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How to Money · Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Spain and Netherlands Emerge as Top Destinations for Americans Moving Abroad

Rochelle Gamlam identified Spain as the most popular destination for Americans looking to move abroad, offering visas like the digital nomad visa and non-lucrative visa. The Netherlands is also a strong contender due to its DAFT visa, which is specifically for self-employed individuals.

personRochelle Gamlam

The tape

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Yes, definitely, I would say to there are the lists of the most popular ones for American that Americans tend to move to, and then they're the ones that I normally work with people to send them to. So I'll tell you some of my favorites. So I would say the most popular one that people come to me about is Spain.
Speaker 2
Spain is super popular. I would say it's always second most popular behind Portugal on the list of countries that Americans are all moving to. And I would say someone, Yeah, literally, it's very hot outside right now, but yes. So I did a two month long scouting trip where I looked at Greece, Italy, and Spain and a bunch of different destinations, and there's a reason why so many people are moving to Spain. And I'm like, oh, do I really want to go where everyone's going? And actually the answer was yes, because it's just an incredible country and they have so many different visa options.
Speaker 2
The second one is going to surprise you. It's actually the Netherlands, and it's because, yeah, soul random, but they have this incredible visa called the DAFT Dutch American Friendship Treaty, and it's specifically for people who work for themselves, but you could be a freelancer as long as you have a couple different income sources or clients, they're fine with it.
Speaker 2
Heard on How to Money — “The Financial Case for Moving Abroad w/ Richelle Gamlam #1190, published Wednesday, September 9, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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