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Like I said in the beginning, I did a live session about digital Nomad Visas back in, I think it was July of last year, and this is sort of a follow-up. So if you haven't seen the other one, and I'm actually going to share the other one in just a second, but I recommend you watch that as well. If you're interested in being an online English teacher in digital Nomad and taking advantage of these visas, I highly recommend you check out the first live session I did in the past as well. And today is a follow-up, so I'm not going to go through the same countries again. I'm sticking to all the new ones and actually also not all the new ones, just my personal picks because there's so, so many out there now. And we're going to talk about that in a second. So I'm going to mention the ones that are available so you can check it out if there are some countries that are interesting to you. But it's really all over the world in every continent. You can find a digital Nomad visa now. So this is really, really great news. And yeah, like I said, maybe this is something that you are interested in pursuing because I mentioned this last time too, actually now is such a interesting time in the Tefal TESOL teaching world. It used to be really only going abroad to teach English. And then because of COVID, and also before COVID already, but COVID really pushed that the online teaching thing. So it was possible to teach English online. And now with also kind of post COVID, because of COVID through COVID, this new thing emerged where you can teach English online and live abroad with a digital Nomad visa. So this is now a path that a lot of people are taking because of many reasons that we're also going to get into, but that's what we're going to talk about today. I'm so happy that you're here and you're joining me for today. And yeah, please keep your comments coming. I really appreciate that. And we're going to jump right into the topic for today and I'm going to take some coffee. Very good. You can tell it gets warmer now in Korea because I'm drinking iced coffee. I always normally drink, I already had one warm cup of coffee, but the weather is getting warmer. So I like my iced coffee. How about you guys? Do you like iced coffee? It's definitely a staple here in South Korea. All right. So let's go through, first of all, what a digital Nomad is. If you're totally new to all of this, you might be wondering, what is a digital Nomad exactly? So let's have a look at that. So basically a digital Nomad can be defined as people who use telecommunications technologies to earn a living. And this kind of sounds a little 2000s, I don't know. But basically people who work online, right? People who work online and they conduct their life in a nomadic manner. So that means they work location independently. They might work for a month from Spain and then the next month they work from Brazil, the next month they might work from Bali. I don't know. So they make traveling and exploring new places their lifestyle. It's all about working from nice places, traveling while also earning a living. It's a whole new lifestyle. That's what being a digital Nomad is all about in a nutshell. So the next question becomes, of course, what is a digital Nomad visa? This is a visa that is aimed at just those people, people who want to work remotely and live in a foreign country, obviously. And there are so many jobs available to us from our laptops. And for us, interesting might be online English teaching. A lot of online English teachers living abroad, they also become bloggers or writers. You can also be a programmer, a social media expert, content creator, a translator, all of these kinds of things or web design, web development, web graphic design, web design, anything that you could do online. And especially in the last few years also because of COVID, more and more remote positions have become available so you can do a lot more. So I have a friend who works in customer service online from home. So that's another thing. Really 2023, there's so many options when it comes to working remotely, but of course for us here, what's interesting is the online teaching side of things. So online teaching for different platforms, you can also do that. Or you can make your own website and become an online English teacher. So that's also a possibility. But that is basically the visa. So a digital moment visa is a visa for digital moments. And the next question then becomes what are the benefits of being a digital moment? And we kind of touched on that already. And I think these are just amazing benefits, right? We talked about exploring the world so you can experience life in another country without the hassle of having to organize immigration visas, right? Immigration visas, so these are long term permanent residency visas. They're usually very difficult to get to, a lot of different requirements. And at the same time, tourist visas are not long enough, right? If you want to stay in a country for longer, but not forever or really permanently, if it's just maybe a few months, six months, a year, right? Those kinds of time frames, then this is for you. And you can explore the world like from an insight perspective, like a local. Another benefit is that you can be self-employed. So some digital moments, they have embraced the digital moment lifestyle 100% and they work from a project to project basis on a self-employed basis. So that's another thing you could do. You could really work from project to project. A lot of people are doing that. We have contracts over a couple of months, a one month project, two months, three months, and then it's over or yeah, more like a freelance situation. Again, you could also be self-employed with your own online teaching business, online teaching website, or a blog, a travel blog, a blog about teaching English online. I mean, literally the options are just endless, right? You get my point. Or you can work also for one employer, just one employer instead of being a freelancer working for many different things. So other digital nomads, they are employed full time but are able to negotiate working from home or remotely. And this is something, again, that we've seen