Digital Nomad Visa (Long-Stay)

Latvia Digital Nomad Visa 2026

Latvia won't dazzle you with beaches or tax gimmicks, and that's exactly its pitch: a straightforward, affordable EU base with a digital nomad visa that does what it says. The threshold sits around €3,000 a month gross — a multiple of the national average salary, so confirm the current figure before applying — and buys a one-year visa, extendable for a second year, in Riga, Jūrmala or Liepāja. Riga is among the cheapest capitals in the EU, with art-nouveau streets, a fast-growing startup scene and Baltic beaches a short train ride away. Processing runs about 30 days through Latvian consulates, and as a full Schengen member the visa includes seamless European travel. The honest limitations: Latvia taxes residents on worldwide income at progressive rates (25.5–33%) with no special nomad regime, winters are long and dark, and two years is the ceiling on this route. But for remote workers who want an EU address, low costs and minimal drama — a visa refreshingly free of the bureaucratic theater found further south — Latvia is the Baltic's quiet bargain.