Welcome to our little community! Come down and visit, it's safe and cheap. Worst case scenario is you don't like it and it's a cool vacation. Best case you decide to not take the flight back :)

That's amazing! Looking forward to seeing you guys here!

Welcome to the neighborhood! San Jose is nice, I like it a lot. Have fun on your vacation. Come up and check out Nicaragua!

I'm sure Costa Rica is getting inundated with Canadians looking into it as well.

Take a detour up to Playa Hermosa in Nicaragua. Its a short trip and the beach is awesome with just one hotel with 8 rooms and an amazing restaurant. Cost us $50 a day with an awesome breakfast included

It's very close to me. I went past last year on a loop trip and missed the road for it :(

Costa Rica is good a great place for Canadians to live, Trudeau has bought a place there himself.

If you fully move to Nicaragua, there are often no taxes. Nicaragua will never tax your income. But getting Canada to stop doing so is the challenge. But people do it all of the time. Your money goes so much further here.

@@ScottAlanMillerVlog A pensioner can never stop paying taxes, except by giving up pension. You make one dollar a year in Canada (pension, interest income etc), you pay taxes on your entire global income

@@AmericanEmperor that really sucks. That means that the money isn't really yours. It's amazing that even in the areas where the US is considered quite bad, it is SO much better than Canada. Every Canadian I speak to, it makes me think renouncing citizenship is the way to go. It's so scary being Canadian.

Well, put and well said!

Thing is Nicaragua is another communist country lol

You can tell you are an older canadian, because those are the ones that still talk about communism despite having no idea what communism is.

i think you are confusing it with China. Nicaragua didn't fall to the US backed communist party. No idea how you'd be that far off.

@@ScottAlanMillerVlog Thats from both the UN, Amnesty International, and US state department. But sure, as long as you have money and aren't local and involved in politics in any way, then I'm sure itll be fine. You really think the US backed communists??

Thank you! And congrats to your sister's family. Tell them that we said "bienvenidos" - where in Nicaragua are they headed? Tell her to send in a video talking about why they want to come here ;)

Funny, I have a similar situation.I escaped to the Philippines and now I'm back in Canada and don't really like the Philippines anymore. Defintely looking at El Salvador or Nicaragua and even Guatemala for when i can retire. I saw a Netflix special on Guatemala and I was absolutely stunned how beautiful a country it is.

Is Nicaragua on your radar? Come visit (with an eye towards relocation instead of just tourism.) Worst case scenario... awesome vacation. Best case... better life.

Amazing! Honestly until I moved here I'd never met or spoken to anyone that had been here either! But it's been an amazing journey of discovery. A lot of what drove us here was the unknown. My wife and I saw some pictures of Nicaragua and we were like "um.... we know way too little about this place", so we came to learn and we actually moved to Europe for a while in between but eventually said "Nicaragua is the right place for us" and came back.

Welcome to the channel and community, by the way!

My girlfriend and I are both Canadian born and approaching retirement. We have Nicaragua in our sites as well. My sister and her husband have already purchased land and plan to build down here. I have spent a summer in Cuba and felt that climate to be unbelievably hot, and that is my biggest concern.

Yup. They gave some advice, offered some assistance, gave recommendations. But really that was about it. It was super helpful, but casual.

I moved here during the pandemic. It was wild to go from the US lockdowns to freedom in Nicaragua. Not why we moved. But it was an interesting vantage point.

Logic, history, common sense, attempts to be good people, desire for investment, lack of reason to do that... you name it. What stops any government from suddenly doing crazy things? Not a lot, honestly. What Nicaragua has is a history and tradition of good behaviour and nothing, outside of North American propaganda, creating any cause for concern. It's a fair concern to have anywhere in the world. But it's one you can't apply just one place. Where are you more likely to be treated with a heavy hand, the US or Nicaragua? No one who has any knowledge of both would ever suggest Nicaragua. The US is far more risky, and far more heavy handed already. So your question is absolutely valid. But you have to ask it about every country you live in, or might live in. And when rubber hits the road, Nicaragua is a major draw BECAUSE it is among the least likely places to be heavy handed. It has never been so before, assuming it will magically turn into a US/Canada type country suddenly and be totally different than it has ever been without any reason to do so is illogical.

Awesome, always good to hear that my channel has been making an impact :) What other countries are on your list? If you like Nicaragua, Guatemala is a good short list country, too.

@@ScottAlanMillerVlog we have heard nothing but great things about Guatemala, we would like to see Panama as well (although its appeal has diminished for us) I think Ecuador is another we would like to see as well. We went to Thailand for our first Asian experience and really enjoyed it as well. We definitely want to make another trip to Nicaragua however to see more of the country.