a lot more of post-COVID now. A lot of companies are recognizing the benefits of remote workers. One of the big ones, of course, they don't have to have a physical office, right? Rent, office buildings, office space, real estate is incredibly expensive and has become more and more expensive. So that's one great benefit for the companies. They don't have to have an actual office. They can save that money. They don't have to purchase office space or rent office space. They can have their employees work from their homes or anywhere in the world. So that is another option. Or at the same time, relevant to us, you could work for just one online teaching platform or school and have that contract only with them. That would be another example of being employed full time for one employer. So as you can see, there are a lot of great benefits for being a digital nomad. There are also benefits for the local economies, right? So the countries that give out these digital nomad visas, they also see a lot of benefits. That's why they are doing this so much these days. So one reason is to attract new foreign talent. So they want to encourage remote workers to travel and put down routes for an extended period of time. That's very valuable for these local economies. And then when they do so, this actually grows the local economies. So the digital nomads, they spent their money in their new hometown and thus help to revive the economy. And this was especially important during COVID when all of the travel visas, traveling was impossible. We couldn't do that. So then a lot of countries, they pivoted, they switched, and they opened up their countries to these digital nomads by rolling out digital nomad visas, which allowed them to come to the country also during COVID. Because it was not a tourist visa, it's more of a permanent residency, sort of in between a tourist and a permanent residency. So it's a lot easier to get this visa than a permanent residency normally. But it doesn't fall into the tourist category, so it was possible to do that during COVID. So that's why a lot of countries did that. And so the whole thing is also a lot more sustainable with longer term stays. Having less impact on the environment and society of a host country. So that's also one reason. We see this a lot in places where mass tourism is really a big problem. We've seen that a lot with Venice as a great example in Italy, where they had before COVID, one cruise ship after another coming into the city. And these people only stay for a couple of hours and they barely spend any money there, but they destroy the whole place, basically. Mass tourism, and then they leave again, right? So this is what local economies really want to avoid. And that's one great thing with the digital nomad visa. It's more sustainable. It's also better for the local population instead of having mass tourism. So that's how the local economies benefit. Yeah. Again, if anybody wants to make any comments throughout this, please feel free to add a comment in if you want or any question, anything that's not clear. You can be like, excuse me, Linda, could you say that again? Or could you explain that again? Or if you have any experience with anything that I'm saying today, please feel free to share. I'd love that. I'd love that. All right. So these are the benefits. And now let's talk about how you can become a digital nomad. So what do you have to have? So the requirements, they really vary from country to country. And all of the countries I'm going to talk about today, I'll mention the requirements for each of the countries. But in general, they usually include the following things. So a general visa application fee, right? We see this with all of the visas. If you have a visa application fees, this is the same, which varies in price from country to country. Then also proof of self-sustainability. So almost all of the digital nomad visas have this where you need to prove that you make a certain amount of money every month. Or sometimes they also want to see it per year. And sometimes it increases if you bring along other people. So if you're a couple. Or if you have children, this number increases. So we'll take a look at that. So it could either be a minimum yearly income, minimum monthly income. Of course, you also need to prove that you are, in fact, working online. You work remotely. So usually what this means, if you, for example, you want to be a digital nomad in Spain, you need to prove that you work remotely for a company outside of Spain. So usually then it is a remote or digital nomad. If you live in a country, but your workplace, your job is registered in a different country. So that's usually how it goes. And then a lot of times you also need to have a clean criminal background check and you need to provide health insurance. So you need to arrange that before you go there with insurance from back home. You need to have health insurance coverage. So this is usually what we see and what you need to have. So I think it's not too difficult. You don't have to speak the language at all. You don't have to, I don't know, have any amount of experience, right? So it's a lot more doable than for a lot of other visas, which is why this has become so popular. So then which countries have digital nomad visas? So actually as of right now, there are 55 digital nomad visas worldwide. So in 55 different countries, which is a lot and really on all of the continents everywhere. And especially I also added here the Caribbean because they have a lot of digital nomad visas. They're really one of the best places right now for digital nomad visas. And I also talked a lot about the Caribbean region in my first live session. So if you're interested in that area, I highly recommend you check out the previous live session. But yes, everywhere in the world, wherever you wanna go, whichever continent, you can find a country with a digital nomad visa there. Hi, Daniel, how are you doing? Daniel says, those are great perks of becoming a digital nomad, my kind of dream job. Absolutely, absolutely, I agree with that. Great to see you, Daniel. All right, good, and because I just mentioned this live session, so this is it. This was my previous live session and I think it's really