EASIEST Countries in EUROPE for Americans to MOVE TO (Lots of Visa Info)

I guess a lot of Americans want to move to Europe ailia because on our last video It's called 15 easy countries for Americans who want to leave the us we got a lot of comments on that video about Europe and why we didn't include more European countries so we're going to record a new video just about Europe and share the 10 easiest countries for Americans who want to move to Europe check the description for the methodology we use to select these top 10 countries if you are curious and some of the popular countries did not make the cut we'll talk about those countries and some others and why they didn't make the list later on in the video so make sure you stick around all right so here we go number 10 is Ireland and it's actually not a very easy country to move to for Americans however everyone always asks and we wanted to talk about it and explain why or how you can move there and why it's not that easy it's not as easy because the income requirements are higher and they don't have a specific retirement Visa they have their long-term stay visa and for that you have to have an anual income of at least €50,000 for a single person or €100,000 for a couple you also have to have a lump sum of money to cover any sudden major expenses the government example that they put on their website is the price of a typical residential property in Ireland but they don't provide a dollar amount so it kind of makes it a little tricky to plan and you also do have to have Private health insurance Ireland does not have a digital Nomad Visa however they do have an entrepreneurial or a startup Visa if if you are that s typee and want to start a business and for that one you need a minimum investment of 50,000 as well all right so why might you want to move to Ireland well the first thing is it's an englishspeaking country so that's really nice for Americans you can go and fit right in and meet locals and talk to them in your own language and understand each other for the most part A lot of those sayings are are going to really trip you up that they have they speak with what are those called idioms idioms yeah this is no day for a dude she's about of a go our Cafe right right ROM soci so that that might be a bit of a challenge they have a fascinating culture and history tons of folklore it's known as the Emerald aisle because it's so green and Lush and it does rain quite a bit though and they do have a tax treaty with the US speaking of the tax treaty with the US you really need to make sure you check with a local tax professional before you make any plans because you always as an American you always have to pay taxes a lot of these countries do have tax treaties involved so that you can avoid double taxation but we are not tax experts so make sure you do your due diligence we're also not going to talk a lot about health care everybody always asks about healthc care in these countries rest assured it's probably better and always cheaper than the United States it's really not a major concern especially in Europe these countries have some of the best Health Care Systems in the world and they're far more affordable than the US they have public and private systems and it's not going to break the bank compared to what we're used to in the US so we're just not even gonna mention it in this video back to our regular scheduled programming here so there are of course drawbacks to Ireland as there are any place in the world and some of them is that Ireland has a higher cost of living it is going to be more comparable to the United States they're also going through a housing crisis they are having a housing shortage and JP mentioned the weather the rain well that can definitely be a downside if you're not a fan of gloom and doom you may not like you may not like the IR weather okay what's next number nine is the Netherlands my motherland my mom discovered a whole bunch of genealogy information in an old box from one of my relatives and we're from the Netherlands on her side of the family from newerk or nirk and so just outside Amsterdam so if you're from there we might be related that is very cool I'm very excited to explore more of that for you and to just Adventure along with you because I have no idea about my side of the family so we've been getting more information more inquiries I should say about the Netherlands lately because of the Daft agreement with the United States or the which is the Dutch American friendship treaty and that was signed back in 1956 this is very compelling it's not our traditional Visa that we talk about but they do have a special visa for entrepreneurs who want to open a business and the minimum investment is only €4,500 the Visa is valid for 2 years and you can renew it for 5 years and it does lead to permanent residency you definitely need to talk talk to a professional over there in the Netherlands that could help you through this process I read that it is very easy to get but I've also read and we've had comments that basically you just can open up your business and you don't have to do anything that's not really true if you want to renew your Visa you actually do have to support that business right so why the Netherlands well it's a fully developed country it's absolutely beautiful they have tons of history and culture it's a safe country a lot of people speak English although if you live there they are going to EXP you to speak some Dutch of course there are downsides the cost of living is also higher in this country and parts it is going to be closer to the United States and they have winter so if you're not a fan of cold weather you may not want to live their year round I'm not a huge fan of winter however we went there in April and those long days are fabulous and they do have a tax treaty with the us but they do have higher tax rates there so once again you're definitely going to want to consult a tax professional they're also changing the tax policies regarding the the Daft agreement coming up in 2025 so make sure you do all of your due diligence number eight is Italy we spent time there this year and actually it was the last year a year ago right now and we loved it it was so nice I cannot wait to go back and explore more of the country we were saying how we would like to spend our entire shenen time which is 90 days