Visa Categories
Every country's major visa categories, indexed. Pick a category — Digital Nomad, Golden Visa, Skilled Worker, Retirement, Student, or one of 38+ others — to see the countries that offer it. Combine multiple to find countries with all of them.
Pick one or more categories
Tap a category above to filter the 195 indexed countries.
Methodology
- Each country's
visa_categorieslist comes from the country profile pages. Buckets are matched by keyword (e.g. "Golden Visa" buckets any label containing "golden", "investor residency", MM2H, etc.). - Long-tail categories that don't fit a bucket but appear in at least 3 countries are surfaced separately.
- Filter matches use OR within a bucket and AND across buckets: picking "Digital Nomad" + "Golden Visa" shows countries that offer both.
- Category labels are non-authoritative — always check the individual country page and its linked immigration authority for the current programme rules.
All buckets
Tourist / Visitor (194)Student (187)Family / Spouse / Dependant (187)Golden Visa / Investor Residency (125)Skilled Worker / Work Permit (76)Long-stay National (D) Visa (60)Digital Nomad / Remote Worker (22)Retirement / Pensionado (22)Diplomatic / Official (17)Entrepreneur / Startup (12)Highly Skilled / Talent (10)Citizenship by Investment (CBI) (8)Working Holiday (5)Citizenship by Descent / Aliyah (1)Business (62)Work (61)Permanent Residence (43)Residence Permit (16)Worker (14)Transit Visa (12)Temporary Residence (12)Business Visa (9)Temporary Residence Permit (9)Work Visa (8)Permanent Residence Permit (6)Temporary Resident (6)Permanent Resident (6)Spousal Permit (5)Mercosur Residence (4)Settlement Permit (4)Single Permit (4)Self (4)Transit (3)Work Residence Permit (3)Visit Visa (3)Religious (3)Business eVisa (3)Job Seeker (3)