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 noma

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.