[admjs]

That’s a feature not a bug, I think.

[sgjohnson]

How is it not? It’s not even a long-term visa, it’s a 180 day one.

You can buy permanent residence in Costa Rica for $5000-ish.

And all of this is for an activity that most countries would be fine with you doing on a tourist visa. It’s pointless.

[dahfizz]

Is Iceland all that depserate for new residents / tourists? Being choosy about who you let move into your country is their prerogative. If they can attract a few high income people, that is a win.

[Scoundreller]

I’d assume various covid requirements (vaccines and testing) have hurt tourism a bit.

Their airline was quite popular as a cheap route between Europe and North America, and again, lots of otherwise passengers can’t/won’t make that journey.

[micromacrofoot]

It's twice as long as their standard visa

[sgjohnson]

So?

[kgin]

So you get to stay twice as long.

[malermeister]

It's made for rich knowledge workers to spend a few months there while working remotely and dump a bunch of money into their economy.

[Scoundreller]

because nobody would do that on a tourist visa. Never happened. Only real difference is you can pay to do it for longer than 90 days.

[malermeister]

Yup, that's exactly the point. Not sure why that would be a bad thing?