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Re: Show HN: Nomad Visa – Working remotely? Explore your visa options

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Post by jamil7 »

zerr wrote: post #15

Regarding Freelance visas, some countries (e.g. Germany [1]) require you to have local clients. So not an option for self-employed/indies. Would be nice to have similar info about countries that doesn't require you to work for someone else. EDIT: 1. https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/how-to-get-a-german-freela... .

I don't know about that exact rule (most of my clients are not German). Honestly in my experience of living here and freelancing on this visa a lot of these requirements seem to be up to the discretion of the person doing the interview / checking your documents.

Edit: See here https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisc...

(1) A foreigner may be granted a temporary residence permit for the purpose of self-employment if

1. an economic interest or a regional need applies,

2. the activity is expected to have positive effects on the economy and

3. personal capital on the part of the foreigner or a loan undertaking is available to realise the business idea.

Re: Show HN: Nomad Visa – Working remotely? Explore your visa options

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Post by svnsch »

sdze wrote: post #7

Clean WebApp but Safari alerts that the page uses a lot of memory... Not nice!

Thanks! I know about the issue and couldn't figure out how to really solve it, yet. Still a beginner in web development. If anyone has a link/info. Let me know.

Re: Show HN: Nomad Visa – Working remotely? Explore your visa options

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Post by _xnmw »

moonchrome wrote: post #5

Does anyone know a good site where I can compare tax rates for freelancers - using a single person business what's my net take home at what income ? Would people be willing in contributing this info for their country if I made a calculator for this on GH pages ?

If your income is high enough to be paying 5 figure taxes, check out Nomad Capitalist. They specialize in legal tax reduction through global residency.

Re: Show HN: Nomad Visa – Working remotely? Explore your visa options

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Post by docdeek »

vladvasiliu wrote: post #32
welder wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You also need to watch out for "false freelancer" laws in the EU, meant to protect workers who should receive full-time benefits from the company. It makes freelancing a gray area when you have a repeat long-term client.

In France, this is usually an issue for the client, because the contractor can then ask to be considered as a full-time employee [0]. As a freelancer yourself, if you don't involve the state, they won't come after you. The idea of the law is to protect the employee. However, speaking of freelancing in France, legally, there isn't such a thing. You have to have some form of company. There is some paperwork, but all in…

> It should also be noted that anything above basic social security isn't free nor included in said high taxes, so you'll have to pay out of pocket either for a complementary insurance or for the hospital if you need it, although I think it may be cheaper than in the US.

Complementary insurance (mutuelle) isn’t all that expensive compared to the US. I cover myself and two kids for €118 a month - very reasonable considering I pay very little out of pocket for any care or medicine during the year.

Re: Show HN: Nomad Visa – Working remotely? Explore your visa options

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Post by svnsch »

sanmak wrote: post #3

App Looks good! Mind to share from where did you collate data. I believe data is the key and it should be regularly updated.

True! Tourist visas are crawled daily by wikipedia. Not a big thing. Open data. The other visa types are acquired manually from official resources. If Nomad Visa reaches at least some traction, i will build scripts that notify me when changes occur or built scraping scripts. Not sure if the effort is worth it, yet.

Re: Show HN: Nomad Visa – Working remotely? Explore your visa options

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Post by jobigoud »

raviisoccupied wrote: post #9

This is cool, but I feel like I should be able to select my country of origin immediately when I select the destination I’m interested in, rather than having to reselect each time I explore a visa.

I don't even see where you can change your origin citizenship… Neither on the front page or on each destinations.

Re: Show HN: Nomad Visa – Working remotely? Explore your visa options

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Post by carbeewo »

moonchrome wrote: post #5

Does anyone know a good site where I can compare tax rates for freelancers - using a single person business what's my net take home at what income ? Would people be willing in contributing this info for their country if I made a calculator for this on GH pages ?

This site will calculate your take home pay after tax in many European capitals: https://freelance.tax

Re: Show HN: Nomad Visa – Working remotely? Explore your visa options

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Post by q3k »

_xnmw wrote: post #43
moonchrome wrote: post #5

Does anyone know a good site where I can compare tax rates for freelancers - using a single person business what's my net take home at what income ? Would people be willing in contributing this info for their country if I made a calculator for this on GH pages ?

If your income is high enough to be paying 5 figure taxes, check out Nomad Capitalist. They specialize in legal tax reduction through global residency.

> They specialize in legal tax reduction through global residency.

Dodging taxes. They specialize in dodging taxes.

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