Moving to the Netherlands on a Self-Employed DAFT Visa

   DAFT Visa: An honest conversation on moving abroad, solving the money question first, and building a life in Europe you can actually afford.

Thinking about moving to the Netherlands under the DAFT visa?

The Visa Gets You There. Then What? An honest conversation about moving to Europe, the money question almost nobody answers, and building a life abroad you can actually afford. With Jen of Recovery to Travel.

Maybe you've Googled "moving to Europe" a hundred times over the last couple of years. You can picture the life. But every time you really think it through, you hit the same wall: how would you actually make money once you're there?

Here's the thing almost nobody says out loud. The reason most people never go isn't courage — it's that they don't know how they'll earn a living once they land. And the relocation industry tends to skip right past that part. They'll get you into the country and leave you standing there, visa in hand, with no idea what comes next.

This webinar takes it the other way around. Before the move is ever on the table, the focus is on how you're going to make money — whether that's building your own business, targeting the right companies, or closing a skills gap. Because a move you can't afford isn't a plan, it's a gamble.

This is that conversation. Jen will get into why the money question is the real one, how she reverse-engineers income before the move instead of after, and what a bigger life abroad actually looks like once you get past the postcard version of it.

This is not a legal or immigration seminar. This is not about finding you a job — only employers can do that. This is a grounded, honest conversation about building the map: where you're headed, what it takes to earn there, and the order to do it in, so you land on solid ground instead of scrambling.

What We'll Cover

During this session, we'll discuss:

• The real reason most people never make the move, and it isn't courage
• Why solving income first is what makes the whole move safe
• The three questions Jen asks anyone, whatever their visa: what's your legal route, what income does that route need, and what sequence gets you there
• How to spot the market value you already carry and reposition it to command more, even somewhere new
• What a "bigger life" really means once you strip away the beach-and-early-retirement fantasy
• Where to start if you're sitting at that wall right now

About Your Hosts

 Jen Huss is the founder of Recovery to Travel. Raised to believe there was one right way to live, she got sober, found the steadiness to follow her own compass, and it led her to Europe. With sixteen years in staffing, 500+ résumés rewritten, and 200+ people placed, she now helps other Americans see the market value they can't see in themselves — and reposition it to build a life abroad. As she puts it: "I don't find you a job. I build you the map.

Julie Taylor is a British entrepreneur who relocated to the Netherlands and built her life and business here from the ground up in 2018. As the founder of Buzz Business Networking, she supports international entrepreneurs navigating the realities of entrepreneurship and building connections in the Netherlands. Through her community and networking work, she sees firsthand where people struggle after the move—and what actually helps them move forward.

If a question requires legal or tax advice, we'll point you toward appropriate professional resources.

A Final Note Moving abroad can be exciting and full of possibility — but only if the money question is solved first. This conversation is designed to give you an honest, practical starting point, so you're not left standing at the wall wondering what comes next.

We look forward to seeing you there.