Working as a freelancer in Nicaragua

I hope you're still following this. What's your occupation? I'm looking into consultancy work myself.

@ Gslindor > Just to inform you that Kenjee is a member of the Expat.com team and he previously launched this topic to encourage members to participate.

If you are looking for a job, feel free to drop a job ad in the in the jobs in Nicaragua section or if you have any questions related to job, feel free to ask so that members can help you out with your questions.

Best Regards,

Priscilla 

TGhere is no residency option based upon freelance activity. You can either open a small company (personal company) and get 1 year of residency or invest min. 30,000$ and get instantly 5 years.

Many foreigners have been living here with a tourist visa and make visa runs to CR every 3 months, but as many of them stayed during several years, the migracion is now cutting down on this, like in Panama.

Which freelance activity do you have in mind? Personally I am very critical regarding this topic (I have a company and an investor's visa): Quite a lot of foreigners come here on a tourist visa and offer photography, graphics, website or video production.

For me this is very unfair, because 1) working with a tourist visa is illegal, 2) opening a company and officially applying for residency is complicated and expensive - so I really dislike when people with a tourist visa become competitors to legal companies: They do not pay an accountant, do not charge the VAT and put all their income directly into their pocket, 3) they compete with locals - there are already not very many jobs available, and I know many locals who are desperately looking for a job/an income.

So when you come to a 3rd World country: do it correctly and with due respect of the Law, create a company and offer jobs to the locals!