Visa income checker 2026: how much income do you need for a digital nomad, retirement or work visa?
The official minimum for 17 visas in 13 countries, for you and your family, in your currency.
Official sources · last checked 10 October 2026ECB exchange rates
Not immigration or legal advice. These are the minimum amounts written in the official rules on the date we checked them. Requirements change, and consulates and immigration offices can ask for more or assess your documents differently: always check the official page or ask the consulate before you apply.
What the checker covers
The official minimum income for 17 visas and permits in 13 countries, calculated from the official base (minimum wage, IPREM, average salary, legal salary thresholds) for you and each family member, and converted into your currency with the latest European Central Bank reference rates.
- Digital nomad visasSpain, Portugal, Croatia, Hungary, Italy
- Passive income visasSpain non-lucrative, Portugal D7
- Work permits and Blue CardsGermany, Netherlands, France, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, UK
- Family visasUK spouse visa
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Digital nomad visa income requirements 2026 (with passive income visas) · EU Blue Card and work visa salary thresholds 2026 · Visa refusal rates 2025
Visa refusal rates
How many visa applications are refused? Official 2025 Schengen figures by destination, by consulate and by the country where you apply, and UK refusal rates by nationality to Q2 2026.
Schengen visa rejection rates by country · UK visa refusal rates by nationality
Schengen visa from the UK or Dubai
Living in the UK or the UAE on a passport that needs a visa? In 2025, Schengen consulates in the United Kingdom did not issue 10.5% of the applications they decided, and those in the United Arab Emirates 24.2% (European Commission). Country by country: refusal rate at the consulates where you live, the €90 fee in pounds or dirhams, the €30,000 insurance and the money to show.
Schengen visa from the UK · France · Spain · Italy · Germany · Netherlands · Schengen visa from Dubai · Germany · France · Italy · Switzerland · Netherlands
Who moved where in 2025
How many Americans, British people, Indians and others moved to Europe, Canada and the UK in 2025: official first residence permits by country and reason (Eurostat, updated 22 October 2026), new permanent residents of Canada and UK visas granted.
Who moved where: all 12 nationalities
UK visa English tests (SELT)
Which English level each UK visa needs (A1 for a first spouse visa, B1 for settlement and citizenship, B2 for settlement from 26 March 2027) and the 84 approved test centres in the UK and 1,312 abroad (Home Office lists of 23 October 2026).
UK visa English tests: levels and test centres · London · Birmingham · Manchester · Pakistan · India · Nigeria
Thailand DTV visa by embassy
The DTV fee and who can apply change from one Thai embassy to another: 10,000 baht (THB) in Vientiane, £300 in London, US$400 in Washington (official pages read on 30 October 2026), and since 31 August 2026 you apply where you live permanently.
Thailand DTV visa: all embassies · London · Vientiane · Ho Chi Minh City · Kuala Lumpur · Singapore · New Delhi
Students: US OPT and the UK Graduate visa
OPT and the STEM OPT extension cost $470 online or $520 on paper (Form I-765), and you file from 90 days before to 60 days after your program end date (USCIS, read on 30 October 2026). The UK Graduate visa lasts 2 years if you apply by 31 December 2026 and 18 months from 1 January 2027 (GOV.UK, read on 30 October 2026).
US OPT and STEM OPT: fees and deadlines · OPT deadline calculator · OPT unemployment days · UK Graduate visa · Graduate visa 18 months · Graduate visa cost
Mexico residency by consulate
A Mexican temporary resident card costs MXN 11,141 for up to one year in 2026 (Diario Oficial, read on 31 October 2026), and the visa asks for a net income above MXN 79,770.80 a month, which each consulate publishes in its own currency.
Mexico residency: fees and income by consulate · Income requirements · Fees 2026 · New York · San Diego · Las Vegas · London · Vancouver
Study in Italy: visa funds and DSU scholarships
The Italian student visa for 2026/27 asks for €10,179.85 a year (Ministry of University and Research procedures, read on 31 October 2026), and the national minimum for a full DSU scholarship for an off-campus student is €7,171.11; each regional call sets its own ISEE limit (up to €28,339.88) and pays less, down to half, to families in the upper part of the range.
Study in Italy 2026/27 · Visa bank balance · ISEE parificato · DSU deadlines · ER.GO · DiSCo Lazio · University of Milan (UniMi) · Politecnico di Milano · University of Padua
Italy 7% flat tax for foreign pensioners
A person with a foreign pension who moves to a town of up to 30,000 inhabitants in southern Italy or in the earthquake areas can pay 7% on foreign income for ten years (article 24-ter of the income tax code, read on 31 October 2026). Check any town against ISTAT's population figure for the year that counts.
Italy 7% flat tax: rules and town check · 7% tax regions and earthquake towns
Australian citizenship ceremony wait times
On 30 September 2026, 67,636 people approved for Australian citizenship were waiting for a ceremony in 539 council areas (Department of Home Affairs, published 16 October 2026). Search your council, and see the official processing times for the whole application.
Citizenship ceremony wait times by council · Australian citizenship processing time · Casey · Blacktown · Brisbane · Canterbury-Bankstown · Moreton Bay · Parramatta
In Spanish and Portuguese: how much money to enter Europe
For travellers from Latin America and Brazil: the minimum money each Schengen country asks at the border (European Commission table of 8 June 2026), with a calculator by days and people, the entry conditions, Spain's invitation letter, travel insurance and ETIAS.
¿Cuánto dinero necesito para entrar a Europa? · Entrar a España · Carta de invitación · Quanto dinheiro preciso para entrar na Europa? · Entrar em Portugal · Seguro viagem
Why our numbers can differ from other sites
Many thresholds are a percentage of an index that changes every year (a minimum wage, an average salary), so pages that still show last year's figure are out of date. With the 2026 indices, on 10 October 2026: Spain's digital nomad visa is 200% of the 2026 minimum wage, €2,442 a month over 14 payments (€34,188 a year, the same as €2,849 a month over 12 payments); Croatia's is 2.5 × the 2025 average net salary, €3,622.50 a month; Portugal's D8 is 4 × €920 = €3,680 a month. We recalculate from the official index and show the source and the date under every figure.