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

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Post by maerF0x0 »

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…

Hooked me with talk of Costa Rica and it's safety, got a free lesson about drugs along the way...

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

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Post by ghaff »

mynameisvlad wrote: post #148
intricatedetail wrote: post #147

So you let company underpay you and then you move to a cheaper country in order to survive? Bum-engineer visa sounds more appropriate. Why engineers don't value their skills?

Who said anything about letting a company underpay you? Most do a digital nomad setup in order to have fewer living expenses and therefore more quickly save up and retire early. Nothing about working for less money while doing it.

I expect most digital nomads don't work for employers--though I've known limited time exceptions within the US. For employers, I imagine it would create tax and accounting headaches and, while people can and do have working vacations and such, that's different from heading to Thailand for three months to work remote.

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

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Post by huhtenberg »

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?

It's 6 hours later and the issue is still there.

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

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Post by cultofmetatron »

I'm a digital nomad. I've been interested in a trip planner that takes into account both mine and a significant other's visa. (very high chance we dont' share citizenship to the same country)

Something that lets me plan for a multi month to a year long campaign while minimizing flight costs/living expenses or takes my budget into account would be amazing.

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

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Post by junar »

bigdollopenergy wrote: post #99
mellavora wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For US citizens, be really careful with freelancing overseas. You will probably need to file US self-employment tax statements quarterly, and face some scary penalties if you forget.

Important addition I'd like to add here is that you almost certainly won't owe any US tax. You just need to file the return. AFAIK You get a crazy high deduction and can also deduct all your local taxes, so it's almost always 0 or near 0 taxes owed. That said it can be expensive to actually prepare and file the return, as you need to find a tax specialist proficient in Local AND US tax law to prepare it for you and t…

Not zero for self-employed folks. Self-employment tax (Social Security and Medicare) is unaffected by the Foreign Tax Credit or the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion. Unless you're paying into a foreign social security plan in a treaty country, you'll owe that 15.3% tax.

https://brighttax.com/blog/expats-self-employment-tax-foreig...

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

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Post by ghaff »

fred_is_fred wrote: post #156

For people who really do this, do you get paid in your home country dollars and home country bank account and just not tell your employer that you moved?

If you decide to become a digital nomad for a year and just hope your employer doesn't find out, you'll probably be sorry when they do. Have a working vacation somewhere for a month? Try to work it out with your manager. I effectively do it all the time around conferences.

But actually move? Lots of implications for visas, salary adjustments, and whether your company even has employees in a given country.

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

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Post by svnsch »

Kinrany wrote: post #105
svenso_ wrote: post #84

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It's an affiliate link where i hope to earn a buck to pay at least for the server and domain cost, otherwise Nomad Visa is free of ads and has no paywall (yet). What do you prefer? :) Is NordVPN bad? I only found great reviews. Please share your opinion.

I use mullvad, which is also behind Mozilla VPN. NordVPN spends a ton of money on marketing, but their security and customer support are garbage. For one thing, you can't cancel your subscription easily, which is a dark pattern, which is a big no for a company you want to trust. First link in DDG for "nordvpn reddit cancel": https://www.reddit.com/r/nordvpn/comments/kryt69/can_someone...

Thanks Kinrany! Guess reviews are biased caused by affiliates. I will research again and adjust.
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