Kyrgyzstan Digital Nomad Status

Status: active since April 30, 2025, when Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 241 made the Digital Nomad status permanent and replaced the 2022 pilot (Digital Nomad state portal).

The status lets foreign citizens live in Kyrgyzstan legally and work remotely. It is aimed at people in information and communication technology and software development. Holders who need a visa get a Digital Nomad (DN) visa valid for up to 1 year (Kyrgyz e-Visa portal).

Applications go online through the state services portal. No official fee, processing time or income threshold has been published.

Foreign nationals working in information and communication technologies and software development; press summaries of Resolution 241 add creative industries.

The e-Visa portal issues the DN visa to holders of the status who work in information and communication technology and software development, or on a petition from the state body for digitalization.

• Income: applicants show proof of income and bank statements. No official minimum has been published, so figures quoted by agencies are not official requirements.
• Nationality: the 2022 pilot was reported to be open to a fixed list of countries. No official list for the permanent status was found.
• Family: a spouse, children under 18 and dependent parents can join on a family (FF) visa of up to 90 days at a time, without the right to work or run a business (e-Visa portal).

The Digital Nomad portal does not publish a document checklist; the list appears inside the online application.

Applicants show:

• Identity documents for the online account.
• That they work in an eligible field, mainly information and communication technology and software development.
• Proof of income and bank statements. No official minimum amount has been published.

Applicants should follow what the portal asks for at the time of filing, since the regulation's annex was not publicly readable when checked on Oct. 2, 2026.

The official pages checked on Oct. 2, 2026, the Digital Nomad portal and the e-Visa portal, state no fee for the status or the DN visa.

Translations and any help with paperwork are extra and vary by provider.

Online through the dnomad.e-gov.kg state portal; the status is handled by the Ministry of Labor, Social Security and Migration.

1. Create an account on the Digital Nomad portal.
2. File the application online and upload the documents the form asks for.
3. Get the DN visa if needed. Nationals who need a visa apply for the DN visa through the e-Visa portal.
4. Track the decision through the portal account.

The portal lists a support line, +996 312 66 39 64, and an office at 215 Tynystanov St. in Bishkek. No official processing time has been published.

The DN visa is valid for up to 1 year (e-Visa portal).

Press reports say the status can be renewed each year (Economist.kg, Dec. 16, 2025). The official annex to the resolution was not reachable, so the renewal terms are unconfirmed.

No official path from the status to permanent residence was found.

Clause 3 of Resolution No. 241 covers tax: Holders who register as individual entrepreneurs are tracked by the State Tax Service; no special tax regime for the status is stated in the resolution.

The State Tax Service pages were not reachable when checked, and the day count for tax residence could not be confirmed from the current Tax Code. Status holders should ask the State Tax Service how long stays and foreign income are treated and check the rules of their home country.