Denise Segler moved to Haarlem, Netherlands, in 2024 after being laid off and wanting to embrace a better quality of life in Europe. She had a long-standing desire to live abroad and decided to become a freelancer in IT following her divorce and children becoming adults. The expensive health insurance in the US prompted her move, and she found the Dutch American Friendship Treaty visa appealing. It required maintaining a minimum business bank account, offering a path to live and work in the Netherlands and experience affordable living costs.
In January 2023, the company laid off my entire team.
I had earned higher-level project management credentials and started actively promoting my own business as an IT project manager.
I researched different European visas and discovered the Dutch American Friendship Treaty (DAFT) visa.
The Netherlands had more affordable health insurance and other living costs.
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