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Asia-Pacific · Updated July 2026

Six ways to legally stay and work
from Asia-Pacific — compared.

Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines each handle remote workers differently. This is the plain-numbers version: income thresholds, real cost, duration, and what's actually a visa versus a workaround.

3
Dedicated nomad visas in region
3
Countries using visa workarounds
$0–65k
Annual income range required
90d–10yr
Stay duration range
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The comparison

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