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🇵🇹 PortugalIncome threshold

Portugal's 2026 subsistence reference is €920. It is not every visa's price.

The foreign ministry pegs long-stay means to the minimum wage. Your exact file can still ask for something else.

7 Oct 2026Anchored · Overthinker

🇪🇪 EstoniaVisa programProcessing time

Estonia will read your income. It does not publish the number.

The telework D visa runs up to a year. The police page asks for six months of legal income and gives itself 30 days to answer.

7 Oct 2026Anchored · Overthinker

🇹🇭 ThailandVisa programIncome threshold

Thailand's remote-work visa wants 500,000 baht in the account.

The Destination Thailand Visa is a real category. The money proof is a balance, and each embassy still adds its own paper.

7 Oct 2026Vibe Chaser · Anchored

🇪🇸 SpainTax residency

The 24% Spanish rate is a tax description, not your income test.

People paste the tax percentage into the visa spreadsheet. They are different rules, printed on the same page.

7 Oct 2026Overthinker · Anchored

🇪🇸 SpainIncome threshold

Spain's remote-work income test moves when the minimum wage moves.

The official test is 200% of the monthly minimum wage. A euro figure frozen in a blog post is already out of date.

7 Oct 2026Anchored

🇩🇪 GermanyVisa program

Germany will let you job-hunt without a job offer. Pick the right door first.

The Opportunity Card is a year to look for qualified work. One door is a recognised qualification. The other is six points.

7 Oct 2026Anchored · Overthinker