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And meanwhile, I'm also going to introduce myself real briefly so you can get to know me a little bit if you don't know who I am. And I'm going to make myself a little bit smaller here. So my name is Linda. I am a travel writer and content creator under the name Linda goes East because I've always been super interested in Asia ever since around the time that I was a teenager. I run my own website at Linda goes East.com. And I'm also very active on Instagram at Linda goes East. So I live in South Korea. If you're interested in life in Asia, specifically in South Korea, then I highly recommend you check that out. I share a lot of content about life in South Korea and also how to come to South Korea to teach English, for example. But I also taught English in China previously. So I also have a lot of content about China. And just in general some different destinations in Asia travel destinations. So if that's your thing, then I highly recommend you check that out. I'm originally from Germany and the US. So my mom is German, my dad is American. And yeah, I lived in Germany, America, China and South Korea and South Korea. I've lived here for the past seven, seven and a half years about that. And I'm also a Teflon TESOL marketing professional for ITTT, which is why I'm here, which is why you see me here on the screen for ITTT. If you don't know what ITTT stands for, well, it stands for international Teflon TESOL training. So ITTT is a teacher training institution. Basically, we are not Tefl. We are not for teaching you English, but we are here for helping you become an English teacher if you want to teach English abroad or online or whatever you want to do. That is why we're here, what we're here for, what we're doing, what we want to help you with. And you can find us at tefloncourse.net. And ITTT is a leading Teflon TESOL course provider worldwide. We operate worldwide. We have in-class training centers worldwide. We also obviously offer online courses and we also offer combined course options. So that's about me. How about you guys? Where are you right now? Where are you watching from? Here's Philip. Philip is from the UK, Manchester. Awesome. How are you doing, Philip? Oh, isn't it super late over there? Isn't it like 2am, Philip? Well, I appreciate you saying up that late for me. I really appreciate that, Philip. That's very nice. How about you other guys? Where are you watching from? We also have somebody here saying, cool topic. Unfortunately, I cannot read Russian, so I cannot read your name, but thank you for the comments. Cool topic. Yes. And you're also asking, can you tell me about requirements for Cyprus? So yes, we're actually also going to talk a little bit about Cyprus later for sure. That will be in there. Cyprus also has a digital nomad visa or they're currently rolling one out, but we're going to talk about Cyprus as well. Yeah. Okay. How are you guys? Where are you right now? What are you doing? Let me know. And this is today's topic again. So there is a lot to cover today because there are a lot of countries that have digital nomad visas and more and more are rolling one out. So we have a lot to cover here. I don't want to waste any more time. So we're going to jump right into it. As always, feel free to leave your comments. If you have any experience, maybe you already have a visa like that in one of those countries, then let me know. I'm very curious. I'd love to learn more. And yeah, Philips says 2am work tonight's a week around my teacher training. Okay. It's 2am. Nice. Daniel is here. Hi, Daniel. How are you doing? Awesome. All right. Well, then let's just get into it. Let's get started. Because like I said, there's actually a lot to cover today. And we're going to jump right into it. So I'm going to make myself a little bit smaller. I will still be here. I hope you can still see me. I hope you can also read everything. I used a different font and style today because I think it was really fitting for this topic. But maybe some of the fonts are small. I'm not sure. If you can't read something, just let me know. I'm talking about the slides anyway, so there shouldn't be a problem. But yeah, let's jump into it. So first off, maybe you're asking yourself if you're totally new to this, what is a digital nomad? Generally speaking, digital nomads are people who use telecommunications technologies to earn a living. So they work online. They work remotely and they conduct their life in a nomadic manner, which means they work location independently and they make traveling and exploring new places their lifestyle. And this is something that has become super, super popular in recent years. Also before COVID, but certainly COVID kind of also pushed this forward a little bit more. Just people who are kind of sick of the nine to five. They don't want to sit in an office and spend their entire life just working in the same place. They want to see something and do something from in the world and combine this with working online, working. So there are a lot of different skills that you can actually have for being a digital nomad. And we're having a look at that too. I think next. Oh, first, we're going to talk about what is a digital nomad visa? So a digital nomad visa is a visa aimed at digital nomads, people who want to work remotely and live in a foreign country. So more and more countries are rolling out specific visas for digital nomads because previous or normal visa types are usually either tied to your workplace, right? If you find a job in a different country, the company will usually sponsor your visa. So your visa is tied to your workplace, but in this case, your work is anywhere in the world. You work remotely. Maybe you don't only work for one company, right? So that's why it has been very difficult in the past to have this kind of lifestyle because the visa options were not there and you couldn't really do that. You couldn't really or you had to work on a, on a travel visa, which can be illegal sometimes. So that's why more and more countries are rolling out digital nomad visas because there are also benefits for the countries and we're going to talk about that too. What are the benefits? But first, besides online English teaching, there are so many jobs available to you and to us from our laptops. So yes, you can do online English teaching, which is obviously kind of what we are focusing on today. But you can also work as a blogger or as a writer. If you're traveling, you could be a travel writer. Also, a lot of obviously programming work is very popular in the digital nomad world, any kind of web design, programming, coding, all of those things or social media in general, you could be a social media manager, social media expert of any kind. And there's so, so many more translator, yeah, all of these