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There is a non-trivial group of us who would be ready and willing to do that. I happen to be in Turkey currently, but if you could have caught me when I was a b

There is a non-trivial group of us who would be ready and willing to do that. I happen to be in Turkey currently, but if you could have caught me when I was a bit younger... ;) I think the trick is that you would have to have someone taking care of all the government interfacing -- work permits and the like. That's probably the hardest part of working abroad.

gexla 14y ago
Depends on how you want to go about it. If you want to go legit you have to do all those things. If you want to roll under the radar then you could live here easy on a tourist visa. You have to extend your visa once every two months but you don't have to do a visa run until you hit month 18. Once you get into doing things like renting a real office, hiring employees and doing local work, then you would want to go legit. There are economic zones here where you can get a tax holiday for something like 6 years and requirements for locals to be part of your corp get waived if 75% of your income is from outside the country.
ljw1001 14y ago
Interesting. I hadn't considered that people would move to another country to take advantage of the cost of living difference like that.
- ebiester 14y ago
  Rather, many of us want to live in another country to live in another country, and are willing to take pay cuts in absolute dollars to do so, if the relative lifestyle and savings don't suffer too much. I'm in Turkey because of reasons other than saving money, but it's not a bad way to save money doing a startup while still living in a city as vibrant as Istanbul is.
- gexla 14y ago
  Actually, the Philippines can very easily cost as much as an average spot in the U.S. Much of the drop in cost of living here for many people comes from simplification. Sell your car, sell your house and then give away or sell everything that you can't carry on a plane. Then move into a small apartment away from from friends and family. That's a big lifestyle change and you might save a lot of money just by doing that. I moved abroad because I saw the chance and took it, why not? That my cost of living went way down was just an added benefit.

gexla 14y ago

Depends on how you want to go about it. If you want to go legit you have to do all those things. If you want to roll under the radar then you could live here easy on a tourist visa. You have to extend your visa once every two months but you don't have to do a visa run until you hit month 18. Once you get into doing things like renting a real office, hiring employees and doing local work, then you would want to go legit. There are economic zones here where you can get a tax holiday for something like 6 years and requirements for locals to be part of your corp get waived if 75% of your income is from outside the country.

ljw1001 14y ago

Interesting. I hadn't considered that people would move to another country to take advantage of the cost of living difference like that.

ebiester 14y ago
Rather, many of us want to live in another country to live in another country, and are willing to take pay cuts in absolute dollars to do so, if the relative lifestyle and savings don't suffer too much. I'm in Turkey because of reasons other than saving money, but it's not a bad way to save money doing a startup while still living in a city as vibrant as Istanbul is.
gexla 14y ago
Actually, the Philippines can very easily cost as much as an average spot in the U.S. Much of the drop in cost of living here for many people comes from simplification. Sell your car, sell your house and then give away or sell everything that you can't carry on a plane. Then move into a small apartment away from from friends and family. That's a big lifestyle change and you might save a lot of money just by doing that. I moved abroad because I saw the chance and took it, why not? That my cost of living went way down was just an added benefit.