High income relative to Romania. I still think Germany is long term in a better position by accepting a broad cross section of skilled professionals as well as truck drivers.
Why on earth would they *not* target high-income ones? Bringing in money and investment is the whole idea behind these sorts of programs
Digital nomad means people who get US-grade (starting at 120k$/year) software developer salaries and live in cheaper countries while working remote so they need
1.) very fast, cheap, widely available internet (which Romania has)
2.) proper data protection laws so that accessing conpanies’ data won’t be a legal issue (GDPR sets an example)
3.) cheap housing, preferably close to touristic areas.
4.) decent financial infrastructure for payments etc. (no sanctions as in Russia/Iran or poor banking infrastructure)
So that’s actually a very smart move for them.
West-Virginia (of all places) actually has a [similar scheme](https://ascendwv.com/). They offer $20,000 worth of incentives to high-income, remote-work migrants.
I’m curious how this trend is going to develop over the next few years, it’s probably going to become a lot more common.
Idk, they have quite a competition with Estonia and Portugal it seems. Bar sounds a bit too high though.
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High income relative to Romania. I still think Germany is long term in a better position by accepting a broad cross section of skilled professionals as well as truck drivers.
Why on earth would they *not* target high-income ones? Bringing in money and investment is the whole idea behind these sorts of programs
Digital nomad means people who get US-grade (starting at 120k$/year) software developer salaries and live in cheaper countries while working remote so they need
1.) very fast, cheap, widely available internet (which Romania has)
2.) proper data protection laws so that accessing conpanies’ data won’t be a legal issue (GDPR sets an example)
3.) cheap housing, preferably close to touristic areas.
4.) decent financial infrastructure for payments etc. (no sanctions as in Russia/Iran or poor banking infrastructure)
So that’s actually a very smart move for them.
West-Virginia (of all places) actually has a [similar scheme](https://ascendwv.com/). They offer $20,000 worth of incentives to high-income, remote-work migrants.
I’m curious how this trend is going to develop over the next few years, it’s probably going to become a lot more common.
Idk, they have quite a competition with Estonia and Portugal it seems. Bar sounds a bit too high though.