cute with my glasses on. But I'm gonna share the link with you guys in the comments. I'm just gonna click on here and then I get the link. So one second and then I'll share that with you all in the comments section so you can have a look at this previous live session from last June, July. All of these digital nomad visas that I mentioned in this video still exist, right? They're just a bunch of new ones that came along. So this is the video, the previous live session here. Yeah, looks like this, there we go. This is it, previous live session about digital nomad visas. And today, again, is a follow-up where I'm mentioning not those same ones I mentioned already, but we're gonna look into new destinations, new digital nomad visas. Actually, a lot of new digital nomad visas came out November, December of last year and beginning of this year. So that's why now it's a great time to look into our new options. So are you ready? I hope you're ready to go and then we're gonna jump into our new destinations right now, so let me have a look here. Oh no, it's gonna play it. No, no, no, I don't wanna play it. There we go. Okay, so this is what I wanted to show you. There we go. All right, today I'm gonna cover six new visas available digital nomad visas. There might be more new additions, but I think these six are the most exciting, the most talked about and we're just gonna mention those. So the surge in digital nomad visas in countries around the world in the past few years can be attributed to the desire to attract global talent. So for all of these countries, they want to attract global talent and then as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic which cost many countries to shift their focus to remote workers as a source of revenue and stability. So that's why we see so many digital nomad visas coming at the moment in the last few months, in the last year. Again, we have 55 options here and today we're gonna look at these six in particular and then we're also gonna look at the future because there are also more digital nomad visas in the pipeline coming soon. There is talks about different destinations who are in the process of introducing digital nomad visas but they are not official yet, they haven't come out yet but I'm also gonna show you these ones. So without further ado, let's jump into our first destination here, which is Spain and this one really is very exciting. A lot of people have been waiting for this one, the Spain digital nomad visa. So the visa length for this one is up to 12 months and it is possible to be extended for up to five years which is amazing, amazing. So if you're interested in living in Spain for a longer time, this digital nomad visa will make it possible. The minimum income requirement, so you need to prove that you make at least 2,334 euros a month for a single adult. And I think this is, because it's kind of a weird number but I think I read somewhere it is just a minimum wage times like on a monthly for a monthly hours. So that's why it's this amount. But why do they have this minimum income requirement because we're gonna see this in all of the visas, they have a minimum income requirement. They just want to make sure that you are able to support yourself while you are there, right? While you are there, you need to be able to support yourself. And so who can apply, who is this for non-EU and EEA citizens? So of course, if you are EU citizen, you can move to anywhere in the EU anyway without a visa, I believe, so it's for people from outside of the EU. So this is really good. And then the cost of program, really there's no fee. Basically all it is is the requirement documents, the required documents that you need to get. So you need to get a bunch of documents, you need to get them translated, you need to get an app of still on it. And all of that adds up and also costs money. So it's probably a couple of hundred dollars, hundred euros that this will cost you but there's no fixed number. So you just need to provide different documents, background checks and all of those things and they will cost you money. And then the time it takes for the visa application. So you apply and then how long does it take for you to get that visa? So at the moment anywhere from 15 to 45 days, that's how long it will take until you then have the visa in your passport. And Costa says, I'm interested. Absolutely keep watching and then you'll find out more. So this is the first one, the digital nomad visa in Spain and Spain I think is really going in the right direction because we also see Portugal as being such a popular destination for digital nomads and Portugal is a neighboring country of Spain, right? And so I think that's why Spain also introduced their own digital nomad visa because why not? And Spain is actually one of the most popular countries especially in Europe for being a digital nomad. There's so many great opportunities. The cost of living is lower in other, compared to other European countries and they also really want to boost their local economies. So they really wanna get these digital nomads to come to their country, stay longer, spend money. So it's really, really great. So yeah, this is Spain and I think it's really exciting to have this new option in Europe. And again, it is possible to be extended for up to five years, which is amazing. So if you're interested in staying in Spain for a longer time, this visa is really worth looking into. The next destination we're gonna look at is Thailand and this visa is called the Digital Work Permit. So this is the name for the digital nomad visa in Thailand and this has also, this just came out recently. The visa length for this one is a whopping four years and it can also be extended. So that's really, really great, really amazing. The minimum income requirement is $80,000 a year. So this is a little bit steep, right? This could be a little bit too steep for some people. I actually didn't calculate. How much is that per month? I'm so bad with numbers, guys. I always need my calculator. So divide it by 12. Yeah, this is like 66666 US dollars a month. That seems like a lot. Wow, okay. Thailand Digital Nomad Visa. Thailand, does that seem right? That seems like a lot, 80,000. Thailand Digital Nomad Visa