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Show HN: Nomad Visa – Working remotely? Explore your visa options

285 points by svnsch 5y ago

svnsch 5y ago
Hey HN! Over the past few months I've been coding my first side project (Nuxt Frontend, Django Backend). It's been quite a learning experience tumbling down the rabbit hole of web development, as a data scientist. Nomad Visa is a database of tourist visas and visas suitable for digital nomads, remote workers, founders and expats. More and more countries issue special visas for digital nomads to stay in their country for an extended period of time though they often come with high income requirements or high fees. Therefore, Nomad Visa allows you to compare all types of visas that are eligible for remote workers. Let me know what you think.
- bellyfullofbac 5y ago
  Huh, something is blocked on my browser (even using incognito mode with no ad-blocking extensions) that all I see are empty rectangles, the text are all invisible...
  - svnsch 5y ago
    It should work fine even though the traffic is high currently
- noja 5y ago
  Why are tourist visas shown for people who want to work in another country?
  - neurotrace 5y ago
    Depending on the country, you may be able to work remotely while on a tourist visa. This is true, for example, in Mexico. The tourist visa allows you to stay in the country for up to six months and you aren't allowed to work for a Mexican company but they have no issues with you working for a company in another country.
    - ghaff 5y ago
      Many times they're actually "temporary visitor" visas or something like that. Which, as you say, typically prohibits working for a local company, otherwise use local resources, etc. But I've attended business events all over the world. With just a few exceptions, e.g. China, there's never been any question of getting some special visa--which usually requires letters of introduction and so forth--to do whatever combination of business and pleasure I'm there for. That said, I'll note that e.g. Indonesia 30 day visa-on-arrival seems to theoretically be only for non-business purposes but when I've gone there's never been any question of using anything else.
  - svnsch 5y ago
    Some tourist visas allow you to stay quite long in a country. Of course it's illegal to work in a foreign country on a tourist visa. I added a note in the bottom of the filter section on remote work with a tourist visa. Maybe make in more prominent? The issue is also mentioned in the FAQs.
    - noahjk 5y ago
      My initial suggestion would be to at least list it below work visas - it caught me off guard to see it at the top on a website about working :) I really like the site design, by the way! Did you use anything to achieve the consistent look?
      - svnsch 5y ago
        Thank you! You are right and I adjusted it. I use Vuetify which is a great design framework for Nuxt/Vue.
- jamil7 5y ago
  When looking at United States EB-5 Visa I get "ReferenceError: chosenVisa is not defined"
- bko 5y ago
  I love the site! Not sure if this is the feedback you were looking for but I noticed its a bit slow though. I would look at the GET to https://api.visum.so/api/country_data/ https://api.visum.so/api/country_data/ It returns all countries data which is slow and uncompressed. Either hit it once and keep it in memory so you can switch countries easily, or better yet break it up to api/country_data/<country> and just send back the info for that country I would also get rid of stripe if you're not using it yet.
  - svnsch 5y ago
    Yes, great feedback, thx! I really need to adjust the API, calls and cache. As this is the first website i have ever built, i still have a lot to learn.
    - weird-eye-issue 5y ago
      That endpoint actually is already being properly cached at Cloudfront's edge and is compressed so it could be a lot worse edit: Just noticed this gives a Server Error btw: https://nomadvisa.io/betteruptime https://nomadvisa.io/betteruptime
    - bko 5y ago
      This is still pretty good and incredible considering its your first site. You have a great design sense and concept. The rest you'll get. There's more or less a right way to do the eng stuff which you'll figure out.
- jobigoud 5y ago
  Feedback: This looks very interesting but it's unclear what the site is really listing. For example I select Germany. How does it know whether I need a visa or not to work in Germany, it hasn't even asked for my country of origin?
- huhtenberg 5y ago
  In a recent Firefox on Windows there's no text visible. None at all. As if its color was set to 'transparent'. The culprit appears to be "Atkinson-Hyperlegible" in font-family. If it is commented out, text becomes visible. The TTF [1] is recognized and rendered by Windows Font Viewer just fine (though in a dear need of hinting), though I'm not sure if Firefox uses Windows native font rendering engine or has its own. [1] https://nomadvisa.io/_nuxt/fonts/Atkinson-Hyperlegible-Regular-102.0f70189.ttf https://nomadvisa.io/_nuxt/fonts/Atkinson-Hyperlegible-Regul...
  - svnsch 5y ago
    Oh damn, thx. Found this font on a website of a nuxt-package and it's supposed to be a well readable font even for people with limited eyesight. Guess not if it's not shown at all... Suggestion? Use a regular font or adjust browser-specific?
    - jfk13 5y ago
      Doesn't seem like there's any compelling reason to use a webfont at all for this; the default sans-serif would be fine. Or you could use a font-family list that includes a few specific Windows and Mac fonts that you like, with the generic sans-serif as a fallback in case none of them are present.
    - huhtenberg 5y ago
      It's 6 hours later and the issue is still there.
      - svnsch 5y ago
        Should be done! Thanks for your hint.
- poutrathor 5y ago
  https://nomadvisa.io/france https://nomadvisa.io/france centers the map on the French Caribbean rather than the main landmass in Western Europe
- jamal-kumar 5y ago
  Cool site! Out of curiosity, where's your personal favorite places to be a digital nomad in? Also do you list places with a specific digital nomad visa like the new one in Costa Rica which lets you stay for an entire year? (Didn't see this yet!)
- robk 5y ago
  this should have the UK Tech Nation visa. https://technation.io/visa/ https://technation.io/visa/
- moontear 5y ago
  I get the intention of the website. I also do like your design. I just don't think the information is helpful as it is represented right now as others has also commented already. You are supposed to start by selecting a country. Let's say "Australia". Your website tells me: Tourist Visa: Tourist Visa. With a general link to https://nomadvisa.io/australia https://nomadvisa.io/australia Working Holiday Visa: Working Holiday Visa. Besides these two visas the whole Australia is filled with information that doesn't concern Visas at all, but the country itself. Either I have not understood what information the website shows or the information isn't there. You state I "can compare all types of visas" - what comparison can I do by knowing "Tourist Visa" and "Working Holiday Visa". Can I compare these somehow to different countries?
- Andrew_nenakhov 5y ago
  Very bad UX. Site is constantly (slowly) reloading on mobile and instead of showing the details always somehow brings you back to start screen. It would benefit greatly by using js more sparingly
sanmak 5y ago
App Looks good! Mind to share from where did you collate data. I believe data is the key and it should be regularly updated.
- svnsch 5y ago
  True! Tourist visas are crawled daily by wikipedia. Not a big thing. Open data. The other visa types are acquired manually from official resources. If Nomad Visa reaches at least some traction, i will build scripts that notify me when changes occur or built scraping scripts. Not sure if the effort is worth it, yet.
is0tope 5y ago
Looks really good! Did you do both the backend and the front end yourself?
- svnsch 5y ago
  Thank you! Yes, it has been quite a ride learning it. Backend is Django (i am familiar with Python). Frontend is Nuxt (total noob in JS).
  - is0tope 5y ago
