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Quite an elaborate tourist program: https://e-estonia.com/e-residents/apply-2/ 1. Fly to Estonia! ... 4. Wait for the results of your background check (max 14 days) Meanwhile, explore our untouched forests and free-Wifi boasting cafés in historical old towns.
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Misleading branding maybe, but not quite a hoax. It's just a login system: you get an ID# and a way to authenticate to digital services in Estonia (both the government's, and anyone in the private sector that implements the system). It will be genuinely useful for nonresidents conducting business in Estonia who previously couldn't get Estonian digital credentials, b/c a lot of stuff is easier if you have them (filing…
To be fair I think the idea is to eventually keep adding rights to these certificates. "we are moving towards the idea of a country without borders" I think the nation state, borders, the tax system, voting, what laws you work under and how you interact with the state should all be rethought as we move towards a post scarcity society[0]. Or we could just keep the old system and destroy the planet because, by god, it'…
I guess this is the smartest tax haven that went live.
I don't think in itself it has any tax benefits. In fact by itself it has few benefits at all: it doesn't confer any kind of residency, legal right to work or conduct business in Estonia, etc. What it does give you is a standardized ID and login system, which the Estonian government and major businesses (financial institutions, etc.) will be using in the future for identification and authentication. This will make it…
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To be fair I think the idea is to eventually keep adding rights to these certificates. "we are moving towards the idea of a country without borders" I think the nation state, borders, the tax system, voting, what laws you work under and how you interact with the state should all be rethought as we move towards a post scarcity society[0]. Or we could just keep the old system and destroy the planet because, by god, it'…
I think we are quite bit away from post-scarcity, just look at the third world where there are quite a bit of scarcity.
I'm a cofounder of a tech/internet startup in country A. I am a citizen of country B. I have no valid work visa in country A so work as an off-shore consultant for my own company, hence no longer a resident there. I am now a digital nomad in South East Asia.
Most valuable things for me:
- Being allowed to apply for visas in other countries from their consulate in a country other than country B (embassies and consulates are slow and painful and I don't like working there while waiting for my passport). Usually I'm allowed to do this in any other "country of residence." Would e-residence count?
- Being able to easily establish a corporate entity and proof of employment paperwork (also expensive and slow and painful in country B) which helps streamline my visa application processes.
Edited to fix some extraneous statements.