Last week I wrote about Spain’s Non-Lucrative Visa scheme. It’s very simple and straightforward, but it comes with one caveat: you cannot get a second passport out of it. Because of that, I wanted to write an article on a country with multiple long term visa schemes that does allow a path to a second …
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A few weeks ago I kicked off this series talking about why I want to leave America and move to Europe. Since then, I’ve written about getting citizenship in Portugal and getting residency in the Netherlands. EU Permanent Residency vs Citizenship Different countries have different rules when it comes to granting citizenship. Portugal allows a …
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After a brief hiatus, we’re back with another reader case study! This time we have our first LA reader writing in. Our reader has a job they enjoy (yay!) and is working toward buying their first home. They’d like to see if FIRE could work for them. Want your situation analyzed? Fill out the form …
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I’d previously heard of Portugal’s D7, Spain’s non-lucrative visa, and Germany’s … It wasn’t until a few weeks ago that a friend let me in on this Dutch secret: DAFT. DAFT stands for Dutch American Friendship Treaty–lol–and that’s what I’ll be writing about today. The DAFT is an old treaty designed to facilitate business between …
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Why Portugal? Two weeks ago, I talked about why we are leaving the US and, consequently, why we want to move to Europe. Today, I want to talk about why we are leaning heavily toward Portugal. There are many reasons we are keen to make Portugal our choice of residence. The main three reasons are: …