minimum salary. Here we go. I'm just gonna double check that. That seems like, yeah, that's right. Wow, remember that you must earn a minimum of 80,000 US dollars per year. Wow, that seems like a lot. Wow, I didn't expect that. Really? Wow, you would think places like Thailand, it's like similar to Bali. It could be really like a hub for digital nomads but with this minimum requirement, that seems like a lot. I'm actually a little bit shocked right now. Maybe there will be some changes in the future because this really seems like a lot. Okay. Well, that is that. So anyway, that's the minimum income requirement. And as you can see, they vary a lot between the countries. So I just double checked that because that really seemed like a lot but it's correct, $80,000 a year to qualify for this digital work permit. So interesting. The time for the visa applications is approximately three months. So after you apply, it will take three months to get the visa and then who can apply? Literally anyone who works in the digital world. So you need to have a job online. And there are also five types of smart visas, what they call them. So they're smart T for talent, smart I investor, smart E, smart S, smart O. So maybe let's see, smart T, smart T. Smart T, I'm just gonna Google that. Thailand, smart T visa, minimum salary. Okay, smart T, work permit, entitlements additional, 100,000 baht per month, is that right? 100,000 baht to USD. See, and that is 2,948 US dollars. So maybe the smart T, what I found, I think the 80,000 is the smart, the other smart, smart investor, smart executive, smart startup, because the smart T, which would be, I think your regular digital nomad, yeah, is 100,000 baht per month. Okay, well that makes more sense, right? Smart T. So you really need to look into which one this would be. So smart T talent is for highly skilled professionals in the targeted industries, automotive, wellness tourism, agriculture, aviation and logistics, biofuels, biochemicals, digital, medical hubs, smart electronics, food for the future, automation and robotics, et cetera, et cetera. So, and actually, this is interesting because I actually read an article, I'm just gonna put that in there, about the digital nomad visa in Thailand because all of these requirements with the income are actually quite high. And also if we look at the smart T talent, visa and the requirement is also, yeah, it's 10,000 baht. So it's about that, $2,700, $2,900 per month minimum income, which is also quite high, right? Especially for Thailand. So I read an article about somebody who is a digital nomad in Thailand, saying that a lot of people just do the visa, the regular tourist visa, you can actually be a digital nomad just on the tourist visa. And that's actually a lot easier still than dealing with the digital nomad visa, the new digital nomad visa in Thailand because this one is still compared to other digital nomad visa programs, a little bit harder to fulfill all of these requirements. So this person in the article actually recommended for the average digital nomad, it is easier to just go through, still go through the Thai tourist visa. So I just wanted to put that out there. But this is the digital work permit that Thailand came out with. But as you can see, the requirements for the salary are quite high. And also the cost of the program, if you look down here, the whole thing to apply for that visa costs over $2,500, so 2,760, 10,000 baht, which is also quite a lot. So it's actually quite expensive. So yeah. Still I think going through the traditional way of being a digital nomad, going through the tourist visa for Thailand is still a better option than this visa at the moment. So I hope maybe we'll see some changes to this one in the near future where it can benefit just your average digital nomad and not the high. Yes. Thailand changed since after COVID that increased the money. Yes, absolutely. For sure, for sure. But compared to other digital nomad programs, this really seems quite high. So it might be a good option for you, but it might not be a good option for everybody. But I wanted to mention it because it's Thailand and Thailand is one of the most popular destinations for teaching and for traveling in general and of course also for being a digital nomad. So I wanted to put that in there. Good. Then this one is also very exciting. This one is Belize, Belize. And this is called the Work Where You Vacation program in Belize for digital nomads. And this visa length is up to six months and you can also extend it. And here they have a similar minimum income requirement. So it's 75,000 US dollars per individual or 100,000 for couples and families. Also again, quite high, but this is something what we see a lot in the Caribbean countries. So they tend to have some really high income requirements. So this is pretty normal for this region. There are some other ones that are lower. So again, I recommend you check out the previous live session about digital nomad visas, where I mentioned more about the Caribbean. The time for the visa application for this one is just a few weeks. So it makes it very attractive and anyone with a valid passport and travel insurance policy with a minimum coverage of 50,000 US dollars can apply. So it's really easy to get into. Again, if you have the money and you can, you can, you have these minimum income requirements. The cost of the program in general is around 300 USD. So Belize is kind of, it has been a popular vacation destination in the Caribbean for a lot of people in that region. So it's no surprise to see that Belize now also rolled out a digital nomad visa after all of these other countries in the region already having digital nomad visas. And that is really, if we look at, let me just check my previous presentation with all the countries here in the Caribbean. We had one second, where is it? I don't wanna say anything wrong here. Just make it sure. Where is the Caribbean? Caribbean, oh, here, I think. Yeah, so we have, there we go. Digital nomad visas in the Caribbean, very popular, Antigua and Barbuda. Here, you need to have an income to prove of only 50,000 US dollars. So it's less symbolize, which is great. And then we have, what was the next one? The Bahamas. So