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by acd 1592 days ago
Good idea but why 1m isk monthly salary? Strange new world if only the ultra rich are welcome. Im sure Iceland would benefit also from average income remote workers.
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> Strange new world if only the ultra rich are welcome.

Hardly. Most countries treat the rich differently from everyone else, when it comes to immigration/visas, and have basically forever. It's the overwhelming norm. In plenty of desirable countries you can simply buy your way to permanent residency. And I don't just mean the usual tropical tax havens.

For most countries, it's "prove your worth—and it better be damn good—or go away". One way to prove worth is to bring a ton of cash to the table.

Is that not about £6k a month? It’s a lot but hardly the ultra rich
That's not really a high salary for the people of hackernews in the US and I'm sure most Euro countries.
It's not a new world. Plenty of countries will only give you a visa, or rather make it easier for you to get certain kinds of visas, if you make over a certain amount.
1m isk/month is not ultra rich, just high income, right?
Unfortunately, some people can't differentiate between six-figure salaries and billionaires.
I qualify and I consider myself a regular person living in a flyover state. Certainly neither average nor particularly rich.