About GlobeNomad
Written and maintained by Michael Seutin · Last reviewed 26 July 2026 · How we verify
Who runs GlobeNomad
Michael Seutin — French-American, computer-science degree, software developer. I founded GlobeNomad and I edit it: the research direction, the writing, the code behind it, and the calls about what's solid enough to publish and what isn't.
Every page here has a named editor behind it rather than an anonymous byline or an agency's house style. That's what the name is for — corrections come straight to me on the contact page, and they get made.
GlobeNomad is a practical resource for people who want to live and work abroad. Going nomad sounds simple until you hit the real questions: which visa, which insurance, how to bank across borders, where to actually go. We answer those — clearly, honestly, and without the fluff.
What this site is not
We are not immigration lawyers, tax advisers, or licensed financial or insurance professionals, and nothing here is legal, tax, or financial advice. GlobeNomad reports what the official rules say and links you to where they say it, so you can check the source yourself rather than take our word for it.
Some of these decisions are genuinely expensive to get wrong. A rejected visa application costs a non-refundable fee and weeks of your time; a tax-residency mistake costs a great deal more. For anything complicated — an unusual nationality, dependants, a tax question — pay a professional in the destination country. That advice costs less than the mistake.
How the information gets made
Visa figures come from the government source that issues the permit, and that link sits on every country page. Where sources conflict and we can't resolve it, the field is left blank and the disagreement is stated in the text — a blank means "not published", never "no" and never zero. Every record carries the date it was last checked, and the badge expires after twelve months rather than implying a freshness it no longer has.
Research is AI-assisted: tooling helps gather and cross-check sources, and a person decides what publishes, what stays blank, and what gets flagged as disputed. The full method — including what the "Verified" badge does and doesn't mean, and what happens when a program quietly closes — is on how we verify.
Who it's for
Aspiring nomads planning the leap, and active nomads solving the recurring stuff — renewing insurance, opening a multi-currency account, sorting an eSIM for the next country. If you're trying to figure out the mechanics of working from anywhere, this is for you.
How we make money
GlobeNomad is free to read. When we recommend a service — travel insurance, a bank, a visa provider, an eSIM — some of those links are affiliate links, meaning we may earn a commission if you sign up, at no extra cost to you. That's how the site pays for itself. See our affiliate disclosure for the details.
The test of whether that corrupts anything is what gets recommended when the better product pays us nothing. Our SafetyWing vs World Nomads comparison tells you to buy World Nomads for a fixed-date trip with expensive gear — we have no affiliate relationship with them and earn nothing from that advice. The visa data has no commercial relationship behind it at all.
Found something wrong?
Tell us. If you've just applied for one of these visas, you know the current rules better than any published page does — consulates change requirements faster than they update their websites. Send the country and what you ran into via contact, and we'll check the official source and correct the record. Corrections are the single most useful thing a reader can send us.