things or maybe video editor, some kind of editor. The options are literally endless, but obviously what's interesting to us is the online English teaching side of things, right? But you can obviously combine this. You can teach online, but you can also run a blog and you can also do translation work. You can do many things, right? You don't only have to stick to one career. This is something that has been changing over the last years. People don't only have just one job, they have many different jobs. So that's kind of what our society is evolving into in a way. All right, we have Hekmatullah here. Hi, how are you from Afghanistan? How are you doing today? Long time no see. All right, so this is a digital nomad visa. So what are the benefits of being a digital nomad? Obviously, it is that you get to experience life in another country without the hassle of having to organize immigration visas. So that is very important. Visa, immigration visas can be very hard to get, a lot of requirements, a lot of restrictions. And that's why it is just easier with a digital nomad visa. Some digital nomads, they have embraced the digital nomad lifestyle 100% and they work from project to project on a self-employed basis while others are really employed full-time but are able to negotiate working from home or remotely. So really there are two types. Some people, they really work from project to project, couple weeks, couple months, and then it changes. Or some people really are employed by only one company, but they are able to work remotely 100%. So different types out there, it depends on what you want, what you feel comfortable with, or what kind of opportunities present to yourself, basically. These are the benefits for the digital nomad in general. Now we also have the benefits for the local economies, the countries that offer digital nomad visas. Why are they doing that? Well, it is to encourage remote workers to travel and put down routes for an extended period of time. So they really want people to come and stay for a longer time. And then these digital nomads, they spend their money in their new hometown, right? They explored, they need to spend money, they need to live somewhere, they spend money in the restaurants, they spend money in general, more so than tourists would. And thus they help to revive the economy, especially now after COVID. That's why now so many countries are rolling out digital nomad visas. Because the travel, traveling was down, traveling was very low, not a lot of traveling during COVID. So now they really want to get these people. And so they offer digital nomad visas so that they stay longer and spend more money there to revive the economy. And actually the digital nomad lifestyle is also more sustainable compared to regular traveling. You have long-term stays, they have less impact on the environment and society of a host country, because people actually stay here longer. They don't just come for a week, basically do whatever they want and leave. It's more sustainable. They spend more time in the place, they get to know the place, they get to really appreciate the place and they live there like locals would, right? So these are all the benefits for countries rolling out digital nomad visas and inviting digital nomads to their country. And they really want them there for these reasons. Okay, so now you're asking yourself, well, all sounds great, but how can I get a digital nomad visa? How does that work? So the requirements obviously they vary from country to country, but more and more countries create visa types suitable for digital nomads. The requirements, like I said, they often vary from country to country, but usually they involve a general visa application fee that you need to pay, which can range from zero to a couple hundred or thousand. Also most of the time you have to have some kind of proof of self sustainability and or a minimum yearly income. And that's what we're going to look at when we talk about the individual countries in just a minute. So all of them will have a minimum yearly, most of them will have a minimum yearly income that you need to have in order to get this visa. Some also want to have a clean criminal record and sometimes you also need to show them that you have health insurance. So these are the most common requirements that we see for digital nomads. Again, these vary from country to country. Every country can make their own visa regulations. So this is not the same for all the countries. So we're going to have a look at all the countries in detail a little bit more. And then if there's one that interests you, you can do your own research, check the embassy, the official website for more details as well. Okay. Oh, no problem, Robert. You can always watch the replay. Thank you so much, Robert. So which countries currently offer digital nomad visas? Today, I'm going to present to you, I think close to 40. There is a lot. So it's going to take a while. I'm not going to spend too much time on each. But I just want to show you what is out there. Basically, we literally have anywhere. We have North America, South America, Central America with the Caribbean specifically, with Europe, we have Africa, we have Asia. We actually don't have Oceania, but maybe in the future. Yes, Daniel says, all right, we're ready to revive the world's economy as digital nomads. Nice. Love it. Okay. So first up, we're going to start in Africa. So let's take a look at digital nomad visa countries in Africa. First, we have Mauritius. They are called the premium visa program. And this one is really great because there is no fee and there is no proof of income. So this opens this visa up to a whole range of digital nomads. The visa cost is completely free. You can stay in Mauritius for a full year. And the income that you have to prove is basically you need to own your location independent business, or you need to work remotely for a company outside of Mauritius. But there is no income that you need to prove. It doesn't matter how much money you make. And this is one of the only ones that have that. So that's really, really unique. The cost of living index, I've also always included that because just interesting, you know, so it's 72 out of 137. Basically, the smaller the number, the more expensive it is. So as you can see, it's kind of in the middle. So it's medium cost of living wise. And also the internet speed is very important if you want to work as a digital nomad. So that's why I've also included that. And here the internet speed, as you can see, is 38.68. Obviously, that's always improving and changing as well. But again, the higher this number, the better the internet. So this is not that fast, but it's also not that slow, I believe. So this is called the premium visa program in Mauritius. In Mauritius is a beautiful island off of Africa, gorgeous. As