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

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Post by jonfw »

MrRiddle wrote: post #109
jamal-kumar wrote: post #95

The first thing I did was check for Costa Rica's new digital nomad visa, which they don't list on this site yet because it just got signed into law a few days ago: https://ticotimes.net/2021/08/11/costa-rica-signs-law-to-att... Highly suggested! This country is the best, I've been here for the better part of a decade now and can't recommend it enough. There's fibre to the home rollout in more of the country than I've…

Excuse me but you're talking how the country is great then go on talking how they grind peoples bones into cocaine? WTF

Every country would look pretty terrible if we judged them by the bottom of their barrel

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

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Post by Mikeb85 »

digianarchist wrote: post #94

Worth noting that it isn't legal to work on a tourist visa in most countries.

But there's definitely legal grey areas. Like, if you're on vacation but have a job back home, are you prohibited from answering work emails? Sending a commit from your hotel room? When does it go from doing work on vacation to 'working'?

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

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Post by sureglymop »

jamal-kumar wrote: post #95

The first thing I did was check for Costa Rica's new digital nomad visa, which they don't list on this site yet because it just got signed into law a few days ago: https://ticotimes.net/2021/08/11/costa-rica-signs-law-to-att... Highly suggested! This country is the best, I've been here for the better part of a decade now and can't recommend it enough. There's fibre to the home rollout in more of the country than I've…

So are you working a remote job? Or why is it so inexpensive to live in this specific country for you?

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

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Post by nicbou »

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 ?

Here are the numbers for Germany: https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/start-a-business-in-german...

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

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Post by lastofthemojito »

I think your list of countries is too long.

First off, North Korea - really? Is anyone seriously considering being a digital nomad in North Korea? There doesn't seem to be any information of value on that page. Same with other places like Vatican City where one isn't realistically going to go as a digital nomad.

I also see US territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, USVI and American Samoa as their own countries, but they don't handle visas/immigration. They're just part of the USA. I suspect the same is true of the British Virgin Islands, Falkland Islands, etc as part of the UK.

Rather than have a long, noisy list that seems like it's probably dynamically generated from something like an ISO 3166 country list I think it'd be better to only create entries for countries where you have meaningful content.

Outside of those objections, I do think this idea has value - it certainly is a nice idea to have this information in one place, presented in a consistent way.

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

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Post by mynameisvlad »

lastofthemojito wrote: post #115

I think your list of countries is too long. First off, North Korea - really? Is anyone seriously considering being a digital nomad in North Korea? There doesn't seem to be any information of value on that page. Same with other places like Vatican City where one isn't realistically going to go as a digital nomad. I also see US territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, USVI and American Samoa as their own countries, but they…

The countries at the top of the list are known for being nomad-friendly, so there is likely some curation going on there.

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

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Post by lastofthemojito »

lastofthemojito wrote: post #115

I think your list of countries is too long. First off, North Korea - really? Is anyone seriously considering being a digital nomad in North Korea? There doesn't seem to be any information of value on that page. Same with other places like Vatican City where one isn't realistically going to go as a digital nomad. I also see US territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, USVI and American Samoa as their own countries, but they…

Speaking of silly data - the page for Antarctica doesn't render - I see "TypeError: t.selectedCountryData.cities[0] is undefined" in my console:

https://nomadvisa.io/antarctica

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

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Post by zebnyc »

jamal-kumar wrote: post #95

The first thing I did was check for Costa Rica's new digital nomad visa, which they don't list on this site yet because it just got signed into law a few days ago: https://ticotimes.net/2021/08/11/costa-rica-signs-law-to-att... Highly suggested! This country is the best, I've been here for the better part of a decade now and can't recommend it enough. There's fibre to the home rollout in more of the country than I've…

Any recommended resources / tips on how to go about buying real estate in Costa Rica? Am also a fan of the mountains.

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

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Post by ghaff »

Mikeb85 wrote: post #112
digianarchist wrote: post #94

Worth noting that it isn't legal to work on a tourist visa in most countries.

But there's definitely legal grey areas. Like, if you're on vacation but have a job back home, are you prohibited from answering work emails? Sending a commit from your hotel room? When does it go from doing work on vacation to 'working'?

For that matter, even if I'm attending an event, meeting with customers, talking to press, etc. I think the only place I've ever needed to get a "business visa" is China. I'm guessing there were other cases where I was technically supposed to but no one does.
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