). That is the same instrument shape as the Barbados Welcome Stamp, which makes those two the easiest pair here to read against each other — and it means the primary source is an Act you can read in full, linked in the Sources list below.

Income: section 4(1)(c) requires proof of an actual annual income of not less than EC$100,000 generated outside Grenada — and, distinctively, proof that the income will continue for the permit period. Most of these routes test what you have earned; Grenada also tests what you will keep earning. Record checked 2026-08.

Currency: the figure is set in East Caribbean dollars and our Index records it exactly as the Act states it, performing no FX conversion. EC$100,000 is therefore the number to work with. Our regional roundup puts it at roughly USD 37,000 at prevailing rates — useful for orientation, not a substitute for checking the rate on the day you apply.

Duration: a renewable remote-work permit. No fixed term is recorded against the route in our Index, so confirm the term you will actually be granted before you plan around it.

Conditions: the permit is for the remote work it was granted for. As with the other three routes, the income has to come from outside the country.

What is not published: no visa fee, no processing window, no family uplift, no local tax treatment and no permanent-residence horizon are recorded for Grenada. That is a genuine gap, not an oversight in this article — where the Index has nothing from the issuing authority, we leave the cell empty rather than fill it from a secondary source. Our regional roundup notes an individual fee of roughly USD 1,500; treat that as a starting point for a question to the Chief Immigration Officer, not as a budget line.

3 scenarios where Grenada wins

Scenario G1 — Tomas, 34, backend contractor, earns below the USD 50,000 mark. Barbados' statute and Dominica's eligibility page both name USD 50,000; Tomas does not clear it. Grenada's floor is set in a different currency altogether — EC$100,000 — and on the roundup's orientation figure that is a materially lower bar. Whether he clears it is an FX question to settle with the current rate and the Chief Immigration Officer of Grenada, not with a blog's conversion, but Grenada is the only one of the four where the answer might be yes.

Scenario G2 — Aisha, 41, on a rolling 12-month retainer with one anchor client. The Act's "will continue for the permit period" test rewards a contract with a term on it over a portfolio of one-off projects. Her signed retainer answers both the amount and the continuity question in one document. The renewable permit also spares her the annual re-application cycle that Barbados's 12-months-only Stamp creates.

Scenario G3 — Karl and Ines, both remote, weighing a multi-year Eastern Caribbean base. A renewable statutory permit suits a multi-year plan better than a fixed 12-month grant. The catch is the published gap: with no family uplift and no fee recorded, they cannot budget the family side from our data, so they get the dependant rules and costs in writing from the Chief Immigration Officer first. Couples who want a budgetable answer today usually land on Barbados or Dominica instead — both publish a flat family price.

Cost-of-living comparison (rough)

These are editorial estimates from our own reporting, not Index records — they carry no issuing authority and should be treated as orientation. We publish no equivalent estimate for Grenada, so it is absent from the table rather than represented by a guess.

Dominica is the cheapest on rent and dining. Barbados is the most expensive. Curaçao sits between them, closer to Barbados on groceries and closer to Dominica on rent.

Internet quality summary

Barbados and Curaçao are both reliable at 100-200 Mbps in their main districts. Dominica is the most variable of the three we have measured — verify the specific property before you sign anything. We have no broadband estimate for Grenada.

For video-call-heavy or upload-heavy work, Barbados or Curaçao are the safer defaults. For lifestyle-first nomads who can work asynchronously, Dominica opens more options at a lower cost.

Family rules — who can come

Barbados and Dominica both price family as a flat fee rather than per head, which is what makes them budgetable in advance. Dominica's family application is US$1,200 against US$800 for a single applicant, and it covers a spouse/partner, children or stepchildren under 18, and relatives wholly dependent through age or infirmity (official WIN eligibility page). Curaçao charges per family member. For Grenada, nothing on dependants is published against the route, so a family should get it in writing before committing.

Decision matrix

A simple tree, using only what the four open routes publish:

• Want the most established infrastructure → Barbados.
• Want the longest published term → Dominica WIN (18 months).
• Want the lowest published visa fee → Curaçao (USD 294).
• Want the lowest cost of living we have measured → Dominica.
• Want the lowest statutory income floor → Grenada (EC$100,000/year) — set in East Caribbean dollars, which our regional roundup puts below the USD 50,000 that Barbados and Dominica name.
• Want a renewable permit rather than a fixed term → Grenada.
• Want to be outside the hurricane belt → Curaçao.
• Want the best internet → Barbados or Curaçao.
• Want nature, biodiversity, hiking, diving → Dominica.
• Travelling with family and need a price you can budget → Barbados or Dominica.
• Want a Dutch-Caribbean cultural blend → Curaçao.