you can see in the background, this image, I've always included an image, obviously, of the place in the background. So you can check that out. And again, this is one of the very few digital nomad visas that have no fee and no proof of income. So that's why this is really, really great. All right. And again, called the premium visa program Mauritius. Check it out if you're interested. Next up, we have Kate Verde, the remote working Cabo Verde program is what it's called there. And this is basically why would you want to go there year round sun. And on some of these islands, because it's a cluster of islands, this country, there's hardly any rainfall. This means you have 350 days of sunshine throughout the year. Awesome place to live. Visa cost here, you do have a visa cost. So it's $20 and you also have an airport as 20 euros, excuse me, 20 euros. And you also have an airport fee that is 34 euros. And this visa is six months, you can stay there for six months, but it can also be renewed for an extra for another six months. So in total, you can stay for up to a year. Now we have an income to prove. So you need to make at least 1500 euros a month as an individual. Or if you're coming there with your family, it is 2,700 euros per month. So that's the minimum that you need to make in order to qualify for this visa cost of living index. We don't have enough data on that, but the internet is similar to Mauritius that we just talked about. So yeah, this is another great option. The income to prove is not too high. So it's quite doable, but you already have to have that beforehand. So that's why it's important that you first kind of establish, and I'm going to talk about that later too, the steps, how to go about, but basically you want to first establish yourself as a digital nomad before you're leaving, have regular income, or at least this income to prove so that you qualify, right? That is very important. So this is Cabo Verde, the remote working Cabo Verde program in Africa. Next up, we have the Seychelles, another stunning location. And here it is called the Seychelles Workcation Program. I really like this name. I think it's nice. All you need to have for this one is a valid passport, and you need to have proof of being an employee or a business owner, proof of income or wealth, and health, and travel insurance for this one. So the visa cost for this one is 45 euros per person, and you can stay in the Seychelles for 12 months. The income to prove, however, is not known at the moment. Unsure how much it is, it might depend from case to case. They might not be so strict about it, but you need to at least be able to support yourself while you're there. The cost of living is also, again, there's no index, but it's similar to France, and the internet speed is also not too bad in the Seychelles. So again, another dream location where other people go and go on their honeymoon or have a dream vacation. This is where you can live under the Seychelles Workcation Program. Now, this was it with Africa. We only have those three countries there, but more are probably rolling it out as in the future. So now let's have a look at Digital Nomad Visa countries in the Middle East and Asia. All right. First off, very popular. We have Bali or Indonesia in general. Bali is one part of Indonesia, but this is I think all over Indonesia. So this one is actually the five-year Digital Nomad Visa. So Bali has literally been, I think, is the OG of Digital Nomad destinations. Even before Digital Nomads was a thing or were a thing, Bali was like catering to them. This is like the original destination. If you want to be a Digital Nomad, you go to Bali. It's kind of, it's almost like a meme already. So here they have, they're very well equipped. They have plenty of co-working spaces, plenty of cafes we can work from, and they now offer a five-year Digital Nomad Visa. And you can even work tax-free in Indonesia. This includes all the islands, obviously also Bali, and this is provided your income is from a country outside of Indonesia. So usually that's what we also see with these visas. You can work there. You can get this Digital Nomad Visa as long as you work for a company that's not registered or based in that country. So this is also the case here in Indonesia. Cost of living index 105 out of 137 is very low, very affordable to live here. The internet is a little bit slower, but it's not too bad. So definitely Bali is a great, great option. So if you're interested in that, check it out. It's called the five-year Digital Nomad Visa. And this is a newer kind of thing that it's five years. This is really long. Normally, all the other Digital Nomad Visas that we're going to cover are a year, maybe two years, and then that's it. Five years is really, really special. So they are really pushing that and they really want people to come to Bali. All right. Good. This is Bali. Next up we have Dubai, specifically the city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. They offer something called a one-year virtual working program. Here you can work for one year in this mega city on the coast and benefit from the zero income tax. This visa will cost you $287 and you can stay for a year. The income you need to prove, however, is 5,000 euros per month over the last three months. Plus you need to have proof of employment or proof of company ownership. You need to have a contract, again proving that you don't work, that the company is not registered in Dubai or the United Arab Emirates. And as you can see, now you need to prove an income of 5,000 euros a month over the last three months. So quite a difference from the other ones we've had so far. This is quite luxury a little bit. So it might not work for everybody, but if it works for you great. Cost of living is also quite high. So 35 out of 137, quite high. Again, the lower this number, the more expensive. And this number 35 is for the whole of the UAE. So Dubai will be even more expensive than this number. But the internet speed is super fast. So this is actually better than all of the places we talked about so far. So Dubai is a really great option if you can afford it, if you want to go for it. Again, zero income tax and a one year, it's a one year program called the virtual working program specifically for Dubai. All right, next up we have Taiwan, which has something called the gold card, which I think is a super cool name. And this is basically an open end work permit for Taiwan to attract foreign talent. So this visa costs between 100 and $310 depending on the nationality and duration. The length again here is very special, is open end. So as long as it's kind of like a green card, I guess that's why it's the gold card is really cool. So the income you need to prove here also is quite high. It's $5,700 a month, but you can also enter on skills. So