Niger digital nomad visa & residency (2026)

Niger does not appear on any 2026 comprehensive digital-nomad / remote-work visa lists and has launched no remote-work residence category; relocators must rely on standard immigration channels.

Since 2019 Niger offers an electronic visa for nationals of 200+ countries; single-entry tourist visas are typically valid 60 days from issue with a maximum stay around 30 days, requiring an in-country extension request via SENAMI for longer stays.

Long-term residence is possible through a residence permit tied to employment, study or family reunification; foreign workers need an employer-sponsored work permit reviewed by the Ministry of Labour — a structure not designed for remote workers earning foreign income.

Niger operates no residency-by-investment or citizenship-by-investment programme; prospective investors must use ordinary immigration routes.

Niger (with Mali and Burkina Faso, as the Alliance of Sahel States) formally left ECOWAS on 29 January 2025; ECOWAS free-movement/residence rights remain recognised only on a transitional basis, with AES biometric IDs set to replace ECOWAS documents within five years.

Ongoing insecurity from armed groups in the Sahel and post-2023-coup instability significantly limit Niger's appeal and infrastructure for remote-worker relocation, and no liberalising remote-work reform has been announced.