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[nothrabannosir]

We have ~this the other way around: the Dutch American Friendship Treaty allows US citizens to come to Holland and start a business (freelancer is Okay). You need 4.5K capital, sustained, and it renews every 2 years.

I would love it if the US could reciprocate :(

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAFT_%28treaty%29

[glesica → nothrabannosir]

That is very interesting, I didn't know about it. I feel like the capital requirement still means that it isn't for "labor" though. For instance, can people using that program get jobs? I wish my country, and others, would lower these sorts of barriers and let people go wherever they can be successful and happy.

[nothrabannosir → glesica]

I'm not sure, I suspect it's only a residency permit, not a work permit. Never investigated it further.

You can, however, become a freelancer. Not the same, but close enough. If this were not just US->NL but US<->NL, that would be swell.