The Digital Nomad Visa: Filling the Gap in the U.S. Immigration System in the Era of Remote Employment 43 Quinnipiac Law Review (QLR) 2024-2025

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The Digital Nomad Visa: Filling the Gap in the U.S. Immigration System in the Era of Remote Employment

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THE DIGITAL NOMAD VISA: FILLING THE GAP IN THE U.S.
IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IN THE ERA OF REMOTE
EMPLOYMENT

Emily C. Callan* & Garrett May**

The term nomad derives from the word nomas, describing a
wandering shepherd.' Despite this humble origin, perhaps the most
famous nomad in history, the great Genghis Khan, was a warrior of
incomparable success and innumerable victories; history remembers him
as the Mongolian ruler who built the largest land empire in the world.2
Khan amassed an empire so large that at its peak, the Mongolian ruler
controlled lands stretching from Korea to Europe and spanning more than
eleven million square miles.3 He accomplished this historical feat by
requiring his horde to engage in constant travel (and warfare), with horde
members riding as far as 200 miles a day.4
While the modern world may be free from conquering hordes, more
and more people all over the globe have taken on the nomadic mantle.
Now termed digital nomads,' huge swaths of the population are now
traveling the globe while simultaneously working full-time, remote jobs.6
It is easy to see the appeal of digital nomadism; a person does not need to

* Emily C. Callan (nee Kendall) is an attorney working in private practice in
Arlington, Virginia. She has published articles on multiple immigration and Constitutional
issues in law journals including the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, the St. Thomas
Law Review, John Marshall Law Review, the Michigan State University College of Law
International Law Review, the Journal of Supreme Court History, DePaul Journal for Social
Justice, the University of Baltimore Law Review, and others.
Garrett May is an immigration attorney practicing in Washington, DC, with an
emphasis on federal court litigation. He is a graduate of the George Washington University
Law School and a member of the DC Bar, the American Immigration Lawyers Association,
the J. Reuben Clark Law Society, and admitted to the federal district courts of DC and
Maryland.
GERARD CHALIAND, NOMADIC EMPIRES: FROM MONGOLIA TO THE DANUBE 7
(A.M. Berrett trans., Routledge 2017) (2004).
2 Evan Andrews, 10 Things You May Not Know About Genghis Khan, HIST. (June 26,
2023), https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-genghis-khan.
3 Id.
4 Seeid.
' See generally TSUGIO MAKIMOTO & DAVID MANNERS, DIGITAL NOMAD (1997).
6 See Rowena Hennigan, How to Become a Digital Nomad, HARV. BUS. REV. (Feb. 8,
2023), https://hbr.org/2023/02/how-to-become-a-digital-nomad.

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