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Five years ago, Remote Work (Barbados) Inc. began as a relocation consulting business. We helped Welcome Stamp visa holders navigate the practicalities of moving to Barbados; finding housing, opening bank accounts, understanding the school system. It was good work, necessary work. But somewhere along the way, we realized we were thinking too small. The Welcome Stamp program we helped create has brought thousands of remote workers to our shores. These aren't just tourists pass

In mid 2020 Barbados launched the the world’s first visa for remote workers, the Barbados Welcome Stamp. Estonia followed suit about a month later, and then the floodgates opened; there are now over 50 countries around the world that offer some sort of visa for remote work visitors.

Peter Thompson gets interviewed about the Barbados 12 Month Welcome Stamp visa, and remote work in general.

The pandemic is a paradox; on one hand it has destroyed our major industry in Barbados, but on the other it is giving us a once in a lifetime opportunity to rebuild a much more resilient economy around services that we provide digitally to the global marketplace.

Remote Work Barbados is made possible by Prime Minister Mia Mottley's political and economic master-stroke. Her 12-Month Barbados Welcome Stamp innovation has the potential to spur the evolution of the Barbados tourism industry into long term sustainability in the 21st century.