Living at a caribbean island is easy to achieve when you have a passport of the European Union.
France among all European countrys brought it's overseas territories into the union.
The island of Saint Martin is french. Because of a British heritage, only here the French mostly speak English.
There income depend on American and Canadian tourist's who visit this island frequently.
You can travel all the way from Europa with an identity card to Saint Martin. No passport required!
Saint Martin got a British heritage and the English language is widely spoken.
The locals consider them selves more as Saint Martiners and less French.
This is the world's smalest island chared by two nations. A melting pot of cultures.
Look at the back of any Euro bill and you see a little map.
In the left corner you see French Guyana, the upper right is Guadeloupe, below Marinique and on the bottom Reunion in the Indian Ocean.
Saint Martin belongs to Guadeloupe!
Travel reports
Because of the cheap gas, people switch
from small cars to big cars while in Germany people switch to bicycles.
Bigger, better, American!
Mrs. Cornelia Schmidt, Anse Marcel, Saint Martin, French West Indies
so much fun
In the winter month it seems like this island is just an other state of the USA.
Between 5 and seven cruise ships arrive in the port of Philipsburg (each 3500 to 5000 passengers) while planes keep (high season every 15 minutes) landing at Princess Juliana Airport.
Tourism truly is a billion dollar industry!
The Friendly Island
only 6 km to Anguilla
- no obligation to register with local authorities
- no import tax
- The French speak English
- cheap gas
- governmet tax on cars 110 € yearly
(any car, even a Hummer Jeep)
- you can afford an American car
- pay less for elecricity
- incorporate your company for 1 € (S.A.R.L.)
- get financial support from the European Union
(because of the location, most western territory of the E.U.)
- it's like living in the European Union and shopping in
the USA (open border to St. Maarten, no customes,
St. Maarten only got a 3% sales tax)
- 1 : 1 exchange rate Euro to Dollar is widely accepted
- supermarkets packed with US-Products
- no penalties at St. Maarten for drunk drivers
(they simply have no law about drinking and driving)
- no property tax for realestate at St. Maarten
- international airport
- only tax free port in the Caribbean
- booming tourist industry
- money laundering center (see C. I. A. factbook for more,
scroll to bottom)
- lowest temperatur in the winter is + 20 celsius
Many Advantages
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Simpson Bay Beach in front of Mary's Boon
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