@@beautifullogger2614 I lived in Panama before nicaragua and it was really great. Ecuador is the most dangerous place on the continent right now. It's the only country we avoid for safety reasons currently. not in line with the other options.

4. I find that the older I get, the No Sun in the Daylight Savings Time, is really beginning to hit. Year over Year I find I'm getting more Anxiety about it. Not to mention all the other reasons.

This crisis has been ongoing for years it just reaching peak unsustainable

Oh that lack of sun is tough. I'm not a sun guy, I'm okay with rain 24x7x365 but there is something about the darkness in the north. I still need light, but cloudy is good.

That's awesome! Welcome to our little community of expats looking to get out (or did get out.)

Greetings from Playa Tesoro , we are a North American expat community in Nicaragua feel free to check out Scott's interview with us or go to our website if you wanna know more.

Very little censorship, nothing that would affect an expat. You just can't be involved in politics that aren't your politics (which no one should be involved in anyway, tourists to Canada shouldn't be attempting to influence Canadian politics either, for example.) The lack of censorship here is actually a big deal. We immediately have to be cautious about what we say once we return to the US. But not here.

@@ScottAlanMillerVlog Ya it’s the censorship here in Canada now that concerns me. We aren’t even “allowed” to see the news on social media anymore. It’s insane. Everything has changed so much. Trust me, I have no interest in talking politics anywhere anymore… and you are right that it’s not proper to do so, especially in a country that is not your own. I actually grew up in Sarnia :) now I’m in Alberta. I spent 6 months in Mexico in 21-22. I look forward to coming down to Nicaragua in the next few months to check it out. In the meantime I’ll keep soaking up all your info :)

Same in the US. They don't censor you the old fashioned way. They just control the "volume" of what you see and hear. So you can basically say antyhing you want, but they control who can hear you or how much of you they hear. It's far more effective that complete censorship. MOre elegant and modern. Wow, Sarnia! I was actually there maybe eight years ago.

Great to hear! What part of Colombia?

Oh awesome! Welcome to our little corner of things. Nicaragua and Paraguay often come up as two sides of one coin. Two very different approaches to low cost, little known LATAM. I'm sure my show came up because we caught some scammers in Paraguay recently trying to run a scammy relocation business and called them out and they are on here like CRAZY posting. So we got some Paraguay attention from that. Paraguay is on my travel list coming up very soon! Glad to have you here.

CR is nice, but not so safe and super expensive. We go there all the time and it's a nice place. And some people looking for the US/Canadian enclave life surrounded by other Americans and Canadians really like it as it does that well. But if you want cheap, safe and more ability to integrate and experience another culture, Nicaragua is your ticket! It's just a hop, skip and a jump away. Come up and say hi!

@ScottAlanMillerVlog I definitely agree about the cost but for safety I have not experienced anything terrible

Thanks for the additional perspective!

Welcome! Until he moves here too, of course, eventually he won't be able to afford to live in Ottawa anymore either, lol

​@@ScottAlanMillerVlog Do you have any idea how corrupt our Prime Minister is? I don't find anything funny about the fact he's destroying people's lives. His list of crimes are endless.

Thank you so much. And I'm looking forward to seeing you in July as well!

Welcome to our little community!

there is? how do i not know this? LP isn't a big place. who is from CB here?

That's getting harder and harder in Mexico. Especially in the Yucatan. it's getting expensive fast there. Here in Nicaragua you can get a house way under $100K.

$100k USD, or CAN?

@@marcusleja7133 cad’s

Awesome, thank you. Shoot me an email at info@relocatenicaragua.com - we can do an interview and/or if you want to make a video and send it in, that's great too.

Toronto police were telling ppl to leave car keys on porch, so they didn't come in and shoot you,, it is a sespool and getting way worse and it was bad before toronto is a hole 😅

Thanks! The issue you mention is for residency only, which likely wouldn't apply to you (or many reading this.) Watch my countless videos breaking down the myths of residency and the false belief that people have that they need the residency process. It's not from 2020, it's from 2023, people who have done it have only done it once or maybe twice at most so far. It's very new. There might have been a renewal back in 2020, that is absolutely gone. Renewals are five years typically now. My guess is you are seeing one rule from 2020 for COVID that went away (renewals) and a new rule that just went into place (reprints) and seeing them as one continuous thing, but it's two quite different things with a break in between. It's not renewing your residency, that's completely false information from scam lawyers. I've heard this a bit from the people talking to the crooks in SJDS - they make their money on false info. It's just a need to reprint your cedula card. Still super annoying, but again WHO needs to do this, not many. You need to look at the full picture, it might be a problem for you, but really check, because normally it isn't. The requirement isn't going away for people with those types of residency, at least not in the short term. But it might get easier to deal with soonish as new capabilities are rolling out across the country for government offices. Fingers crossed on that. But that it is a huge pain is one of the reasons I constantly list, now that it is in place, that you need to consider not getting residency and I break that down in all my videos from the last year.

