The city of Buenos Aires is the most popular destination for digital nomads in South America by a significant margin: 8.3% more than Rio de Janeiro, which ranks second.

Digital nomads are people who have the ability to work remotely from anywhere in the world, so they usually do it while traveling or staying in a different country for a period of time. This modality experienced a boom after the pandemic, with the head office exploding. They can be self-managed workers, freelancers or employees in dependent relationships.

The ranking compiled by resume builder site Resume.io is based on an analysis of thousands of Instagram posts with the hashtag #digitalnomad, pre-processed to ensure no spam accounts or bots are included. So, determined in which country the largest number of digital nomads in the worldbased on the Instagram location of the post geotag or if the country name is mentioned in the text.

Buenos Aires didn’t take first place in Resume.io’s 2022 report. But the city rose to the top, perhaps because it has “an established culture of cooperation, Tons of local startups and an active expatriate community to connect with when you arrive”according to the Lonely Planet travel guide.

How to become a digital nomad in Argentina?

In Argentina there is Procedure for registering as a digital nomad. It redirects to foreign residents of countries that do not require a tourist visa to enter the National Territory, for the purpose of providing services remotely through the use of computers, telecommunications or similar means, for the benefit of individuals or legal entities domiciled abroad.

To complete the process, you must have certain documentation and do some steps:

• Application records signed by interested parties, showing: personal data, independent work activities to be carried out.
• Short Curriculum Vitae stating your experience in the field you will be working on, and the level of study or training achieved.
• Participant’s passport is still valid and still valid. (Image sheet with personal data and photo – JPG Format).
• Photo of the participant (a formal photo of the face, with a white background, must be taken at the time of uploading the procedure, and no other still images – JPG format).
• Documentation proving the activities carried out (contracts, company guarantees or proof of application for employment, certification or income or expense receipts) and recording at least one reference related to your work.

More evidence may be needed of the extremes alleged by interested parties.

Digital nomads and their goals

Medellín, in Colombia, was the most popular destination in South America last time and is now in third place. However, the famous flower city leads among the four Colombian cities to make it to the top 10 in 2023.

In January this year, Colombia finally had its own digital nomad visa, known as Visa V Nómades Digitales. This visa allows freelancers and remote workers to stay in the country for 24 months, compared to six months of regular tourists are permitted. In addition, the visa offers a country ID which provides access to banking services and the right to register a company in the country.

With the enactment of this visa, the Colombian government aims to attract at least 45,000 digital nomads to the country by the summer of 2024. This initiative seeks to capitalize on the growing interest and global trend towards remote work and attract digital professionals from around the world.

Remote work in North America

The most voted city in North America was New York, followed by Mexico City and Miami.

Only London and Thailand have more digital nomads than New York, a city that makes business for business and where people flock to work.

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