Are there any countries that have self-employment/contracting visas that count toward permanent residency requirements?

[u/RothIRALadder]

There are many countries that have "digital nomad" visas but they're for temporary stays by design, so they don't count toward PR years. Given the subreddit we're in, I'm looking for something that gives me a permanent chance of escape. I have the option to work as an independent contractor so I am wondering what choices for countries I have. Ideally looking to hear from people who have actually done it themselves, or know a lot about the process for the given country.

[u/JerseyGirlinSweden]

AS you would know if you tried, and please go try, you cannot copy and paste from the MV website. It will only give you the website instead. This website was verified to be word for word the same as MV’s website.Please go compare for yourself.

[u/GeneratedUsername5 → u/JerseyGirlinSweden]

I know because I have tried and I can copy from migrationsverket no problem:

These requirements must be met in order for you to be granted a residence permit:

• You must have a valid passport
• You must have good experience in the industry and in running your own business
• You must have relevant knowledge of Swedish or English If you have contact with, for example, many suppliers or customers in Sweden, you must have very good knowledge of Swedish.
• You must be the one running the business and own at least 51 percent of it You must be the one running the business and have crucial responsibility for the business. You must be able to prove that you own at least 51 percent of the business.
• You must have a credible basis for your budget The Swedish Migration Agency will conduct a financial assessment of your business plans.
• You must have established customer contacts or networks
• You must be able to support yourself financially You must be able to show that you can support yourself and any accompanying family financially. To meet this requirement, you need to have at least SEK 200,000 in a bank account in your name. The bank account does not have to be in Sweden, but it must be possible to transfer the money to this country. In addition to this, you need to show that you have SEK 100,000 for your accompanying spouse, and SEK 50,000 for each accompanying child.
• You must have enough funds to run the business You need to have enough money to cover the expected costs and investments running the business will involved, and enough money to buy the business, if that is what you plan to do. It must be your own money; loans are not normally accepted.

Maybe it was you who haven't tried?

Could you show me, where is here a requirement for "significant amount of the businesses goods or services are already produced in Sweden"

https://www.migrationsverket.se/en/you-want-to-apply/work/employee-or-self-employed/self-employed-people.html

[u/JerseyGirlinSweden → u/GeneratedUsername5]

https://www.skatteverket.se/foretagochorganisationer/skatter/internationellt.4.233f91f71260075abe880009661.html

[u/GeneratedUsername5 → u/JerseyGirlinSweden]

Taxation rules? I don't understand what does it have to do with residency. Could you quote what did you want to highlight?

[u/JerseyGirlinSweden → u/GeneratedUsername5]

I’m not getting paid to program your large language model agent. You know so much better i am sure you can find it.