Programmes that have closed — Antigua and Barbuda's NDR

Antigua and Barbuda's Nomad Digital Residence (NDR) is closed. The Department of Immigration's own programme site, nomad.gov.ag, carries the banner "This program has ended", and no new applications are accepted. The route was removed from our Visa Threshold Index in version 2026.08 rather than kept with a caveat: an ended programme cannot supply a current sourced figure.

This section exists because a lot of people arrive here having read that the NDR is live. It is not. While it ran, it was a 24-month single-application residence at USD 1,500 for an individual (USD 2,000 for a family up to 4 dependants), with a USD 50,000/year income test and no local tax on foreign-source income — the longest-duration Caribbean nomad route at the same income bar as Barbados. None of that is available now.

Where to go instead, depending on what drew you to it:

• You wanted the 24-month term. Of the four routes above, Dominica's WIN at up to 18 months is the longest published term, and it is now the longest single grant available in the Caribbean. The Cayman Islands' Global Citizen Concierge Programme used to be the 2-year answer here; it is no longer available. Reg. 7 of the Immigration (Transition) (Global Citizen Exemption) Regulations expired the scheme on 30 November 2024 and closed applications on 31 October 2022, and it was removed from our Visa Threshold Index in the August 2026 liveness sweep.
• You wanted the USD 50,000 income bar. Barbados and Dominica both sit there. Grenada's statutory floor is set in East Caribbean dollars at EC$100,000, which our regional roundup puts below that mark — check the rate before you rely on it.
• You wanted Antigua itself. Antigua and Barbuda remains a destination; the NDR is simply no longer a way to live and work there long-term. Check the ordinary entry and residence rules with the Department of Immigration.

Bermuda's Work From Bermuda certificate also closed, on 28 February 2025. Our regional roundup tracks the wider Caribbean list, including the routes we do not compare in depth here — the Bahamas, Anguilla and Saint Lucia among them.

What this means for COLO users

Three of the four open routes — Barbados, Dominica and Curaçao — share a critical structural feature: no local tax on foreign-source earnings during the visa (Barbados by deeming the holder non-resident, the other two by exempting the income). Grenada's tax treatment is not recorded in our Index, so treat it as an open question for your adviser rather than an assumption. Where the exemption does apply, your existing billing structure (US LLC, UK Ltd, Estonia OÜ, whatever) keeps invoicing your clients in your usual currency, and you don't restructure to a Caribbean entity. Colo's client management records don't change when you arrive in Bridgetown, Roseau, Willemstad or St. George's — your address changes, your in-country tax position changes, but the workspace stays the same.

Colo's invoicing handles multi-currency billing — most Caribbean nomads bill in USD, get paid into Wise or Payoneer, and convert to local currency as needed. The routes don't impose specific local payment infrastructure on you. The finance dashboard tracks revenue monthly, which is what you need when you re-apply (Barbados), extend (Curaçao) or renew (Grenada) — every one of these routes wants evidence of continued qualifying foreign income, and Grenada's Act asks you to show it will continue.

For nomads using the Caribbean as one stop in a multi-year journey, see our solutions for digital nomads for the multi-jurisdiction workspace pattern. None of these routes counts toward EU or US permanent residency, so if your long-term goal is settlement, treat the year (or 18 months) in the Caribbean as a lifestyle window — and look at Portugal D7 vs Spain DNV or Germany Freiberufler vs Netherlands DAFT for the PR-counting routes. For category context, see Digital Nomad Visa vs Freelancer Visa. For other regions, see Estonia vs Croatia, Thailand DTV vs Bali KITAS, and UAE Freelance vs Saudi Premium Residency. The COLO pricing page lays out the free Solo plan that fits a single-operator nomad setup.

FAQ

Q: Which Caribbean nomad visa is the cheapest?

Curaçao @HOME at USD 294 for 6 months (extendable to 12). Dominica Work In Nature at USD 800 for 18 months is next — add the USD 100 non-refundable application fee for the true total. Barbados is USD 2,000. No fee is recorded against Grenada, so it cannot be ranked here.

Q: Which lasts longest?

Dominica WIN at up to 18 months on a single grant — the longest published term of the four. Barbados grants the Welcome Stamp for 12 months only and you re-apply rather than renew. Curaçao @HOME is 6+6 months. Grenada's permit is renewable but no fixed term is recorded. Antigua's NDR ran to 24 months and was the region's longest until it ended.

Q: Are these visas really tax-free?

Barbados deems the Welcome Stamp holder non-resident for Barbados income tax; Dominica and Curaçao both exempt foreign-source income for the visa period. Grenada's treatment is not recorded in our Index — verify it. Your home-country tax obligations are separate and may continue regardless.

Q: What income do I need to show?