    I've done django. Can't say I've done nuxt, though I have done vue before. I think your design skills are great! I've always been a backend guy and that's the part I've found really hard.
    - svnsch 5y ago
      Thank you! Sounds good! Well nuxt is a vue famework and yeah, vue is amazing. I use vuetify which makes it easy to "design" the frontend. You should check that out.
moonchrome 5y ago
Does anyone know a good site where I can compare tax rates for freelancers - using a single person business what's my net take home at what income ? Would people be willing in contributing this info for their country if I made a calculator for this on GH pages ?
- docdeek 5y ago
  Would be happy to contibute to something like that for France, though there are a couple of different ways of setting up a freelancer business that impact that number here.
  - xyzzy_plugh 5y ago
    Right, I think that's the problem. Things get complicated so I'm not sure there's a single answer. Usually the easiest way to do things is to just declare everything as normal individual income. Dealing with corporate taxes is a whole ball game.
    - moonchrome 5y ago
      The difference in Croatia can be >20% of gross and it isn't much more work than reporting your individual income, the only gotcha is shutting down the legal entity takes a very long time.
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    - mellavora 5y ago
      it often isn't so easy. In many jurisdictions, there needs to be a system to make sure the proper social taxes are paid. In a 'normal' employment situation these are handled by the employer. As a freelancer, no. So the law requires some additional structure to make sure these taxes get paid. If you simply declare your freelancing income as 'normal income', you are not paying these taxes, which probably makes you guilty of tax fraud. Also, if you are freelancing, you may be required to charge sale tax or VAT or similar. In the EU, you need to be VAT registered to collect VAT. As an individual, only certain countries allow this, but only if you have a business license in that country. Otherwise you need a corporate form, or you are commiting tax fraud.
q-rews 5y ago
I don’t think think this is particularly useful and it looks like a Nomad List copy. There are plenty of more comprehensive options for visas (I think VisaHQ is one). The website doesn’t even mention that some countries don’t require a visa at all to enter. I’ve been using Wikipedia’s great “Visa requirements for COUNTRY citizens” which will give you a list of countries you can enter and for how long. For the rest of the information displayed here one can open Wikipedia’s page for the country too. If the intent is to list countries with nomad visas, then list them. As it’s setup currently you’re just asking me to pick a country I already know.
sdze 5y ago
Clean WebApp but Safari alerts that the page uses a lot of memory... Not nice!
- svnsch 5y ago
  Thanks! I know about the issue and couldn't figure out how to really solve it, yet. Still a beginner in web development. If anyone has a link/info. Let me know.
  - sdflhasjd 5y ago
    It seems to run a bit oddly on Firefox on Android for me (Samsung S10e) even changing the theme from dark to light took a few seconds.
raviisoccupied 5y ago
This is cool, but I feel like I should be able to select my country of origin immediately when I select the destination I’m interested in, rather than having to reselect each time I explore a visa.
- jobigoud 5y ago
  I don't even see where you can change your origin citizenship… Neither on the front page or on each destinations.
  - svnsch 5y ago
    You can adjust your origin country on the tourist visa page. On mobile just refresh the page.
zerr 5y ago
Regarding Freelance visas, some countries (e.g. Germany [1]) require you to have local clients. So not an option for self-employed/indies. Would be nice to have similar info about countries that doesn't require you to work for someone else. EDIT: 1. https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/how-to-get-a-german-freelance-visa#:~:text=If%20you%20don't%20have,who%20want%20to%20hire%20you https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/how-to-get-a-german-freela....
- bravura 5y ago
  Actually, Germany only requires non-binding letters of intent from potential clients, upon which they extrapolate your income, which they want to be above the poverty line (1500 EUR a month in Germany, IIRC). Sources: Many friends getting freelance visas, a visa lawyer.
  - nicbou 5y ago
    I wrote the guide linked above. You are right, but when it's time to renew your visa, they aren't so lenient. You can also get a shorter visa if your case isn't compelling enough.
  - drusepth 5y ago
    The Germany Freelance Visa link lists you having an address in Germany as one of the requirements, though. I'm not sure if that's an existing address or just a general "you have to stay somewhere and not be homeless".
- svnsch 5y ago
  That's a valid point. I need to adjust that. Thanks!
  - bko 5y ago
    I'm sure a lot of people look up their home countries or countries which they are familiar with. You may want to consider a simple form where people can issue corrections that get emailed to you. Essentially crowdsource data.
unixhero 5y ago
It would be useful to change HOME COUNTRY. All your users are not from the States you know.
KaiserPro 5y ago
Is there any hard data about the benefits of a digital nomad type visa to the _host country_? The obvious answer is that they have a similar impact as long term holidaymakers. But I'd like some sort of evidence, rather than my own uninformed gut feeling
- Proven 5y ago
  Digital nomads create CO2 pollution
merrvk 5y ago
Excellent resource, thanks for putting this together
- svnsch 5y ago
  Thanks :) Glad that you like it
dutchbrit 5y ago
https://nomadvisa.io/united-states/eb-5-visa https://nomadvisa.io/united-states/eb-5-visa seems to have a bug (ReferenceError: chosenVisa is not defined) - not encountered this issue with any other countries yet but cool app!
- svnsch 5y ago
  True, thanks!
Youden 5y ago
Why are tourist visas listed? Isn't it basically always illegal to work on a tourist visa?
- dagw 5y ago
  Isn't it basically always illegal to work on a tourist visa? It is also very common. Everybody I know who's done the "digital nomad" thing in South East Asia did so on tourist visas.
- svnsch 5y ago
  I address that topic in the FAQ which is linked on the tourist visa page. Maybe i'll make it more prominent. Would love to hear other thoughts on that. The note: Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. Generally you'll need special visa or permit to enter a country and work there. That means, that a tourist visa would not be enough. But remote work means that you are not working there, but working from there? The problem is, that these clauses or exceptions are often not yet defined by the law which makes remote work on a tourist visa generally illegal or at least a grey zone. If you are not hired by a local company or interfere with local business, then remote work on a tourist visa seems to be sometimes tolerated (e.g. Thailand - https://e27.co/immigration-officers-raid-co-working-space-punspace-20141001/ https://e27.co/immigration-officers-raid-co-working-space-pu...). This is not the case with every country, so if you are planning to work remotely on a tourist visa, make sure to research specifically for the target country. The solution: Check out the special digital nomad visas or research work holiday visas. No visa runs needed.
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Luuseens 5y ago
The visa recommendations seem wrong, at least for my country (Latvia). The site claims I need a tourist visa for all EU countries (wrong), and do not need a visa to visit Russia (also wrong).
- jarofgreen 5y ago
  I saw a similar project on HN before but I can't find it now. I'll make the same comment tho, and it builds on this comment: Please provide links back to official information pages. For something as important as a visa, I'm just never going to trust a random third party source.
noisy_boy 5y ago
