United Kingdom
Europe
The UK's Statutory Residence Test runs on day thresholds and ties rather than a single line, automatic residence lands at 183 days but sufficient ties can catch a returning resident from as few as 16. The FIG regime, replacing non-dom status since April 2025, gives new arrivals a 4-year exemption on foreign income and gains, while the Standard Visitor route covers incidental remote work for up to 6 months.
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.
At a glance
Remote-work friendliness
Nomad visa
No dedicated nomad visa
Standard visa-free days
180 daysfor many nationalities
Tax complexity
Labor law strength
Healthcare access
Employer complexity
Common risks
Patterns that often catch cross-border workers here. Whether they apply to you depends on your setup.
Delivering paid work to a UK client while physically present needs a work route, not a visit
Ten years of UK residence brings worldwide assets into inheritance tax, with a tail after leaving
No in-force tax treaty removes the 183-day safety net for some nationalities
Framework memberships
- Indonesia visa-on-arrival list
- Non-EU nationalities the brief confirms as Schengen visa-exempt for reaching Andorra
- UAE visa-free entry list (EU/EEA, UK, Brazil)
- Argentina visa-free tourist entry list
- Schengen visa-exempt third-country nationals
- Australia eVisitor (subclass 651) eligible nationalities
- Australia Working Holiday visa (subclass 417) eligible nationalities
- Belgium Schengen visa-exempt shortlist
- Bermuda visa-exempt entry list
- Bahamas general visa-free entry list
- Antigua and Barbuda 180-day visa-free entry list
- Brazil visa-exempt visitor 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
- Czech Digital Nomad Programme eligible nationalities
- Czechia Schengen visa-free entry nationalities
- Switzerland Schengen visa-exempt shortlist
- Curacao visa-free entry list (NaVi-checked nationalities)
- Nationalities visa-exempt for short Schengen stays into France
- Georgia visa-free entry list (365 days)
- Denmark Schengen visa-free shortlist
- Spain Schengen visa-exempt shortlist
- Common Travel Area nationals clear for Guernsey
- Greece Schengen visa-free nationality list
- Croatia Schengen visa-exempt shortlist
- Ireland-UK Common Travel Area
- Common Travel Area rights into the Isle of Man
- Italy Schengen visa-exempt shortlist
- Jersey Common Travel Area free movement
- Japan 90-day visa exemption
- Japan Digital Nomad visa eligibility
- Cayman Islands visa-exempt entry list
- Liechtenstein Schengen visa-free roster shortlist
- Luxembourg Schengen visa-free nationality list
- Malta Schengen visa-free nationality list
- Roster nationalities generally admitted to Mauritius without a prior visa
- Roster nationalities eligible for Commonwealth citizenship registration
- Montenegro 90-day visa-free list (Schengen Annex II parallel)
- Mexico visa-exempt tourist and visitor list (NaVi roster)
- Slovenia Schengen visa-exempt shortlist
- Turkiye visa-free 90-in-180 list
- Turkiye Digital Nomad Visa eligible nationalities
- US Visa Waiver Program nationalities
- Malaysia 90-day visa-free entry list
- Panama visa-free entry, 90 days
- Panama Friendly Nations Visa eligible list (confirmed subset)
- Philippines visa-free entry nationalities
- Poland Schengen visa-exempt shortlist
- US Visa Waiver Program nationalities (for Puerto Rico entry)
- Portugal Schengen visa-exempt shortlist
- Paraguay 90-day visa-free entry list
- El Salvador visa-free Group A nationalities
- Thailand 60-day visa exemption list (named 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 90 day visa-free entry list
- Commonwealth roster nationalities eligible for citizenship by registration
- Peru visa-free tourist entry roster
- Suriname Entry Fee visa-free roster nationalities
- Honduras 90-day CA-4 visa-free entry list
- Albania 90-day visa-free list (Schengen Annex II parallel)
- Armenia visa-free entry list (180 days per year)
- Belize visa-free entry, 30 days
- Dominica 6-month visa-free entry list
- Dominican Republic visa-free tourist entry
- Schengen visa-exempt third-country nationals
- Grenada 90-day visa-free entry list
- Saint Lucia 6-week (42-day) visa-free entry list
- Morocco visa-free 90-day roster
- New Zealand visa waiver (NZeTA-eligible) nationalities
- Saint Kitts and Nevis visa-free tourist entry list
- Serbia 90-day visa-free list
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 180-day visa-free list for EU member states
Treaty relationships
What NaVi has mapped between United Kingdom and other countries. None known means no data yet - not proof that no treaty exists.
- In force
Tax treaty with Netherlands
NL - UK double taxation agreement
- In force
Social security agreement with Netherlands
EU-UK TCA Protocol on Social Security Coordination
- In force
Tax treaty with Germany
DE - UK double taxation agreement
- In force
Social security agreement with Germany
EU-UK TCA Protocol on Social Security Coordination
- In force
Healthcare agreement with Germany
- In force
Tax treaty with Belgium
United Kingdom - Belgium double taxation agreement
Rule coverage
36 rules in the engine for this country.
Rules are sourced, versioned and reviewed before they count as verified. A personal assessment shows which ones apply to your corridor.