estonian president kersti kaljulaid visits e-⁠Residency

Ott Vatter • Jan 26, 2018 • 2 min read

Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid visited the e-⁠Residency office today to discuss how Estonia’s e-⁠Residency community is growing around the world.

We discussed how e-⁠residents are using the programme to grow their companies, what contribution they are making to our digital nation in return, and what more we can do to improve e-⁠Residency.

We also looked at feedback from e-⁠residents, including a Ukrainian entrepreneur who shared his difficulties accessing traditional banking in Estonia.

In particular, we discussed with the President how e-⁠Residency can:

Improve access to a wider choice of e-services, such as banking.
Provide a new community network, which is launching this year and will help e-⁠residents connect, learn and grow their companies.
Support more cross-border trade between e-⁠residents and Estonians.

President Kaljulaid has already been discussing e-Residency in the Korea media

President Kaljulaid is travelling to South Korea next month and will officially open our new e-⁠Residency Collection Centre in Seoul while she is there.

In anticipation, the highest number of applications for e-⁠Residency are currently coming from South Korea.