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Germany has no digital nomad visa and takes the strictest EU position on visitor work, a Schengen or visa-free stay gives no right to work here at all, even remotely for a foreign employer. Two independent tax residency triggers apply too, a Wohnsitz test with no day count if you keep an available dwelling, and a habitual-abode test that bites after six months, though crypto held over one year is completely tax free with no cap.

General information

This page is orientation, not advice. What actually applies to you depends on your corridor - where you live, your nationality, who employs you and how long you stay. The personal assessment works that out for your exact situation.

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At a glance

Remote-work friendliness

2 of 5 for remote-work friendliness

Nomad visa

No dedicated nomad visa

Standard visa-free days

90 daysfor many nationalities

Tax complexity

4 of 5 for tax complexity

Labor law strength

5 of 5 for labor law strength

Healthcare access

5 of 5 for healthcare access

Employer complexity

4 of 5 for employer complexity

Common risks

Patterns that often catch cross-border workers here. Whether they apply to you depends on your setup.

  • A visa-free or Schengen visitor stay gives no right to work in Germany, even remotely

  • Keeping an available dwelling can trigger tax residency with no day count at all

  • No inbound tax break exists, worldwide income is taxed from day one of residency

Framework memberships

  • European Union
  • European Economic Area
  • Schengen Area
  • Indonesia visa-on-arrival list
  • UAE visa-free entry list (EU/EEA, UK, Brazil)
  • Argentina visa-free tourist entry list
  • Australia eVisitor (subclass 651) eligible nationalities
  • Australia Working Holiday visa (subclass 417) eligible nationalities
  • Bermuda visa-exempt entry list
  • Brazil visa-exempt visitor list
  • Bahamas general visa-free entry list
  • Antigua and Barbuda 180-day visa-free entry list
  • Canada eTA visa-exempt nationalities (roster)
  • International Experience Canada participating nationalities (roster)
  • Colombia visa-free tourist entry list
  • Costa Rica Group 1 visa-free list
  • Curacao visa-free entry list (NaVi-checked nationalities)
  • Georgia visa-free entry list (365 days)
  • UK Electronic Travel Authorisation eligible nationalities (roster reading)
  • Non-visa nationals needing a UK ETA extended to Guernsey
  • Roster nationalities with no Gibraltar tax treaty
  • Hong Kong 90-day visa-free visit nationalities
  • Jersey UK-aligned 6-month visa-free visit roster
  • Japan 90-day visa exemption
  • Japan Digital Nomad visa eligibility
  • Cayman Islands visa-exempt entry list
  • Malaysia 90-day visa-free entry list
  • Montenegro 90-day visa-free list (Schengen Annex II parallel)
  • Roster nationalities generally admitted to Mauritius without a prior visa
  • Mexico visa-exempt tourist and visitor list (NaVi roster)
  • Turkiye visa-free 90-in-180 list
  • Turkiye Digital Nomad Visa eligible nationalities
  • US Visa Waiver Program nationalities
  • Panama visa-free entry, 90 days
  • Panama Friendly Nations Visa eligible list (confirmed subset)
  • Philippines visa-free entry nationalities
  • US Visa Waiver Program nationalities (for Puerto Rico entry)
  • Paraguay 90-day visa-free entry list
  • El Salvador visa-free Group A nationalities
  • Uruguay visa-free tourist entry list
  • BVI visa-exempt tourist entry nationalities
  • Vietnam unilateral visa-free list, 45 days, all purposes
  • South Africa 90 day visa exemption list
  • Bolivia visa-free entry group (Group 1)
  • Chile 90-day visa-free reciprocity roster
  • Guyana visa status honestly unresolved, Germany and Spain
  • Peru visa-free tourist entry roster
  • Suriname Entry Fee visa-free roster nationalities

Treaty relationships

What NaVi has mapped between Germany and other countries. None known means no data yet - not proof that no treaty exists.