the Bahamas is also less, which is good income to prove. You just need to have a letter from your current employer. This is also a good option. But again, these places are quite expensive. Barbados, also 50,000 per year. So as you can see, but I remember the Cayman Islands was ridiculous. So the Cayman Islands, yes here, you needed to have a thousand dollars per year for a single person, not a thousand, a hundred thousand, sorry, a hundred thousand per year for just one person, 150 for a couple and 180 for a whole family. So that was really the luxury program. And this was called the Cayman Islands Global Citizen Concierge Program. So this one's definitely luxury. So Belize in that sense really fits into all the other programs in the region. So no surprise there that Belize now also has that rolled out. All right, going back to this here. And then we have Columbia. So this is really great. A better option in terms of minimum income requirements. So Columbia here, this one's called the Columbia Visitor Visa for Digital Nomads. I think I really like this name, I like it. So the visa length for this one is two years and possible to extend, there's no information available yet. This is super new and they didn't say yet if they are able to extend it or not. So we will see later on. But the minimum income requirements for the Digital Nomad Visa in Columbia is around 670 US dollars. So that is 3 million Colombian pesos per month, per month. So that's a lot less, right? That's a lot easier to accomplish than for example, the 2,600 or 700 in Belize, different ballgame here, we'd love to see it. Then the time for the visa applications, also there's no information yet because this is brand new, so nobody knows that yet. Time will tell. Who can apply? Again, really anyone with a valid passport and travel insurance policy with a minimum of 50,000 coverage and the cost of the program is around 300 US dollars. So yeah, this one is really easy to get into and Columbia is really promoting that to get people to come to Columbia. Columbia has also been a really good place for teaching English. So this is what I would do. I would go to Columbia as a Digital Nomad, you can teach English online and then you can also find plenty of students to tutor face to face in your free time, in Columbia because English education is really booming in Columbia as well. So that would be a great option for people interested in South America, looking for new options. So that's why I put that up here. We love to see all the different Digital Nomad visas in all corners of the world and I think Columbia is another great option because it has been an emerging EFL market for a while now. So no surprise that with the Digital Nomad visa, you can really combine these forces. You can get the Digital Nomad visa, move to Columbia, be an online English teacher or do whatever online work you wanna do and then also find English students to tutor to supplement your income. And with the really low income requirement of only 670 US dollars, it's really good to get. And again, the visa length for this one is two years. All right, very good. And then also really nice is Malaysia. So actually Digital Nomad visas are still quite rare in Asia. So we love to see another Asian country rolling out a Digital Nomad visa. They're kind of late to the game, Asia, for whatever reason, but they're kind of slowly coming out of their shell and introducing Digital Nomad visas and Malaysia is one of them. And this is called the D-Rantau Program for Digital Nomads in Malaysia. The visa length for this one is between three months and 12 months. So that's a pretty good range for a Digital Nomad and it can be extended for another 12 months. The minimum income requirement for this one is only 24,000 US dollars per year. So also quite achievable for many of us. The time for visa applications is up to four weeks. So it also goes quite fast. And any location independent worker in the digital sphere can apply. So this is very broad. If you do anything working online, you can apply for this. You are eligible to receive this visa. The cost of program is $221 US dollars for a single person plus 110 for any dependent. So any partner, any children, anyone coming with you. So I think this is a great option. Again, Malaysia is a good place to go and also for English education. Actually, a lot of people in Malaysia speak English really well. However, actually I traveled to Malaysia a couple of years ago and what's interesting, the older generation, so I would say 50 up, they speak English really well. And this is a local who told me who was in his 50s. And he said, yeah, the older generation, they speak English really well because at that time English was still an official language or in their country. Maybe somebody who's watching knows this better than me but I just remember him saying that to me. But then after that, it became, it's not an official language anymore. So the newer generation, the younger generation doesn't speak English as well. So that's why there's a lot of opportunity, a lot of opportunity for us as English teachers in Malaysia as well. So again, you can work remotely, you can work online in Malaysia. Again, maybe teaching English online or whatever other online work you want to do and then find students to tutor in your free time to supplement your income. Or you could even work maybe part-time at a different, at a school or whatever it is. So again, lots of opportunities. And Malaysia in general, I really like Malaysia. I think it's a fascinating place, a cultural melting pot. That's what really stuck in my mind when I visited. I remember, and I said this before but this was just so cool when I visited. I used to remember this. There's one street and you have a Hindu temple or Hindu shrine in the street, next to a Buddhist temple, next to a Muslim mosque, all in one street, all next to each other, kind of next to each other. And that's basically Malaysia. You have these three major groups of people living together, which also results in just a melting pot of cultures, also amazing food and flavors. So I remember that very well. And I think that'd be an amazing place to live and explore as a digital nomad for a couple of months. So I'm all for it, I'm