Why turkey?

@@TRIPONTHIS Citizenship by investment program.

Consider the fire lit ;)

Hey Geoff Bramwell from Playa Tesoro here , come pay us a visit next time you get down here would be thrilled to show you our community

Well, in case you didn't realize, you are totally able to return to Nicaragua! Come back, it's waiting for you!

Canada is not collapsing in any way. Stop spreading lies!

US is much worse!

thanks!

Thank you very much!

Basically any first trip will benefit from starting in Granada. It's the tourist city but is a major city so you get a good feel for things but with a little hand holding.

Whaaa?!

Inflow of people will ruin it and it wont be as good anymore, not for everyone in the first place either

@@jcjc5702 I get it, Alternatively when properly managed, the influx of people with skills and entrepreneurial knowledge will bring progress. The hard part is balancing/managing that progress for the development and benefit of the country's people. Progress and change is inevitable and it is up to you to progress on your terms, before you have to progress on someone else's terms.

That's great to hear!

Thanks!

That's easy... they aren't taxed, at all. Not one bit. Now you MIGHT be taxed on them from your source country, that's different. That depends on your tax status and your home country. But Nicaragua has no tax on that income whatsoever.

@@ScottAlanMillerVlog Wait, are you answering this for when one gains residency, and stayes in Nicaragua more than 6 months or a full year, while denouncing your Canadian residency? I am Canadian, who worked in the US for 11 years, and only paid US taxes during that time, because of the residency status. Was your answer for Nicaraguan residency or a visitor for a few months not being taxed? If I gain Nicaraguan residency, can I withdraw Canadian RRSP and also receive CPP without being taxed in Canada because I am not filing CDN tax forms?

@@Cyclonut96 Nicaragua NEVER taxes your foreign sourced income. Never. Not as a tourist. Not as an automatic resident (still tourist visa, but with informal residency, it's a weird tax law thing.) And never with formal long term / permanent residency (residencia via.) I can't answer for how CANADA will tax you, that's complex. But you know better. But Nicaragua will NOT tax you for income, period. It'll never happen. You'll pay normal sales tax, of course.

Email is best. info@relocatenicaragua.com

Costa Rica is expensive compared to anywhere. It's crazy. Great place, but US prices. Nicaragua competes with Colombia on overall cost of living. Different blend of costs, but most people find them very close.

Thank you, and welcome back to paradise!

It's hot, so brace yourself for that. It's not NC summer hot, but it's pretty warm year round. but you do get used to it, it's all year the same. What do you want to know about a house, fruit trees, etc? Cycling is common and yes, there are clubs. I see them all the time in Leon. Heat is high, humidity is low, but far from "dry". Watch my videos, I walk hours in the hottest parts of the day, in the summer heat. It's hot, but I do it, no problems.

I'd recommend coming soon, and consider that it might mean early retirement as well :)

What do you feel Canada is done that smaller (or larger) countries can't avoid? Canada is a small country, not that much larger than central american countries and much smaller than many LATAM countries. And it's not running away. You don't fix problems by contributing to them. If Canada is doing something bad, then the way to stand up to it is to stop empowering it. Staying put is one of the most minimal ways of fighting. Leaving is the true vote, the true action against. In the the US, where votes mean nothing, the only real voice you have is "your wallet." If you don't vote with your wallet (tax dollars in this case) then you did nothing. Or moreso, you are giving your tax dollars in support of what the Canadian government does. Relocation is the opposite of running away. It's making a difference.

@@ScottAlanMillerVlog I can appreciate what you're saying, but, in this case, I disagree. To leave ones birth nation in crisis is to contribute to globalism, which will do us all more harm than good. I do not in any way condemn those who do leave. I dont know their individual circumstances. And, yes, Canada is in a mess. I'm just saying, ultimately, it won't help leaving because what's coming for all good and decent people isn't going to be confined to the West. And, as far as I know, no nation can survive if it's citizens abandon it like rats leaving a sinking ship. You don't agree!? You're entitled to your opinion. Thanks for your respectful comment.