  • Tax treaty with Andorra

    None known

  • Tax treaty with Antigua and Barbuda

    No DE - Antigua and Barbuda double taxation agreement

    None known

  • Tax treaty with Argentina

    DE - Argentina double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Australia

    Australia - Germany double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Austria

    Austria - Germany double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Bahamas

    None known

  • Tax treaty with Bahrain

    Bahrain - Germany, no tax treaty ever existed

    None known

  • Tax treaty with Belgium

    Belgium - Germany double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Bermuda

    Bermuda - Germany, no double taxation agreement

    None known

  • Tax treaty with Bolivia

    Bolivia - Germany double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Bonaire

    None known

  • Tax treaty with Brazil

    Brazil - Germany double taxation agreement

    Terminated

  • Tax treaty with British Virgin Islands

    None known

  • Tax treaty with Canada

    Canada - Germany double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Cayman Islands

    No Cayman Islands - Germany double tax treaty

    None known

  • Tax treaty with Chile

    Chile - Germany, no tax treaty

    None known

  • Tax treaty with Colombia

    None known

  • Tax treaty with Costa Rica

    Germany - Costa Rica double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Croatia

    DE - Croatia double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Cura莽ao

    None known

  • Tax treaty with Cyprus

    Cyprus - Germany double tax treaty

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Czechia

    DE - Czechia double taxation treaty

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Denmark

    Denmark - Germany double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Ecuador

    Ecuador - Germany double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with El Salvador

    None known

  • Tax treaty with Estonia

    DE - Estonia double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with France

    Germany - France tax convention

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Georgia

    Germany - Georgia double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Gibraltar

    None known

  • Tax treaty with Greece

    Germany - Greece double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Guernsey

    Guernsey - Germany, no tax treaty

    None known

  • Tax treaty with Guyana

    None known

  • Tax treaty with Hong Kong

    Hong Kong - Germany, no CDTA (contested)

    None known

  • Tax treaty with Indonesia

    Indonesia - Germany double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Ireland

    Germany - Ireland double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Isle of Man

    Isle of Man - Germany, no comprehensive DTA

    None known

  • Tax treaty with Italy

    DE - Italy double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Japan

    Germany - Japan tax convention

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Jersey

    Jersey - Germany partial double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Liechtenstein

    Liechtenstein - Germany double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Luxembourg

    Germany - Luxembourg double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Malaysia

    Germany - Malaysia double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Maldives

    None known

  • Tax treaty with Malta

    Germany - Malta double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Mauritius

    Mauritius - Germany double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Mexico

    Mexico - Germany double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Monaco

    None known

  • Tax treaty with Montenegro

    Germany - Montenegro double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Netherlands

    Netherlands - Germany double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Norway

    Germany - Norway double taxation convention

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Panama

    None known

  • Tax treaty with Paraguay

    None known

  • Tax treaty with Peru

    Peru, no tax treaty with Germany

    None known

  • Tax treaty with Philippines

    Germany - Philippines double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Poland

    Germany-Poland double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Portugal

    Germany - Portugal double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Puerto Rico

    None known

  • Tax treaty with Seychelles

    Seychelles - Germany double taxation agreement, none in force

    None known

  • Tax treaty with Singapore

    Germany - Singapore double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Slovenia

    Germany - Slovenia double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with South Africa

    Germany - South Africa double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Spain

    Germany - Spain double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Suriname

    None known

  • Tax treaty with Sweden

    Germany - Sweden double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Switzerland

    Germany - Switzerland double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Thailand

    Germany - Thailand double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Turkey

    Germany - Turkiye double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with United Arab Emirates

    United Arab Emirates - Germany double taxation agreement

    Terminated

  • Tax treaty with United Kingdom

    DE - UK double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Tax treaty with United States