with this one, it's very interesting. And I had a look at this. They kind of do it with a skill system. So if you have certain skills, you can qualify without having to worry about the income to prove also educators count. So if you have been a teacher before, you can get some points and accounts as skills, you can do if you Google the gold card Taiwan, they have on the official website, a quiz, sort of a quick quiz you can take to see if you qualify or not. So if you're interested in doing this in Taiwan, go to the official website and take the quiz and then you'll see if you qualify or not. Cost of living index here is 37 out of 137. So also a little bit higher. But the internet speed also is very high. So this might be a really good location, especially if you want to be based in East Asia, really great Taiwan. And again, it's open end, which is very rare. So it's sort of like a green card, but for Taiwan, very, very nice. Again, it's called the gold card. Okay. And then we have Sri Lanka. This one has no specific digital nomad visa. However, they have now made it easier to get extensions on tourist visas. And you can even stay up to 270 days and extend. So very, very long. And this is also a really popular option for digital nomads because of this reason, the visa costs are very cheap. So it's 150 for 90 to 180 days extension. And it's $200 for the 180 to 270 day extension. The cost of living index 136 out of 137, very low internet, also not that fast. However, great place to live, maybe check it out for those three months, four months, however long might be a really great alternative. You can check it out. Although now they kind of have a couple of problems in their economy. So do your research before you choose and decide to go there or just kind of put it on your list to go for later. They might also change these regulations again. But I think they want people to come to revive the economy as well. So yeah, might be a good option in Asia. All right, this was all of it in Asia, also not that many. So we had a couple in Asia, the options are not get so plentiful there. However, now we're in Europe and in Europe, you have a lot of countries to choose from and it comes to digital nomads, nomad visas. In recent years, really European countries have rolled out one visa after another for digital nomads. So we have a lot to talk about here. First up, we have Germany, which has a residency permit for foreign freelancers and self employed people. This visa will cost you 100 euros and it's between six months, but you can extend for up to three years, which is really great. You need to prove of you need to have proof of self sustainability and you also need to have an address in Germany. So you actually can't live out of a hotel, I believe you need to be actually registered and have an address. The cost of living index here is 32 out of 137, so it's higher. The internet speed also pretty good, but be aware and I can definitely testify to that. You have to deal with German bureaucracy here and it can take up to four months to get this visa approved. So it might be a process. If you want to go there, you have to really plan in advance and wait and just deal with the bureaucracy and get it done. So, again, if you're interested in that, head to your German embassy in your country to get more information and to see if you qualify. Next up, we have the beautiful country of Greece in southern Europe. This visa will cost you 75 euros. You can stay a year and it can be extended to a maximum of three years. You need to have an income to prove per month 3,500 euros here or plus 20% if you have a spouse or partner and an additional 15% for every child that you bring along and then you can qualify. The cost of living 46 out of 137, so less than in Germany and the internet speed is also not too bad. You can get things done certainly and this one is called the Greece digital nomad visa for non-EU, EEA citizens. Obviously, if you are a EU citizen, you can go and work and live in any EU country without having to worry about a visa. You're free to do that. This is mostly for, again, non-EU citizens. Really great. If you're not from the EU, you can have a look at this visa. We also have Iceland. Iceland has something called the long-term visa for remote workers and this is available for non-EU citizens for 90 to 180 days. The cost of this program is around 61 dollars and up to six months you can stay. You also have an income to prove here for a single applicant. You need 7777 for a single applicant and more for a couple. The cost of living here is five which is very high, one of the most expensive places in Europe. That's why the income to prove is very, very high. Again, that's why Mauritius that we talked about first in Africa with no visa fee and no income to prove is so rare and so great because as you can see these ones are not everyone will be able to qualify for that. But if you're interested, it's called the long-term visa for remote workers in Iceland and you can have a look and see if you like it. Then we also have Hungary. Hungary has something called the one-year white card which costs 110 euros per applicant and you can stay in Hungary for one year but it can be extended for an additional year. So you can stay in Hungary for up to two years and here the income you need to prove is lower. It's 2000 euros per month and you need to prove of at least six months. Cost of living 94 out of 137 also not that high. Pretty doable. The internet speed is also very, very high and this visa however primarily targets singles under 40. This is kind of their target. This is who they want. So just be aware of that but so if you're not single and you're over 40 it might be difficult to qualify. However definitely doable if you fit into this target. All right how are we feeling so far? I feel like I'm just going through it but we have a lot of countries to cover so I don't want to yeah I just want to present all the countries to you and then we can have a chat about it. But if you have any comments throughout this even like all the sounds cool or hey cool I would like to go there. Leave a comment. I appreciate that. So yeah let's see the next one. Portugal. Portugal really has been super duper popular in recent years and they have a one-year independent workers and entrepreneurs visa. This visa costs 83 euros for the visa and 72 for the resident permit fee. You can stay between one and five years so another really long one and then even after you've stayed five years this is really cool you have the option to go for a permanent residency. So if you're from outside of the EU this would be great to get a permanent residency visa to live in Europe indefinitely. This might be a really really good opportunity. The income you need to prove is also very low it's just 600 euros a month and this can come from a variety of sources too. So you can have income obviously from all over the place. 