The important parts people will probably look for:<p>- No right of citizenship or permanent residence in Estonia or EU
- Get to live in Estonia for up to 1 year
- Must make more than 3500 eur/mo gross from remotely earned income from sources mostly outside of Estonia
I am hoping North Asian countries loosen up about visas.<p>Right now it's easy to be a digital nomad or retiree in Thailand. Malaysia has My Second Home: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_My_Second_Home" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_My_Second_Home</a><p>I expect things will get easier in North Asia as the effects of the aging population hit.<p>I would love to be able to move to a small town in Japan to live the Totoro life with fast Internet. And no virus problems.
How much taxes do I have to pay with this visa? As far as I know, Georgia (country) provides almost tax-free residency as long as the income is from foreign territories.
Either this is completely not for me, or i don't get it.<p>I contract from my US C corporation.<p>That corporation pays me, at my US address.<p>I pay taxes accordingly. In the US.<p>Is Estonia trying to horn in on those personal earnings, claiming I earned them while being a tourist in their country? (illegally? gasp) What if I don't pay myself while in EE and just pay myself later?<p>Are there services I might consume over and above a tourist visa as a remote worker, and those need recouped? Will this remote worker visa get me better access to those services?<p>I didn't understand their digital citizenship thing a decade ago either.<p>Befuddled. I love Estonia too, so I want to understand. :)
Always keen for new developments in government services and especially mobility for people, I hope this won't end up just one more class of visa with a little branding thrown on top. I think there's a massive opportunity right now for countries who want to attract groups of employees from the US tech scene especially that can cater to their needs and provide a safe operating environment for long term offsites without crazy new tax implications for the remote workers (although small island nations in the US time zones or even specific states in the US may be better positioned)