The Easiest EU Schengen Residencies You Can Get
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Thinking about moving to the EU? It's not easy, we know!
However, some countries are more relaxed than others. One AMAZING thing about the Schengen zone is that once you have access to one country you immediately get access to the entire Schengen area of 26 countries.
The 26 Schengen countries are: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.
We are talking about which of these countries is the easiest to get a Residency Visa or permit, so you can start your European life.
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1. Slovakia *by setting up a business
2. Czech Republic *similar to Slovakia
3. Lithuania
4. Spain *aggressive on tax side
5. Portugal *best option! 2 paths: D7 Visa (retirement path) & Investor Visa
Which place is better for living Portugal , Spain or greece
@@tt-jc7sb From which point of view?
Money, safety, stability of the courtly, economy, cost of living, taxis?
This is not that simple dude.
Can you tell me about lithuania
Can you help with ideas on to start a business in Czech republic? Or how to get the D7 Portugal visa ?
Lithuania is not for freelancers.
Superb overall summary of the residency options in Europe, Michael. Thanks as always for the outstanding content.
Thanks. Interesting video. Many useful information 👍
You're welcome! Happy to be of service :)
This is a pretty good breakdown. Thank you. I personally like Greece and beside other reasons it's more"in the heart" of things rather than Portugal, for example. The citizenship part is not super critical to us too.
Actually, can you do a video on pros and cons of each of the residency types? E.g. citizenship vs permanent residency vs temporary residency?
Sure, great topic I'll film something on that
Portugal is more in the center of things than Greece and not too close to hotspots.
@@MichaelRosmer hello Michael, I would like to talk to you please 🙏
@@Wolff13 greece went bankrupt over 10 years ago, is that in any an issue?
Michael, very informative videos. Great work, mate!
Would appreciate it if you could do a video of pathways to residency in Malaysia. Quite a few fellow nomads seem to think it's a good idea to stab a flag there...
yes, i think this changes next year! so michael might want to wait until 2021... to update us ...
Absolutely, love Malaysia so I'll definitely do that
Hi Michael its great news
Great job! Nice video!
Thanks! Are you in EU?
@@OffshoreCitizen No
Can you make a video discussing retiree visas and the best countries or at least pros/cons. Thanks
Micheal you Da man dude. Dropping these gems of knowledge.
I wish Greece changes because I want to go there and get residency but 25000€ is pricey for a layman.
agree, I'd go to Greece in a heartbeat.
Thank you 🌺
Always a pleasure!
Are you looking to move to the EU?
The only problem with getting a golden visa in one country and eventually wanting to be a citizen of another Schengen zone country, is that when it comes time to apply for citizenship in the country where you want to live, they will look back to your tax history in that country and how much you paid over the course of the five or ten year residency requirement for citizenship to determine whether you will get that.
Very good 👍
Thanks!
Anything else you'd like to see?
hello I watched your video and I liked it very much. I have a question for you. How can I find out if my father's grandfather was a Greek citizen who was born in Greece and lived there for many years, and if he is a Greek citizen, can I get Greek citizenship?
Hi Michael, Thanks for educating us a great deal. How do we collaborate with you in offering these solutions to our clients?
Please send a message through our websites and we can discuss collaboration
Hi Michael
It’s good to see your videos to get some directions of how and where get a residency. However, appreciate if u can let me what exactly I need to submit to form a company in Slovakia and how much money do I have put in the bank for this.
Regds
Hi Michael, I am interested in who has the best deal for the retirement visa. Are there any that will give you the visa and not expect you to stay six months. Yes, I want to avoid the tax and I do not want to feel obligated to stay six months per year. I suppose the only answer is the golden visa instead of the retirement visa.
Great video! Is this information all still current in 2022?
Great info as always. Plus you have a great Canadian accent and I love to hear reach oot and talk aboot. ;)
haha thanks!
@@OffshoreCitizen didn’t know you were Canadian. I’m a Canadian and I would like to set up a Portugal residency.
@@dimebagg1 definitely a great opportunity
@@MichaelRosmer I’ll b in touch. This weekend by email. Merry Christmas
@@dimebagg1 merry Christmas!
You rarely mention Poland. Are there many good, bad, neutral options for starting a business, EU res/citizenship, for Euro travel??
3:37 to get to the point
Does your Golden visa investment have to be cash upfront ir can you buy a property with a mortgage and qualify?
What cities are favorable for purchasing real estate at the 280k Euro level? And how difficult is it to get a mortgage as a US citizen?