@@catherinecastle8576 I hear what you are trying to say and be patriotic, but if you think about what arrogance Trudeau has towards opinion polls and the popular thought, you must conclude that he is out for himself, not for Canadians and their future, and you end up paying more of you hard earned money to him and Freeland, and these go towards globalist's agendas to overtake other countries, steal their resources, enslave them through taxes and you are just a willing accomplice in this scenario. It is not easy to pack your belongings and move across borders, but WEF already stated that they expect massive global migrations, as they recognize the effect of their actions, and in the end we will end up with West/WEF and East/BRICS, with no trade between, and end up in Canada not being able to purchase healthy bananas, because the border, police and propaganda will not allow it. And, in TO you will live under the 15 minute city rules, so no vacation outside of Ontario Place, without a pass/visa. It will be too late to rebel, as the heat has been slowly and surely raised in the frying pan on the poor frog and you will be toast, like in 1982 or whatever book title was predicting.... Take care.

India.

No, there's really nothing in English. And honestly, what news would you get? The weather? The latest bus delivery news? Very little happens here so news tends to be pretty boring, so much so that the US and Canada just fabricate everything as they have nothing to work with, lol. Last week we opened a new park in Managua!

Video coming on this in a day or two....

jajajajaj. So sad and true.

NIcaragua has free medicine. Period. It's always free. For everyone.

Prices aren't just good here, they are holding at historic lows. The housing market collapsed and getting into something already built is crazy cheap. It's been a depressed market for a few years. If you look online, people assume you don't know and will tell you prices are high. That's all scammers in San Juan del Sur trying to catch unsuspecting expats before they come and investigate. Come first and see for yourself, get to know people and suddenly you realize houses are SO cheap. Like... it's impossible to understand how cheap things are. That's why the scams work so well. It's so believable from abroad.

Going into second year in DR. I like it and can't stand it simultaneously - growing pains continue, but so does personal growth and learning.

Jaja, I don't know anyone here that wants a lot in Ecuador these days ;)

Accepted in that you can drive, yes. But can you work a Nicaragua job? No, sadly that's not an option.

So how to live there if I can't have a job there?

@@ferencfoti5541 So imagine if you stayed in Canada but there were no truck driving jobs. While unlikely, that could happen. What if AI drivers become mandated (that's actually expected someday.) Your situation will be the same, but with super high cost of living. You have the best possible situation in coming to Nicaragua: the ability to live in the best place and unlikely ability to work where it makes sense. Even if you COULD work in Nicaragua, that makes no sense. Pay scales are so low you'd realize it would be impossible. A truck driver might make $700/mo. Maybe Probably not. So whether you can or not, isn't relevant, it wouldn't be a viable option. Under no condition would you want to take that option. So it's a matter of figuring out what career online you want to do and going for that. The great thing is, is that you don't need anywhere close to as much money working FROM Nicaragua as FROM Canada. For one, you often get to live tax free. So that's a windfall right there. Nearly half your paycheck just appears. And the cost of living is fractional, and the purchasing power parity is super high. Often you can live better on 25% of your old income (or less!) So finding a job online that you can do, and that includes every possible field, everything has something online these days, or otherwise remote (it could be by phone, not computer, or similar) that pays less, but still more than say 25 or 30% means you can likely work less, and have more buying power.

What online job i could study? I don't know. I'm more than 40 already. Did Nicaragua sign the WHO treaties recently?

Over here we get lots of Swiss as well.

Why Germans?

@@sofiataboada7438 Because our Goverment hates us!!!!

Well there's that, lol

​@@sofiataboada7438Germans are sick and tired of the muslimification of their country.

I asked someone who sends her kids to one and she said that the cheapest are about $28/mo for a student. And some get be over $150/mo. Depends on the city you are in and the school, of course. I'm sure that there are some super unknown super elite ones that cost a fortune. But the ones that people generally know.

@@ScottAlanMillerVlog For real? It can be that cheap? $150 a month is fine. In Costa Rica I know its like $7000 per year. And I have 2 kids. Which makes is too expensive to make the move. But if those prices are really true in Nicaragua. That can be the deciding factor to move there.

Many countries are already ruined by mostly Americans and some Canadians. People nowadays want the experience of living abroad.

Well considering how much of the world is nice and warm, and how cold Canada is (I grew up in Niagara) it's hard to not want to move abroad. Black flies, mosquitos and loads of snow... heck no I'm never living back there again. Just those climatic conditions alone drive so many North americans further afield.