Instead of me choosing the country first, why not ask me about the passport I hold and then show all the countries that have visas that allow me to work remotely? I tried a few places and I only got Tourist Visa as available visa - gave up after a while.
- MattGaiser 5y ago
  I find this to be a common problem with websites. They should take the customer from their starting point instead.
- svnsch 5y ago
  You can go to "digital nomad visas" for e.g. and explore all countries with this kind of visa. Also in "country view" you can see and filter countries for the types of visas you are interested in. The origin country mapping is currently only done with tourist visas.
  - goodpoint 5y ago
    The pattern is completely backward. The visitor should input their current visas, their savings and ability to invest and get a map accordingly.
    - svnsch 5y ago
      Good point goodpoint! Great feedback!
- mouzogu 5y ago
  It's right there on the homepage. I'm not sure how accurate these are though.
- svnsch 5y ago
  As mentioned in another comment, you can also scroll down on the landingpage and explore other visa types.
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throwawaysleep 5y ago
I get that everyone should follow the law, but how would they ever distinguish you from a tourist unless you blogged about it?
- dagw 5y ago
  One obvious way to 'fuck up' is to do work with or for a local company. I've also heard rumors that they sometimes check co-working spaces and pick up any 'tourists' that have been renting space there for an extended period of time. But basically as long you work for a foreign company or clients and don't draw attention to yourself I doubt they care too much.
- jeromegv 5y ago
  If you don't plan to stay long, sure, but if you start making an interesting life over there, you might be interesting in regularizing your situation.
- neither_color 5y ago
  I've heard of people in Indonesia(Bali) getting caught because they post in public Facebook groups about the work they do, like "Hey guys I'm a yoga instructor/web designer/surf teacher/English teacher and I'm available for hire!"
  - svnsch 5y ago
    Thats interesting. I would also find it interesting if they distinguished between e.g. yoga instructor/surf teacher since they are working locally (sounds pretty illegal to me) and remote work like web design. Has anyone further info?
- digianarchist 5y ago
  People do blog about it and encourage others to work as "digital nomads". There was a startup founder on HN circa 2017 that blogged about bouncing between Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore. Working in Singapore on a tourist visa is particularly stupid because they will actually enforce their laws.
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jll29 5y ago
I think the European Union has great mobility rules, so one can now live anywhere, without needing papers to travel or move; now if it can manage to create nomadic visas that permit qualified workers from outside to join this system (like the US O-1 visa, but valid for all EU countries), it would be a great driver to innovation in Europe. (I will share that idea with the Commission.) Can't speak to the legal elements other than suggest work with a specialized law firm to get through arcane rules for living in x working in y (as lawyers say when you ask them a question, "it depends") - it's expensive but perhaps you can bake it into your cost of contracting. Not just the visa and work permit questions are tricky, also taxation: the UK has something called IR35, which has recently made it harder for freelancer even in the country to do contract work. PS: From November and May onward, I will likely need 1-2 data science researchers for 36 months, so if you are potentially interested in working in Germany and have a curious mind and a background in machine learning and NLP, e-mail me at leidner at acm dot org.
- hutzlibu 5y ago
  Yes, there are many valid criticism about the EU in lots of things. But the open border part (once you are in), is just awesome.
- klipt 5y ago
  The EU lets EU citizens move around freely. But if you're a non-EU citizen on say, a German work visa, that wouldn't let you work in Spain. For truly free movement they would have to replace all the country specific visas with EU wide visas, so that once a foreigner has for example an EU wide work visa, they can use it in all EU countries.
- jll29 5y ago
  I randomly saw this: https://expertvagabond.com/digital-nomad-work-visas/ https://expertvagabond.com/digital-nomad-work-visas/ (not sure how reliable the info is).
dagw 5y ago
Nice site! However it did take me quite a long time to realize I could scroll down on the landing page to see more options. Perhaps you can add something to make that clearer. Also, and this might just be me, I need a "Skiing" filter much more than I need a "Warm" filter.
- svnsch 5y ago
  Thanks! Oh, that explains some of the comments... i didn't realise that myself. So great feedback! Will add the skiing filter in the future :)
wingerlang 5y ago
Maybe at least mention that it IS sometimes illegal to work in the countries.
Kinrany 5y ago
They recommend NordVPN, which makes me think all their recommendations are just ads.
- totololo 5y ago
  Monetization is not a crime
  - Kinrany 5y ago
    Having a website whose whole purpose is to recommend stuff and then being paid for recommendations by the sellers is both a scam and a common marketing tactic. It's hard to tell when this happens. I'm not saying OP is doing this, I'm saying it's hard to tell and I'll err on the side of looking for better sources.
- svnsch 5y ago
  It's an affiliate link where i hope to earn a buck to pay at least for the server and domain cost, otherwise Nomad Visa is free of ads and has no paywall (yet). What do you prefer? :) Is NordVPN bad? I only found great reviews. Please share your opinion.
  - Kinrany 5y ago
    I use mullvad, which is also behind Mozilla VPN. NordVPN spends a ton of money on marketing, but their security and customer support are garbage. For one thing, you can't cancel your subscription easily, which is a dark pattern, which is a big no for a company you want to trust. First link in DDG for "nordvpn reddit cancel": https://www.reddit.com/r/nordvpn/comments/kryt69/can_someone_please_tell_me_how_to_cancel_my/ https://www.reddit.com/r/nordvpn/comments/kryt69/can_someone...
    - svnsch 5y ago
      Thanks Kinrany! Guess reviews are biased caused by affiliates. I will research again and adjust.
totetsu 5y ago
New Zealand isn't processing most visa applications at the moment
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milross 5y ago
I'm planning to become a digital nomad but don't have any ideas about the visas yet. Now, this can certainly give me some insights into the future.
Beached 5y ago
nice concept, however when I select a country I am shown visas that are not available to me. the first step should be a list of where I hold passports, THEN I can select countries that then have their results filtered by my citizenships
digianarchist 5y ago
Worth noting that it isn't legal to work on a tourist visa in most countries.
- ghaff 5y ago
  You're almost universally not allowed to take local work. But many (the vast majority in my personal experience which tends not to extend to countries with a lot of paperwork requirements) either explicitly allow business purposes like conferences and meeting with customers or don't care. If you decide to remote work from someplace for a month or two, I might not get a co-working space or blog about it, but in most cases no one cares.
  - digianarchist 5y ago
    Businesses purposes usually has a strict definition that doesn't extend to operating a business from said country for extended periods of time. Nevermind the tax implications. Other countries are far more explicit in law that any paid (or unpaid) remuneration is a visa violation. Thailand for example. > don't care That's the key phrase here. Personally I don't care that authorities don't enforce their immigration laws but it should be explicitly stated that you are violating your visa on sites such as this and Nomadlist.
- Mikeb85 5y ago