Hi, I am interested in Europe citizenship and regularly watch your videos. I have two questions, please answer:
1. With Portugal Residency Permit, can I live and work in Ireland ?
2. Which country doesn’t have language requirement for getting citizenship?
Are there any European countries that will give you a retirement visa/permit that do not require you to stay six months or more? Basically are there any that let you stay say 4 1/2 months per year and not owe taxes?
Hi, I have a type J visa in Denmark as student. May I ask if I can travel to anywhere in EU countries as long as my 1year visa type J in Denmark is active?
Yes you can travel as tourist But of course you can't get a job out of denmark if you are not an EU citizen
Hi man, thank you for the video! Just wanted to ask where did you get the information that getting a Czech (business) visa is easy? I have been working in the immigration field in the Czech Republic for over 10 years and it's never been easy. There are way easier countries to get a visa to. For some reason though, many articles started appearing and talking about a "Digital nomad" visa for the Czech Republic recently. Most of them are in any way anywhere close to reality since Czech Republic simply does not offer anything like that.
💯 right !! CZ is not very friendly with it comes to immigration
is it true you can get a visa in one country & go and live in another? I'd like to live in Europe for 6 months out of the year. If I could choose the country it would be Ireland. But I have a motor home that I like to take to Morocco in the winter. It's handy to have a Portuguese residency for that.
Any tips on how to do portugal's golden visa via 8-10 hired people path? I see the azores as a good place for tech. I also saw their government offering many salary assistance programs, some good for up to 24 months shouldering a significant chunk of the minimum wage (most are only for 6 months on average though).
I'm very interested in this too Carlo
Great video. I just read some of the comments and had to laugh. I knew you sounded Canadian. I'm for Canada's capital. Moving to Portugal. How far in advance of planning the actual move do you recommend reaching out to you
Haha thanks!
Probably about 6 months
@@MichaelRosmer ~ Obrigada Michael!
@@JenShea any sponsorship jobs for me. Please share your contact details
why to portgual..canada is a grt country in itself
@@johnsnow3279 Yes, it certainly is a great country… but for me my heart is in Portugal. The people, the Food is fantastic, the country is diverse in landscape and culture, the history and the weather… the one thing Canada will never have (on my lifetime… who knows with global warming though). 😊
Do you offer help with tax planning for Portugal? I’m applying for my D7. Got my NIF and Portuguese bank account, and looking for some assistance with other items.
Yes we definitely do, please contact us
Hi Michael.. verily informative video.. well explained.. Do you recommend Slovenia as a path to Schengen zone via the business setup and investment route.. also how about to acceptability of expats in EU countries.. please put in your thought.. Thanks..
Every experience is individual. Europe is a very diverse continent with many different cultures and customs, so it's not easy to generalize.
Slovenia can be a good choice. If you're planing to open a small business, there are ways to work on lesser taxation. Feel free to contact us, we'll be happy to help
What about Latvia 50k 💶 in existing company N obtain PR ?
Do you have any idea 💡 about it .
Pls share some insights
B.Regards
Hi ,
What's is the easiest country that I can apply for work permit ?
N.A
Mr Mishel thanks for video. Am sri lanka.when I work in Oman I travel to visit in Spain then I got schengen visa 2019 to 2022. Still am not traveling to any country because of Corona. So please sir can help me to travel to the Italy how can I travel? Thank you
I think I'm going to do my master's in France. There's an ease to naturalization process if you do 2 years in France, I've heard for some it's one year of naturalization, but I've heard for others it's a much longer process and takes them 5 years. Either way, you get a resident visa after 2 years of inexpensive high-quality education while on a student visa that still allows ease of travel in Schengen. I don't know why more people interested in offshore aren't talking about this. I guess it's the French tax system.
Yeah France is horrific for tax
@@OffshoreCitizen theoretically though, if I started making enough money that it would be a problem, couldn't I get third citizenship in a tax-friendly CBI program and go for the "trifecta" approach
@@whereyacht citizenships don't help you with tax. It's all about where you have your home/residency and where your income is sourced. So if you want to just spend a portion of the year in France each year as a tourist then yes.
@@MichaelRosmer so if you were a st kitts citizen, but a french resident, zero tax benefit.