600 very doable. Cost of living here is 66 out of 137 so also not too bad and the internet is also quite nice the internet speed. So Portugal is a really great option. Portugal has really been pushing this digital nomad agenda in the past years and they really are a great country for that. I know many people who have gone through this path and they really really love it and yeah Portugal is very digital nomad friendly they really attract a lot of digital nomads they really want people to come so if you want to go to Europe this might be my first choice. If I were to go to Europe as a digital nomad I probably would go to Portugal first because it seems to be super straightforward super friendly for digital nomads and the income to prove is very low cost of living low internet high internet speed high so seems like a very good option. All right then we have a lot more so here are other digital nomad visa programs in Europe there's so so many and I couldn't possibly put them all in this presentation. So we have Georgia this the country of Georgia in Europe has an individual entrepreneur scheme we also have Croatia that has a digital nomad visa we have a the freelance visa called Sivno in the Czech Republic we also have Estonia's digital nomad and and freelance visa Norway has an independent contractor visa Spain is currently working on a digital nomad visa Malta and Cyprus they have a nomad residency permit and we have Greece we talked about Greece actually already and we have Romania who also has a digital nomad visa so there are a lot of options in Europe I feel like Europe has the most options for digital nomads out of everywhere so I'm sure at least one of these programs you'll be able to qualify Danielle says speaking of age is there any age limitations to be eligible for a digital nomad visa so not that I could tell there were no age limitations again you would have to check in detail the requirements but they don't seem to care about age so much but they care about the money right then you make enough that you can live there so they want you to make a minimum amount of money and this is different from every country like we talked about the income to prove so that is a requirement but not the age so much okay awesome so this is Europe what do you think about the the options in Europe which one do you think is the most interesting in Europe or the ones we talked about before Africa and Asia and the Middle East which one do you think is the most interesting to you at the moment I think for me definitely Portugal is a great option and also I really like the first one Mauritius because there's no visa fee and no income to prove which is really really cool I would definitely go for that and check it out and obviously living in a place where people go on their honeymoon and dream vacations would be just so amazing so what about you guys which of these that we talked about so far there will be more coming more are you interested in the most let me know also feel free to take like a screenshot so you can have you have all of these options here in the screen you can always watch the replay as well I always go back to check them out because they all have different names they're not all called digital nomad visa as you can see some countries have different names for this visa so it just varies okay well next we're going to talk about north and central america all right north and central america digital nomad visa countries I'm just going to wait a second to see if there's a response from you guys which one you like the most so far which visa option or which country there's always a delay that's why I wait a delay between me talking and then you guys hearing it and being able to respond I'm just going to move on it but I'm going to put it on the screen if you if you comment all right so north and central america first up we have Costa Rica which has a visa for self-employed people or entrepreneurs so this means you are actually not allowed to work for another company so this visa is really only for self-employed people or entrepreneurs so people who have their own company so you cannot actually work for another company with this one so that's the only bad thing about this one excuse me this one's called the two-year two-year rentista visa and the cost of this program is $250 and you can stay for two years you have income to prove which is 2500 per month over the last two years or you can also make a deposit of $60,000 in a bank account in Costa Rica excuse me the cost of living is quite all right it's sort of in the middle and the internet speed is also better than the ones we talked about at the beginning here we have daniel who says I think of Bali since I've heard nice things about that place plus the visa program seems to be quite appealing to many english teachers yes it is Bali really is a great option for digital nomads because it's really one of the first places that had this kind of visa so they really know what they're doing all right so again Costa Rica two-year rentista visa again this is only for people who have their own company or are entrepreneurs self-employed or entrepreneurs but I just wanted to put this on your list this is great if you start your own business your own online teaching business for example or your own like other business then you can apply for that then we have Mexico which has a one-year temporary resident visa so with this one um basically a lot of people also work with a six-month long tourist visa so some people also just stay on that and don't even bother about registering this temporary resident visa you can also do that and also Mexico has a really low cost of living however this temporary resident visa is for one year and it can be renewed for another three years so up to four years actually the visa costs at the moment not quite clear how much it costs but it's probably not very expensive so if you only want to stay in Mexico for say six months or less then probably the tourist visa would be fine but if you want to stay there longer for a year or four years up to four years then you would have to get this visa income you need to prove on this one is a thousand six hundred and twenty dollars a month or you can have a bank balance of twenty seven thousand dollars in a bank in Mexico which also works cost of living index is quite high or 88 i mean a high number which means it's a low cost of living lower cost of living than the places we talked about and the internet is also not that bad so Mexico has also been a very popular digital nomad destination especially for many americans and canadians north americans very popular because of these um good uh requirements or not strict requirements okay next up we have panama panama is actually the most developed nation