Costa Rica is already there

​@@ScottAlanMillerVlogAlso many move and end up returning home after a few years.

In many places, yes. But not in Nicaragua where there is a huge problem with real estate and they are desperate for the influx of immigrants who want housing as it is helping to fill the empty real estate. Without then, it's a real problem. I've got lots of videos on this and why Nicaragua is tuning their laws to encourage the influx.

Some references as to why Nicaragua is different... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e8iqitd-rajKZ5c.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h6qJpbqLl621eYk.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qZl-h8-dt7yRZmg.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rJtidcmlrp3emas.html

@@ScottAlanMillerVlog Ok, thank you.

You bet! Definitely over time, it'll become a problem here too. So it won't last for eternity. There is a happy level and many countries, especially the ones that you hear about, are above the healthy level. Nicaragua is currently below it. So it's still in the process of trying to adjust up to a good level. Once there, they will have to figure out how to curtail additional migration.

Healthcare is quite good. Not Colombia or Mexico good, but far better than Canada and, obviously, blows the US out of the water. It's extremely cheap, to the point that most expats don't worry about insurance or anything like that. Just pay out of pocket and get excellent care. We've had to deal with some minor issues and some really, really major ones and every time we are SO thankful that we are in Nicaragua and not North America. The quality and cost of healthcare here are major reasons why we choose Nicaragua. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rZ-pdbmdntG4dIU.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b9GCo9qd18_JfGg.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j9d_m6SJmNiRqmw.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jZyTfNVqxLLQiZs.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mNyCkqyBvNmqc6c.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g71lhMqf2szcm3U.html

Public healthcare is free, even for tourists and expats. Private is excellent and cheap. And we are a small country, it's easy for us to get access to other countries should we need it as well. So many ways to get great healthcare here.

Nope, that's why it's such a big deal. You "just come" assuming you are from the US, Canada, or EU. There's zero paperwork for your first... year or years. And then only sometimes, must you do anything at all. The median average person who moves here permanently never has to do anything. Ever. Nothing. But if you fall under certain conditions then you eventually, but only after already living here for a good amount of time, might have to file for a special visa. But it is outrageously cheap and as long as you aren't committing crimes, I've never heard of someone having problems getting it. It cost almost nothing for that paperwork and there is zero "waiting" because you only do it after you are already here. It's literally easier to move to Nicaragua than it is to continue living in the US or Canada.

Awesome, thank you. Send me an email and we'll hook up... info@relocatenicaragua.com

@@ScottAlanMillerVlog I emailed you, but perhaps you already had enough people to talk to. I do have a question, perhaps you can answer in a future video. It's about trading options from Nicaragua. I'm currently on Interactive Brokers, which seems to operate in Nica as well. What do you know about this? Do we need a Nicaragua bank account to open an IB account in Nica. I don't think I could log-in from my Canadian IB after moving to Nica without getting locked out. Also, if I'd be trading on American Indexes and stocks, is that income considered foreign income that would not be subject to income tax in Nica? Thanks in advance!

@scottalanmillervlog furthermore, if we need to open a bank, do we need to be a permanent resident?

Sounds like someone hasn't experienced the sea of Canadians that is Nicaragua, lol. Don't be afraid, come see for yourself.

It already is :( It starts as a joke, but it's SO reality.

Yoga/Pilates instructor

It'll depend on the lifestyle you want to look for. Leon is becoming very popular for people who want the "Nicaragua experience." We are the second largest city and the safest. But there's little tourist infrastructure so you'll mostly be like "so what do I do now." But we have the only beaches that are part of the city. Granada is the main tourist hub, it's a decent option. YOu have to "imagine" fewer tourists to get a better picture. Managua isn't a good stop, it's big and confusing and has NOTHING for tourists. Actually good to live in once you understand what's going on, but it can be hard. You should just on our live stream. We try to do one weekly on Thursday evenings. Good time to ask questions in the chat and get live responses. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/epqdoq6r0s22qn0.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rKuhncuD1dm3Znk.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f7iSrLJnr5nZnI0.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mrOohNRznMDceYU.html

Met a bunch of Nicaraguans in Canada. What happened?. When your life sucks you always want to find an escape. Well I say to them, Make a move before your sanity erodes.

FOr sure, El Salvador has people flooding in these days. Way more of a public presence than Nicaragua. They are doing amazing up there. They've finally joined us, it's been great.