But on contrary, If you are french/us and you live in portugal would the tax system follow
How much tax for individual workers
CAPITAL gains are tax free in Latvia with zero duration requirements, and this is making it a more than good enough country for day traders, if the onerous banking requirements can be met? Latvia working retirees are going to pay 20% tax on distributions from their Latvian company? The path to citizenship is a bonus? Therefore, the cost benefit ratio is high enough? / / \ \ Liepāja (Livonian: Līepõ, German: Libau, see other names) is a city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea.
Where did you get that? Capital gains is taxed at 20% in Latvia
I thought that with a e.g. Portugeuse resident permit, you were only allowed to travel to other countries in the Schengen Area for up to 90 days every 180 days so basically your resident permit is limited to Portugal and when you leave Portugal you are treated as a tourist.
I did another video on this point clarifying how that detail works
@@MichaelRosmer Can you link?
Here is it
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@@OffshoreCitizen Thanks, watched both. I have literally 1 question to ask you that will make or break my decision to move forward. Can I email you via your site?
@@YarrickAU sure please do
Multiple times I have read that Spain doesn't allow dual citizenship for the most part
Yes in most cases that's true though there are exceptions
Bulgaria Citizenship we get or not ?
Can I get a job in Schengen area with my tourist visa?
Hi I am looking for residence permit for myself and my family and I am willing to relocate but I dont want to invest big amount of money which country do you recommend
There are plenty of options it depends a little on what you're looking for.
The best might be to send us a message through our websites www.offshorecapitalist.com or www.offshorecitizen.net and we can discuss
Portugal D7 visa. Is the best option right now
Laws have changed in Portugal, starting from July 2021
That was what they were saying but they delayed it
Respected Sir
I am looking for Evidence of accommodation in Portugal to make D7 Visa application Your early attention in this regard would be highly appreciated.
Portugal has bad taxes, I qualified for D7 and got it but now I came to know I've to pay 20% flat income tax + another 21.3% social security ---- which is very very bad.
Yes you should do the simplified regime or structure foreign income via dividends or royalties
@@OffshoreCitizen how much tax in simplified regime? and what if i don't report my offshore bank account's income?
How about Belgium
Very interesting topic and good and clear explanation on how to immigrate. Sir, I will like to know how I can apply for a D7 visa to Portugal in Nigeria. What are the requirements? Thanks. My name is Charles.
In order to obtain the D7 Visa, you must show that you have a minimum income or pensions for a 12 month-duration of: €7.980 for the first adult, €3.600 for second or more adults, €2.160 per child. Be a non-EU national. Hold a clean criminal record. Be willing to reside more than 183 consecutive days in Portugal and become a fiscal resident. Show proof of a place to live in Portugal.
In case you need any assistance, let us know ☺
@@OffshoreCitizen great
Retirement visa, Spain, requires a passive income of about 27k a couple or 60k in your bank account. Just wondering why this was not mentioned
Can you tell me if it has to be in a European bank account or can it be in a north American one? Thanks!
@@bbutterfly36 It doesn't matter where
Hi
Can i do business after immigration through D7 visa in Portugal
You should be able to, yes
How much is "little money"? You either ignore the specifics or cannot be bothered to share if so, why making a video on this topic.
Good analysis brother, but can you help me with one?
Thank you!
Feel free to write to us through one of our websites, explaining your situation
Isn't Portugal in an earthquake zone?
Yes. That's why it's an excellent country for Civil engineers to move to.
the greeting is too long
arent you the brother of elon musk by any chance you sound the same
Would you mind doing a video about German freelance visas?
Yes, I've added it to the list and will do it soon.
@@MichaelRosmer please make a video
@@bright4933 will do
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Just make specific country vlog. Not this type to volg anymore bcoz lots of them already exists in youtube.
Great feedback I'll do that
You dint mention greece...
We'll do a video on it, stay tuned!
What about Bulgaria
It's not Schengen
Do you help people from Asian countries, Pakistan?
Absolutely, feel free to reach out☺
@@OffshoreCitizen Do you also offer consultancy for non EU interested in job visa in Slovakia?
@@fyali1632 yes, visa for Slowakei is very easy. I am also from Pakistan, living in Europe now. Everything is going well alhamdulillah
Who came up with the name Schengen?
It’s name of city
That's the Schengen visa. Don't shoot the messenger!!
And I travel to Russia for visiting
Oh, only £280,000? Sooooo, only the rich. Got’cha.
No, it could be an investment in a property also so that's just buying a home. Many countries it's difficult to find a property for less than this
i think Estonia is much easier.
