Again no mention of taxation
South Korea launches digital nomad visa to boost remote work options in 2024
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Re: South Korea launches digital nomad visa to boost remote work options in 2024
#12So I've got to prove I make $70k a year, and then put down a $7500 deposit on a small apartment that costs me $1800 a month in a crappy part of Seoul, and get insurance and a bunch of other things, and then I only get to stay six months, and if I extend it it's only up to two years? No thanks. When will the demographic time bomb racial supremacist countries learn that people want to ACTUALLY IMMIGRATE to countries? B…
If the apartment is 1800$ a month, the deposit will be more like 15000$
Re: South Korea launches digital nomad visa to boost remote work options in 2024
#13I haven't seen any "digital nomad visas" that make much sense for a typical nomadic remote worker. Why go through all the bureaucracy when I can just quietly work while on 30-90 day visa-free (or cheap and easy visa-on-arrival) tourist entry stamps?
> just quietly work while on 30-90 day visa-free (...) tourist entry
dude.
Re: South Korea launches digital nomad visa to boost remote work options in 2024
#14So I've got to prove I make $70k a year, and then put down a $7500 deposit on a small apartment that costs me $1800 a month in a crappy part of Seoul, and get insurance and a bunch of other things, and then I only get to stay six months, and if I extend it it's only up to two years? No thanks. When will the demographic time bomb racial supremacist countries learn that people want to ACTUALLY IMMIGRATE to countries? B…
People can’t simply decide to move to the US, Australia and UK and spend the rest of their lives there.
The same applies to South Korea. You want to live there, you need to apply for a visa like everyone else.
Re: South Korea launches digital nomad visa to boost remote work options in 2024
#15My memory may be failing, last time (15 years ish? ) I looked at living / staying in Korea most places asked for a full years rent up front, then additional rent each month. You are supposed to get it back at the end of the lease. It would be trivial for a land lord to abuse a foreigner in this circumstance on the VISA, its not like you can stay around after the end of your lease to take them to court to recoup your money.
I'd be very careful about this.
Re: South Korea launches digital nomad visa to boost remote work options in 2024
#16So I've got to prove I make $70k a year, and then put down a $7500 deposit on a small apartment that costs me $1800 a month in a crappy part of Seoul, and get insurance and a bunch of other things, and then I only get to stay six months, and if I extend it it's only up to two years? No thanks. When will the demographic time bomb racial supremacist countries learn that people want to ACTUALLY IMMIGRATE to countries? B…
Shouldn't rich people be able to get hassle free visas? Why ban them from your country if they just want to live there and spend their money, regardless of whether they earn some more or not?
Just prove you have 100k and you get to stay this many days.
Re: South Korea launches digital nomad visa to boost remote work options in 2024
#17So I've got to prove I make $70k a year, and then put down a $7500 deposit on a small apartment that costs me $1800 a month in a crappy part of Seoul, and get insurance and a bunch of other things, and then I only get to stay six months, and if I extend it it's only up to two years? No thanks. When will the demographic time bomb racial supremacist countries learn that people want to ACTUALLY IMMIGRATE to countries? B…
If the apartment is 1800$ a month, the deposit will be more like 15000$
From memory, you get this back at the end and need to keep paying rent each month. You can't 'spend' the deposit like some countries allow.
Re: South Korea launches digital nomad visa to boost remote work options in 2024
#18So I've got to prove I make $70k a year, and then put down a $7500 deposit on a small apartment that costs me $1800 a month in a crappy part of Seoul, and get insurance and a bunch of other things, and then I only get to stay six months, and if I extend it it's only up to two years? No thanks. When will the demographic time bomb racial supremacist countries learn that people want to ACTUALLY IMMIGRATE to countries? B…
I don't know much about South Korea's immigration policies, but why should this specific program accommodate permanent immigration? This visa is the opposite of a worker visa for a person that may want to become a permanent resident in the future - its purpose is to let someone live on their land while still being considered a citizen of their origin country for all other purposes. I'm guessing that there are better…
In most countries if you stay long enough and qualify then you become a permanent resident.
The sneaky trick that SK is doing with its maximum term of 2 years is ensuring that no one on this arrangement will be eligible (which apparently requires residing there for 5 years at least: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_South_Korea).
This makes the program entirely pointless for intended audience, ie. people dead set on living in South Korea (not just have fun for a year).
Re: South Korea launches digital nomad visa to boost remote work options in 2024
#19So I've got to prove I make $70k a year, and then put down a $7500 deposit on a small apartment that costs me $1800 a month in a crappy part of Seoul, and get insurance and a bunch of other things, and then I only get to stay six months, and if I extend it it's only up to two years? No thanks. When will the demographic time bomb racial supremacist countries learn that people want to ACTUALLY IMMIGRATE to countries? B…
I don't think digital nomad visas are about demographics. This provides a legal way for people to do something that's already happening in many of these countries, so that's a good thing.
Further, I think these countries are aware that people would immigrate given the chance. They simply don't want the immigrants, and it's not really your place to demand they take them.
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#20As with almost every digital nomad visa I’ve seen, this seems poorly thought out, tax implications aren’t clear, but is someone’s “let’s be modern!” pet project.
UAE’s Remote Work visa is the only one I’ve been tempted to use so far.