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by anonu 1420 days ago
A bit of an anti-globalist perspective IMO. With an EU or US [1] passport you can freely visit 100s of countries with no visa - or "visa on arrival" which is usually still relatively cheap for most countries.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_United_S...

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Now try "^F work".
according to another comment, you pretend you are a tourist and don't actually get a work visa
I other words, you are willing to commit insurance fraud (or shoulder the risks of being uninsured) and violate visa laws and hope nobody finds out. But at least no one will accuse you of being of an "anti-globalist perspective".

(For what it's worth, I think it would probably be a win for many countries to make it feasible to get some short-term-ish remote work visa if you are unlikely to burden them or drive down local wages).

There are a number of Caribbean countries that have a digital nomad visa with just that in mind. ( https://www.caribbeanandco.com/caribbean-digital-nomad-visa-... )

The tricky bit with all of this is the company that you work for and if your presence in that country while working establishes a tax nexus there.

Kansas is the anti digital nomad place. https://kansaspolicy.org/rethinking-taxes-around-remote-work...

> Kansas has policies that could deter remote work and are deterring greater interstate work with our neighbors. Kansas requires employer withholding for people working in the state just for one day, which creates an annoying hurdle for companies trying to operate even in a small capacity in Kansas. In 2020, the Kansas legislature considered a bill that would have extended the withholding requirement period to 30 days, but the proposal died.