in central america and they have a high standard of living they have a warm climate great nature beaches and vibrant cities so everything you could want from a destination in panama this visa that they have is called the short stay visa for remote workers and it costs 300 dollars and you can stay for nine months but you can extend to up to 18 months the income you need to prove is 36 thousand dollars a year and the cost of living index here is 49 out of 137 so a bit more expensive than Mexico and the internet speed is really really high so really really good internet there and yeah cost of living lower um still then uh europe or america canada um but yeah you can't stay that long up to 18 months only so but still is a good option i think this one panama i would consider that also 36 uh thousand dollars a year seems doable um for what you get for sure all right let's have a look at south america and actually south america we only have one country unfortunately so far which is brazil and this is really brand new so they have a brand new digital nomad visa which was published and announced on the 24th of january 2022 this year and this is the only south american country that offers a digital nomad visa at the moment application has to be done at the embassy the brazilian embassy embassy in your country so you cannot first go to brazil and then get it done you have to get this done before you leave the visa cost not quite sure i also searched on the website it's not very clear so if you're interested you should contact your brazilian embassy in your country the length is one year but it can be renewed for another year income to prove also very doable 1500 us a month cost of living low 92 out of 137 so very low and internet speed very high compared to some other countries we talked about so brazil if you're interested in south america and brazil is your vibe you should really check out this brand new digital nomad visa in brazil again they just announced this in january so not a lot of people have gone through process yet um so contact the brazilian embassy in your country if you want more information amitabha hello doing well how are you doing amitabha okay so this was south america unfortunately only brazil so far but i'm sure we're gonna see more countries also in south america doing this because i feel like especially south america this would be so great for them for those countries low cost of living so digital nomad nomads would love to move there and have these visas available all right now another very popular region for digital nomad visas is the caribbean countries in the caribbean a lot of different lots of different countries offer digital nomad visas there i was very surprised so this seems to be another digital nomad hotspot okay the caribbean first we have antigua and borbuta which has the antigua nomad digital residence visa which costs a thousand five hundred for one person and two thousand as a couple and three thousand for a family of three or more you can stay there up to two years and you need to have 50 000 us dollars per year of income to prove the cost of living uh index they were not in the survey but it's similar to barbados which we it's slightly higher sorry than in barbados which we're going to talk about next internet speed uh as you can see quite low so it's not the greatest internet but you can still get things done so yeah if you really want to go to the caribbean this might be a very good option along with barb the bahamas i guess barbados is after that i'm sorry because i sorted it alphabetically after that so we have the bahamas as well and they have something called the bahamas extended access traveling travel stay which is called beats this program costs 25 dollars for the application and a thousand for the first applicant and then 500 for each dependent you can stay for 12 months in the bahamas on this visa and it can also be renewed on a case by case basis for two 36 months you need to prove your income so you have a letter from your current employer or prove of employment self-employment and income so they don't actually say how much income you need to have cost of living index is three out of 137 which means it's really high very expensive to live in the bahamas i'm sure this income to prove might also be very high internet speed 63 um not that bad you can definitely get work done with this um so it's really an expensive expensive place to live but it has easy access to miami and the rest of the usa so this might be a really good option for people from the us if you can afford it sadiq hello how are you doing from pakistan for the first time i joined your meeting except my greetings hello how are you doing good to see you all right then we have now we have Barbados so Barbados is a well connected hub that allows you to explore the rest of the caribbean and central america assuming no travel restrictions right so Barbados is a really good place to be based if you want to explore this region more and they have a one-year Barbados welcome stamp as they call it the cost of this program is two thousand dollars for one person or three thousand for a couple or a family and with this visa you can stay in Barbados for up to a year you need to have 50 000 us dollars of income to prove per year and again the cost of living index is four out of 137 so it's also quite high and expensive to live in Barbados internet speed is higher than the other countries in the caribbean we just talked about so that makes it a better location maybe for some digital nomads so yeah this is Barbados the one-year Barbados welcome stamp next up we have Bermuda which has something called the work from Bermuda visa this program costs 263 dollars and it's up to a year the income you need to prove is basically enough to support yourself but that is a lot in Bermuda the cost of living here is one out of 139 so it's very very high it's the highest Bermuda is very expensive and they even say this is the most expensive country on earth when it comes to the cost of living so yeah might be worth checking out if you are able to support yourself in the most expensive place to live when it comes to cost of living might be a good option but um yeah if you're interested in Bermuda check it out the work from Bermuda visa for up to a year next we have the Cayman Islands okay now this one this is also very interesting when I did my research this one's called the Cayman Islands global citizen concierge program very fancy name and yeah it fits because this is really only for wealthy remote workers this is very expensive the cost of the program is a thousand four hundred and sixty nine us dollars and you can stay for two years in the Cayman Islands the income you need to prove is a hundred thousand dollars per year for one person a hundred and fifty if you're a couple and a hundred and