Digital nomads can soon ‘make it official’ with a new visa from Estonia

The author of this article did a terrible job identifying the problem (and if there is one) and justifying the solution.

There's nothing illegal about working online from your laptop on a tourist visa, nobody that i'm aware of has ever been thrown in jail or busted by immigration from the USA to Thailand to Romania for working in a cafe on their Macbook.

The Estonia digital nomad visa does sound quite friendly however, especially the part about the 'e-resident' not even being required to pay taxes to Estonia, just that their tax residency is legal. Well played again, Estonia.

It may not be illegal, but you don't want to have to explain working remotely to a guard/agent at the border. It you even hint that you are entering a country to work without proper authorization, you're gonna have a bad time.

I've done it about 100 times. "I have an online business in $homecountry and work from my laptop". Never had a problem.

I wonder what this means for Americans who are digital nomads. We already have 90-day Schengen access. Healthcare would be cheaper, excellent, but we also have the global taxation thing, so they won’t be lower.

This won't be abused by anyone ever.