Estonia, major tech savvy country in Europe is set to launch new digital nomad visa scheme in early 2019. This new kind of visa allows 10% or 1400 e-residents yearly, could travel to Estonia with a nomad visa.
- Estonia is the first country to offer e-Residency, a government-issued digital ID available to anyone in the world
- Easily start and manage a global business online in a trusted EU environment
- E-residents can manage startup company 100% online without visiting Estonia
Killu Vantsi, adviser at the Citizenship and Migration Policy Department of the Ministry of the Interior, said the new digital nomad visa expected to be launched in early 2019 would bring 1,400 people every year to Estonia.
This new kind of visa would allow young entrepreneurs and workers who temporarily live in Estonia to have the right to reside in the country for 365 days, and will also be entitled to a Schengen visa which allows them to visit member countries for up to 90 days.
The Ministry said All visas applicants would have to undergo background checks. “Just as with a startup visa, we must check to ensure that there is no danger of illegal migration or a threat to security and public order,” she said. “Such people will not be permitted into Estonia.”
Currently there are over 41,000 e-resident companies in Estonia, mostly e-residents registered from Ukraine, Finland, Russia, Germany.
Source: err.ee
