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086: Evaluating E-Residency in Estonia: Is It Right for You? – Ott Vatter

The Expat Money Show - With Mikkel Thorup
The Expat Money Show - With Mikkel Thorup
Episode • Mar 9, 2020 • 1h 2m
Ott Vatter is the Managing Director of the first ‘governmental start-up’, e-Residency. He took up the mantle of MD in 2019, having previously held the position of Deputy Director. He was responsible for the scale-up of the e-Residency project through strategic partnerships and product development from 2015 to the present day. Listen to this really interesting podcast to learn the real benefits of an Estonian e-residency.  

WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THIS INTERVIEW:

  • Estonian e-Residence Application: Process duration, acceptance criteria, costs, online application possibility, required documents.
  • Eligibility: Discussion on who qualifies and who may want to qualify.
  • Taxation: Implications for US citizens and digital nomads, including VAT considerations.
  • Digital Nomad Community: Importance of community, ways and reasons for connecting inside and outside Estonia.
  • Next Steps and Future Plans: Progress over 5 years, Estonian government's technological initiatives for digital nomads, upcoming plans.

 

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CONCLUSION

I was really intrigued by this interview I did with Ott Vatter. I had never heard of a country doing e-residency's like this and I just know that you will be amazed at how far this country, which was once part of the USSR, has come in the way of technology.  

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