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

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

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Post by bko »

svnsch wrote: post #39
bko wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love the site! Not sure if this is the feedback you were looking for but I noticed its a bit slow though. I would look at the GET to https://api.visum.so/api/country_data/ It returns all countries data which is slow and uncompressed. Either hit it once and keep it in memory so you can switch countries easily, or better yet break it up to api/country_data/ and just send back the info for that country I would also ge…

Yes, great feedback, thx! I really need to adjust the API, calls and cache. As this is the first website i have ever built, i still have a lot to learn.

This is still pretty good and incredible considering its your first site. You have a great design sense and concept. The rest you'll get. There's more or less a right way to do the eng stuff which you'll figure out.

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

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Post by jarofgreen »

Luuseens wrote: post #40

The visa recommendations seem wrong, at least for my country (Latvia). The site claims I need a tourist visa for all EU countries (wrong), and do not need a visa to visit Russia (also wrong).

I saw a similar project on HN before but I can't find it now. I'll make the same comment tho, and it builds on this comment:

Please provide links back to official information pages. For something as important as a visa, I'm just never going to trust a random third party source.

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

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Post by huhtenberg »

svnsch wrote: post #2

Hey HN! Over the past few months I've been coding my first side project (Nuxt Frontend, Django Backend). It's been quite a learning experience tumbling down the rabbit hole of web development, as a data scientist. Nomad Visa is a database of tourist visas and visas suitable for digital nomads, remote workers, founders and expats. More and more countries issue special visas for digital nomads to stay in their country…

In a recent Firefox on Windows there's no text visible. None at all. As if its color was set to 'transparent'.

The culprit appears to be "Atkinson-Hyperlegible" in font-family. If it is commented out, text becomes visible. The TTF [1] is recognized and rendered by Windows Font Viewer just fine (though in a dear need of hinting), though I'm not sure if Firefox uses Windows native font rendering engine or has its own.

[1] https://nomadvisa.io/_nuxt/fonts/Atkinson-Hyperlegible-Regul...

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

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Post by dagw »

throwawaysleep wrote: post #56

I get that everyone should follow the law, but how would they ever distinguish you from a tourist unless you blogged about it?

One obvious way to 'fuck up' is to do work with or for a local company. I've also heard rumors that they sometimes check co-working spaces and pick up any 'tourists' that have been renting space there for an extended period of time.

But basically as long you work for a foreign company or clients and don't draw attention to yourself I doubt they care too much.

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

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Post by hutzlibu »

jll29 wrote: post #59

I think the European Union has great mobility rules, so one can now live anywhere, without needing papers to travel or move; now if it can manage to create nomadic visas that permit qualified workers from outside to join this system (like the US O-1 visa, but valid for all EU countries), it would be a great driver to innovation in Europe. (I will share that idea with the Commission.) Can't speak to the legal elements…

Yes, there are many valid criticism about the EU in lots of things.

But the open border part (once you are in), is just awesome.

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

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Post by jeromegv »

throwawaysleep wrote: post #56

I get that everyone should follow the law, but how would they ever distinguish you from a tourist unless you blogged about it?

If you don't plan to stay long, sure, but if you start making an interesting life over there, you might be interesting in regularizing your situation.

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

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Post by svnsch »

huhtenberg wrote: post #63
svnsch wrote: post #2

Hey HN! Over the past few months I've been coding my first side project (Nuxt Frontend, Django Backend). It's been quite a learning experience tumbling down the rabbit hole of web development, as a data scientist. Nomad Visa is a database of tourist visas and visas suitable for digital nomads, remote workers, founders and expats. More and more countries issue special visas for digital nomads to stay in their country…

In a recent Firefox on Windows there's no text visible. None at all. As if its color was set to 'transparent'. The culprit appears to be "Atkinson-Hyperlegible" in font-family. If it is commented out, text becomes visible. The TTF [1] is recognized and rendered by Windows Font Viewer just fine (though in a dear need of hinting), though I'm not sure if Firefox uses Windows native font rendering engine or has its own.…

Oh damn, thx. Found this font on a website of a nuxt-package and it's supposed to be a well readable font even for people with limited eyesight. Guess not if it's not shown at all... Suggestion? Use a regular font or adjust browser-specific?

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

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Post by svnsch »

bko wrote: post #27
svnsch wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's a valid point. I need to adjust that. Thanks!

I'm sure a lot of people look up their home countries or countries which they are familiar with. You may want to consider a simple form where people can issue corrections that get emailed to you. Essentially crowdsource data.

Thats a good idea!

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

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Post by jfk13 »

svnsch wrote: post #67
huhtenberg wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In a recent Firefox on Windows there's no text visible. None at all. As if its color was set to 'transparent'. The culprit appears to be "Atkinson-Hyperlegible" in font-family. If it is commented out, text becomes visible. The TTF [1] is recognized and rendered by Windows Font Viewer just fine (though in a dear need of hinting), though I'm not sure if Firefox uses Windows native font rendering engine or has its own.…

Oh damn, thx. Found this font on a website of a nuxt-package and it's supposed to be a well readable font even for people with limited eyesight. Guess not if it's not shown at all... Suggestion? Use a regular font or adjust browser-specific?

Doesn't seem like there's any compelling reason to use a webfont at all for this; the default sans-serif would be fine.

Or you could use a font-family list that includes a few specific Windows and Mac fonts that you like, with the generic sans-serif as a fallback in case none of them are present.

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

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Post by 5350-uiop-1130 »

noisy_boy wrote: post #53

Instead of me choosing the country first, why not ask me about the passport I hold and then show all the countries that have visas that allow me to work remotely? I tried a few places and I only got Tourist Visa as available visa - gave up after a while.

It's right there on the homepage.

I'm not sure how accurate these are though.

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