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> I’ve been to 52 countries and lived in five—Australia, India, Thailand, England, and the U.S. Do people really live in multiple countries easily? They immigr

by tayo42 5y ago

> I’ve been to 52 countries and lived in five—Australia, India, Thailand, England, and the U.S. Do people really live in multiple countries easily? They immigrate and get citizenship over and over. Or does this just mean they're just staying on tourist visas for a long time?

redisman 5y ago
You don’t need citizenship to live somewhere. That usually takes 5 years or so of residence which I doubt fits into a “nomad” lifestyle.
- tayo42 5y ago
  tourist visas aren't usually that long though? i looked at austrailia, you need to apply and wait for a decision to stay longer than 3 months and only up to a year.
  - lastofthemojito 5y ago
    A family member (from the US) moved to Australia gradually - first on a tourist visa, which I believe he reset a couple of times by taking short trips to Thailand and Vietnam, then found a job that enabled him to get a temporary worker visa and I believe now a more permanent form of residency. It did seem like a stressful process though. And this was all pre-COVID, no idea if any of that is feasible at the moment.
  - bellyfullofbac 5y ago
    If she moves around a lot she could do 90 days of Australia, 90 days of Thailand, and then she might be ok again to stay in Australia. Or go somewhere else, e.g. Indonesia allows 30 days stay and it resets whenever you leave, people can just fly to Singapore and back every 30 days (although after a few times the authorities do ask to check that you're not working in the country without a work visa) For the EU (I think Schengen, but don't quote me) you're allowed* to stay as a a tourist 90 days inside 180 days (so if you stayed for 30 days, and stayed away for 50 days, you're allowed to stay another 60 days the rest of the 100 days) * For "first world" people who can come Visa free. Japan also allows 90 days for first worlders... Obviously this is all info which were valid as of 2019..
lastofthemojito 5y ago
There's no standard length of time to say you've "lived somewhere" so peoples' definitions vary. One blog post on the photographer's website says she studied abroad for a semester in England. If that's what she's referring to when she says she lived in England, some folks would say "you didn't live there, that was a temporary arrangement", and others would say "that was a much longer experience than just a week's vacation, that certainly counts as living there". On the other hand I'm sure she didn't attain citizenship in 4 foreign countries, that's an extremely high bar just for someone to say they "live there".
- tayo42 5y ago
  ok yeah citizenship is a high bar. i guess the phrase "live somewhere" is pretty useless, seems a lot of people have their own definition. personally i wouldn't call study abroad living. i went to school and dormed somewhere, idk if I would call that living there.
whoisburbansky 5y ago
Don't need citizenship, and most long-term permanent residency type visas are fairly easy to get, at least for passport-holders from certain countries.

by tayo42 5y ago

redisman 5y ago

You don’t need citizenship to live somewhere. That usually takes 5 years or so of residence which I doubt fits into a “nomad” lifestyle.

tayo42 5y ago
tourist visas aren't usually that long though? i looked at austrailia, you need to apply and wait for a decision to stay longer than 3 months and only up to a year.
- lastofthemojito 5y ago
  A family member (from the US) moved to Australia gradually - first on a tourist visa, which I believe he reset a couple of times by taking short trips to Thailand and Vietnam, then found a job that enabled him to get a temporary worker visa and I believe now a more permanent form of residency. It did seem like a stressful process though. And this was all pre-COVID, no idea if any of that is feasible at the moment.
- bellyfullofbac 5y ago
  If she moves around a lot she could do 90 days of Australia, 90 days of Thailand, and then she might be ok again to stay in Australia. Or go somewhere else, e.g. Indonesia allows 30 days stay and it resets whenever you leave, people can just fly to Singapore and back every 30 days (although after a few times the authorities do ask to check that you're not working in the country without a work visa) For the EU (I think Schengen, but don't quote me) you're allowed* to stay as a a tourist 90 days inside 180 days (so if you stayed for 30 days, and stayed away for 50 days, you're allowed to stay another 60 days the rest of the 100 days) * For "first world" people who can come Visa free. Japan also allows 90 days for first worlders... Obviously this is all info which were valid as of 2019..

lastofthemojito 5y ago

There's no standard length of time to say you've "lived somewhere" so peoples' definitions vary. One blog post on the photographer's website says she studied abroad for a semester in England. If that's what she's referring to when she says she lived in England, some folks would say "you didn't live there, that was a temporary arrangement", and others would say "that was a much longer experience than just a week's vacation, that certainly counts as living there". On the other hand I'm sure she didn't attain citizenship in 4 foreign countries, that's an extremely high bar just for someone to say they "live there".

tayo42 5y ago
ok yeah citizenship is a high bar. i guess the phrase "live somewhere" is pretty useless, seems a lot of people have their own definition. personally i wouldn't call study abroad living. i went to school and dormed somewhere, idk if I would call that living there.

whoisburbansky 5y ago

Don't need citizenship, and most long-term permanent residency type visas are fairly easy to get, at least for passport-holders from certain countries.