just exploring Italy but that has not worked out yet however I guess we could apply for one of their Visas so they have an elected residency visa and for that you need to have at least an annual income of €3 32,000 in passive income you also have to have Private health insurance that's valid for a year and proof of accommodation and they have a digital Nomad visa for that you need an annual income of at least $4,799 you need to provide information about your work contract or self-employment and document your work experience and provide proof of accommodation and health insurance as well all right so why Italy Amilia why why not Italy it's Italy you got the history the culture the fashion do you know this is the home of the famous designers Prada Versace Armani Dolce and gabana and Gucci are all from Milan I did not know that I know it's crazy and it's I think it's interesting how those businesses are named after people in the US it's always named after like a thing like Amazon or Google or gap or Gap Gap Gap gape gape the Brooklyn 99 reference they have mountains beaches Islands the food is incredible we we ate some really good food while we were there we did there's a right wide variety of places to live in the North Central South Sicily and also there's some incentives to move to some of the more rural areas for foreigners who want to come in you get some tax incentives and other braks just for moving there and living there however you might need a car cuz some of those are not on a rail line and not exactly walkable so you might actually have to to have a car to live there and they do have a tax treaty with the us as well the downsides are that you have to apply for this Visa in your home country and they are notorious for their bureaucracy like a couple other countries we're going to mention on this list it can be difficult to navigate that Visa process so check your bring your patience and give yourself plenty of time tourism is another issue that might be an adjustment we um or over touris over tourism yeah I feel like tourism is basically Around the Clock now in some of these countries so I don't think there's a high and a low season anymore and just because you buy one of those cheap Euro houses that everybody dreams about does not mean you are going to get a Visa it does not work that way yeah everybody dreams about buying one of those and putting 100,000 into it and having their dream home but some people who do that only live in Italy for six months a year they do the shenen visa for three months then leave go back to the US or someplace else for three months and then go back so they're only actually there six months a year yes so you really need to apply for for one of those visas if you want to live there year round number seven is Spain and we were also there a year ago and loved it we were in Andalucia which is in southern Spain it's a region we're going to go back and tour the rest of Spain probably maybe next year or the year after and Spain is one of the places that's at the top of everyone's list it is it's very popular and they also have a couple Visa options which are compelling they have their non-lucrative visa and and that is also a passive income Visa you need a monthly income of at least €2,400 and you have to provide proof that you do not work anywhere in the world as far as their digital Nomad Visa goes you have to have the a monthly income of at least 2,646 you have to have health insurance and you have to provide proof of accommodation all right so why Spain again this is another why not Spain exctly so it's a big country there's lots of different regions in the north the South and the east yeah the East the East Coast over on the Mediterranean plus you've got the Canary Islands if you want to be more of the island living off the coast of Africa where it's pretty summerlike all year round they have a great culture amazing history amazing food and wine and excellent public transportation and it's really affordable especially by European standards the downsides are that you have to apply for the Visa in your home country you will have to file taxes but they do have a tax treaty with the United States as well and they are also having issue with tourism they made the news a lot over the year for over tourism protests so something to be mindful of although I think that if you move outside of the major touristy areas you're not going to experience a lot of that and it actually can be really laidback in certain areas which can be a pro or a con I think at times it can be both if you're not used to that so you might experience a little bit of culture shock number six is Greece and we spent New Year's and Christmas there last year Amelia and I can't believe what we're doing I can't believe that we can say yeah we were there last year I know it's so crazy I did not dream we would be on this adventure if you would ask me 20 years ago I would have said that that just wouldn't happen but here we are so Greece has their financially independent person's visa and for that you need they have increased this you need now €3500 per month or a savings in income passive income for the savings account option you have to deposit the funds into a Greek bank and you also need a medical certificate health insurance Greece has a digital Nomad visa and for that you also need a monthly income of €3,500 and and a medical certificate and health insurance and proof of accommodation all right so why Greece you've got the ancient Greek history that was my favorite part by far of being in Greece is seeing all of those ancient buildings you have awesome food we love the Greek food we had while we were there a for it's a really affordable cost of living we were surprised by that and we did a whole video about our cost of living in Greece and actually not a lot of people watched it we're really surprised by that because it's super low I if you want to live in Europe it's one of the most affordable countries wasn't that our second second most affordable yeah you've got a ton of different Islands to choose from in addition to the mainland where Athens is located there are a lot of English speakers throughout the country except the neighborhood where we chose to stay in Athens where no one they either didn't speak English or didn't want to speak to us in English and they have tax and sendings for their visa