Without dual citizenship you will have no right to work in any EU countries. Fullstop.
Finding an under the table job will be nearly impossible, and if you were to get caught you would be deported and barred from returning to that country.
It is nearly impossible for those from the US to just up and move to the EU, short of being on a student visa (crazy $$$$) or getting married you are SOL. I think back in the day it was far more lenient, but every country has really tightened controls in the last few years especially.
Where there is a will there is a way, (I got married to move over) but it is not going to be cheap and certainly not easy.
As others have mentioned, if you want to live and work somewhere foreign teaching english in Asia somewhere is likely your best option. I honestly have no idea how you could make the EU work unless youre exceedingly wealthy and dont need to work.
Actually, my intent was to rent rooms in people's houses/hostels/couch surf. Also, i have an app on my phone that gives me an American number so I would have a foreign sim card with a foreign number, but an American number that can be called and used for texting :).
I'd the 182/183 day thing a total amount of days or all within one country. That's why I'd try to move every 4-6 weeks. Dunno what the government would think.
I haven't done this myself, though I know people who have - usually the spouses of people working overseas, so a lot of the issues you'll face are already cleared up for them. (I.E., housing, visas, internet connections, etc.) So yes, it's possible, but I suspect there's a lot of legal issues (such as the above-mentioned taxes) that will come into play.
I do know there's a tumblr that is run by a couple of people who are essentially doing this. They move every 90 days to a completely different part of the world, and take photos in each location and post them. (I believe they're in Macedonia at the moment, but they've been in Turkey and Greenland and Japan as well. These guys get around.) I'm not sure what they're doing in RL (apart from taking some stunning photography, which I suspect is not paying their rents, but yay if it is), but they might be a good source for you, depending on how they're doing their traveling. (photos91.tumblr.com
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If you're making enough money, anything is possible, but people who want to rent out rooms are probably looking for longer term house mates. If the real motive is adventure, you might be better off with the traditional ESL teaching job. I lived in Jiangsu Province (China) for eight years within two or three hours of several tourist destinations. A centrally located hub city would allow you the stability you might need to find a place to stay and let you see many other places as well. As for the decent Internet connections, you're best off in cities Singapore and Hong Kong. The further off the beaten track you get, the slower the Internet service, especially in mainland China with it's clogged up firewalls.
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Finding an under the table job will be nearly impossible, and if you were to get caught you would be deported and barred from returning to that country.
It is nearly impossible for those from the US to just up and move to the EU, short of being on a student visa (crazy $$$$) or getting married you are SOL. I think back in the day it was far more lenient, but every country has really tightened controls in the last few years especially.
Where there is a will there is a way, (I got married to move over) but it is not going to be cheap and certainly not easy.
As others have mentioned, if you want to live and work somewhere foreign teaching english in Asia somewhere is likely your best option. I honestly have no idea how you could make the EU work unless youre exceedingly wealthy and dont need to work.
Best of luck.
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I'd the 182/183 day thing a total amount of days or all within one country. That's why I'd try to move every 4-6 weeks. Dunno what the government would think.
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I do know there's a tumblr that is run by a couple of people who are essentially doing this. They move every 90 days to a completely different part of the world, and take photos in each location and post them. (I believe they're in Macedonia at the moment, but they've been in Turkey and Greenland and Japan as well. These guys get around.) I'm not sure what they're doing in RL (apart from taking some stunning photography, which I suspect is not paying their rents, but yay if it is), but they might be a good source for you, depending on how they're doing their traveling. (photos91.tumblr.com ( ... )
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There's a website called roomarama where people rent out rooms of their house for a duration.
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