Barbados — USD 50,000/year (BDS$100,000) generated outside Barbados, under section 3 of the Remote Employment Act, 2020. Grenada — EC$100,000/year generated outside Grenada with proof it will continue, under section 4(1)(c) of the Remote Employment Act, No. 3 of 2021. Dominica — the official WIN eligibility page asks that you "can expect to earn an income of US$50,000 or more over the next 12 months and/or have the means to support yourself" and your accompanying family. Curaçao — proof of stable foreign income, no fixed published threshold.

Q: Which is best for families?

Barbados has a flat USD 3,000 family fee against USD 2,000 individual. Dominica charges a flat USD 1,200 family application against USD 800 single. Curaçao charges per dependant. Grenada publishes no family uplift, so ask the Chief Immigration Officer of Grenada before you plan around it.

Q: What happened to Antigua and Barbuda's Nomad Digital Residence?

It closed. The Department of Immigration's own programme site (nomad.gov.ag) states "This program has ended" and no new applications are accepted, so the NDR was removed from our Visa Threshold Index in v2026.08. If the 24-month term was the draw, Dominica's WIN is the longest open single grant at 18 months. Cayman's GCCP used to be the two-year alternative at a much higher income bar, but its Regulations expired on 30 November 2024 and it is closed too.

Q: Which has the best internet?

Barbados and Curaçao average 100-200 Mbps fibre in their main districts. Dominica is the most variable — verify the specific property. We publish no broadband estimate for Grenada.

Q: Can I bring my pet?

Each country runs its own animal-import rules, typically involving a health certificate, vaccination records and an import permit applied for in advance. None of the four routes changes those rules — they are separate from the visa. Plan 30-60 days ahead and confirm with the relevant veterinary authority.

Q: Do any of these count toward permanent residency?

No. None of the four records a permanent-residence horizon; they are temporary stay routes. For PR pathways, look at Portugal, Spain, Germany, or the Netherlands.

Q: Can I work for local clients on these visas?

No. All four are built around income generated outside the country — Barbados' and Grenada's statutes say so explicitly. Local employment or local clients typically violate the terms.

Q: What about hurricane season?

Curaçao is technically outside the main hurricane belt and has historically very rare direct hits. Barbados, Dominica and Grenada all sit within the Atlantic hurricane corridor (June-November). Plan accordingly, and check what your insurance actually covers.

Q: Can I open a local bank account?

Possible on all four but it varies by country and by bank, and none of the routes guarantees it. Barbados has the most established expat banking of the four; Curaçao's Dutch-Caribbean banking is straightforward. Expect proof of address, proof of income and the visa itself to be requested.

Sources

• Barbados — Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Welcome Stamp Programme
• Barbados — Welcome Stamp official site
• Government of Barbados — Barbados Revenue Authority
• Dominica — Government of Dominica, Work In Nature (WIN) Extended Stay Visa
• Dominica — WIN eligibility criteria (official)
• Dominica — WIN fee schedule (official)
• Curaçao — @HOME in Curaçao programme
• Grenada — Parliament of Grenada, Remote Employment Act, No. 3 of 2021
• Cayman Islands — Immigration (Transition) (Global Citizen Exemption) Regulations (2023 Revision), reg. 7 (expiry of the GCCP)
• Antigua and Barbuda — Department of Immigration, Nomad Digital Residence programme site ("This program has ended") — the previously cited nomaddigitalresidence.com domain no longer resolves
• Eastern Caribbean Central Bank — regulatory framework
• Colo — Freelance & Nomad Visa Threshold Index

Pick on what kind of year you want

The four open Caribbean routes share more than they differ — all four are built on foreign-source income, all four are simple to apply for by European or North American standards, and all four are stunning places to live for a year. They diverge on cost (Curaçao cheapest at USD 294, Barbados most expensive at USD 2,000), on duration (Dominica 18 months, Curaçao 6+6, Barbados 12-months-only, Grenada renewable), on how much detail is published (Barbados most, Grenada least), and on lifestyle (Barbados busy, Dominica wild, Curaçao Dutch-Caribbean, Grenada statute-first). Antigua's NDR was the long-duration option until it ended, and nothing open has replaced it at that price.

For broader category context, see Digital Nomad Visa vs Freelancer Visa and Freelancer vs Self-Employed Visa. For other regions, see Portugal D7 vs Spain DNV, Germany Freiberufler vs Netherlands DAFT, Estonia vs Croatia, Thailand DTV vs Bali KITAS, and UAE Freelance vs Saudi Premium Residency.

Wherever you land, COLO's free Solo plan handles the day-to-day client work — proposals, contracts, invoicing, branded portal — without forcing you to set up a Caribbean entity. See our digital nomad solutions.

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