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The journal
Dated, sourced articles on working remotely from Thailand, Portugal and Vietnam.
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Page 4 of 8: 12 published articles.
Creche in Portugal is free under Creche Feliz, but solidarity network creches fill September places by June. How the online application works and when to file it.
Filed your Portuguese renewal before the card expired? The receipt keeps you legal inside Portugal. It does not reliably get you back in from abroad.
Portuguese income tax usually takes a bigger share than US federal tax, so the credit wipes out the US bill. The exception is a low tax year, such as a first year of freelancing.
Usually no. IFICI, Portugal's NHR 2.0, rewards qualifying work for a qualifying entity. The requirements, the eligible professions and the routes that are real.
Porto costs a remote couple about 14 percent less than Lisbon in 2026: roughly 2,650 euros a month against 3,090. Rent explains almost all of the gap.
Thailand's 60 day visa exemption ended for arrivals from 15 September 2026. If you landed before, the date stamped in your passport still binds.
Since 31 August 2026 you apply for the DTV where you are a national or a permanent resident. The decision flow, the transition rule, and what replaced the Vientiane route.
Tax free Portugal, golden visa houses, citizenship in five years, cheap Lisbon rent: twelve claims about moving to Portugal, each marked true, outdated or never true.
A Koh Tao motorbike accident costs from a few hundred baht at the island hospital to hundreds of thousands on Samui. Your licence decides who pays.
Vietnam recognises only the 1968 IDP. US, Australian and Canadian permits are 1949 ones. The fines, the impound, the insurance risk and the legal routes.
Nomad insurance for a year in Thailand: SafetyWing and Genki compared on price, deductible, limit, motorbike and diving wording, from their own pages.
A Portuguese NIF is free and issued the same day in person. From abroad, an agency and a fiscal representative cost about 100 to 400 euros. How to choose.