PolyPassport
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@polypassport
For the globally mobile. Real people. Real stories. Chronicling the location-independent economy.
My latest for The New York Times: scores of people are learning Muay Thai in order to capitalise on a newish five-year visa scheme called Destination Thailand Visa. nytimes.com/2026/05/02/wor…
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra suggested the country create a golden visa scheme for wealthy foreigners to become long-term residents and called on airports to hike passenger service fees to boost the sluggish economy bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
This otherwise excellent thread on 🇺🇾Uruguay misses one crucial point: For naturalized citizens, Uruguayan passports are practically USELESS. Here's why: Your Uruguyan passport will say you are a national of some other country. Uruguay is the only country in the world that lists naturalized citizens' ORIGINAL NATIONALITY on passports. This results from an interpretation fluke in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) manual. This leads to error responses at immigration checkpoints. But as this thread points out, there are many other good reasons to live in Uruguay: - Low tax - Low crime - Pleasant climate - Easy PR in a stable country ++ But don't do it for the passport.
“Trump proposed America start offering wealthy foreigners a U.S. ‘gold card’ for $5 million,” writes @atossaaraxia. But in reality, many rich Americans are buying their way into other countries to hedge against the political unrest at home: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