holders and and they have a tax treaty with the us some of the downsides are that you do need to apply in your home country and we found the people to be a little bit abrupt and abrasive abrasive yes JP really struggled with some culture shocked it was a bit rough for me I'm just I don't I'm not I'm a nice person I don't like yelling or being yelled at and I felt like I got yelled at way too much just for doing things like getting on a tram or trying to go to a restaurant that was supposed to be open or like trying to buy bananas I got yelled at so much I lost count for doing things that normal people do every day I was just doing apparently not doing them up to their expectations well we also saw Greek people just yelling at each other in in Athens and in Corfu so that's just part of the culture so you might experience some culture shock if you are not accustomed to that type of Personality public venting yes public venting if you're from the Northeast in the US it might just feel normal to you it's kind what it felt like when I've been to to Boston or New York it was very similar to that but I didn't feel very comfortable there either they do also have a lot of bureaucracy so that's something you're going to have to deal with and Greek is a tough language I know that there's people who speak English but you are going to want to learn some Greek it's very respectful and important and there are a lot of tourists as well number five is France and I think maybe our favorite country France was gorgeous it was H amazing it was it blew our expect expectations out of the water we we didn't we didn't really have expectations we thought we'd probably like it but we weren't sure and we liked it way more than we expected yes and we're going to talk about that but first let me take care of the Visas so they just have their long-term stay visa and for that you need to show that you have a monthly minimum income of at least € 1,767 your income must be sufficient and stable and you have to have health insurance and proof of accommodation they do not have a digital Nomad Visa so why BR the history of chorus the history and the architecture we just were in awe of the buildings it felt like a planned country you know like you see these a lot of places everything just feels like it was thrown together in a hodge podge without much planning and France it just seems like everything was very well planned from the very beginning and so everything It just fits together and everything looks nice together we just loved it the people were super nice to us we went there expecting the French to not be a friendly people and they were super friendly as long as you say bonjour first to start the conversation that's the culture there not just for foreigners but the French people yes they were extremely welcoming we did a whole video about The Lies We believed about France because there was a lot of old stereotypes that I think a lot of Americans believe and that it was just they were not true except for the baguettes that was true the baguettes we did see people walking down the street in the bag with baguettes in their arms or riding bikes with baguettes in the basket it was just like being in a movie it was it was fantastic they have excellent public transportation Countrywide they have trains they have subways and metros and trams I mean they've got it all going they have a wide variety of living opportunities so you can live in a big city or a small town the mountains the the ocean Inland farming you can own your own Winery if you want to and they do have a tax treaty with the us but the downside is that you have to apply in your home country and we found it to be a little bit more expensive compared to some of the other countries housing can also be a challenge because they do their housing leases differently Italy has the same issue so it can be difficult to get a one-year lease because a lot of these countries want longer term leases like three to five years but you can make that work and people do and they are also having issues with tourism over tourism let's just call it what it is over tourism but I mean I understand why I can't wait to go back sorry man be a tourist yes number four on the list is BU Gia we don't often talk about this but they actually have some good visas they do they have their retirement visa for that you need 933 love in pension income a month that's a monthly income requirement and you should be prepared to show you have enough savings to cover at least six months of your living expenses you will need to have health insurance you'll also have to have rented or purchased property they do not have a digital Nomad Visa oh that's a bummer come on Bulgaria get that digital Nomad visa for I bet you they will yeah so why Bulgaria well it's now part of the shenen zone so I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing and kind of limits your if you want to stay there if you get residency there that does not count against your shenen time so it could be a good home base for travel throughout Europe they have a very low cost of living one of the lowest in Europe it's a safe country now it didn't used to be and it still kind of has a bad reputation for that but now it's considered a safe country it's beautiful they have the mountains the beach on the Black Sea and it's a good location where relative to other countries for exploring it is becoming more popular with xats and digital Nomads despite that not having a Visa I guess people are just going there on the tourist visa and working right and they have the tax treaty with the us too in Bulgaria you also have to apply for your Visa in your home country I personally think having snow is a downside so I listed winter in the downside but you know some people love that so maybe that's a pro For You especially if you ski they have ski resorts there that's true they you are going to experience some language barrier issues once you get outside of the major cities that is the first seven before we share the top three easiest places for Americans to move to in Europe we wanted to let you know that our move it Rod Express ecourse is still on sale if you're thinking about leaving the US this course walks you through every step of the process to wrap up your old life at home and set up your new life abroad plus you're going to get lifetime access to all