lazygood4nothinbum
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while citizens of the united states have much visa-free access to the rest of the world, citizens from one country are often severely limited as to the amount of time they can stay inside another country, even when they are neither taking anyone's job nor otherwise utilizing social services of their host countries.
i discovered this while researching a future life of vagabonding or perpetual travel, settling into a place for 6 months here and then moving on to another place for a year there, which i am considering as an option to keep life interesting. but apparently, when staying for more than 30 days in a foreign country, life abroard gets a bit complex.
visa rules vary from place to place and vary also according to your country of origin & citizenship. for instance, new zealand allows only 9 months in country per every 18 months out. so in traveling with good weather, i figure i could spend 6 months in new zealand, then head up to thailand for 6 months, but then i'd have to go someplace like australia for the next 6 months because i couldn't go back & spend 6 more months in new zealand.
other places like thailand and turkey offer 12-month visas but you have to cross the border every few months and then re-enter the host country again.
so i was just wondering, if anyone happens to have all this charted out or if i should continue to gather information the best i can and try to work-out some sort of future travel plan that will not have me skipping all over the world just to do some border runs.
also i don't understand border runs & visa limitations. why wouldn't a host country want someone to spend money there on a continuing basis?
i discovered this while researching a future life of vagabonding or perpetual travel, settling into a place for 6 months here and then moving on to another place for a year there, which i am considering as an option to keep life interesting. but apparently, when staying for more than 30 days in a foreign country, life abroard gets a bit complex.
visa rules vary from place to place and vary also according to your country of origin & citizenship. for instance, new zealand allows only 9 months in country per every 18 months out. so in traveling with good weather, i figure i could spend 6 months in new zealand, then head up to thailand for 6 months, but then i'd have to go someplace like australia for the next 6 months because i couldn't go back & spend 6 more months in new zealand.
other places like thailand and turkey offer 12-month visas but you have to cross the border every few months and then re-enter the host country again.
so i was just wondering, if anyone happens to have all this charted out or if i should continue to gather information the best i can and try to work-out some sort of future travel plan that will not have me skipping all over the world just to do some border runs.
also i don't understand border runs & visa limitations. why wouldn't a host country want someone to spend money there on a continuing basis?