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by dismalaf 487 days ago
I'd keep the job and look for places with remote worker visas. Or start a company and get an entrepreneur visa. Being locked into a single company isn't great, in any country. Also Europe's pretty small, you can live in a small town, halve your living costs and still only be 30 minutes from the city. Or just live in a tier 2 city which will still have a good lifestyle.
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tech_lizzard 487 days ago
I think I'd be interested in revisiting this idea. I'm working remotely. I would switch to night-shift in Europe. tier 2 city would need to have decent internet. I'm assuming its common... I'd need to check into Dublin, Ireland or somewhere near Netherlands for tier2 cities. https://www.reddit.com/r/travel/comments/1bhvxkh/2nd_or_3rd_...

* Digital nomad visas only last 1-2 years. I assumed I'd need something more if I were to pick up my life and move somewhere... I suppose I could just live on the edge and not forget about renewing? Netherlands has an MVV thing, but it's tied up in some paperwork. There's a list of digital nomad places on Google, such as Spain. I'm wondering about renewal though, is 1 year stay enough? should i place my bets that it is renewed?

* the Netherlands MVV: https://localnomads.com/digital-nomad-visa/netherlands/#rene...

* Norway's Digital Nomad:

https://www.etias.org/blog/norway-digital-nomad-visa The digital nomad visa can be issued for up to two years and it can be renewed while living in Norway at a local police station.

* Holy cow this idea could work! Technically fulfilling the idea to keep my job and remotely work.

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dismalaf 487 days ago
> tier 2 city would need to have decent internet. I'm assuming its common...

I mean, can't speak for everywhere in Europe, but we have a place in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere Czech Republic. And the internet for ~30 Euros is better than my $100 CAD internet in Canada... Cell coverage across the country also better than Canada.

As for the digital nomad visas, a lot came into existence during Covid, so the rules are ever changing, and vary country to country (lots of things like immigration and healthcare are handled by each country, only some rules span the whole EU)... I think some countries allow you to renew indefinitely though (CR definitely does, France too, don't know about all of them though)...

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