Added
added the remote-work residence visa regulated by Decreto-Lei n.º 13/2025, artigo 35.º, fee 5,000 CVE Source
Minimum income
Data unavailable
Stay
6
months, renewable
Application fee
$51
Tax
Exempt
One-year IRPS exemption, then non-habitual resident
Path to staying
- Visa6 months
- Renewrenewable
- Permanent residencyafter 5 years
- Leads to residency 5 years
- Leads to citizenship
Overview
- Country
- Cape Verde
- Visa name
- Remote Work Residence Visa
- Local name
- Visto de residência para atividade profissional remota (Nómadas Digitais)
- Program type
- Formal dn visa
- Status
- Active
- Initial duration
- 6 months
- Max duration
- —
- Income requirement
- Data unavailable
- Application fee
- $51
- Tax status
- Exempt
Requirements
- Health insurance not required
- Criminal record check required
- Proof of accommodation required
- Proof of employment or clients 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 no
- Open a local bank account no
Family and dependents
- Dependents allowed
- Yes
Tax
- Tax status
- Exempt
- Tax regime
- One-year IRPS exemption, then non-habitual resident
- Regime duration
- 1 years
- Foreign income taxed
- No
How to apply
- Application method
- online, embassy, in country
- Processing time
- Up to 90 days
- Can apply in-country
- Yes
- Multiple entry
- No
- Can open bank account
- No
- Renewable
- Yes
Notes
Residence visa for employees and independent professionals who work remotely for a person or company established outside Cabo Verde. Lei n.º 27/X/2023 added it to the foreigners law; Decreto-Lei n.º 13/2025 lists the file. The visa allows 6 months, extendable until the temporary residence permit is decided. That permit, when issued, lasts 2 years and renews for further 2-year periods. Permanent residence is the general rule after 5 years on a temporary permit. The decree sets no income amount: it asks for average monthly earnings over the last 3 months and a tax-residence certificate. DEF publishes the visa at 5,000 CVE. From 1 February 2026 the fee table also charges 1,500 CVE to receive the application and 5,000 CVE again on each extension. The e-portal request button still says "Brevemente". Non-resident remote workers are exempt from income tax for one year under the 2026 budget; a longer stay uses the non-habitual resident regime. This is not the tourism board's 6-month Remote Working Program, which is still advertised separately with its own fee and bank-balance test.
Last verified Oct 9, 2026 Last changed Oct 10, 2026 Source