Australia
No retirement visa and a parent queue measured in decades. Work sponsorship with published salary floors is the real long stay door.
Last verified: 2026-10-15
Long stay reference
Can I live there long term, and how?
JetlagMath answers that one question for countries around the world. Each country page lists every legal route to stay long term, and each route shows the math: income or investment required, total cost, processing time, days allowed, renewal rules, tax residency triggers, and the path to permanent residency or citizenship.
Every number carries a last verified date and a link to an official source. A value the desk could not verify reads as unknown. The site never fills a gap with a guess.
Photo: Lisbon, Portugal, by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0
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Cambodia
One visa, endlessly extendable. The ER retirement extension has no published income test, and the page says exactly that instead of inventing one.
Last verified: 2026-10-15
Colombia
A two year nomad visa at three minimum wages of income, pension and rentista routes, and resident status after five years on most migrant visas.
Last verified: 2026-10-15
Costa Rica
Up to 180 days visa free, a one year remote work stay, and pension and rentista routes written into law.
Last verified: 2026-10-15
Croatia
A digital nomad stay of up to 18 months at EUR 3,622.50 a month, with foreign remote work income carved out of Croatian tax.
Last verified: 2026-10-15
Estonia
A nomad visa at EUR 4,500 a month, a real startup route, and e-Residency, which the page states plainly grants no right to live here.
Last verified: 2026-10-15
France
A visitor visa at EUR 1,477.93 a month in resources, Talent routes with published salary floors, and no golden visa at any price.
Last verified: 2026-10-15
Greece
A digital nomad route at EUR 3,500 a month, a sufficient means permit, and a golden visa whose cheap tier now only covers conversions and restorations.
Last verified: 2026-10-15
Ireland
No nomad visa and no golden visa. A retirement stamp with a EUR 50,000 income test, work permits with published salary floors, and citizenship in five years.
Last verified: 2026-10-15
Italy
An elective residence route for passive income, a digital nomad visa with a formula instead of a fixed salary, and investor tiers from EUR 250,000.
Last verified: 2026-10-15
Japan
Ninety days visa free, a six month digital nomad status, and a points route that can cut the road to permanent residence to one year.
Last verified: 2026-10-15
Malaysia
MM2H now runs in tiers from USD 150,000 on deposit, with separate Sarawak and Sabah programs, plus a nomad pass from USD 24,000 a year.
Last verified: 2026-10-15
Mexico
No nomad visa and no golden visa. Long stays run through temporary residence, up to four years in total.
Last verified: 2026-10-15
New Zealand
No retirement visa and no nomad visa, but visitor visas now allow remote work, and the investor route starts at NZD 5 million.
Last verified: 2026-10-15
Philippines
Thirty days free with extensions out to 36 months, a retirement visa whose terms changed in September 2025, and a nomad visa that is authorized but not yet open.
Last verified: 2026-10-15
Portugal
A passive income route pegged to the minimum wage, plus a remote work route in two forms.
Last verified: 2026-10-15
Spain
Residence without work, or the international telework route, with the income math for each.
Last verified: 2026-10-15
Thailand
Thirty days visa free, a five year remote work visa, and retirement routes, each with its funds test.
Last verified: 2026-10-15
Uruguay
Permanent residence with no waiting period, no golden visa, and no official USD 1,500 income floor despite what every blog says.
Last verified: 2026-10-15
Vietnam
No visa exemption for Americans and no nomad visa. A 90 day e-visa, work and investor residence cards, and permanent residence only in four narrow cases.
Last verified: 2026-10-15
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One page per country. Every long stay route, with sourced and dated numbers.
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How the math stays honest
Country data lives in structured files, one per country. Pages render from those files, so a correction lands everywhere at once. The desk re-verifies each published country page at least once every 90 days. Read the full method on the editorial standards page.