  But there's definitely legal grey areas. Like, if you're on vacation but have a job back home, are you prohibited from answering work emails? Sending a commit from your hotel room? When does it go from doing work on vacation to 'working'?
  - ghaff 5y ago
    For that matter, even if I'm attending an event, meeting with customers, talking to press, etc. I think the only place I've ever needed to get a "business visa" is China. I'm guessing there were other cases where I was technically supposed to but no one does.
jamal-kumar 5y ago
The first thing I did was check for Costa Rica's new digital nomad visa, which they don't list on this site yet because it just got signed into law a few days ago: https://ticotimes.net/2021/08/11/costa-rica-signs-law-to-attract-digital-nomads https://ticotimes.net/2021/08/11/costa-rica-signs-law-to-att... Highly suggested! This country is the best, I've been here for the better part of a decade now and can't recommend it enough. There's fibre to the home rollout in more of the country than I've seen in north america, I don't want to strangle anyone here and the people are so open and friendly, the weather is great as long as you can stand some 15-60 minutes of heavy rain every day during the rainy season. Bring battery backup for internet on a 4g modem and you're good to go for a couple of hours of power outages before the cell tower battery goes out too (Rare that it's out that long!) Personally I'm up in the mountains instead of the beach because I prefer the climate but it's crazy how little I pay comparatively on rent and food in this part of the world. The most expensive thing here is honestly just electronics -- Bring them in from out of the country because they tax those like mad. People ask me if it's dangerous here, and whenever something bad happens to Puerto Rico my inbox gets flooded with people asking if I'm OK (haha check a map for once!) but pretty much as long as you stay the fuck away from the 10$ grams of cocaine you'll be fine. Don't do that shit in any country, they grind up the bones of narco victims into the cut and it's just a general bad karma magnet. It's my first bit of advice to anyone in the country asking me if it's safe because 95% of the problems I see people encounter have to do with them not being able to heed this type of advice.
- MrRiddle 5y ago
  Excuse me but you're talking how the country is great then go on talking how they grind peoples bones into cocaine? WTF
  - jonfw 5y ago
    Every country would look pretty terrible if we judged them by the bottom of their barrel
  - 4r4r4r 5y ago
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lastofthemojito 5y ago
I think your list of countries is too long. First off, North Korea - really? Is anyone seriously considering being a digital nomad in North Korea? There doesn't seem to be any information of value on that page. Same with other places like Vatican City where one isn't realistically going to go as a digital nomad. I also see US territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, USVI and American Samoa as their own countries, but they don't handle visas/immigration. They're just part of the USA. I suspect the same is true of the British Virgin Islands, Falkland Islands, etc as part of the UK. Rather than have a long, noisy list that seems like it's probably dynamically generated from something like an ISO 3166 country list I think it'd be better to only create entries for countries where you have meaningful content. Outside of those objections, I do think this idea has value - it certainly is a nice idea to have this information in one place, presented in a consistent way.
- mynameisvlad 5y ago
  The countries at the top of the list are known for being nomad-friendly, so there is likely some curation going on there.
- lastofthemojito 5y ago
  Speaking of silly data - the page for Antarctica doesn't render - I see "TypeError: t.selectedCountryData.cities[0] is undefined" in my console: https://nomadvisa.io/antarctica https://nomadvisa.io/antarctica
wintorez 5y ago
What happened to the Nomad List? Is it still being actively updated?
sascha_sl 5y ago
This might be another interesting dataset to add: https://ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2020_dataset.xlsx https://ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2...
hunter-2 5y ago
'Working remote' visa options all look great till I start researching on how the job market is, in general. Because my spouse is going to have to do something too.
Tiktaalik 5y ago
I think you should add a "I don't know" button on the front page, in answer to the "where do you want to work remotely" question. I don't know where I want to work, im flexible, but show me what is good.
Tiktaalik 5y ago
surely something is messed up with the "Work Hours Overlap for Remote Teams" input field . Incredibly slow and unresponsive.
Tiktaalik 5y ago
around the topic of "Work Hours Overlap for Remote Teams" Would be interesting to type in your current town, and then generate a list of the other countries (+major cities?) on the same time zone or like +/- 1-2 time zones away. I do think the time zone thing can be crucial.
dcdc123 5y ago
I was hoping to put in my Visa and country where employer is and see a list of countries I could go work remotely from.
notJim 5y ago
It should let you put in your country of citizenship so it can filter the visas down before showing you visas you can't get.
tekknolagi 5y ago
It looks like sorting by duration is subtly broken, sorting by number without considering units (6 months > 5 years, etc)
whall6 5y ago
The country list was not in alphabetical order. That would be helpful
intricatedetail 5y ago
So you let company underpay you and then you move to a cheaper country in order to survive? Bum-engineer visa sounds more appropriate. Why engineers don't value their skills?
- mynameisvlad 5y ago
  Who said anything about letting a company underpay you? Most do a digital nomad setup in order to have fewer living expenses and therefore more quickly save up and retire early. Nothing about working for less money while doing it.
  - ghaff 5y ago
    I expect most digital nomads don't work for employers--though I've known limited time exceptions within the US. For employers, I imagine it would create tax and accounting headaches and, while people can and do have working vacations and such, that's different from heading to Thailand for three months to work remote.
drik 5y ago
Start from this page: https://nomadvisa.io/touristvisa https://nomadvisa.io/touristvisa
fnord77 5y ago
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cultofmetatron 5y ago
I'm a digital nomad. I've been interested in a trip planner that takes into account both mine and a significant other's visa. (very high chance we dont' share citizenship to the same country) Something that lets me plan for a multi month to a year long campaign while minimizing flight costs/living expenses or takes my budget into account would be amazing.
fred_is_fred 5y ago
For people who really do this, do you get paid in your home country dollars and home country bank account and just not tell your employer that you moved?
- ghaff 5y ago
  If you decide to become a digital nomad for a year and just hope your employer doesn't find out, you'll probably be sorry when they do. Have a working vacation somewhere for a month? Try to work it out with your manager. I effectively do it all the time around conferences. But actually move? Lots of implications for visas, salary adjustments, and whether your company even has employees in a given country.
baybal2 5y ago
I see no text on the page
antonling 5y ago
How does this compare to https://visalist.io/ https://visalist.io/
motatoes 5y ago
As an aspiring nomad I find this super useful! It's always a headache to find the right visa options for places to travel. kudos for making it!
stephenr 5y ago
I’d suggest this site is practically useless if you care about following the laws of the countries you’re visiting. I don’t know of many countries that allow regular work of any kind, on a tourist visa, regardless of where you’re technically employed. Yeah sure if you’re on holiday and answer a work email no one cares. But rocking up and working from a cafe 5 days a week for 6 months is clearly a different case.