As a person who voluntarily turned down opportunity to get Swedish and Dutch citizenship (since I already lived there), I firmly believe that EU citizenship (or non-EU but nordic) is rather liability than asset. Europe (with exception of places like Monaco, Switzerland etc) will slowly turn into full fledged weird mix of communism and rampant corporatism. So as future EU citizen you might find yourself stripped from almost all your wealth if you even dare to quite their citizenship. However, I do love low commitment residency programs like Portugese one. In short term, you might have a lot of fun & profit by living in beautiful places like Portugal. And once bolsheviks start coming after you, you can easily quit (assuming you do it with early red flags). It's not paranoid way of thinking of their citizenship. Unless you have 1M Euro to waste in Malta, you have to spend at least half of decade living in a single country, learn their language, sometimes even prove your social connections there. Then 15 years from there, you might easily find yourself surrounded by bolsheviks (i.e. total 20 years from now). Remember Europe 20 years ago, and where it's now. Especially after COVID-1984?
One thing for sure is people are abysmal about making predictions. As a result I find the best course is typically to invest in some form of optionality. That way whatever happens you're going to be able to choose the best course.
You can make rash decisions and get lucky but as they say in investing you should never confuse intelligence with a bull market.
There's also something to be said that you've got to live your life and ideally you optimize it along the way. Added to which I've failed to find the perfect place so it seems like the ideal mix is a combination of places.
@@MichaelRosmer I believe you responded in a wrong thread ;) Anyway, I'm in stock market since 2012 and I wasted lots of time & opportunities believing in efficient market hypothesis. It's useful concept only for mom-pop normie investors who can't spend their time analyzing special opportunities. It's a long topic. In short, Jack D. Schwager views on efficient market hypothesis. He recently gave good interview to Patrick Boyle.
@@libertarianspirit oh yeah markets are definitely not efficient, agreed. They do experience moments of rationality when people wake up but then quickly returns to the madness of crowds or perhaps more accurately predictable irrationality.
@@MichaelRosmer btw, I actually think normal people are never waking up to rationality lol. Because markets are weighted voting system (unlike democracy), it gives huge reward to contrarian, independent thinkers. They are in turn accumulate huge capital and able to counter bet on other side, eventually turning market in right direction (think of short sellers for example). By contrast in democracy, there is absolutely no direct reward for being right, so people are voting for retarded populists over and over again, and they will continue to do so regardless of outcome. Look at Argentina, they defaulted so many times and retards continue to vote for socialists and they will keep doing so for eternity lol.
@@libertarianspirit there's definitely something deeply dysfunctional about the governance systems. The ones that seem to do the best over time seem to protect their people from too much power of the government much like the much more grass roots Swiss system.
What do you think would be a better system?
Not really relevant to the topic,but are you American? Just wondering because of the way you speak. Cheers
Canadian
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Yes am interested to migration in Europe
I like your video and thanks for the tips ...But my critics going to EU as es Yugoslavian(this region in the past was a stronghold against the invasion of the Mongols Tartars Turks Avars and what so not ever(if it was t for does kingdoms such Byzantine or other kingdoms does tribes would conquer Europe for sure). How come now does self-proclaimed colonial stealing bastards want s visa or Schengen to this country s from the Balkan region? It should be free transport and transit for all European citizens including does who are not in the " EU union"- All people from Geographical Europe should freely travel around Europe. Only and only then you can call European Union.
I agree with you. Unfortunately politics are very very unfair, and most Ex Yu countries are being left out and can enjoy benefits like other European citizens.
It’s quite unfortunate, but I believe that things could change in the near future. Let’s see.
@@OffshoreCitizen I Ve been in France Austria Germany Swiceerland Holland Belgium ..And almost whole Europe except for few...It wasn't what I ve expected to be honest..Specialty in the big cities.But I traveled around the world I Ve saw UAE Australia Japan SAR and many more ...Europe living in the past man ..in does castles and monument s ...It's a new era no time for nationalism anymore that's the biggest brake and blockades in Europe. Now on e they colonized all the ppl around the world they come back to them for Theirs..From one side they proclaim like flowers and prosperity...From another side that frod and a lie do not buy anyone anymore.People are highly intelligent and they righter stay and work in their homeland than being exploated for pinuts
I need your email sir . I wanna to live in Europe with a business visa
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You win!
@@MichaelRosmer Ha, HA good one.
can I invest in real estate or government bond or invest in banks in slovakia, lithuania or czeck republic for permanent residency or even citizenship?
Can u come to the point quickly y u lingering the video
Learn some manners.
How do I contact you?
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