Measuring the gap between government announcements and the actual launch of digital nomad visa portals.
Observations
850
Tracking since
Last updated
Visa Hype Velocity
The delta in days between the official announcement/legislation of a digital nomad visa and the actual launch of the application portal.
240 observations across 8 series · measured in days
1.38m days
Unknown
▬ 0.0% vs previous
14 Sep 2026 22:15
2.01m days
Retrieved
▬ 0.0% vs previous
14 Sep 2026 22:15
394,828 days
September
▬ 0.0% vs previous
14 Sep 2026 22:15
33,968 days
While
▬ 0.0% vs previous
14 Sep 2026 22:15
32,507 days
Law
▬ 0.0% vs previous
14 Sep 2026 22:15
23,741 days
Some
▬ 0.0% vs previous
14 Sep 2026 22:15
8,401 days
Exit
▬ 0.0% vs previous
14 Sep 2026 22:15
7,306 days
Other (10)
▬ 0.0% vs previous
14 Sep 2026 22:15
Visa Hype Velocity (days)
— summary, last 30 days.
Unknown
Retrieved
September
While
Law
Some
Exit
Other (10)
Visa Hype Velocity (days)
— line, last 30 days.
Retrieved2.01m days
Unknown1.38m days
September394,828 days
While33,968 days
Law32,507 days
Some23,741 days
Exit8,401 days
Other (10)7,306 days
Visa Hype Velocity (days)
— bar, last 30 days.
Retrieved2.01m days
Unknown1.38m days
September394,828 days
While33,968 days
Law32,507 days
Some23,741 days
Exit8,401 days
Other (10)7,306 days
Visa Hype Velocity (days)
— dot plot, last 30 days.
Unknown 35.5%
Retrieved 51.6%
September 10.1%
While 0.9%
Law 0.8%
Some 0.6%
Exit 0.2%
Other (10) 0.2%
Visa Hype Velocity (days)
— share, last 30 days.
Visa Hype Velocity (days)
— distribution, last 30 days.
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16 Aug
17 Aug
18 Aug
19 Aug
20 Aug
21 Aug
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24 Aug
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27 Aug
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31 Aug
01 Sep
02 Sep
03 Sep
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14 Sep
Darker = higher visa hype velocity. Empty cells are hours with no collection.
Visa Hype Velocity (days)
— heatmap, last 30 days.
Visa Hype Velocity observations
When
Series
Visa Hype Velocity
Unknown
1.38m days
Retrieved
2.01m days
September
394,828 days
While
33,968 days
Law
32,507 days
Some
23,741 days
Exit
8,401 days
Other (10)
7,306 days
Unknown
1.38m days
Retrieved
2.01m days
September
394,828 days
While
33,968 days
Law
32,507 days
Some
23,741 days
Exit
8,401 days
Other (10)
7,306 days
Unknown
1.38m days
Retrieved
2.01m days
September
394,828 days
While
33,968 days
Law
32,507 days
Some
23,741 days
Exit
8,401 days
Other (10)
7,306 days
Unknown
1.38m days
Retrieved
2.01m days
September
394,828 days
While
33,968 days
Law
32,507 days
Some
23,741 days
Exit
8,401 days
Other (10)
7,306 days
Unknown
1.38m days
Retrieved
2.01m days
September
394,828 days
While
33,968 days
Law
32,507 days
Some
23,741 days
Exit
8,401 days
Other (10)
7,306 days
Unknown
1.38m days
Retrieved
2.01m days
September
394,828 days
While
33,968 days
Law
32,507 days
Some
23,741 days
Exit
8,401 days
Other (10)
7,306 days
Unknown
1.38m days
Retrieved
2.01m days
September
394,828 days
While
33,968 days
Law
32,507 days
Some
23,741 days
Exit
8,401 days
Other (10)
7,306 days
Unknown
1.38m days
Retrieved
2.01m days
September
394,828 days
While
33,968 days
Law
32,507 days
Some
23,741 days
Exit
8,401 days
Other (10)
7,306 days
Unknown
1.38m days
Retrieved
2.01m days
September
394,828 days
While
33,968 days
Law
32,507 days
Some
23,741 days
Exit
8,401 days
Other (10)
7,306 days
Unknown
