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I have many Russian colleagues that immigrated to the EU, some of them web developers like yourself. If that is your dream, you should give it a shot.

solardev 3y ago
Can you recommend any particular countries in the E.U. to look into for this? I'll research more!
- monknomo 3y ago
  Portugal and Spain offer a digital nomad visa, if you can work remote. After a number of years, and other factors, you could apply for citizenship. The Netherlands has DAFT, which take ~$5k and a business bank account (I think you also need to run a business, but freelancing web dev would count from what I've read) to get a visa, and after 5 years in country you can apply for citizenship
  - solardev 3y ago
    Awesome, thank you! I'll look into these.
    - borlanco 3y ago
      Spaniard here. Be careful, the brochures do not tell the whole story. If you move to any Mediterranean country, you will feel wonderful at first because our culture is so different, but for some people it gets tiresome and unbearable after some years. Here you will find some more commentary about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiVV5udK_NM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiVV5udK_NM
      - borlanco 3y ago
        Some more about the same: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMnUubH2X3o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMnUubH2X3o
- mariojv 3y ago
  Germany seems like a good option if you have no other EU ancestry that you could get a passport through: https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/ https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/ They even have a specific page on that site for software engineers. It seems like as long as you get a job offer over a certain salary threshold and meet background check requirements, you can live there. I've heard a lot of jobs there operate in English, also.
- tristan957 3y ago
  Countries that I know some of them ended up in are Germany, Portugal, and Poland. I have no recommendations myself though. I live in the States and don't plan on moving.

solardev 3y ago

Can you recommend any particular countries in the E.U. to look into for this? I'll research more!

monknomo 3y ago
Portugal and Spain offer a digital nomad visa, if you can work remote. After a number of years, and other factors, you could apply for citizenship. The Netherlands has DAFT, which take ~$5k and a business bank account (I think you also need to run a business, but freelancing web dev would count from what I've read) to get a visa, and after 5 years in country you can apply for citizenship
- solardev 3y ago
  Awesome, thank you! I'll look into these.
  - borlanco 3y ago
    Spaniard here. Be careful, the brochures do not tell the whole story. If you move to any Mediterranean country, you will feel wonderful at first because our culture is so different, but for some people it gets tiresome and unbearable after some years. Here you will find some more commentary about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiVV5udK_NM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiVV5udK_NM
    - borlanco 3y ago
      Some more about the same: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMnUubH2X3o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMnUubH2X3o
mariojv 3y ago
Germany seems like a good option if you have no other EU ancestry that you could get a passport through: https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/ https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/ They even have a specific page on that site for software engineers. It seems like as long as you get a job offer over a certain salary threshold and meet background check requirements, you can live there. I've heard a lot of jobs there operate in English, also.
tristan957 3y ago
Countries that I know some of them ended up in are Germany, Portugal, and Poland. I have no recommendations myself though. I live in the States and don't plan on moving.