# 191 - Everyone Needs a Plan B | Vance

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Podcast: [Free Cities Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-cities-podcast-5840331)
Published: 2026-07-17T05:00:29+00:00
Episode link: https://fountain.fm/episode/ODAgF0oMqNvApzRdOm7Q
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Second Passports, Plan B Residencies, and the Americas Super Cycle - Vance is the founder of My Latin Life, an immigration agency covering residency visas across Latin America. A Canadian-American software developer, he began travelling after reading Tim Ferriss's The 4-Hour Workweek and arriving in Playa del Carmen in 2018. Timothy Allen sits down with Vance in Próspera for a practical guide to internationalising your life. They discuss the five routes to a second passport, why ancestry should usually be investigated first, why Mexico often suits Americans while Paraguay appeals to Europeans, and how some Latin American residencies can be maintained with very little time on the ground. The conversation then turns to the larger shift Vance sees taking place across the world: declining confidence in Europe, growing optimism in Latin America, El Salvador's transformation, Dubai's sudden vulnerability, and his belief that the present economic super cycle belongs to the Americas. In this conversation: Why Vance built an online identity around a pseudonym Canada, the United States and discovering geo-arbitrage How The 4-Hour Workweek turned travel into a way of life Choosing destinations to learn Spanish, Portuguese and French Why technical skills still matter in the age of AI Arriving in Playa del Carmen and finding the digital nomad world How My Latin Life became an immigration agency Residency visas, offshore banking, companies and asset protection The five routes to a second passport Why ancestry is often the cheapest and most overlooked route Mexico for Americans and Paraguay for Europeans US citizenship-based taxation and the Texas two-step Paraguay's residency process and low physical-presence rules Panama, tax blacklists and leaving your previous tax system UK tax r…

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