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Compare European digital nomad visas

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Germany

Freiberufler (Freelance Visa)

Freelance visa
The programme
Path to
  1. Visa
  2. Temp resid.
  3. Perm. resid.
  4. Citizenship
Income requirement
Validity3y, renewable
Application fee€100
Cost of living / mo
€2,400–3,350/mo
Berlin
Tax (≈€60k/yr)26%
Kept / mo (≈€60k)€1,325/mo
Family allowedYes
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Cost of living is an indicative ballpark for one person, including rent, in the named reference city. The range runs comfortable to premium: what someone relocating actually spends, not a local-budget minimum. Pick a passport above to compare each against a base city back home (Seattle, London, Cape Town, Toronto or Sydney). Live per-city figures on Numbeo →

Tax is the headline effective income-tax rate on a €60k/yr remote worker; figures without a “~” are sourced and verified against an authoritative tax reference, the rest are estimates. Kept / mo is that take-home minus the reference living cost above, so it folds two indicative figures together: a signpost for how far the money goes, not a budget. It ignores social contributions, deductions, and your home-country filing (see the country pages for the per-passport picture).

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