285 points by svnsch 5y ago

Hey HN! Over the past few months I've been coding my first side project (Nuxt Frontend, Django Backend). It's been quite a learning experience tumbling down the rabbit hole of web development, as a data scientist. Nomad Visa is a database of tourist visas and visas suitable for digital nomads, remote workers, founders and expats. More and more countries issue special visas for digital nomads to stay in their country for an extended period of time though they often come with high income requirements or high fees. Therefore, Nomad Visa allows you to compare all types of visas that are eligible for remote workers. Let me know what you think.

bellyfullofbac 5y ago
Huh, something is blocked on my browser (even using incognito mode with no ad-blocking extensions) that all I see are empty rectangles, the text are all invisible...
- svnsch 5y ago
  It should work fine even though the traffic is high currently
noja 5y ago
Why are tourist visas shown for people who want to work in another country?
- neurotrace 5y ago
  Depending on the country, you may be able to work remotely while on a tourist visa. This is true, for example, in Mexico. The tourist visa allows you to stay in the country for up to six months and you aren't allowed to work for a Mexican company but they have no issues with you working for a company in another country.
  - ghaff 5y ago
    Many times they're actually "temporary visitor" visas or something like that. Which, as you say, typically prohibits working for a local company, otherwise use local resources, etc. But I've attended business events all over the world. With just a few exceptions, e.g. China, there's never been any question of getting some special visa--which usually requires letters of introduction and so forth--to do whatever combination of business and pleasure I'm there for. That said, I'll note that e.g. Indonesia 30 day visa-on-arrival seems to theoretically be only for non-business purposes but when I've gone there's never been any question of using anything else.
- svnsch 5y ago
  Some tourist visas allow you to stay quite long in a country. Of course it's illegal to work in a foreign country on a tourist visa. I added a note in the bottom of the filter section on remote work with a tourist visa. Maybe make in more prominent? The issue is also mentioned in the FAQs.
  - noahjk 5y ago
    My initial suggestion would be to at least list it below work visas - it caught me off guard to see it at the top on a website about working :) I really like the site design, by the way! Did you use anything to achieve the consistent look?
    - svnsch 5y ago
      Thank you! You are right and I adjusted it. I use Vuetify which is a great design framework for Nuxt/Vue.
jamil7 5y ago
When looking at United States EB-5 Visa I get "ReferenceError: chosenVisa is not defined"
bko 5y ago
I love the site! Not sure if this is the feedback you were looking for but I noticed its a bit slow though. I would look at the GET to https://api.visum.so/api/country_data/ https://api.visum.so/api/country_data/ It returns all countries data which is slow and uncompressed. Either hit it once and keep it in memory so you can switch countries easily, or better yet break it up to api/country_data/<country> and just send back the info for that country I would also get rid of stripe if you're not using it yet.
- svnsch 5y ago
  Yes, great feedback, thx! I really need to adjust the API, calls and cache. As this is the first website i have ever built, i still have a lot to learn.
  - weird-eye-issue 5y ago
    That endpoint actually is already being properly cached at Cloudfront's edge and is compressed so it could be a lot worse edit: Just noticed this gives a Server Error btw: https://nomadvisa.io/betteruptime https://nomadvisa.io/betteruptime
  - bko 5y ago
    This is still pretty good and incredible considering its your first site. You have a great design sense and concept. The rest you'll get. There's more or less a right way to do the eng stuff which you'll figure out.
jobigoud 5y ago
Feedback: This looks very interesting but it's unclear what the site is really listing. For example I select Germany. How does it know whether I need a visa or not to work in Germany, it hasn't even asked for my country of origin?
huhtenberg 5y ago
In a recent Firefox on Windows there's no text visible. None at all. As if its color was set to 'transparent'. The culprit appears to be "Atkinson-Hyperlegible" in font-family. If it is commented out, text becomes visible. The TTF [1] is recognized and rendered by Windows Font Viewer just fine (though in a dear need of hinting), though I'm not sure if Firefox uses Windows native font rendering engine or has its own. [1] https://nomadvisa.io/_nuxt/fonts/Atkinson-Hyperlegible-Regular-102.0f70189.ttf https://nomadvisa.io/_nuxt/fonts/Atkinson-Hyperlegible-Regul...
- svnsch 5y ago
  Oh damn, thx. Found this font on a website of a nuxt-package and it's supposed to be a well readable font even for people with limited eyesight. Guess not if it's not shown at all... Suggestion? Use a regular font or adjust browser-specific?
  - jfk13 5y ago
    Doesn't seem like there's any compelling reason to use a webfont at all for this; the default sans-serif would be fine. Or you could use a font-family list that includes a few specific Windows and Mac fonts that you like, with the generic sans-serif as a fallback in case none of them are present.
  - huhtenberg 5y ago
    It's 6 hours later and the issue is still there.
    - svnsch 5y ago
      Should be done! Thanks for your hint.
poutrathor 5y ago
https://nomadvisa.io/france https://nomadvisa.io/france centers the map on the French Caribbean rather than the main landmass in Western Europe
jamal-kumar 5y ago
Cool site! Out of curiosity, where's your personal favorite places to be a digital nomad in? Also do you list places with a specific digital nomad visa like the new one in Costa Rica which lets you stay for an entire year? (Didn't see this yet!)
robk 5y ago
this should have the UK Tech Nation visa. https://technation.io/visa/ https://technation.io/visa/
moontear 5y ago
I get the intention of the website. I also do like your design. I just don't think the information is helpful as it is represented right now as others has also commented already. You are supposed to start by selecting a country. Let's say "Australia". Your website tells me: Tourist Visa: Tourist Visa. With a general link to https://nomadvisa.io/australia https://nomadvisa.io/australia Working Holiday Visa: Working Holiday Visa. Besides these two visas the whole Australia is filled with information that doesn't concern Visas at all, but the country itself. Either I have not understood what information the website shows or the information isn't there. You state I "can compare all types of visas" - what comparison can I do by knowing "Tourist Visa" and "Working Holiday Visa". Can I compare these somehow to different countries?
Andrew_nenakhov 5y ago
Very bad UX. Site is constantly (slowly) reloading on mobile and instead of showing the details always somehow brings you back to start screen. It would benefit greatly by using js more sparingly

sanmak 5y ago

App Looks good! Mind to share from where did you collate data. I believe data is the key and it should be regularly updated.

svnsch 5y ago
True! Tourist visas are crawled daily by wikipedia. Not a big thing. Open data. The other visa types are acquired manually from official resources. If Nomad Visa reaches at least some traction, i will build scripts that notify me when changes occur or built scraping scripts. Not sure if the effort is worth it, yet.

is0tope 5y ago

Looks really good! Did you do both the backend and the front end yourself?

svnsch 5y ago
Thank you! Yes, it has been quite a ride learning it. Backend is Django (i am familiar with Python). Frontend is Nuxt (total noob in JS).
- is0tope 5y ago
  I've done django. Can't say I've done nuxt, though I have done vue before. I think your design skills are great! I've always been a backend guy and that's the part I've found really hard.
  - svnsch 5y ago
    Thank you! Sounds good! Well nuxt is a vue famework and yeah, vue is amazing. I use vuetify which makes it easy to "design" the frontend. You should check that out.