1.38m days
Retrieved
2.01m days
September
394,828 days
While
33,968 days
Law
32,507 days
Some
23,741 days
Exit
8,401 days
Other (10)
7,306 days
Unknown
1.38m days
Retrieved
2.01m days
September
394,828 days
While
33,968 days
Law
32,507 days
Some
23,741 days
Exit
8,401 days
Other (10)
7,306 days
Unknown
1.38m days
Retrieved
2.01m days
September
394,828 days
While
33,968 days
Law
32,507 days
Some
23,741 days
Exit
8,401 days
Other (10)
7,306 days
Unknown
1.38m days
Retrieved
2.01m days
September
394,828 days
While
33,968 days
Law
32,507 days
Some
23,741 days
Exit
8,401 days
Other (10)
7,306 days
Unknown
1.38m days
Retrieved
2.01m days
September
394,828 days
While
33,968 days
Law
32,507 days
Some
23,741 days
Exit
8,401 days
Other (10)
7,306 days
Unknown
1.38m days
Retrieved
2.01m days
September
394,828 days
While
33,968 days
Law
32,507 days
Some
23,741 days
Exit
8,401 days
Other (10)
7,306 days
Unknown
1.38m days
Retrieved
2.01m days
September
394,828 days
While
33,968 days
Law
32,507 days
Some
23,741 days
Exit
8,401 days
Other (10)
7,306 days
Unknown
1.38m days
Retrieved
2.01m days
September
394,828 days
While
33,968 days
Law
32,507 days
Some
23,741 days
Exit
8,401 days
Other (10)
7,306 days
Unknown
1.38m days
Retrieved
2.01m days
September
394,828 days
While
33,968 days
Law
32,507 days
Some
23,741 days
Exit
8,401 days
Other (10)
7,306 days
Unknown
1.38m days
Retrieved
2.01m days
September
394,828 days
While
33,968 days
Law
32,507 days
Some
23,741 days
Exit
8,401 days
Other (10)
7,306 days
Unknown
1.38m days
Retrieved
2.01m days
September
394,828 days
While
33,968 days
Law
32,507 days
Some
23,741 days
Exit
8,401 days
Other (10)
7,306 days
Unknown
1.38m days
Retrieved
2.01m days
September
394,828 days
While
33,968 days
Law
32,507 days
Some
23,741 days
Exit
8,401 days
Other (10)
7,306 days
Unknown
1.38m days
Retrieved
2.01m days
September
394,828 days
While
33,968 days
Law
32,507 days
Some
23,741 days
Exit
8,401 days
Other (10)
7,306 days
Unknown
1.38m days
Retrieved
2.01m days
September
394,828 days
While
33,968 days
Law
32,507 days
Some
23,741 days
Exit
8,401 days
Other (10)
7,306 days
Unknown
1.38m days
Retrieved
2.01m days
September
394,828 days
While
33,968 days
Law
32,507 days
Some
23,741 days
Exit
8,401 days
Other (10)
7,306 days
Unknown
1.38m days
Retrieved
2.01m days
September
394,828 days
While
33,968 days
Law
32,507 days
Some
23,741 days
Exit
8,401 days
Other (10)
7,306 days
Showing the most recent 200 of 240 observations.
Visa Hype Velocity (days)
— table, last 30 days.
About this data
This index tracks the velocity of digital nomad visa implementation. We measure the time elapsed between the first official government press release announcing a visa scheme and the date a functional application portal becomes live for public use.
By calculating this delta, we can distinguish between nations actively building digital infrastructure and those using 'visa-hype' as a tourism marketing tool.
Data is compiled from official government gazettes, ministerial press releases, and direct monitoring of immigration portals across participating nations.
Sources
Every figure on this page was read from these pages.
While many sites list available digital nomad visas, there is no existing tracker or recurring report that specifically calculates the 'velocity' or gap between government press hype and functional implementation portals.
Uniqueness score 1.00 — assessed
against live web search results when this subject was created.