They rarely say it, but they always "imply" that up north. That Nicaragua totally pushed back against the US drug trade and gangs and stayed say while nothing around it managed to do so was a massive black eye on the US and they hate how embarrassing it is when people find out that separating themselves from the US has made Nicaragua a paradise that can provide more social programs like roads, Internet and healthcare with nearly no budget than the "richest" country in the world can do. So promoting the narrative of danger and cartels is critical to the US (and Canada gets swept along.)

indeed the same one! still own the "MSP" with Paul Chiodo!

haha, Mark is actually from Spiceworks so your little story doesn't work. Anyone who is from Spiceworks knows that I was a bastion of ethics and know that we parted ways of SPiceworks' dishonesty, not mine. But thanks for playing.

What are you up to these days? Want to come visit? Paul and I live by the ocean. It's paradise. Good weather, much freer lifestyle, low cost of living. And we still have the company and work from here. Best of all worlds.

That's your North American context. You probably have to lock your doors and close your windows, right? Well that doesn't sound safe to a Nicaragua. Our doors are wide open. WIDE open. That wall is the only thing that keeps COWS from wandering into my house. Also, in Nicaragua we worry about people hopping a wall and swiping our laptop sitting on a table. In the US or Canada we worry about an armed invader killing our families. Walls stop our laptops and cell phones from disappearing. If you consider pick pockets to be a "danger", then Nicaragua is dangerous. But as an America, that's an inconvenience. "Danger" refers to bodily harm. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f69-hLmlzszZj4k.html

Until you feel comfortable sleeping with your house literally wide open, doors actually open so that animals can wander in and out (my dogs do), you're still in a level of "feeling unsafe" that we don't experience here. That's the real test. Also, unlike the US, we don't have guns. The US only doesn't have razor wire EVERYWHERE because the risk of being shot is SO real, even if you just knock on a door to sell girl scout cookies. Trust me, coming to Nicaragua will change your CONTEXT of what dangerous is.

I've been living here for 10 years, and I am living in the barrio closer to the center from where Scott is. Here they are Spanish colonial style houses, and they look like fortresses. But back in the house you have open areas and lots of air flow. It's just like Scott said, it keeps your entire house safe from intruders, just like northern houses are when they are all locked up.

You've clearly not been here. Canadians everywhere. So many. But obviously the manipulation of the populace is working up there or many more would be here if they knew what it was like instead of what Trudeau's ministry is telling everyone.

I'm not canadian, I just live in Nicaragua. But every day Canadians reach out to me about moving here because they hear it is the affordable paradise that's safe like Canada (used to be), which is unique for Latin America, and super affordable. What factors would make Canadians want to go where things are less stable, more expensive, less safe, etc.? Seems odd.

Well, I don't know your situation, but given that Nicaragua is ridiculously cheaper than Canada, and you can work remotely from Nicaragua tax free... generally the question is reversed: how can you afford NOT to come to Nicaragua? If there actually something giving you more buying power in Canada? You have to earn something like 4-20x (real numbers) more in Canada for the same standard of living. Doesn't take much to earn that much less, especially if you end up tax free.

Better than most of the US or Canada. I run a global IT and software engineering firm from here, have IT and engineering staff all over the country, and I have a massive media production facility and it's easier here than in the US due to good power and Internet. High speed, super reliable fiber is easier to get here than US or Canada because they run it nearly everywhere, even tiny remote villages.

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When you life sucks everything goes whether you are from USA or Canada or Nicaragua. My advice to everyone who wants to move is to sell everything in Canada and move ASAP because the longer you wait, you will get more miserable day by day in Canada and you do not want misery for yourself and your family.

​@@marylmpaulson1855if you are miserable in your own country, you will be miserable anywhere you go. Maybe not at first but in time.

@@margaret3153 Very true.

I don't know Margaret, I left the US a decade ago and am pretty high on life. I've loved every minute of every country I've lived in since leaving the US (7 countries.) It's kind of miserable to tell people that your country or fellow citizens or taxes or war or economy or safety can't make you unhappy. They certainly can. That's why travel is so important. People who explore the world are generally much happier, and those that realize that they don't have to go back and can choose their own path forward are generally much, much happier. Nothing more miserable than feeling that misery is unavoidable and that you are trapped inside of yourself. Maybe changing countries won't fix what makes you sad. But not attempting to fix what makes you sad definitely won't fix it. Change is a first step. Even if the country you are in isn't the source of problems. But in a case where your country is stripping liberties, taxing you heavily, not providing good healthcare, treating you like you have no voice, supporting foreign policies that weigh heavily on your conscious... then NOT leaving is basically guaranteed to make you miserable. There's no reason to try to talk people out of improving their lives. Even if misery ends up not being solved by having lower stress, lower taxes, more spending power, better weather, more freedom... it's definitely not going to get worse because you improved your life.