the course updates and our private supportive expat Community there's no trolls in there they're not allowed and you can meet other current and future expats who are on the same path as you scan this QR code here or click the link below to lock in your discount before it's too late all right and now for number three Cyprus and we're talking about the Greek side of the island not the northern side Cypress has their pink slip visa and for this one you have to show at least €25,000 in annual income from any stable income source and that can include pension and employment you also have to deposit €4,000 in a Cypress bank account and have a bank guarantee you have to have either a one-year rental agreement or have purchased property and have health insurance and pass medical exams W that's a lot it is pink slip it is but it's still €25,000 Euros a year that's a low requirement it is all right so why Cyprus you can apply inside the country I think that's the first one we've talked about maybe maybe the Netherlands I think you canly there but you can actually go to Cyprus and apply while you're there while you're on your tourist visa they have Island living nice weather year round it get it does get chilly in the winter but not too bad and it does get really hot in the summer but not too bad because you're right there you get those nice sea breezes it is Affordable especially by Island standards and it's very safe and they do have a tax treaty with the US it is a slower lifestyle so that could be a potential downside if you are not used to that slower laidback pace and it's not going to be as Urban of a lifestyle either so if you prefer a big City Vibe this is probably not going to be the right spot for you they do have some natural disasters like earthquakes so something to consider and utilities can be more expensive especially in the summertime when you're going to be wanting that AC number two is latva that's in the north so you're going to need bigger electric bills for the Heat and the winter probably so they use to heat there so laia has a retirement visa and for that you need to show a monthly income of at least € 1,035 and you have to have at least 12,420 in savings you also have to have proof of a rental agreement or of purchased properties this is pretty standard and you have to be 65 or older so this has a little bit older of an age requirement and they do have a digital Nomad visa and for that one you have to have approximately €3,000 a month in income have health insurance which is valid for a year and proof of employment or self-employment so why lva well it's a safe country it's in a beautiful part of Europe it's got a great history and culture and according to the government it's pretty easy to get your visa and they do have a tax treaty with the US yeah laia has a lot going for it actually but they do have really cold Winters because it is way up North so once again I have listed that as a con and you should be prepared to learn some Lan because outside of the major cities you're not going to find as many English speakers the young people younger people speak English but it could be tricky yeah I've heard Lan is a difficult language to learn I bet it is number one is Albania again that was also the number one on our other list but we didn't really talk about Visa info for that nope so I'm going to share it with you now so they have a whole series of unique permit visas they do have a pension visa for retirees and for that you need a pension income amount of 1,200,000 Le which I know sounds like a lot but it's really only around $12,000 us a year and they do have an investor visa which just they don't provide the amount for that but I don't think it's like the 500,000 golden Visa Vis Visa golden Visa Visa Visa Visa they also have a digital Nomad visa for that you need a monthly income of 32,000 Le you also do have to do a deposit for that for the digital Nomad Visa which is 300,000 Le the cool thing about this for US citizens this Visa automatically is valid for 5 years so it's a really good country to get a Visa my favorite thing about Albania though is as an American we can live there for an entire year just on the tour Visa basically Visa free for an entire year then we can leave for three months and go back and start the clock over again and a lot of Americans who live in Albania are doing just that they didn't even go through the hassle of the Visa process that is super cool and gives us a ton of flexibility in fact I think Albania will be our home base when we want to travel throughout Europe I do love it there yeah we really love Tan in fact we we talked so much about how much we love Albania in several other videos that we're not going to go into it here here we'll put a link to the playlist for all of our Albania videos below if you're really interested in that I know what you all are thinking but wait what about okay I'm going to talk about some other countries that have different types of visas they just don't have the standard retirement or digital Nomad Visa but they might have an option that will work for you starting with countries where you could buy property or start a business and the first one is Montenegro Montenegro you could do either buy a property or start a business and they don't have a specified dollar amount so you don't have to spend a fortune to move there the downside with Montenegro though is that they have really strict physical presence requirements so you're not going to be able to move freely around and do a lot you can't be gone for like six months out of the year and hold on to your Visa Serbia also has a Visa where you can buy residential property and they do not provide a dollar amount okay Estonia this is a neat one we actually saw the Estonian former president talk in kalala Lampur during our visit there I really enjoyed his by far my favorite isely everything ised exting a div if you want to get a divorce you still have to show up physically and sign the papers they have their e-residency startup visa and they also have a digital Nomad Visa so they do have a couple options for you Slovenia is next and this may be one of the most popular places or at least according to the comments that we get of people who want to move there who've been there and loved it it's a beautiful country unfortunately it's not that easy to move there that's why we