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See which digital nomad, golden visa, retirement, and skilled- worker pathways your profile qualifies for. Sourced from official 2026 thresholds — Spain Golden Visa flagged closed, Portugal D7 / D8 income floors current, Malaysia MM2H tier structure aligned with the 2024-2025 reform.
Quick answer
The WhereNext Visa Eligibility Check evaluates your profile (passport, age, income, employment status, capital, family) against 4 relocation pathway families — digital nomad, golden visa / residency-by-investment, retirement / passive-income, and skilled-worker employment — across 25+ destinations. It surfaces only the visas you actually qualify for, with exact threshold gaps when you don't (e.g., "you're $400/mo short of Portugal D7"). Sourced from official 2026 immigration thresholds: Spain Golden Visa flagged closed (April 2025), Portugal D7/D8 income floors current, Malaysia MM2H aligned with the 2024–2025 tier reform, Thailand LTR eased Jan 2025.
Key facts
D8 Digital Nomad Visa
EligibleIncome meets the $39,420/yr threshold for the D8 Digital Nomad Visa.
Portugal D7 (passive income)
Maybe — verifyMonthly pension is $994/mo below the threshold.
Path to yes
Portugal Golden Visa (ARI)
Not eligibleInvestable assets are $166,000 below the $216,000 minimum.
Path to yes
Skilled worker pathways
Not eligibleNo job offer + no no-offer route modelled for this destination.
Path to yes
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Four families of relocation pathway: digital nomad visas (income-tested, e.g. Portugal D8, Spain DNV, Greece DN, UAE Remote Work); golden visas (investment-tested, e.g. Greece GV, Italy Investor, Hungary Guest Investor — Spain GV closed April 2025); retirement / passive-income visas (Portugal D7, Spain Non-Lucrative, Italy Elective Residence, Malaysia MM2H, Thailand LTR Wealthy Pensioner); skilled-worker employment (UK HPI, Germany Chancenkarte, Canada Express Entry, Australia Skilled Independent — points-based no-offer routes; otherwise employer-sponsored).
Real-time backlog and processing-time feasibility (AIMA Portugal averages 8 months as of Q1 2026, for example); country-specific shortage occupation lists (these change quarterly); health-screening or criminal-record disqualifiers (assumed clean here); treaty-specific pathways (E-2 for treaty nationals, EU Blue Card high-income lane). For the full picture, see our passport-by-destination visa checker.