We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No Refunds

Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by mreome on Friday December 07, 2018 @02:52PM (#18630960)

Many countries write their immigration laws in a way that allows immigration for people who will bring money/skills into the country. Some going so far as giving citizenship to people who invest enough in money into their economy.

Tax issues aside, people working remotely for a company based in another country would be a pretty clear source of incoming money into an economy, with very little added in terms of the kind of governmental infrastructure support that would usually needed to entice companies to locate/relocate there.

I'm not saying that's the way the laws are written; just that I could easily see a reason that it would makes sense to allow it.

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Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by ghaff on Friday December 07, 2018 @02:59PM (#18631028)

The general advice seems to be "Don't be blatant about it" and generally keep stays under 30 days. The reality is that a lot of tech people taking a long vacation these days will have a computer with them and may well do some work. So it's really a difference of degree if you're working remotely full-time.

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Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by mreome on Friday December 07, 2018 @03:06PM (#18631089)

I fully expect the reality is that nobody is going to care about a digital nomad setting up shop for a month or two. I'm more thinking that there seems to be a good argument for some countries to create something along the lines of a "Remote Work Visa" that would clearly allow and encourage this kind of situation since (at least to me) it seems to be a win-win for everyone involved.

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