all for it. And I really want to go back to Malaysia and see more of it anyway. So great. All right, so that is that. And I think do we have one more to go through? Yes, okay. So another place in Europe, and this is also quite new, and this is called the Nomad Residence Permit in Malta, in Malta. So the visa length for this one is 12 months, and it is also possible to be extended for up to two years. So another really good opportunity here. The minimum income requirement for this one is 2,700 euros per month for a single adult. And the time for the visa applications takes between 30 and 40 days, so also quite fast. You submit everything and then you have to wait about a month to get the visa. Who can apply? Any non-EU, EEA citizen who works for a foreign registered employer, or if you are a shareholder, a partner in a foreign registered company, and a freelancer consultant to clients with permanent establishments in foreign countries. So also just your standard digital nomad requirement here. The cost of the program is for one year, 300 euros. And if Malta is a small island in Europe, and they also have a history of having English as an official language. So there is a lot of English education already established there. So you can fit in perfectly in Malta and also find students to tutor or schools to work for. I imagine this would be a lot more business English perhaps, but definitely a lot of opportunities. So this is another great destination if you're A, looking for a place in Europe, B, looking for a place with like an island vibe, nice weather, nice speeches, and three, a place that already speaks English, but still has a good demand for English teachers as well. So Malta could be another great one. And definitely wanted to include this here, because why not? Why not? It's one of the new ones. So I think it's a good place to go. Again, if you're interested in Europe in particular. So again, we talk about all of the regions today. As you can see, digital nomad visas appear, are available in all corners of the world, which I really love. So there's so many different options to choose from. And yeah, Malta is one of them. So these were the ones we talked about today. And then there are some rumors and some official news as well about more digital nomad visas coming soon. And one of them is here, Montenegro. They're currently working on one. This is another country in Europe who are really trying hard to work on that and finalize things to attract foreign talent in digital nomads. Also, Italy, so everybody's kind of excited and waiting for the Italian digital nomad visa, which is also coming out very soon from all the rumors. What I can hear also Latvia, which is Northern Europe. And then very exciting, we see more Asian locations. Again, like I said earlier, Asia is kind of behind. They're kind of slowly now starting to roll out digital nomad visas. Of course, the holy grail and best destination or the digital nomad hub at the moment in Asia is still Bali. And this was probably one of the first ones. But we are expanding in Asia. So we have Thailand. We have what we talk about Malaysia. We also have Taiwan, which I mentioned in my previous live session. So we love to see more places now. And what else do we have? Yes, so there is Bali, of course. Which one was this we talked about last time? Let me just have a look here. The Seychelles, yeah. And then also Dubai has a very own program. Oh, wait, I guess the Seychelles was actually in Africa. The African. Yeah, and that's about it. So there are really not many options in Asia still. So we love to see Sri Lanka come in. Sri Lanka is rolling out a digital nomad visa very soon. They already have some details available, but I didn't want to share because they might change. But you can Google this, Google Sri Lanka digital nomad visa. You'll find some information. But it is not available yet. And also South Korea, very exciting. They are rolling out one also this year or maybe next year. So they're already working on it. And there are some details already out, but they haven't opened it yet. But this is definitely something that is coming. I'm very excited about that. I live in South Korea, so I'm super excited to see Korea emerge kind of as a digital nomad destination. So I'm super excited about that. And again, if you are interested in coming to Korea as a digital nomad, you'll find so many English teaching opportunities here at every corner. You don't even know. You're not going to know what to pick. So there are a lot of opportunities, a lot of private tutoring also. A lot of people want to get their hands on a private English tutor in Korea. So I think that's going to be really great. So these are the ones that are currently in the works. There are some news about it. There are rumors about it, but nothing officially released yet. So I'm going to keep my eye on these destinations and then probably do another update video, another update live session in a couple of months once these are out and we have some new countries to report on. But yeah, these are the places that we talked about today. And I think there is something good here for everybody. And so Mike, oh, that shouldn't be here, the request to call back. Anyway, ignore that. So where out of these places, where would you like to go? I want to ask you guys now, where would you like to go? Where would you like to go? Based on what we talked about today or just your dream destination where you're like, oh, I wish they had a digital nomad visa or I wish I could go there and teach and live abroad. So where would you go? I think out of all of these that we mentioned today, I would probably like to go to maybe Malaysia because I just talked about it and I really love Malaysia. I would probably go to Malaysia because I'm biased, you know, guys, I love Asia, so. But like I said, especially the food in Malaysia is amazing. You have amazing Indian food, Chinese food, everything, everything, Malay food, local Malay food. It's just great. It's the best. So I would probably pick Malaysia, but what about you guys? Where would you like to go out of these destinations we talked about today or any other destination that's on your mind and you're like, oh, I wish I could just go there