Going full expat from the U.S. is tricky. Here's an easier option.

[littlemissmartypants]

Going full expat from the U.S. is tricky. Here’s an easier option.

By Euny Hong

November 07, 2024 at 15:31 ET

For many Americans, election season is an anxious time. Packing up and heading abroad may seem like one attractive option — one reason online searches for “how to move abroad” tick up around this time every four years.

The catch: Going full expat is complicated and often expensive. As The Washington Post’s own Department of Data reported, only a tiny number of Americans move abroad for political reasons. But there’s an easier, lower-risk option — becoming a digital nomad.

Dozens of countries offer a digital nomad visa, sometimes referred to as a remote working visa. It’s a way to live in a foreign country for a stretch, usually somewhere between six months and two years, as long as you prove you’re earning a sufficient income through remote work.

Before 2020, only about a half-dozen nations (pioneered by Estonia) offered some variation of this visa. But now more than 50 nations do, thanks to the spread of high-speed internet and the pandemic’s remote-work legacy.
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[SoCalDavidS]

1. Did Not Know About This

Very helpful, thanks for posting.

[SheilaAnn]

2. I have been doing a deep research on Coronado, Panama and like the process. Don't want citizenship but they offer a two-

year visa. I'm thinking he'll be assasinated or die some other way then can move back. English is popularly spoken. Seems quite nice.

[Ysabel]

3. yes!

people can do digital work anywhere...

P.S. and yes too thanks for posting!

[littlemissmartypants]

5. YW, Ysabel. ❤️

[Prairie Gates]

4. "move abroad for political reasons..."

It still hasn't dawned on the the Washington Post that people who "move abroad" as a result of Trump will be fleeing for their lives, not taking a jaunt across the pond because they find the make-up of Congress distasteful. They will be fleeing the country to avoid being imprisoned and murdered by the MAGA state apparatus and its paramilitaries.

Holy Jesus people really don't get it.

[littlemissmartypants]

6. No, they really don't.

Thanks for your reply, Prairie Gates. ❤️

[littlemissmartypants]

8. Thanks for your reply, albert992.

Welcome to DU.