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A common visa stumbling block either occurs in your savings or monthly income.

I recommend the Colombian digital nomad visa for several reasons:

  1. only a $900 monthly income requirement for a 2-year visa. Ten hours a week teaching English online will net you more than this.

  2. Perfect weather. Mountain towns in Colombia have 69-71 F(20-21 C) weather 365 days a year.

  3. World-class healthcare. Colombia is always near the top of the list for medical tourism. top care, low prices.

4 through more: Beautiful landscape, nice people, safe neighborhoods, great food, modern cities, great art

Requirements:

  1. Proof of remote work for 6 months

  2. 900 bucks a month

  3. health insurance($300 annually)

  4. passport

  5. passport photo

Let me know if you have any questions.

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[โ€“] argueswithidiots@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Even though I feel people have misconceptions about Columbia ( I sure used to, thanks to American movies) it shocked me to learn the cities are generally considered safe in comparison to the rural areas.

Yeah, the movies colored my perception also. Now, the city I recommend is Medellin, which is almost idyllic.

Urban safety in Medellin is fairly recent, to be fair. They undertook a huge overhaul of the municipal police forces fifteen years ago and it paid dividends. You go today and people are laughing in the streets, kids play outside, huge green parks throughout the city, super relaxed.