What does it mean to register and register as "e-residency" anyone can become an Estonian citizen in the digital world?

Known as the world's most digitized countryEstoniaIn 2000, the e-government started, not only administrative activities, but all services such as transportation, medical services, banking transactions, etc., are being digitized. Furthermore, an electronic nation operated by Estonia for people all over the world "e-residency"Has been established and it is possible to do business in the EU while staying in Japan by being an e-residency electronic citizen" e-residents ". Three years of business consultant who actually registered as resident in e-residency, about the splendor of becoming e-residentsQuartz at WorkI am contributing to.

Estonia e-residency is a model for a more open world - Quartz at Work
https://work.qz.com/1241833/one-of-estonias-first-e-residents-explains-what-it-means-to-have-digital-citizenship/

◆ What is e-residency?
Estonia is a country that began walking as a liberal economic nation after independence from the Soviet Union, and in 2004 it became an EU member state. In Estonia, the world's first e-government called "e-Estonia" to digitize all administrative activities is being created, and it is becoming increasingly important to have a paperless system, integrated management of information by ID card, transportation system, bank account, electronic medical record, All kinds of public and private services such as corporate registry and tax return declaration are electronicized.

In Estonia, which operates a "small government" that is slimmer at the world's highest level, Caspal Colzajus devised a system "e-residency" that allows anyone in the world to become a resident on the electronic nation. The e - residency is part of Estonia 's grand planning to "create a new digital nation for the world citizen" and be issued a personal ID card certifying his identity by becoming e - residents, In addition we will be able to establish a company in Estonia online. Because Estonia is a member of the EU, by using the e-residency system, it will be possible to do business with companies in EU countries from anywhere in the world. In addition, since progressive taxation system is not adopted in Estonia and corporate tax is uniformly 20%, it is possible to use it for tax saving purposes.


Not less than 3 years from the operation of e-residency, it is not only businessmen who set up EU business from abroad, but also doctors, technicians, free as saying "digital nomad" who spot all over the world to work online People from all over the world who are hindered from demonstrating talent due to obsolete barriers such as Lancer have resided in Estonia's electronic nation as e-residents without changing even their nationality or residence. It is. By the way, the title "e-residents of the world's first election ceremony" is held by the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

At the time of writing, more than 33,000 people from 154 countries have become residents of the digital nation, and more than 5000 companies are established by digital citizens.


◆ Try to become e-residents
I am from Finland who provides business support around the worldApril LinneHe said he was interested in Finnish small neighbor Estonia for several reasons, such as legislation, taxation system, citizen's duty. Meanwhile, Linnae seems to decide to become e-residents because it became a business advisor of startup founded in Estonia.

The application to e-residency three years ago was not so easy. Applications need to be done at the police station in Estonia, and it seems that all guidance on the procedure was Estonian. (At the time of writing the article is online processable and English is also available.) Furthermore, at the time, it was requested to submit a simple composition "Why do you want to become e-residents?" Nonetheless, it seems that Mr. Linne was a memorable experience to recall the summer vacation homework of the student days. After completing all the application procedures, the female police officer said that he declared "I am not a Finnish person, I am an Estonian."

A few weeks after the application we received an e-mail notifying the approval to the e-residency and once again visited the same police station, we handed over the "Welcome Package" containing the electronic ID card, card reader, password, instructions, It seems that I was able to become e-residents. Personally identifiable card system which was fully electronized / online has long been undisciplined for Estonians, but it was felt very fresh for people outside Estonia, Mr. Linna said It is.

ByMasayuki (Yuki) Kawagishi

Mr. Linne, who has customers around the world, is based in the United States and said that he needed work to disable the firewall to use the e-residency service from the United States. Also, when a potential bug in e-residency was discovered in the latter half of 2017, it seems that there were also a few inconveniences such as all cards being suspended until ID cards are updated via the net is. However, the work of the Estonian government is very quick and it seems to be a thorough follow-up, and the life as a citizen of the electronic nation is generally comfortable. More than anything, Mr. Linnae says that the e-residency experience that makes the "future" feel is a good opportunity to rethink about the world where the form of work itself changes quickly.

According to Rinne said e-residency is not a passport never far from citizenship, but more than a tourist visa. The e-residency provides windows of new opportunities, and it seems to exist that there is a way to change the way of thinking. Contrary to the United States trying to closely close the border under the Trump regime, Estonia is said to aim for the construction of a bridge, Mr. Linna said that on the future Earth it would be even more desirable to create such a bridge It is.

Application for e-residency can be done online from the following page. 100 euro (approx. 13,000 yen) is required for ID card registration fee.

Application for e-Residency
https://apply.gov.ee/