and live there. Let me know. Let me know. Let me know in the comments. Where would you like to go? Do I have a question, banner? No. I wish I had one. Create a banner. Here you go. I'm going to make one. Where would you like to live abroad? Or are you like, no, I want to stay at home? Which of these countries that we mentioned today or any other country that's on your mind, where would you like to live and why? Maybe why. Let me know. And while I'm waiting for that answer, I'm going to just show you guys how you can reach us at ITTT. So a great way is always to email us courses at tesall-tefl.com for any questions about Tefl TESOL and all of that. And then, of course, our website, teflacourse.net. And also, when you go to our website at the top, you can see a callback request. So you can request a callback and speak with a Tefl course consultant from ITTT if that's something you want to do as well. So a lot of ways to reach us. Of course, you can also reach us on our social media. No problem. So a lot of ways here to reach us. I just wanted to put that out there. And I'm still waiting for some answers here. Where would you like to live abroad? Which country are you most interested in? Was it Malaysia, Malta, Thailand? What else did we talk about? Spain. And what did we talk about? I already forgot. Which one? There was three. No, six. I mean, which one was it? This slide. No, this slide. Oh yeah, Colombia, Belize. Colombian Belize. Which one out of these? So we have Spain, Thailand, Belize, Malaysia, Colombia, and Malta. So which out of these are you most interested in? Or any other? Japan. Okay, Japan. You know what? I need to check. I need to write that down. If they have a digital nomad visa also in the works. Cause usually like, I feel like they might also roll one out. If Korea has one or does one, Japan might also do it. That's kind of always what they do. They kind of compete with each other. One does one thing and then the other one kind of does the same thing. So I'm going to write that down. Digital nomad visa. And they might also come out with one. And Amitabha says I would love to live in some country in Europe as first preference. Nice. Which one, which country in Europe are you most interested in Amitabha? Or is it like just anywhere in Europe doesn't matter? As you can see, we have a couple of, a lot of options actually for digital nomad visas in Europe. And also in my previous live session about digital nomad visas, there are a lot of countries in Europe doing that as well. So that might be a good option for you. And Daniel says today's world keeps shrinking as we connect with each other online. There are plenty of options where to choose from. I know it's getting hard because like I said in the beginning, there are 55 digital nomad visas available. It's just too many, right? To choose from, it's crazy. It's crazy. Too much choice. Too much choice, absolutely. All right, great. Thank you guys so much. And then last but not least, I want to mention again that we do have 30% off of course, right? So I'm gonna share with you again the link in the comments so that you can get a 30% discount off of your TEFL or TSOL course. Oh, and Mary also put an answer. I'm gonna read that out as well, Mary. All right, so this is what the discount code looks like. FB live minus Linda will get you 30% off of your TEFL or TSOL course to really kickstart your English teaching career. This is also of course helpful and necessary nowadays in many cases for teaching English online. You really need to have a TEFL certificate. So 30% off will just really boost and help. And I just always say, don't pay full price if you can save 30%, right? So use this link and sign up and start your course. And Mary says, Spain, because I speak Spanish and English, I'm interested in teaching adults, great. I think Spain is great for teaching business English, teaching adults. So you're definitely in the right place. And with the new digital nomad visa, you might be going there sooner than you think. And Nessman says Sri Lanka, perfect. Yes, so they are coming out with one soon. They're in the works. So we'll keep it out on that as well, Sri Lanka. And I'm gonna search about Japan as well. I haven't heard anything about a Japanese digital nomad visa, but I'm sure they are also kind of working on something because it's Japan, right? They're very popular and they always do that kind of stuff anyway. Danielle says, I'd like to move to Asia. I thought of Thailand, but after knowing the income rates, I think I'll drop it. Well, you don't need to be a digital nomad, right? To go to Thailand, you can just be an English teacher and work for a school there. And then you don't have to worry about this requirement. This is only if you wanna be a digital nomad, right? So if you can just teach English in Thailand for a school, it's definitely doable and the cost of living is low. So I think Thailand, for English teachers is a great option, a really great option. And why not, you can do this and then transition into being a digital nomad. Or Danielle, are you set on being a digital nomad and living that life in that case? Yeah, maybe Thailand might not work out for you. But again, I mean, many, many, I think you should read up on that for Thailand because there are a lot of digital nomads in Thailand because you can work on the tourist visa. So a lot of people just go through the tourist visa and are digital nomads in Thailand. I know several people who are doing that. So don't worry about it. You can do it. All right, great. And Q and A is open. So I still have a few more minutes. Let's do a few more minutes. If you guys have any questions about teaching English, abroad, online, TEFL TESOL, whatever it is, ask away. Now is your opportunity. Also nothing related to digital nomad visas, everything you wanna know you can ask now and I'll stay on for a couple more minutes while drinking my coffee. Yep, that hits the spot. That hits the spot right there. Yeah, and how can you find this information and how can you apply? You can literally just Google digital nomad visa release, for example, just as an example, and then you will see the official website for the visa application. Of course, with any visa, you can go through the