don't often talk about it they do have a long-term stay Visa but you have to have a reason to stay there like family ties or some sort of sufficient tie to the country you can however go and start a business there Romania and Lithuania will also let you get a Visa if you start a business we're not going to list all the details because it would be way too much information but you can find that information out Andora is also another question that we get a lot and they do have a Visa but you have to invest at least 600 ,000 EUR it can be in a property or some other type of investment plus you have to have 40,000 EUR per year in income to meet their income requirement there are a few other options for you but they again might be a little bit tricky yeah these are even trickier than the last set that we just shared Austria I know J I'm so angry about Austria come on Austria make a special exception will you for a couple of YouTubers this is my Fatherland this is where my dad's side of the family came from well they do have residence permit for persons of independent means and you you just have to have a certain monthly income amount after expenses you have to have basic Proficiency in German and they the problem is they have a limited amount of visas that they issue per year so you have to work with the government to see if you could qualify for that visa and the same is true for Germany you need to have prove that you have enough income and that is actually determined by the agent or the area based on the cost of living and we also have to have a basic knowledge of German the Czech Republic also another popular place to travel and to live but their visa is a little bit complicated too yes they don't have a traditional digital Nomad Visa even though I think they may call it that it's really a skilled worker visa you can't be YouTubers like us JP and get that Visa oh that sucks they do have a long-term Visa but it isn't a true retirement visa and it's another one where you really need to work more closely with the government to or an Visa agent to get you qualified all right let's go to Switzerland what kind of visas do they have it's a little bit high elevation for me but man it's beautiful there well they also have a long state residency visa and but this one's tricky too you have to prove you have sufficient income which varies by Canton and what I read is that you have to have the at least the average salary which is around $7500 US dollars per month so if you're Social Security or you're passive income isn't that high you probably will not be able to move to Switzerland well in Social Security the max I think because they're around 4500 so that wouldn't work but do they do you know if they allow you to combine income sources I do not know they're one of those where you're going to have to work with the government and you also have to have ties with the the country like family or owned property or something and they do not have a digital Nomad Visa then we have Norway and they have a residency permit what's that about you need to prove you have sufficient means to support yourself and have health insurance they do have an independent contractor Visa which but for that one you have to have a contract with a Norwegian client so it is not truly a true digital Nomad Visa truly and true and and now we have a few countries that only have temporary visas short-term temporary visas that do not lead to permanent residencies so if your goal is to move to Europe you won't be able to stay in these countries for very long and the first one is Poland that one comes up a lot if you can do citizenship then that's a different situation but for people like us who do not have any Polish ancestry we can only stay there on a temporary permit for a year then you have to leave and then after that you could apply for a new permit but it's not a seamless process Croatia is like that as well so they only have a one-year temporary permit and it does not lead to permanent residency and what about Hungary that's another one that's kind of popular Hungary just has a digital Nomad Visa they have a gold Visa but they also have a digital Nomad Visa so that might work if you want to go as a digital Nomad and then I know we get questions about England and Scotland they only have six-month tourist visas so you cannot move there branded there's a lot of other ways you can move to these countries especially if you could do a skilled worker visa you can do that for England and Scotland as well but if you're looking for a more traditional route they do not have those options available all right we covered a lot of European countries here Amilia we only left a couple out I think but which one is your favorite well I still have to say Albania because they make it so easy and also we already have friends there we've explored so much of the country and I just love it and then I guess my runner up would be France but I don't know how can you decide that's the thing you got to if you can go and get residency then you can go and explore all over the place yeah I really really like Toronto a lot I we will definitely be spending more time in toron Albania not Toronto Canada toron Albania okay that question every time we talk about Toronto we get Canadians saying are you talking about Toronto oh we need to enunciate enunciate no that's how they say they need to anun they pronounced Toronto wrong bet some Canadians are going to disagree with you right now all right give it let us have it in the comments just be respectful I guess I'm disappointed in my Fatherland Austria that they don't have anything that would work for us so we're limited to three month stays there and I would really really like to go explore my roots there but I'm also really excited to go back to the Netherlands we were in Amsterdam several years ago and we really liked it but now that I know that's where my family is from half of my family came from there and actually know where the town I want to go see it and like walked the streets that they walked when they left in 1659 can you believe that six that's over that's almost 400 years ago that they left the Netherlands it is really it's amazing to think about I know I have to admit I am very intrigued by that Daft agreement so I think we need to go and research that some more 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