Latvia Digital Nomad Visa: Requirements, Income & How to Apply (2026)

There are exactly two ways in. You are either an employee of a company registered in an OECD member state, or you are self-employed and registered in an OECD member state, and in both cases you must be able to do the work remotely from Latvia. PMLP is explicit that visa holders have no right to take employment inside Latvia. Freelancers qualify only if they are formally registered as self-employed in a qualifying country, so an unregistered gig worker will not pass the test.

You also need at least six months of history with that employer or business, which rules out anyone who has just started. Citizens of Latvia and other EU/EEA states do not use this visa.

The income floor is 2.5 times the previous year's average gross monthly wage in Latvia, as published by the Central Statistical Bureau. The figure PMLP currently shows is €4,213 a month, based on the 2024 average wage. Latvia's 2025 average gross wage came in at €1,815, so when PMLP refreshes the calculation the floor is set to rise to about €4,538. The widely repeated €3,400 number is out of date, and one older PMLP page even still displays €3,192.50, so check the live figure before you apply.

You show the income across the six months before applying, through an employer certificate or self-employment records. There is no family multiplier, because the visa does not add dependants.

You apply for the long-stay (type D) visa, either at a Latvian embassy abroad or, if you are already in Latvia legally, at PMLP. The state fee is €90 for standard processing and €180 if you file close to the deadline and need it expedited. You will submit an employer or self-employment document confirming the OECD registration and your current status, six months of income proof, and health insurance.

The insurance requirement is specific: the policy must be valid in Latvia and across the Schengen area, with the insurer's minimum liability set at no less than €42,600.

Latvia taxes residents on their worldwide income and treats you as resident once you spend 183 days or more here in any 12-month period, or keep a permanent home in the country. Stay under that line and remain tax-resident somewhere else, and Latvia will not tax your foreign income. Go over it and progressive Latvian rates apply. There is no special nomad tax regime, so the 183-day threshold is the number to manage across a two-year stay.

Latvia's OECD-employer rule sets it apart from every other European nomad visa, and it cuts both ways. If your job is with an OECD-country company, it is a clean, two-year Baltic option; if it is not, you are simply ineligible where Estonia or Croatia might still take you. On money it lands near Estonia's level and above Hungary and Croatia. Estonia next door is the natural comparison, with a similar income bar and a slicker digital process, while Latvia's distinguishing move is that hard OECD tie.

The OECD requirement is where applications quietly fail. People assume any foreign employer works, then discover their company's registration sits outside the OECD list and there is no workaround. Confirm your employer's or your own self-employment registration against the OECD membership list before you spend time on documents. The second trap is the income figure: it moves each year with Latvian wages, and PMLP's own pages have carried conflicting numbers, so budget against the current live threshold rather than an old blog post. The €42,600 insurance floor is well above a standard travel policy, and the six-month employment history is mandatory, so a brand-new contract will not carry you.