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As an Eastern Europian such practices really sadden me. Cannot this be hacked though? Could I somehow apply from a rich country and then spend 360 of 365 days in a year in a poor country?

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Even if you pull this off, you'd be in a situation where the company that hires you (outside the US they mostly use 3rd party employment providers) and/or you are committing tax fraud in a way or another.

Isn't the promise of working fully remote that you can be a "digital nomad"? What if I just want to visit poor countries while my home is in the US?

Whose promise? According to tax and immigration laws that is certainly not the case in most of the world.

The many blog posts (from people doing it) suggesting working remote and traveling the world is as easy as getting a remote job and travel the world:

https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/how-i-perfected-tra... https://doist.com/blog/travel-remote-work-digital-nomad/ https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/remote-work-digital-nomad https://www.thebalancecareers.com/working-remotely-while-tra...

etc

Here's a US tax attorney talking about it:

https://www.whereverwriter.com/digital-nomad-tax-questions/

In many cases, you'd be working without a work visa. Of course, many people do it and get off with it. But there are occasional crackdowns. [1] Perhaps more to the point, as the sibling comment asks, "Whose promise?" GitLab explicitly requires you to obtain permission from your manager before moving elsewhere for an extended period. [2]

[1] https://www.chiangmaicitylife.com/citynews/general/immigrati...

[2] https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/global-compen...

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