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Spain's 0% tax on foreign income for six years, Croatia's genuine tax-free year, Georgia's rules that just changed in March — the visas that still make financial sense now that the easiest options have tightened
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More than 60 countries now offer some version of a digital nomad visa, and MBO Partners counted 17.3 million Americans identifying as digital nomads as of its most recent report, up from 15.5 million in 2021, a growth that has brought considerably more tax scrutiny from home governments and, in at least one major case, the end of an era that used to make this decision simple.
Georgia was the world's most nomad-friendly country from 2020 to 2025, offering visa-free entry for up to 365 days and a 1% flat tax for freelancers with no enforcement of work activity rules. That ended March 1, 2026, when the country began requiring a formal work permit for any foreigner earning income while physically present there, a change current guides specifically cite as a turning point for the broader digital nomad visa landscape.
