Post: #1

Good article with lots of ideas:

http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/...n-90-days/

It talks about getting residency visas for Italy, Sweden, and France.

Residency visa info for Spain:

http://www.maec.es/subwebs/Consulados/Sa...rative.pdf

For Estonia (self-employment visa):

http://www.politsei.ee/en/teenused/resid...al-income/

More info: http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogu...cy-permit/

It's not too hard as long as you have proof of income and patience with applying.

Post: #2

It was pretty easy for me to get a residence permit in germany. After my 90 days was up I just went to my office in my section of the city and showed my pay stub and insurance card.

They extended me for.about 7 more months and gave me a proof card.

I had to wait with every other immigrant for about 4 hours. But the process took about 20 minutes.

I thought it would be much more complicated.

I wish I could get with some swedish chick and leach their system for a while though

Edit. The my extension is self employed. I was granted 6 months instead of 3 because I was planning on continuing school. But want given the full year because my insurance is international and not german.

The article says this. ..i pretty much applied knowing I didn't have proper paperwork. But I knew I would get the extension.

Post: #3

Two passports is nice, enter on one, renter automatically on another.

Some countries are not strict.

If you have long term aspirations for a country then you should go legit all the way. It's not going to look good when apply for residency or a business visa when they see from your passport that you have been breaking the law.

Post: #4

How does one prove income if it is primarily from online work? Will American income documents suffice?

Post: #5

(05-12-2012 09:03 AM)beta_plus Wrote:  How does one prove income if it is primarily from online work? Will American income documents suffice?

Tax forms.

Post: #6

I just showed a print out if my bank account balance and a small sheet with bank deposits.

I might have got lucky. I literally had it printed on recycled paper

Post: #7

(05-12-2012 09:03 AM)beta_plus Wrote:  How does one prove income if it is primarily from online work? Will American income documents suffice?

Most immigration offices I've dealt with required bank statements for 2-6 months which show that a) you have enough money and b) you have more or less steady monthly income.

Post: #8

Great link Roosh. Myself I can confirm the information about France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Netherlands and Romania.

In France I've got both the entry and exit stamps, but nobody went through my passport besides checking the photo. They didn't even scan it. The whole process took 15 seconds, most of which were spent trying to find an empty page to put a stamp to. No questions asked.

In Italy and Spain I did not get neither entry nor exit stamps. The immigration check took 3 seconds, and I'm pretty sure they only looked at which nationality the passport is (I guess they rely on the airlines to do the work for them). The Italian officer at the exit didn't even bother to open the passport.

Both Germany and Netherlands however were very strict. Not only they carefully went through ALL pages of the passport, they also asked how long I gonna stay and what I gonna do. On exit they also run the passport through the scanner and checked something on the computer. Same happens in Romania (it is not Schengen yet though).

Post: #9

If you have an EU passport then all those countries you can stay indefinitely.

Post: #10

(05-12-2012 09:38 PM)LifeBeginsAt40 Wrote:  If you have an EU passport then all those countries you can stay indefinitely.

Wow, you really must be kidding!

Post: #11

(05-12-2012 10:47 PM)oldnemesis Wrote:  

(05-12-2012 09:38 PM)LifeBeginsAt40 Wrote:  If you have an EU passport then all those countries you can stay indefinitely.

Wow, you really must be kidding!

LOL! I just came in from a joint and I nearly bust my shyt when I read this!

Post: #12

haha, The best way is to have an EU passport like me. My Dad is Scottish, so even though I was born in NZ, I qualify as a UK citizen and got my EU passport. It's a pretty powerful thing. It means that for ALL the countries of the EU, I can come and go as I please, work and stay as I please,no questions asked.

At immigration there are always two lines... one for the 'haves' - EU passports holders (smiled at, greeted deferentially by all immigration officers, asked no questions, walk straight through), the other for the 'have-nots' (looked down on by immigration officers, asked stern questions, considered foreign etc.)....

Try to get that EU passport if you can and you're golden.

Post: #13

(05-14-2012 12:49 AM)zarzuelazen Wrote:  haha, The best way is to have an EU passport like me.

You're late. We already got this piece of genuinely useful advice a few posts above.

Post: #14

(05-12-2012 10:47 PM)oldnemesis Wrote:  Wow, you really must be kidding!

As dumb as the response might have sounded to you, there are probably a few people out there that don't realise the residency and work status a EU passport offers you. There are also probably a few people out there that dont realise you can do what Zarzuelazen did using his ancestry to get hold of a passport despite being born outside of Europe. I am similar to Zarzuelazen with NZ, Aussie and EU passports.

Post: #15

Will be looking to get a student visa at some point and hit up Europe in the next year or so. Also, Nomadic Matt's blog is pretty good, with tons of useful info, from what I recall. Is it possible to get a permanent EU visa without getting married?

Post: #16

(05-14-2012 01:54 AM)LifeBeginsAt40 Wrote:  As dumb as the response might have sounded to you, there are probably a few people out there that don't realise the residency and work status a EU passport offers you.

Sure there are such people. But they do not use the Internet either, so your advice here would not be very useful to them.

Post: #17

Holy Crap!

Post: #18

(05-12-2012 08:39 AM)Deb Auchery Wrote:  Two passports is nice, enter on one, renter automatically on another.

Some countries are not strict.

If you have long term aspirations for a country then you should go legit all the way. It's not going to look good when apply for residency or a business visa when they see from your passport that you have been breaking the law.

Are you not technically allowed to enter on one and re-enter on another? I have US, German and Finnish citizenship and thought that it was actually allowed. If it's not, something I guess to be mindful of.

Post: #19

Roosh, how did you stay in Poland for seven months? Poland is a Schengen country; tourists may only stay 90 days. Please share your secret.

Post: #20

(05-15-2012 03:43 PM)Qwest Wrote:  

(05-12-2012 08:39 AM)Deb Auchery Wrote:  Two passports is nice, enter on one, renter automatically on another.

Some countries are not strict.

If you have long term aspirations for a country then you should go legit all the way. It's not going to look good when apply for residency or a business visa when they see from your passport that you have been breaking the law.

Are you not technically allowed to enter on one and re-enter on another? I have US, German and Finnish citizenship and thought that it was actually allowed. If it's not, something I guess to be mindful of.

No you are not technically allowed

Post: #21

(05-16-2012 05:04 PM)makher Wrote:  Roosh, how did you stay in Poland for seven months? Poland is a Schengen country; tourists may only stay 90 days. Please share your secret.

I second that question. Are there work visas for love tourists?

I'd assume everything was done legally, because I don't think Roosh would jeopardize his chance at returning to poosy paradise.

Post: #22

I think he mentioned this in a past thread. overstayed and paid a fine possibly

Post: #23

I recently overstayed in the schengen region by about 10 days

Post: #24

(05-16-2012 05:04 PM)makher Wrote:  Roosh, how did you stay in Poland for seven months? Poland is a Schengen country; tourists may only stay 90 days. Please share your secret.

Laws don't apply to me.