I think the thing you are saying is basically... if a change can't guarantee a 100% fix, then don't do it. That's horrific decision making and whoever has told you that, isn't your friend. If you are unhappy, you don't avoid "improvement" just because it doesn't make you completely happy all the time. That's a very toxic mentality. And honestly, that kind of toxicity that is preached by North American culture is exactly itself a reason to get out. Get away from a society that wants to harm your mental health to create a false sense of being trapped to get your tax money and labor.

Awesome, shoot me an email to arrange. info@relocatenicaragua.com

Someplace like Nicaragua makes all of that so much easier. Super safe, super cheap, super warm (haha), good healthcare, easy access to other countries, etc. Everything (almost) gets easier when you are in Nicaragua. The cost of nearly everything is fractional compared to Canada. More freedom, similar safety (Canada is legit very safe), low low low costs, and no snow.

Go for it. It will be a life changing for you. Life is too short.

So true. And what's the risk? Get here, give it a try, save money... don't like it? Nothing locks you down. You can always move on. Consider it an extended low cost vacation in that case!

Yes, I brought my two dogs. I know a lot of people who have brought pets.

safety warnings from.... the very governments that have been lying to you and don't want your tax dollars to leave? jaja. check the crime stats. Safer in nicaragua than most other places like the US.

what political unrest? look at videos of the country. come visit if you doubt it. completely fabricated. zero unrest. it's the US that has unrest.

@@ScottAlanMillerVlog yeah your right it’s coming from gov of Canada go figure

You seem bitter than someone might find lower cost, more freedom, warmer weather attractive. How can you address the issues in Canada by "watering your own grass?" And it doesn't seem ethical to refer to "staying in the country you are born" as a "duty." People aren't property, and they don't owe the state something just for being born. This is some scary thinking right there. I'd want to flee Canada if people think that way! I'd be terrified.

How does one attempt to "water their own grass" if there are attitudes like this around? That's nonsensical. But it's a refreshing viewpoint to see that there are Canadians who actually dislike the idea of civil liberty. You actually see freedom as a bad thing, interesting.

It's odd the way you chose to interpret my comment, we are all individually limited by our ability to perceive reality. The wisest thing one can do is to learn to be objective. Let me put it this way: everybody loves a good party, as the party winds down people start to leave, there is always a mess to clean up but only a handful stay to help clean the mess, in my experience it always seems to the same people that stay to lend a hand understanding that they had a part in creating the mess. Most leave assuming someone else will take care of the mess everyone had a part in creating. This is what I mean as duties. I understand everyone wants to be free but we need to first notice that our history is about slavery and we live on farms with fences we call borders. Some farms treat their livestock better than others. I m not suggesting to act like a slave but rather to objectively perceive reality separated from your feelings (ego). We all have our part to do in braking the chains, to me it seems wiser than running from a problem no one can hide from.

ACtually that's a great reason to invest in it: socialism and buyer protections. Systems like the US and Canada have prominent eminent domain and money talks. In socialist systems, the goal is to do what is right for the people. Socialism encourages the strong property laws that Nicaragua has and the US lacks. Nicaragua has a strong property protection system and the safety, compared to the US and Canada, of your investments are a great reason to invest here. HOWEVER, investing has absolutely nothing to do with the topic. Why bring it up? You don't move to another country and just invest. That's crazy. I have video after video explaining the totally awful business logic that it takes to do that (if you plan to make money.) If you believe in the Canadian economy, as a Canadian, your best scenario is to invest in Canada and live and spend in Nicaragua. As a Canadian you have nearly no likely knowledge to make you a viable investor in any other country (this is not unique to Canada, immigrants make bad investors, they don't know what is needed or how things work.) So while your logic for investing is backwards and shows a "manipulated by Canadian marketing" response, the result is correct. But what does it have to do with the topic? Why bring it up unless it's just a fear response of people finding out how good the business environment is in Nicaragua? It sounds like something you'd say if you were afraid and didn't want people to leave. As an investor in both the US and Nicaragua, you certainly aren't going to make me think that I'm safer in the US. That's just silly. Those of us who live here know how much more stable property ownership is here. And REAL business investors don't panic when they hear "socialism", they look for it for safety of their investments. Most of Europe is socialist, for example. And they look into property concerns, they don't operate on random rumors that are at arm's length (e.g. random thought that some forms of government must automatically do their opposite of their mandate at random.) So who is the comment for, really?

I don't know what you are trying to ask here. I think you are trying to ask if Nicaragua has good civil liberties and respects people of all types. If that is what you are asking, then yes, Nicaragua certainly has more civil liberties than the US or Canada and has none of the weird "concerned with other people's preferences" obsessions and intolerances that so many in North America have. Most North Americans look to this region for more personal freedom, not less. If you are looking for less personal freedom than the US and Canada have, you're best bets are central Africa or the Middle East. Latin America and SE Asia tend towards higher levels of personal freedom where "if it doesn't hurt anyone", no one worries about what other people are doing.

We sometimes use the term "fourth world" now to refer to North America. It's still first world aligned, but has a standard of living that we in the third world would be apalled at. The "third world" has better standard of living at the same income strata, lower taxes, better healthcare, often better roads (definitely not always), better Internet, more freedom, etc. I lived here nearly a decade ago and it felt "third world" back then. Now I feel that way returning to the US.

Thanks 😊 for the info, might invest there 😀

@user-fz3gc3bw1c i do. i love it. but definitely be cautious.

To spend or live off of? $20,000 is very tight, if we are talking about a house. But I have a friend that bought land and built a small house for $13K. I know in some developments here in Leon there are brand new, super basic houses in really nice areas that are very small, but two bedrooms, one bath for $16,000.

I want a small house,like a 2bedroom,in Managua...I mean 30,000

Ah, $30K is a LOT more reasonable. I've never gone house shopping in the city proper. And getting house prices there is hard. Even my own team from Managua has no idea what their own neighborhoods homes would cost. But $30K seems VERY reasonable for a city home. Considering you can get into suburban developments for around that, you should have options in the city.

I hope not, I don't. I speak it at a medium level now. But I've been here a long time. I knew some words, some basic phrases and could read basic menus when I first came. Start DuoLingo sooner than later - the more you know, the more you'll enjoy it. But you can come with zero Spanish, without a real problem. I'd say the average expat here speaks zero to minimal spanish even after being here a while.

He should come. It's awesome.

I'm afraid I'm not familiar with a vaccine passport, not sure what you are asking. Nicaragua weathered the pandemic one of the best in the world. It didn't close, but the death rate was insane because they couldn't get any vaccine for a long time. All the western countries kept them for themselves until there was surplus, which is not a surprise but came as a major risk here. Once Honduras was able to provide vaccinations over the border and the population surged over the border to get vaccinated, the pandemic practiced ended overnight.

@@ScottAlanMillerVlog thanks for the reply! The vaccine passport was mandated in Canada requiring one to hold a QR code on their phone “proof of vaccination”. In order to go to a restaurant or partake in social endeavours.

Oh, um, wow. No, never been anyplace with anything like that. Definitely no one in Latin America has anything like that. Nor the US. That FEELS like something uniquely Canadian.

ah... panic and propaganda. the only way canada keeps their people home. they fear that they might see the world and learn for themselves. enjoy being trapped by fear and lies. if you fall for what they tell you, you deserve it.

i wonder if you can name a single thing you can't do in nicaragua or you even know what country you speak of. i bet you'd be afraid of an actual comparison. nicaragua is far more free that the US which is in turn much more free than canada. enjoy the snow. nicaragua doesn't need those that would hate simply because they don't speak english or how before Trudeau.

there's two problems with your list. the first is that this describes canada more than nicaragua. the second is that this has no relevance to expats. how does any of this apply? these claims are for citizens only. i'm an american. i can't do any of those things in canada either. so....

@@ScottAlanMillerVlog I didn't write that, its a quote from international organizations.

@@ScottAlanMillerVlog I don't know who 'they' is, Canada has ALWAYS had the highest percentage of expats of any country, mainly due to the weather and the proximity to the US. Hell there are things called 'snowbirds' that are pretty much EVERY retiree who can afford to have a second place in Arizona, Florida, or any place warm. Costa Rica is the preferred destination, while Roatan is practically OWNED by canadians. Nicaragua has simply always been a political shithole like Honduras, mostly due to american influence. LOTS of warm places to move to, I think you are maybe buying a little too much of the social media crazy you see online. I'm in the maritimes and the maritimes have NEVER had it this good EVER, and even our premier had to thank Trudeau and immigration (and federal money).

You are from Cuba? North Korea? What the hack communist countries are you talking about? Either this has nothing to do with this video, or you have no idea what communism is, lol. In any case, enjoy the fantasy world in your head.

True, so if you come to a socialist country like Nicaragua (literally THE socialist country of the region), don't leave it for a communist one. That would be silly. Why leave the best once you get here?