moonchrome 5y ago

Does anyone know a good site where I can compare tax rates for freelancers - using a single person business what's my net take home at what income ? Would people be willing in contributing this info for their country if I made a calculator for this on GH pages ?

docdeek 5y ago
Would be happy to contibute to something like that for France, though there are a couple of different ways of setting up a freelancer business that impact that number here.
- xyzzy_plugh 5y ago
  Right, I think that's the problem. Things get complicated so I'm not sure there's a single answer. Usually the easiest way to do things is to just declare everything as normal individual income. Dealing with corporate taxes is a whole ball game.
  - moonchrome 5y ago
    The difference in Croatia can be >20% of gross and it isn't much more work than reporting your individual income, the only gotcha is shutting down the legal entity takes a very long time.
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  - mellavora 5y ago
    it often isn't so easy. In many jurisdictions, there needs to be a system to make sure the proper social taxes are paid. In a 'normal' employment situation these are handled by the employer. As a freelancer, no. So the law requires some additional structure to make sure these taxes get paid. If you simply declare your freelancing income as 'normal income', you are not paying these taxes, which probably makes you guilty of tax fraud. Also, if you are freelancing, you may be required to charge sale tax or VAT or similar. In the EU, you need to be VAT registered to collect VAT. As an individual, only certain countries allow this, but only if you have a business license in that country. Otherwise you need a corporate form, or you are commiting tax fraud.

q-rews 5y ago

I don’t think think this is particularly useful and it looks like a Nomad List copy. There are plenty of more comprehensive options for visas (I think VisaHQ is one). The website doesn’t even mention that some countries don’t require a visa at all to enter. I’ve been using Wikipedia’s great “Visa requirements for COUNTRY citizens” which will give you a list of countries you can enter and for how long. For the rest of the information displayed here one can open Wikipedia’s page for the country too. If the intent is to list countries with nomad visas, then list them. As it’s setup currently you’re just asking me to pick a country I already know.

sdze 5y ago

Clean WebApp but Safari alerts that the page uses a lot of memory... Not nice!

svnsch 5y ago
Thanks! I know about the issue and couldn't figure out how to really solve it, yet. Still a beginner in web development. If anyone has a link/info. Let me know.
- sdflhasjd 5y ago
  It seems to run a bit oddly on Firefox on Android for me (Samsung S10e) even changing the theme from dark to light took a few seconds.

raviisoccupied 5y ago

This is cool, but I feel like I should be able to select my country of origin immediately when I select the destination I’m interested in, rather than having to reselect each time I explore a visa.

jobigoud 5y ago
I don't even see where you can change your origin citizenship… Neither on the front page or on each destinations.
- svnsch 5y ago
  You can adjust your origin country on the tourist visa page. On mobile just refresh the page.

zerr 5y ago

Regarding Freelance visas, some countries (e.g. Germany [1]) require you to have local clients. So not an option for self-employed/indies. Would be nice to have similar info about countries that doesn't require you to work for someone else. EDIT: 1. https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/how-to-get-a-german-freelance-visa#:~:text=If%20you%20don't%20have,who%20want%20to%20hire%20you https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/how-to-get-a-german-freela....

bravura 5y ago
Actually, Germany only requires non-binding letters of intent from potential clients, upon which they extrapolate your income, which they want to be above the poverty line (1500 EUR a month in Germany, IIRC). Sources: Many friends getting freelance visas, a visa lawyer.
- nicbou 5y ago
  I wrote the guide linked above. You are right, but when it's time to renew your visa, they aren't so lenient. You can also get a shorter visa if your case isn't compelling enough.
- drusepth 5y ago
  The Germany Freelance Visa link lists you having an address in Germany as one of the requirements, though. I'm not sure if that's an existing address or just a general "you have to stay somewhere and not be homeless".
svnsch 5y ago
That's a valid point. I need to adjust that. Thanks!
- bko 5y ago
  I'm sure a lot of people look up their home countries or countries which they are familiar with. You may want to consider a simple form where people can issue corrections that get emailed to you. Essentially crowdsource data.

unixhero 5y ago

It would be useful to change HOME COUNTRY. All your users are not from the States you know.

KaiserPro 5y ago

Is there any hard data about the benefits of a digital nomad type visa to the _host country_? The obvious answer is that they have a similar impact as long term holidaymakers. But I'd like some sort of evidence, rather than my own uninformed gut feeling

Proven 5y ago
Digital nomads create CO2 pollution

merrvk 5y ago

Excellent resource, thanks for putting this together

svnsch 5y ago
Thanks :) Glad that you like it

dutchbrit 5y ago

https://nomadvisa.io/united-states/eb-5-visa https://nomadvisa.io/united-states/eb-5-visa seems to have a bug (ReferenceError: chosenVisa is not defined) - not encountered this issue with any other countries yet but cool app!

svnsch 5y ago
True, thanks!

Youden 5y ago

Why are tourist visas listed? Isn't it basically always illegal to work on a tourist visa?

dagw 5y ago
Isn't it basically always illegal to work on a tourist visa? It is also very common. Everybody I know who's done the "digital nomad" thing in South East Asia did so on tourist visas.
svnsch 5y ago
I address that topic in the FAQ which is linked on the tourist visa page. Maybe i'll make it more prominent. Would love to hear other thoughts on that. The note: Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. Generally you'll need special visa or permit to enter a country and work there. That means, that a tourist visa would not be enough. But remote work means that you are not working there, but working from there? The problem is, that these clauses or exceptions are often not yet defined by the law which makes remote work on a tourist visa generally illegal or at least a grey zone. If you are not hired by a local company or interfere with local business, then remote work on a tourist visa seems to be sometimes tolerated (e.g. Thailand - https://e27.co/immigration-officers-raid-co-working-space-punspace-20141001/ https://e27.co/immigration-officers-raid-co-working-space-pu...). This is not the case with every country, so if you are planning to work remotely on a tourist visa, make sure to research specifically for the target country. The solution: Check out the special digital nomad visas or research work holiday visas. No visa runs needed.
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Luuseens 5y ago

The visa recommendations seem wrong, at least for my country (Latvia). The site claims I need a tourist visa for all EU countries (wrong), and do not need a visa to visit Russia (also wrong).

jarofgreen 5y ago
I saw a similar project on HN before but I can't find it now. I'll make the same comment tho, and it builds on this comment: Please provide links back to official information pages. For something as important as a visa, I'm just never going to trust a random third party source.

noisy_boy 5y ago

Instead of me choosing the country first, why not ask me about the passport I hold and then show all the countries that have visas that allow me to work remotely? I tried a few places and I only got Tourist Visa as available visa - gave up after a while.