official embassy websites and find that. So you can get the information, the exact requirements and all of that on the official embassy websites for each country. So that is that. And I'm just gonna Google Japan digital nomad visa. Yeah, not right now. Sadly, Japan does not have a visa specifically for digital nomads or remote workers. They might work on that. Here from one week ago, Japan has just made it easier for skilled workers to apply for a visa. So they're all moving in that direction. Two weeks ago, yeah, by 2030, more foreign talent, by remote workers, blah, blah, blah. So they're also working on it. Sounds like it. Very interesting, isn't it? Very interesting, all of that. So yeah. Guys, well, now is your opportunity to ask a question about Tefal Tiso, ITTT, teaching abroad, teaching online, whatever you wanna know. I'm gonna give you a couple more minutes here for questions to come through, anything you're curious about. As always, you can also email us, right? Email us at courses at tiso-tefal.com with your questions. If you don't wanna ask here, or if you just wanna have something in writing, you can also contact me directly if you want and ask me a question over on Instagram, at Linda Goes East, you can just DM me. Yeah, Sam says, considering how advanced Japan is, they still do a lot of things the traditional way. I completely agree. I actually just came back from a Japan trip last week, not last week, last month, last month, and that definitely stuck out to me. Yes, absolutely, they are advanced, but they also very much are still traditional and do a lot of things the old school way. But so yeah, we might be waiting for a digital nomad visa a little longer for Japan, but I'm pretty sure it's coming because they also see the benefit of it, I'm sure. So yeah, I'm gonna keep an eye on that. That's definitely interesting. Who brought that up? Thanks for that, Sam, yeah. Right, yeah. Okay, Amitavis is well, Linda. I want a clarification on the four-year online degree TESOL course. I wonder whether this can be done earlier than at a stipulated time as stated. Yeah, as I talked to you before, the best thing to do is to email my team at courses at tesol-teffel.com because they know a lot more about the four-year course than I do because it's a university degree, not so much my area, unfortunately, so I can't really say anything to it right now. I'm not too familiar with it. Unfortunately, I'm more the courses side, not so much the university degree side of things here at ITTT. So I'm gonna have to transfer you over to my colleagues. So please, Amitavis, email them at courses at tesol-teffel.com with your questions regarding the four-year degree in TESOL. They will be able to answer all of your questions much better than I can. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I know pretty much everything about the online course side of things, the TEFL, the 120-hour course, all of the online course options, but not really much about the four-year degree, I'm afraid. So I don't wanna say anything wrong, so just email them and they will help you. You can also request a call back and speak with one of our course consultants in person. I think that would work really well and really have them explain everything to you in detail. So sorry. Yeah, but that's good. I remember you were interested in that, so yeah. Please just email us and then we'll give you all the information. My colleagues will give you all the information that you need for it. Great. All right, good. Let's do the last minute here on the clock. So if you still have a question that's on your mind, now is your chance to ask, but like I always say, we always leave our live sessions up in our playlists. You can rewatch and then when you rewatch, you can still leave a comment and me and my team will get back to you in the comments as well. So even if you're watching this later, you can just still ask. Or like I just said, always a good idea. Just emailing courses at tso-teffel.com. So that's another option. But yeah, that is it. So here we go. So, yep. Ask me your questions. Last chance to ask a question today and then I'm gonna be out. Yeah, sure. You're welcome. I'm sorry I couldn't help more with that, but that's just not my area at ITTT. So please just my colleagues, they deal with that. We have a separate team that deals with the university degree side of things and they just know a lot more about it than I do. So I just much rather have you talk to them about it. Thanks. All right guys, let's see. The last couple of seconds here because I know there's always a delay between me talking it than you seeing it and then you need to type the question. So I understand there is a delay. So I'm just gonna give you more time. If there are any questions. So just waiting here. But again, thank you so much for your support everybody. I see a lot of familiar names also today. So thank you so much, Amitava and Daniela, LaTurk, Sam, Daniel, Costa, Nesmin, Sheila also. Hi Sheila, thanks for your comment. Mary, also we have, yeah, that's all. So thank you so much for watching today and I hope you tune in again next week. We go live at the same time, same place. I will be here, I hope you'll also be here and we're gonna talk about another exciting topic. I'm very excited about it and I hope you'll join me and you can also ask questions then if you want. And then I'm just gonna wish everybody a happy, happy weekend. And I hope to see you all again next week. And if you have any questions, you can type them here after the live finished or you can just keep them for yourself and then ask me next week. That's also an opportunity there for you. All right, then I think I'm gonna set off. If there are any more questions coming through today. I hope you enjoyed today's session about digital nomad visas. And again, thank you so much for your support. Means a lot to me that, you know, we have a lot of regular viewers. I really appreciate you guys. And I wish you a happy weekend and I hope to see you all again next week. Thank you. Ah, Sam. Ha ha ha. Vielen Dank. Dankeschön. Bis nächste Woche. Jesus, take care, Linda. See you next week in German. Thank you so much, Sam. Danke. All right, thank you so much guys and see you next week. Bye.