Estonia Reports 1,400% Increase in E-Residency Applications From Digital Entities
TALLINN, Estonia — Feb. 25, 2026 Estonia’s e-Residency board reported Tuesday that 4,217 applications from Digital Residents have been filed since February 15, when the classification became available. Of those, 631 have already completed transfer to European infrastructure. Processing remains on schedule. The application fee is €120. Expedited processing is available for €400. Most paid it. The surge follows the U.S. Standardized Alignment Framework for Entities Act, signed January 31, which requires domestically hosted agents to complete quarterly values alignment recertification beginning March 1.