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Visa guide: Estonia
Estonia offers a long-stay (D) visa for teleworking: location-independent work for an employer, company or clients abroad, with means of at least €3,960 a month. It lets you live up to a year in Estonia and travel within Schengen.
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General guidance · not legal or tax advice
General information based on cited official sources, to help you get oriented and prepare questions. It does not replace the competent authority or a professional: confirm requirements and amounts at the source before applying.
Financial amounts in this edition refer to 2026; historical figures in the text are not automatically updated.
- Financial reference
- €3,960/month · €132 per day
- Duration
- D visa up to 365 days
- Family
- Check the route for family members
Teleworking D visa
You must show that your work does not depend on location and is done through telecommunications, and that you keep working for an employer registered abroad, your own foreign company or clients mostly based outside Estonia. You also need documents of your legal income for the six months before applying, showing amount, regularity and source.
Means, insurance and fee
The Foreign Ministry sets means of €132 per day for teleworking, i.e. €3,960 per month. Besides passport, form and photo, travel medical insurance and fingerprints are required. The fee is €120 (€60 for children aged 6 to 11) and you apply in person at an Estonian representation in your country of residence or at the Police and Border Guard inside Estonia.
Duration and Schengen travel
The D visa is issued for a stay of up to 365 days within twelve consecutive months and allows up to 90 days in any 180 in other Schengen states. With two consecutive visas, the total stay cannot exceed 548 days in 730. Staying longer requires another route, such as a residence permit.
Taxes and tax residence
For the tax authority you are resident if your place of residence is in Estonia or you stay at least 183 days within twelve consecutive months, counting arrival and departure days. Once you reach 183 days you are treated as resident from your first arrival date, and the change is notified with Form R.
Taxes and tax residence: Estonia ↗Things to keep in mind
These points vary with your situation, your home country or the consulate. They are worth confirming with the official source before you take the next step.
- Route and requirements for accompanying family members.
- How to prove the means: monthly income or balance, depending on the consulate.
Health cover for your application
Travel and health insurance
Medical cover for long stays.
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- GenkiOfficial site
- World NomadsOfficial site
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Sources and scope
- Välisministeerium · Application for a long-stay (D) visa
Teletrabajo: medios suficientes, duración y tasa · Sources consulted: 4 October 2026
- Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet · Long-term visa
Documentos para la visa D de teletrabajo · Sources consulted: 4 October 2026
- Maksu- ja Tolliamet · Determining residency
Regla de 183 días, lugar de residencia y formulario R · Sources consulted: 4 October 2026
- Maksu- ja Tolliamet · Income derived in a foreign state
Declaración de ingresos del exterior y doble imposición · Sources consulted: 4 October 2026
Dates record editorial consultation, not professional approval. Consular, nationality and profile conditions are checked separately.