eighty if you bring your whole family so a lot the cost of living is also expensive but it is about 20 cheaper than Bermuda but it's still very expensive the internet is good but it's also expensive in here you need to pay around 90 dollars a month or a month for the internet which can add up so really the Cayman Islands global citizen concierge program really is only for wealthy remote workers if you can afford it then you can certainly give it a go why not sounds really awesome I would do it if I had the money probably Cayman Islands why not two years in the Cayman Islands sounds amazing if I had a hundred thousand per year sure I would go for it then you probably also don't care about the internet cost and you don't care about the cost of living if you have a hundred K per year doesn't really matter much so just wanted to put it in there because they have this digital nomad visa but this again might not be for everybody so there are some other ones other digital nomad visa programs in the Caribbean that I just want to let you know so we have Anguilla's digital nomad visa we have the remote work stamp in Montserrat we have the win work in nature in Dominica and we have the at home in Curacao program in Curacao and then Saint Lucia has Saint Lucia Libet their program that's their program's name so if you're interested in learning more about these and yeah being a digital nomad in the Caribbean check out these other programs as well maybe one of them would also be a good option for you and then okay this is the list of all the digital nomad programs I'm talking about today and these are countries now that are currently working on digital nomad visas which is North Macedonia in Europe Thailand Belize Serbia Montenegro Grenada Latvia Colombia and Italy as well they're all currently developing and working on digital nomad visas so if one of those countries um you know interest you Thailand super popular Italy amazing Colombia is also popular Belize and then obviously all the other amazing places in the Caribbean and in Europe might be a good choice for some of you so this is what's currently happening and I think many many more countries will follow suit I think we're going to see a lot more in South America as well here we have Colombia so Brazil already I think we're going to see more digital nomad visas in South America in the future as well so just stay tuned I mean this is something that's new and that's really picking up so I think we're going to have a lot more news about this in the future and these are countries that have announced and are currently working on these new visas so just yeah stay up to date and I might be able to give you another update in a couple of months if or when these programs have rolled out I might do an update video um or live session to let you guys know about these but yeah just keep an eye on those if there is a country that really interests you um just keep yeah keep your eyes peeled for that and then yeah this one okay this all sounds great here are your options but how do you actually get started now if you picked a program you like and you qualify and you're like okay I really want to do this how do you get started first you should take a teflor t-sol course obviously with online specialization so you know how to teach online and this course also gives you tips on how to get regular students how to establish yourself as a teacher online which is really important because you have this income to prove right so it's very important you have a regular set of students to get this required income for this visa so first take your teflor course get certified and then start teaching online before you leave so that you can have and establish regular students so that you then can um hit those requirements of monthly income to prove right so yeah those are the three steps you should do before and it's never too early to start right and then the last step obviously once you have your regular students you have regular income then you can start traveling so this these are my four steps how I would go about um and this is the smartest way in going about I believe and this is how you can get started with all of that and again we have 30 percent off any teflor t-sol course from ITTT today so today is a great place to start a great time to start why not there's it's never too early to start so yeah 30 percent off I just want to share my link again for you guys I know a lot of people tuned in a little bit later so um yeah this link I'm going to share right now in the comment section it looks like this ends with Facebook live minus Linda you copy paste this link fill out your application if you're interested in being a digital nomad choose the 170 hour course with online specialization 170 hours um this is the best course for you to start uh becoming a digital nomad online teacher um yeah and you get 30 percent off your course I mean yeah what a great way to start right save money um yeah and then you just follow these steps you pick a program that you like you keep an eye out on new digital nomad visas that are popping up in the future and you're good to go okay once if this all sounds great to you and you want to take a course but you still have a couple of questions you're not quite sure you want to get more information here's how you can reach ittt you can request a callback on our website in the upper in the header menu there's a there's like a phone symbol thing and it says request a callback so we actually call you you can speak with us on the phone or you can email us courses at tso-teflul.com this is also a great way to get in touch and again our website is teflulcourse.net you find a lot of information on there as well so I highly recommend you check that out and now am I too fast and now um yeah q and a do you have any questions let me know your questions before I sign up today's live was a little bit longer because I went through a lot of slides that's why I went through them a little bit faster I hope it wasn't too fast I just didn't want to drag this out too much or make it longer than it needs to be um so yeah I hope you enjoyed that and we have a comment here from Sadiq okay ma'am I finished my bachelor's in English literature and linguistics with the said countries grant me a student visa if I only qualify IELTS test here at the moment I am also serving here to students as teacher assistant to my community students under the access English micro scholarship program how does boost up the processing my visa okay so what I talked about today is the digital nomad visa it is not a student visa right so student visa it depends from country to country I recommend reaching out to if if there's one specific country or a couple of countries you're interested in reach out to their embassies in your country they will give you the most up-to-date information