It should let you put in your country of citizenship so it can filter the visas down before showing you visas you can't get.
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#132Worth noting that it isn't legal to work on a tourist visa in most countries.
You're almost universally not allowed to take local work. But many (the vast majority in my personal experience which tends not to extend to countries with a lot of paperwork requirements) either explicitly allow business purposes like conferences and meeting with customers or don't care. If you decide to remote work from someplace for a month or two, I might not get a co-working space or blog about it, but in most c…
Businesses purposes usually has a strict definition that doesn't extend to operating a business from said country for extended periods of time. Nevermind the tax implications.
Other countries are far more explicit in law that any paid (or unpaid) remuneration is a visa violation. Thailand for example.
> don't care
That's the key phrase here. Personally I don't care that authorities don't enforce their immigration laws but it should be explicitly stated that you are violating your visa on sites such as this and Nomadlist.
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#133I 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…
The EU lets EU citizens move around freely. But if you're a non-EU citizen on say, a German work visa, that wouldn't let you work in Spain. For truly free movement they would have to replace all the country specific visas with EU wide visas, so that once a foreigner has for example an EU wide work visa, they can use it in all EU countries.
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#134The 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
haha yeah don't do that stuff the world would be so much better without it in general
it's actually incredibly easy if you just hang out with locals and avoid tourists/expats
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#135Earlier quoted context omitted.
If it is legal, why is it dodging taxes ? As an individual, I want to maximize retaining my hard earned earnings and nothing wrong with that in my opinion as long as you do it legally.
People really need to start seeing taxes as a good thing.
I find it debatable as there are countries with high corruption which have bad uses of people taxes.
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#136The 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…
I have been thinking about CR.. Does Spanish become a requirement for daily life? I am sure I can pick up a smattering of any language as long as I live there.. but I do want to get through the first few months :)
Edit: One other thing - How about international/English schools for middle school kids?
Re: Show HN: Nomad Visa – Working remotely? Explore your visa options
#137The 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…
I have been thinking about CR.. Does Spanish become a requirement for daily life? I am sure I can pick up a smattering of any language as long as I live there.. but I do want to get through the first few months :) Edit: One other thing - How about international/English schools for middle school kids?
Yeah it's pretty good to learn the language of any foreign country while being there. It's not that hard to just power through a book or two and pick up pronunciation by making friends with people who barely speak English. If you REALLY want to accelerate it get into a relationship with someone who barely speaks your language, actually - I have a lot of fun dating girls who are trying to learn English but my Spanish is good enough to give me some better chances starting out
Response to edit: Yeah the international schools here are really good, I actually have a friend teaching at a German language one for kids which is well renowned so there's even options outside of English immersion
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#138The 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?
Of course
Currency in my home country is crap, USD stretches out really far in any country that's not in North America or EU
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#139Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have been thinking about CR.. Does Spanish become a requirement for daily life? I am sure I can pick up a smattering of any language as long as I live there.. but I do want to get through the first few months :) Edit: One other thing - How about international/English schools for middle school kids?
Yeah it's pretty good to learn the language of any foreign country while being there. It's not that hard to just power through a book or two and pick up pronunciation by making friends with people who barely speak English. If you REALLY want to accelerate it get into a relationship with someone who barely speaks your language, actually - I have a lot of fun dating girls who are trying to learn English but my Spanish…
Thanks.. I do not think I can convince my wife that I am dating girls to learn the language.. but I will power through the books..
CR has been my top retirement destination for long.. between the forests and scuba diving, it would be my ideal country.
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#140The 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.
Yeah for sure! You want to consider foreclosed properties purchased through the bank in order to mitigate risks that you might face if you just go through some shady real estate agnet or whatever:
https://www.bnventadebienes.com/
My best advice is to be competent in Spanish before starting any business negotiations here and that includes buying properties.