    Germany - United States income tax convention

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Uruguay

    DE - Uruguay double taxation treaty

    In force

  • Tax treaty with Vietnam

    Germany - Vietnam double taxation agreement

    In force

  • Social security agreement with Andorra

    None known

  • Social security agreement with Antigua and Barbuda

    No DE - Antigua and Barbuda social security totalization agreement

    None known

  • Social security agreement with Argentina

    None known

  • Social security agreement with Australia

    Australia - DE social security agreement

    In force

  • Social security agreement with Austria

    EU Regulation 883/2004 coordination, Austria - Germany

    In force

  • Social security agreement with Bahamas

    None known

  • Social security agreement with Bahrain

    None known

  • Social security agreement with Belgium

    In force

  • Social security agreement with Bermuda

    None known

  • Social security agreement with Bolivia

    None known

  • Social security agreement with Bonaire

    None known

  • Social security agreement with Brazil

    Brazil - DE social security agreement

    In force

  • Social security agreement with British Virgin Islands

    None known

  • Social security agreement with Canada

    Germany - Canada social security agreement

    In force

  • Social security agreement with Cayman Islands

    No Cayman Islands - Germany social security agreement

    None known

  • Social security agreement with Chile

    Chile - Germany social security agreement

    In force

  • Social security agreement with Colombia

    None known

  • Social security agreement with Costa Rica

    None known

  • Social security agreement with Croatia

    DE - Croatia social security coordination

    In force

  • Social security agreement with Cura莽ao

    None known

  • Social security agreement with Czechia

    DE - Czechia social security coordination

    In force

  • Social security agreement with Ecuador

    None known

  • Social security agreement with El Salvador

    None known

  • Social security agreement with France

    EU Regulation 883/2004 social security coordination

    In force

  • Social security agreement with Georgia

    None known

  • Social security agreement with Guernsey

    None known

  • Social security agreement with Guyana

    None known

  • Social security agreement with Indonesia

    None known

  • Social security agreement with Italy

    EU social security coordination (Regulation 883/2004)

    In force

  • Social security agreement with Japan

    Germany - Japan social security agreement

    In force

  • Social security agreement with Jersey

    None known

  • Social security agreement with Malaysia

    None known

  • Social security agreement with Maldives

    None known

  • Social security agreement with Mauritius

    None known

  • Social security agreement with Netherlands

    In force

  • Social security agreement with Norway

    Germany - Norway social security coordination

    In force

  • Social security agreement with Paraguay

    None known

  • Social security agreement with Peru

    None known

  • Social security agreement with Philippines

    Germany - Philippines social security agreement

    In force

  • Social security agreement with Poland

    EU social security coordination (Regulation 883/2004)

    In force

  • Social security agreement with Portugal

    In force

  • Social security agreement with Puerto Rico

    In force

  • Social security agreement with Seychelles

    Seychelles - Germany, no social security totalization agreement

    None known

  • Social security agreement with Singapore

    None known

  • Social security agreement with South Africa

    None known

  • Social security agreement with Spain

    EU social security coordination (Regulation 883/2004)

    In force

  • Social security agreement with Suriname

    None known

  • Social security agreement with Sweden

    In force

  • Social security agreement with Switzerland

    EU/EFTA social security coordination (Regulation 883/2004 via the AFMP)

    In force

  • Social security agreement with Thailand

    None known

  • Social security agreement with Turkey

    In force

  • Social security agreement with United Arab Emirates

    None known

  • Social security agreement with United Kingdom

    EU-UK TCA Protocol on Social Security Coordination

    In force

  • Social security agreement with United States

    Germany - United States totalization agreement

    In force

  • Social security agreement with Vietnam

    None known

  • Healthcare agreement with Australia

    None known

  • Healthcare agreement with Austria

    EHIC reciprocal healthcare coordination, Austria - Germany

    In force

  • Healthcare agreement with Belgium

    In force

  • Healthcare agreement with Brazil

    None known

  • Healthcare agreement with Canada

    None known

  • Healthcare agreement with France

    In force

  • Healthcare agreement with Indonesia

    None known

  • Healthcare agreement with Italy

    In force

  • Healthcare agreement with Netherlands

    In force

  • Healthcare agreement with Poland

    In force

  • Healthcare agreement with Portugal

    In force

  • Healthcare agreement with Singapore

    None known

  • Healthcare agreement with Spain

    In force

  • Healthcare agreement with Sweden

    In force

  • Healthcare agreement with United Arab Emirates

    None known

  • Healthcare agreement with United Kingdom

    In force

  • Healthcare agreement with United States

    None known

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