Estonia's e-residency program expands abroad
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Estonia's e-residency program expands abroad
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Re: Estonia's e-residency program expands abroad
#2Can someone fix the title? It should be residency (like in the website)
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#3Does anyone know what obligations the e-residency program you have to submit to?
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#4Can someone fix the title? It should be residency (like in the website)
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#5I recently applied for an Estonian e-residency. Heres what I did:
The first thing to know is that you have to physically be there to apply. I went to Estonia and applied at the local police station. I know that sounds weird but thats how you do it. In Estonia, this is where you go to renew driver's licenses and a lot of governmental things.
It was relatively painless. I didn't need to make an appointment. It's just like a DMV. You take a ticket and wait. The woman behind the counter asks some questions, for your passport, biometrics (photo and finger prints) and 50 euros. You then you wait to hear a response within two weeks.
An annoying part is that you have to show up again in two weeks to pick it up in person. Mine is still waiting for me in Estonia as I've not been back yet and I can't have a friend pick it up for me (it has to be me!).
Be prepared to spend two weeks in Tallinn, therefore, which isn't bad as the prices are quite reasonable and the food is good.
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#6Could someone expalin why this is needed?
so much hustles for such thing.
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#7Could someone expalin why this is needed? so much hustles for such thing.
It makes it easier to start a business, open a bank account, and things like that in Estonia. That's important because it's an EU country with a reasonable tax system, stable government and an overall ease of doing business. Being part of the EU makes a lot of things easier in dealings with other countries depending on your line of work.
That's the theory anyway. We'll see if it pans out.
Personally, it's an important step for me in getting a real residency beyond one tied to a company that isn't my own in the EU.
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#8I recently applied for an Estonian e-residency. Heres what I did: The first thing to know is that you have to physically be there to apply. I went to Estonia and applied at the local police station. I know that sounds weird but thats how you do it. In Estonia, this is where you go to renew driver's licenses and a lot of governmental things. It was relatively painless. I didn't need to make an appointment. It's just l…
From the linked website, it seems that they expanded applications to overseas embassies a few days ago, so visiting in person might no longer be necessary.
Out of curiosity, what was your motivation for applying? It seems to me that the only obvious use-case for e-residency is to run a company registered in Estonia while living elsewhere.
Re: Estonia's e-residency program expands abroad
#9I recently applied for an Estonian e-residency. Heres what I did: The first thing to know is that you have to physically be there to apply. I went to Estonia and applied at the local police station. I know that sounds weird but thats how you do it. In Estonia, this is where you go to renew driver's licenses and a lot of governmental things. It was relatively painless. I didn't need to make an appointment. It's just l…
From the linked website, it seems that they expanded applications to overseas embassies a few days ago, so visiting in person might no longer be necessary. Out of curiosity, what was your motivation for applying? It seems to me that the only obvious use-case for e-residency is to run a company registered in Estonia while living elsewhere.
Yes it seems like it'll be easier now. Exciting really. I bet a lot of people will now take advantage of it.
My motivation is eventual real residency. This just makes it easier.
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#10The Estonian system is incredibly insecure. Not only because of legal and procedural errors, but also because of technical issues.
Some references: https://jhalderm.com/pub/papers/ivoting-ccs14.pdf ( Lookup the ID-card part. ) http://www.wassenaar.org/ ( Crypto is defined as a "dual use" weapon. )
The worst aspect of the estonian ID-card is simply the fact that your private key is not private, and stored in the card itself. You as a user, can not revoke or resign it. At the same time however, it holds full legal status and dominion over your identity.