As you may, or may not know, our techy guy Andi works remotely from home and is currently waiting to move abroad.
He and his good lady are looking forward to three months on the Portuguese island of Madeira.
That’s the official plan but it’s subject to change with ever changing covid rules and Brexit related visa restrictions.
One of the reasons they want to go to Madeira is that Portugal is becoming more and more open to remote workers which means that there is a possibility that three months may turn into a longer stay.
Now that Britain is no longer in the EU, any time spent in any of the 27 European Union countries is restricted to three months only with no return for six months and any longer stays are now annoyingly – but not unexpectedly – governed by independently imposed visas.
Before 2016 we would have been able to go to any country within the EU and stay for as long as we liked… as long as the right authorities were informed.
That was it… that was all you needed to do.
People didn’t need to prove that they were earning a specific amount of money each month or that they had a specific amount of savings before arriving.
Today if you want a longer stay in any of the EU countries, you need to apply for visas for each separate country and prove that you are not going to be a drain on the local economy.
I have to admit, I’m not quite sure what ‘freedoms’ Britain has regained by leaving.
For the younger generations wanting to spread their wings, they have had their wings clipped and have been well and truly caged… which is very sad.
Anyway… that’s beside the point.
The point of this email is ‘working from home’.
The world is changing and I am happy to say that many countries are realising that they need to open their doors to remote workers and digital nomads.
They need people who work from home and who earn their money online no matter what country is the source of their income.
This is fantastic news for people who earn or want to earn money in numerous vocations such as writers, website builders, social media managers, graphic designers, online support, virtual assistants and many more.
There is no reason today that a person has to earn his living by working for a local company alone.
What matters more is what they do with the money they earn.
Take Spain for example:
One of the Spanish rules concerning remote workers and digital nomads who are not EU citizens is that they had to work for a Spanish company.
That is no good for Andi or for thousands of other remote workers who work for companies which are not Spanish.
The last time I checked, Rotherham is in South Yorkshire and not on the Costas.
Fortunately, Spain is now taking steps to change that because they – just like Italy, Croatia, and several other countries – would like to repopulate quiet towns and villages which have seen a population decline over the years where their youngsters have moved to cities to find work.
By allowing remote workers and digital nomads to move to the country and live in these smaller towns and villages, local bars, shops and restaurants will benefit from the money they spend.
Remote workers and digital nomads are now seen as playing a vital role in the revival of dying rural communities.
Spain and Italy are setting up schemes where they will ‘pay’ remote workers to move to these smaller communities as a way to repopulate them.
Similar to the £1 homes scheme as seen in Liverpool a couple of years back, many countries are creating financial incentives and removing barriers in a bid to attract remote and home based workers.
They are hoping that many young remote workers and digital nomads will either bring their young families with them or meet locals or other single remote workers, have children and settle down in the country.
Andi is too old for some of these schemes and is not planning on having any more children, but the fact that they are making moves now to allow remote workers into their countries without the restrictive need to work for a local company is brilliant.
For anyone who wants to travel, or wants to live abroad, even if it is only for a few months at a time – being able to earn money as soon as you land is a must.
It’s a freedom previous generations could only dream of.
Only owners of large established businesses with staff who do the majority of the work could travel while still earning money.
Today, anyone can travel and earn money thanks to the internet.
Andi’s reason for becoming a remote worker was so that he could become a digital nomad and as soon as he landed in another country, he was already working and earning.
He wanted to hit the floor running as they say.
The idea of having to find work locally and take ‘any old job’ that was available horrified him. He didn’t want to spend his time doing ‘any old crappy job!’
He didn’t want to work in bars, pick fruit, or work in a factory.
After spending over twenty years in the building industry, he didn’t fancy finding work as a carpenter on a hot building site or have to start finding clients again.
He wanted to walk into an apartment, plug in his laptop and start working… which he can now do.
Thanks to developing a series of new skills, Andi can travel and earn money in any country which will allow him in for any length of time.
Some countries such as Bermuda have developed special year-long visas for digital nomads but the annual earning requirement is higher than other places.
Requirements vary from country to country.
The number of countries which are welcoming digital nomads is growing now that it is become more and more obvious that local economies can benefit from people who earn money from external sources.
The recent lockdowns have shown that a lot of people can work and earn money from home without causing society to collapse… in fact the opposite happened.
Because so many people were able to carry on working from home, many businesses were able to continue as normal… or at least were able to offer a degree of service to their customers and clients.
Many businesses were saved from a full shut down thanks to many of their workers being able to work online from home.
As I say, this is a changing world and the internet has become completely entwined into the way we work and earn.
The good news is that you do not have to actually ‘work’ to earn money online.
If you wanted to move abroad or enjoy an extended holiday without it costing you an arm and a leg, you can make money online in so many different ways today.
For many countries, the requirements for staying within their borders for any length of time is that you can afford to stay there without being drain on their economy.
Proving that you have a specific income amount each month is often enough to get you a visa.
Countries don’t want outsiders coming in and taking their money so as long as you can show that you are making enough money each month and can ‘pay your way’ without handouts, you should be good.
Making money trading the financial markets is a great way to make money no matter which country you are in.
There are traders in all countries and it is seen as an acceptable and legitimate way to make money.
Our friend Kate Davis makes between £750 and £1,725 each month trading the financial markets… and she makes her money while she works out each morning in her home gym before going to work.
It’s just her and her phone.
This is something anyone can learn to do… and they can do it anywhere as long as the mobile phone app used has a good connection to the internet.
That is all you need… well, that and a small investment to get started with.
If you would like to learn exactly what Kate does to make up to £1,725 each month, go to:
www.TreadmillTrader.co.uk
Kind Regards
John Harrison
PS… Since her first profits during lockdown, Kate has earned over £20,000 (as of September 2021… it’s probably a lot more than that now).
That’s over £1,000 a month.. oh and it’s TAX FREE too.
Here’s that link again: