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Originally Posted by GreyWolf
Depends on other background "features" MrLuvr and whether you are looking for residency or just want to live for a while and whether the govt who issued your passport is going to expect taxation to be paid back home etc.
Don't have experience of your first choice, but St Maarten has something to offer (and personally like the place a lot). Caymen is fine, but now a "has been" - and both these islands are now fairly expensive.
Both Panama and Costa Rica offer the features you mentioned, tho both are predomindently Spanish-speaking - if this is an issue. But, both are, least right now, relatively cheap and with laws which are fine for webmasters and will not expect taxation on income earned outside the country.
There are also other Caribbean islands where you will not be restricted on the time you spend there (some may cost the value of a corp to qualify), but no taxation imposed and you can come and go as you please.
It's kinda relevant on what basis you want to live there - ie for 30-90 days or so at a time, or for a few years.
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Thanks for your detailed response. I have a Canadian passport. So, from what I know, as long as I don't have any ties in Canada, i.e a house that I can stay in or a family, I don't have to pay taxes in Canada if I am living abroad.
I would like to do this on a permanent basis. So, I am really looking for a place that can become "home" as such. I would like it to be fairly modern. Of course, I don't expect or want a Walmart around the corner either.
Any othere suggestions from others? Anybody living in St Maarten right now?