MattGaiser 5y ago
I find this to be a common problem with websites. They should take the customer from their starting point instead.
svnsch 5y ago
You can go to "digital nomad visas" for e.g. and explore all countries with this kind of visa. Also in "country view" you can see and filter countries for the types of visas you are interested in. The origin country mapping is currently only done with tourist visas.
- goodpoint 5y ago
  The pattern is completely backward. The visitor should input their current visas, their savings and ability to invest and get a map accordingly.
  - svnsch 5y ago
    Good point goodpoint! Great feedback!
mouzogu 5y ago
It's right there on the homepage. I'm not sure how accurate these are though.
svnsch 5y ago
As mentioned in another comment, you can also scroll down on the landingpage and explore other visa types.
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throwawaysleep 5y ago

I get that everyone should follow the law, but how would they ever distinguish you from a tourist unless you blogged about it?

dagw 5y ago
One obvious way to 'fuck up' is to do work with or for a local company. I've also heard rumors that they sometimes check co-working spaces and pick up any 'tourists' that have been renting space there for an extended period of time. But basically as long you work for a foreign company or clients and don't draw attention to yourself I doubt they care too much.
jeromegv 5y ago
If you don't plan to stay long, sure, but if you start making an interesting life over there, you might be interesting in regularizing your situation.
neither_color 5y ago
I've heard of people in Indonesia(Bali) getting caught because they post in public Facebook groups about the work they do, like "Hey guys I'm a yoga instructor/web designer/surf teacher/English teacher and I'm available for hire!"
- svnsch 5y ago
  Thats interesting. I would also find it interesting if they distinguished between e.g. yoga instructor/surf teacher since they are working locally (sounds pretty illegal to me) and remote work like web design. Has anyone further info?
digianarchist 5y ago
People do blog about it and encourage others to work as "digital nomads". There was a startup founder on HN circa 2017 that blogged about bouncing between Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore. Working in Singapore on a tourist visa is particularly stupid because they will actually enforce their laws.
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jll29 5y ago

I think the European Union has great mobility rules, so one can now live anywhere, without needing papers to travel or move; now if it can manage to create nomadic visas that permit qualified workers from outside to join this system (like the US O-1 visa, but valid for all EU countries), it would be a great driver to innovation in Europe. (I will share that idea with the Commission.) Can't speak to the legal elements other than suggest work with a specialized law firm to get through arcane rules for living in x working in y (as lawyers say when you ask them a question, "it depends") - it's expensive but perhaps you can bake it into your cost of contracting. Not just the visa and work permit questions are tricky, also taxation: the UK has something called IR35, which has recently made it harder for freelancer even in the country to do contract work. PS: From November and May onward, I will likely need 1-2 data science researchers for 36 months, so if you are potentially interested in working in Germany and have a curious mind and a background in machine learning and NLP, e-mail me at leidner at acm dot org.

hutzlibu 5y ago
Yes, there are many valid criticism about the EU in lots of things. But the open border part (once you are in), is just awesome.
klipt 5y ago
The EU lets EU citizens move around freely. But if you're a non-EU citizen on say, a German work visa, that wouldn't let you work in Spain. For truly free movement they would have to replace all the country specific visas with EU wide visas, so that once a foreigner has for example an EU wide work visa, they can use it in all EU countries.
jll29 5y ago
I randomly saw this: https://expertvagabond.com/digital-nomad-work-visas/ https://expertvagabond.com/digital-nomad-work-visas/ (not sure how reliable the info is).

dagw 5y ago

Nice site! However it did take me quite a long time to realize I could scroll down on the landing page to see more options. Perhaps you can add something to make that clearer. Also, and this might just be me, I need a "Skiing" filter much more than I need a "Warm" filter.

svnsch 5y ago
Thanks! Oh, that explains some of the comments... i didn't realise that myself. So great feedback! Will add the skiing filter in the future :)

wingerlang 5y ago

Maybe at least mention that it IS sometimes illegal to work in the countries.

Kinrany 5y ago

They recommend NordVPN, which makes me think all their recommendations are just ads.

totololo 5y ago
Monetization is not a crime
- Kinrany 5y ago
  Having a website whose whole purpose is to recommend stuff and then being paid for recommendations by the sellers is both a scam and a common marketing tactic. It's hard to tell when this happens. I'm not saying OP is doing this, I'm saying it's hard to tell and I'll err on the side of looking for better sources.
svnsch 5y ago
It's an affiliate link where i hope to earn a buck to pay at least for the server and domain cost, otherwise Nomad Visa is free of ads and has no paywall (yet). What do you prefer? :) Is NordVPN bad? I only found great reviews. Please share your opinion.
- Kinrany 5y ago
  I use mullvad, which is also behind Mozilla VPN. NordVPN spends a ton of money on marketing, but their security and customer support are garbage. For one thing, you can't cancel your subscription easily, which is a dark pattern, which is a big no for a company you want to trust. First link in DDG for "nordvpn reddit cancel": https://www.reddit.com/r/nordvpn/comments/kryt69/can_someone_please_tell_me_how_to_cancel_my/ https://www.reddit.com/r/nordvpn/comments/kryt69/can_someone...
  - svnsch 5y ago
    Thanks Kinrany! Guess reviews are biased caused by affiliates. I will research again and adjust.

totetsu 5y ago

New Zealand isn't processing most visa applications at the moment

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milross 5y ago

I'm planning to become a digital nomad but don't have any ideas about the visas yet. Now, this can certainly give me some insights into the future.

Beached 5y ago

nice concept, however when I select a country I am shown visas that are not available to me. the first step should be a list of where I hold passports, THEN I can select countries that then have their results filtered by my citizenships

digianarchist 5y ago

Worth noting that it isn't legal to work on a tourist visa in most countries.

ghaff 5y ago
You're almost universally not allowed to take local work. But many (the vast majority in my personal experience which tends not to extend to countries with a lot of paperwork requirements) either explicitly allow business purposes like conferences and meeting with customers or don't care. If you decide to remote work from someplace for a month or two, I might not get a co-working space or blog about it, but in most cases no one cares.
- digianarchist 5y ago
  Businesses purposes usually has a strict definition that doesn't extend to operating a business from said country for extended periods of time. Nevermind the tax implications. Other countries are far more explicit in law that any paid (or unpaid) remuneration is a visa violation. Thailand for example. > don't care That's the key phrase here. Personally I don't care that authorities don't enforce their immigration laws but it should be explicitly stated that you are violating your visa on sites such as this and Nomadlist.
Mikeb85 5y ago
But there's definitely legal grey areas. Like, if you're on vacation but have a job back home, are you prohibited from answering work emails? Sending a commit from your hotel room? When does it go from doing work on vacation to 'working'?
- ghaff 5y ago
  For that matter, even if I'm attending an event, meeting with customers, talking to press, etc. I think the only place I've ever needed to get a "business visa" is China. I'm guessing there were other cases where I was technically supposed to but no one does.

