Overview
- Country
- Aruba
- Visa name
- One Happy Workation
- Local name
- —
- Program type
- Visa free remote
- Status
- Active
- Initial duration
- 3 months
- Max duration
- 3 months
- Income requirement
- Data unavailable
- Application fee
- Data unavailable
- Tax status
- Exempt
Requirements
- Health insurance not required
- Criminal record check not required
- Proof of accommodation required
- Proof of employment or clients not required
- University degree not required
What you can do
- Work for local companies
- Freelancers eligible
- Employees eligible
- Work permit included no
- Bring dependents
- Multiple entry
- Open a local bank account no
Family and dependents
- Dependents allowed
- Yes
Tax
- Tax status
- Exempt
- Foreign income taxed
- No
How to apply
- Application method
- online
- Can apply in-country
- No
- Multiple entry
- Yes
- Can open bank account
- No
Notes
Not a residence permit or a work permit. The Aruba Tourism Authority markets One Happy Workation as remote work during an ordinary visitor stay: there is no separate approval, and the only step is to select "One Happy Workation" as the purpose of visit on the online ED card before travel. The US program page limits that stay to one week through 90 days and says the named program does not run past three months. The Dutch program page allows Dutch nationals one week through 180 days. The UK page markets stays of up to 30 days. Other visitors are told to remain inside whatever admission they are actually granted. Work for an Aruban employer or client is not allowed. There is no program fee and no published income threshold. Air arrivals still pay the separate USD 20 sustainability fee on the ED card (children under 8, residents, and some repeat visitors are exempt). Entry also expects a passport valid for the whole stay and not older than 10 years, proof of accommodation or an invitation, a return or onward ticket, and enough money for the stay: USD 150–200 per person per day in a hotel, or USD 100 when staying with family. Family members travel as visitors in their own right, each with a passport and an ED card. The tourism authority says participants do not pay Aruba income tax because they are not registered as residents and are paid from abroad. That statement is not a special regime in the income-tax ordinance.
Last verified Oct 9, 2026 Source