Slovenia just launched their digital nomad visa. You have to earn double Slovenia's average net salary. Here's what that means for Americans: If you're making roughly $40k+/year in remote or freelance income, you qualify. But here's the problem the requirements are higher than multiple other European countries. Portugal's digital nomad visa requires around €3,040/month. Spain's requires €2,400/month. Moldova and France require even less. So why would you fixate on Slovenia when there are 15 other European countries with lower income requirements? This is exactly what I mean when I say Americans get tunnel vision on one country without looking at their full range of options. Slovenia might work for you. Or it might not. But you won't know until you compare it to everywhere else you're eligible to move. That's what I do in exit plan consultations. We look at ALL your European visa options based on your actual income, then pick the one that fits your priorities. Link in bio if you want to see your full menu instead of fixating on one country. 🆘🇺🇸 #creatorsearchinsights
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There's a new way to move to Europe from America. A new digital nomad visa was just released last week from the country of Slovenia, and that digital nomad visa is pretty straightforward. So if you're earning remote income, and that can be from a job that you're working remotely for, a corporation based outside of Slovenia, or it can be your own personal income, freelancing, or running your own business remotely, if you're earning about $3,146 US dollars or more, it fluctuates with exchange rate. But if you're earning about $3,200 or more, let's say, let's just round up and say about $3,200 or more, then you would qualify for this Slovenia digital nomad visa. Now a caveat with this visa is that it's only a one year visa, and it's not extendable, but it does give you the ability to have freedom of movement around the EU because your 90 days is not going to be affected by the fact that you're living in Slovenia for a period of time. And it's going to allow you to get your bearings over here in Europe so that you can start to figure out where you want to be long term. And I've always said that you do not have to find your forever place on the first country you choose. You can use this visa as an adjustment period so you can figure out what you need to bring abroad and just kind of adjust to life in a different country while you figure out your long term game plan. Now the thing to keep in mind about new visa programs that get launched is there might be a backlog of people who were anticipating this program. We actually knew this program was coming since last summer, so if people were already waiting for it to launch and they've been like preparing to apply for this visa, there might be a backlog of people who are trying to get those embassy appointments, but I definitely suggest doing it earlier rather than later so that you can get into that program before any changes are made. If you're ready to start living that European lifestyle, you have to apply for this visa before ever leaving the United States. Find the closest embassy or consulate to where you live and apply for that digital nomad visa as soon as you can.
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