jamal-kumar 5y ago

The first thing I did was check for Costa Rica's new digital nomad visa, which they don't list on this site yet because it just got signed into law a few days ago: https://ticotimes.net/2021/08/11/costa-rica-signs-law-to-attract-digital-nomads https://ticotimes.net/2021/08/11/costa-rica-signs-law-to-att... Highly suggested! This country is the best, I've been here for the better part of a decade now and can't recommend it enough. There's fibre to the home rollout in more of the country than I've seen in north america, I don't want to strangle anyone here and the people are so open and friendly, the weather is great as long as you can stand some 15-60 minutes of heavy rain every day during the rainy season. Bring battery backup for internet on a 4g modem and you're good to go for a couple of hours of power outages before the cell tower battery goes out too (Rare that it's out that long!) Personally I'm up in the mountains instead of the beach because I prefer the climate but it's crazy how little I pay comparatively on rent and food in this part of the world. The most expensive thing here is honestly just electronics -- Bring them in from out of the country because they tax those like mad. People ask me if it's dangerous here, and whenever something bad happens to Puerto Rico my inbox gets flooded with people asking if I'm OK (haha check a map for once!) but pretty much as long as you stay the fuck away from the 10$ grams of cocaine you'll be fine. Don't do that shit in any country, they grind up the bones of narco victims into the cut and it's just a general bad karma magnet. It's my first bit of advice to anyone in the country asking me if it's safe because 95% of the problems I see people encounter have to do with them not being able to heed this type of advice.

MrRiddle 5y ago
Excuse me but you're talking how the country is great then go on talking how they grind peoples bones into cocaine? WTF
- jonfw 5y ago
  Every country would look pretty terrible if we judged them by the bottom of their barrel
- 4r4r4r 5y ago
  Chicago Crime 2021 https://heyjackass.com/ https://heyjackass.com/ A person is shot every 1:56 A person is murdered every 10:44 Thru 8/12 August To Date Shot & Killed: 35 Shot & Wounded: 184 Total Shot: 219 Total Homicides: 36 Chicago Crime 2021 Week in Progress (8/8 – 8/14) Shot & Killed: 12 Shot & Wounded: 80 Total Shot: 92 Total Homicides: 12 Chicago Crime 2021 Year to Date Shot & Killed: 475 Shot & Wounded: 2306 Total Shot: 2781 Total Homicides: 501

lastofthemojito 5y ago

I think your list of countries is too long. First off, North Korea - really? Is anyone seriously considering being a digital nomad in North Korea? There doesn't seem to be any information of value on that page. Same with other places like Vatican City where one isn't realistically going to go as a digital nomad. I also see US territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, USVI and American Samoa as their own countries, but they don't handle visas/immigration. They're just part of the USA. I suspect the same is true of the British Virgin Islands, Falkland Islands, etc as part of the UK. Rather than have a long, noisy list that seems like it's probably dynamically generated from something like an ISO 3166 country list I think it'd be better to only create entries for countries where you have meaningful content. Outside of those objections, I do think this idea has value - it certainly is a nice idea to have this information in one place, presented in a consistent way.

mynameisvlad 5y ago
The countries at the top of the list are known for being nomad-friendly, so there is likely some curation going on there.
lastofthemojito 5y ago
Speaking of silly data - the page for Antarctica doesn't render - I see "TypeError: t.selectedCountryData.cities[0] is undefined" in my console: https://nomadvisa.io/antarctica https://nomadvisa.io/antarctica

wintorez 5y ago

What happened to the Nomad List? Is it still being actively updated?

sascha_sl 5y ago

This might be another interesting dataset to add: https://ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2020_dataset.xlsx https://ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2...

hunter-2 5y ago

'Working remote' visa options all look great till I start researching on how the job market is, in general. Because my spouse is going to have to do something too.

Tiktaalik 5y ago

I think you should add a "I don't know" button on the front page, in answer to the "where do you want to work remotely" question. I don't know where I want to work, im flexible, but show me what is good.

Tiktaalik 5y ago

surely something is messed up with the "Work Hours Overlap for Remote Teams" input field . Incredibly slow and unresponsive.

Tiktaalik 5y ago

around the topic of "Work Hours Overlap for Remote Teams" Would be interesting to type in your current town, and then generate a list of the other countries (+major cities?) on the same time zone or like +/- 1-2 time zones away. I do think the time zone thing can be crucial.

dcdc123 5y ago

I was hoping to put in my Visa and country where employer is and see a list of countries I could go work remotely from.

notJim 5y ago

It should let you put in your country of citizenship so it can filter the visas down before showing you visas you can't get.

tekknolagi 5y ago

It looks like sorting by duration is subtly broken, sorting by number without considering units (6 months > 5 years, etc)

whall6 5y ago

The country list was not in alphabetical order. That would be helpful

intricatedetail 5y ago

So you let company underpay you and then you move to a cheaper country in order to survive? Bum-engineer visa sounds more appropriate. Why engineers don't value their skills?

mynameisvlad 5y ago
Who said anything about letting a company underpay you? Most do a digital nomad setup in order to have fewer living expenses and therefore more quickly save up and retire early. Nothing about working for less money while doing it.
- ghaff 5y ago
  I expect most digital nomads don't work for employers--though I've known limited time exceptions within the US. For employers, I imagine it would create tax and accounting headaches and, while people can and do have working vacations and such, that's different from heading to Thailand for three months to work remote.

drik 5y ago

Start from this page: https://nomadvisa.io/touristvisa https://nomadvisa.io/touristvisa

fnord77 5y ago

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cultofmetatron 5y ago

I'm a digital nomad. I've been interested in a trip planner that takes into account both mine and a significant other's visa. (very high chance we dont' share citizenship to the same country) Something that lets me plan for a multi month to a year long campaign while minimizing flight costs/living expenses or takes my budget into account would be amazing.

fred_is_fred 5y ago

For people who really do this, do you get paid in your home country dollars and home country bank account and just not tell your employer that you moved?

ghaff 5y ago
If you decide to become a digital nomad for a year and just hope your employer doesn't find out, you'll probably be sorry when they do. Have a working vacation somewhere for a month? Try to work it out with your manager. I effectively do it all the time around conferences. But actually move? Lots of implications for visas, salary adjustments, and whether your company even has employees in a given country.

baybal2 5y ago

I see no text on the page

antonling 5y ago

How does this compare to https://visalist.io/ https://visalist.io/

motatoes 5y ago

As an aspiring nomad I find this super useful! It's always a headache to find the right visa options for places to travel. kudos for making it!

stephenr 5y ago

I’d suggest this site is practically useless if you care about following the laws of the countries you’re visiting. I don’t know of many countries that allow regular work of any kind, on a tourist visa, regardless of where you’re technically employed. Yeah sure if you’re on holiday and answer a work email no one cares. But rocking up and working from a cafe 5 days a week for 6 months is clearly a different case.