Cabo Verde · Digital nomad
Remote Working Programme (Digital Nomad Visa)
Open
Last verified July 2026
Open, though the DEF online application currently displays 'Em manutenção'. The widely quoted income test is wrong: it is an average bank balance test, not a monthly income test.
Almost free, and the qualifying test is far softer than reported — a EUR 1,500 average balance rather than EUR 1,500 a month of income. But the 6+6 design walks you straight across the 183-day tax residency line into a worldwide tax system, which is a poorly designed product rather than a clever one.
Qualifying routes
€1.5k
Individual
average bank BALANCE of EUR 1,500 over the preceding 6 months — not a monthly income test as Deel and Nomads Embassy report
€2.7k
Family
average bank balance of EUR 2,700 over the preceding 6 months
The facts
- Qualifying figure
- €1.5k
- Total landed cost
- EUR 20 plus EUR 34 in fees — among the cheapest anywhere
- Timeline
- 1–3 months — the DEF online application currently reads 'Em manutenção'
- Physical presence
- 6 months, renewable once — and a 6+6-month stay crosses the 183-day line into tax residency
- Family
- family at a EUR 2,700 average balance
- Permanent residency
- None
- Citizenship
- None
- Language test
- not applicable
- Dual citizenship
- Permitted
- Requirements
- average bank balance of EUR 1,500 (individual) or EUR 2,700 (family) over the preceding 6 monthsremote income from outside Cabo Verdehealth insuranceclean record
What can go wrong
- The commonly quoted 'EUR 1,500 per month income' requirement is wrong. It is an average bank balance of EUR 1,500 (individual) or EUR 2,700 (family) over the preceding six months.
- The 6+6 month structure crosses the 183-day threshold into Cabo Verdean tax residency — and residents are taxed on worldwide income. The advertised 'exempt from income tax' claim and the worldwide rule in the CIRPS appear to conflict, and we could not resolve it.
- Builds nothing — no permanent residence or citizenship clock.
- The DEF online application was showing 'Em manutenção' when checked.