on all of that in terms of student visa in terms of the digital nomad visa that I talked about today if you want to work as an online teacher if you want to do remote work then you can follow the requirements that I talked about and the most important requirement really for these digital nomad visas is that you're able to support yourself that you bring enough money the required required amount of monthly or yearly income is what's most important when it comes to these digital nomad visas and this is more or less depending on the country Daniel says I'm just one step closer to get started thank you so much for keeping us posted with all this useful information thank you Daniel that's so sweet thank you so much I appreciate that yeah and I I'm really always looking for new and interesting topics every week which is not always easy um but yeah I thought because we talked about online teaching the last I think two weeks so I thought hey let's talk about these digital nomad visas because like I said there are a lot of new ones that have come out and countries currently working on some big news was Italy developing a digital nomad visa so this is coming out which is huge because Italy is a very popular destination obviously so a lot of people are very excited about that and I just wanted to share that with you because that it's a good option we don't know yet about the requirements for this digital nomad visa in Italy but um I'm sure we'll find out soon and then maybe I can do an update and uh let you all know but yeah any other questions also not related to today can be anything about tefal tesal teaching um anything you might have before I sign off any uh topic recommendations you have for upcoming live sessions I also take them let me know always looking for new topics it's not sometimes it's not easy me your questions your questions but I mean if you don't have any that's fine too oh man cool yeah but as you can see there are really so many options and pretty much any all parts of the world for digital nomad visas um so if you really want to do it and start you know that career or lifestyle it's definitely possible sure you're welcome ifang huangzis thank you for sharing you're welcome thanks for watching all right so I'm gonna wait a couple of more seconds here there's always a delay like I said between me talking and you guys seeing it so I want to give everybody the chance to ask their questions if they have any I don't want to sign off too fast but um yeah if there are no more questions coming we are at the end there's no more slides today again 30% off if you feel like you are ready to start your journey as an English teacher online or in class um yeah choose ITTT I chose ITTT seven maybe eight years ago and I took my first TEFL course with ITTT I just did a google search about TEFL courses and ITTT showed up and I was like oh the Sun School um I decided to do it so Mladen says hi just finished business today so business English awesome Sadiq says ma'am have TESOL course been started I want to start it yes you can start anytime so online courses you can start anytime you're free to study at your own pace at your own time whenever you want so um yeah use this code that I shared with you 30 off and you can register and you can start today Sadiq Mladen says it was a great experience with ITTT thank you that's good to hear awesome congratulations Daniel says I can't think of any topics at the moment maybe final exams after going through an ITTT course sure that might be a good topic as well good thank you I would keep that in mind awesome okay well thank you guys for being here with me today and taking your time I know many of you guys actually watched the beginning to end thank you so much I really appreciate that and also anybody who tuned in later that's totally cool you I mean who has uh 70 minutes uh to watch this straight I know a lot of people don't so I appreciate you for however long you watched and you can always watch the replay you can always come back next time no pressure at all um Sadiq says okay fine ma'am so nice of you yeah of course good luck Sadiq and Mladen says greetings to all of you and Linda from Guatemala oh my gosh awesome I guess Guatemala doesn't have a digital nomad visa at the moment that would also be a great country to do that kind of visa I feel like maybe in the future all right okay then I guess it's time for me to sign off if you don't have any more questions you could also always reach out to me uh also directly on Instagram at linda goes east if you like um or also again courses at tsol minus teffel.com just gonna share this email address one more time you can reach out to ittt so yeah let me tell this is Linda I recently applied for available jobs in China and South Korea via teach English global oh great for the latter country your current living country yes yeah actually this is good that you bring this up let me maybe share that link teach English global so if you are an ITT course grad or you want or you're not yet doesn't matter and you want to teach English in China or in South Korea you can check out this website this is a partner of ours a recruitment partner in China and in South Korea that we work with and they place um teachers into China and into South Korea and if you're an ITT course graduate you get a lot of benefits for doing so so I highly recommend you check out this site and you fill out your application if you want to go for it good luck good luck amitava hugs mercia hugs kindly share your instagram link please okay I will do that you can reach out to me I'd appreciate if you give me a follow to while you're there this is my instagram you can reach out to me send me a message that's totally fine yes Daniel said Australia could be another great place to apply for a digital nomad visa yes I was surprised that they don't have one maybe I missed that I don't think so I checked it out um I'm sure they will maybe do that in the future because they seem like a really like chill place for that for sure hmm amita was this so Linda now you also have spectacles an extra pair of eyes just like me welcome to the the spectacle world well actually funny story I normally wear contact lenses but I am getting ready to hopefully get my eyes lasered so I can't wear my contact lenses now to get the eyes checked for the laser treatment I'm doing that tomorrow so I hope everything goes well just to check up and they will give me a green light and then I get my laser and I don't have to wear any glasses or any contact lenses anymore so fingers crossed for me please that everything goes well thank you all right good then I'm just gonna sign off now and thank you guys again for being here and I'm looking forward to seeing all of you next week and um yeah stay happy stay healthy have a great weekend and I'll see you later thank you guys