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The Wealthy Expat Journal
Ideas, research and practical perspectives for a life across borders: articles on citizenship, residency and global mobility, videos from the channel, and a briefing sent when there is something worth your attention.
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Serbian tax residence can follow from your home and the center of your life as well as from your days in the country, and the day count runs across calendar years.
Which family members can be added after Dominica citizenship is granted, what each category costs in government charges, and which of two dates decides the charge.
Grenada is an E-2 treaty country, but a nationality acquired through investment carries a three-year domicile condition, and the business and family tests stay separate.
The bond is capital you hold for five years without interest; the fees around it are spent. A budget that keeps the two apart shows what the route asks of your cash.
Who must complete biometric enrolment by 31 July 2027, how an appointment is booked and confirmed, and why booking, enrolment and the new document are three checkpoints.
A residence permit settles whether you may live in the UAE; tax residence there turns on your days in the country, a home, work or business, or where your life is centred, and a treaty certificate follows the treaty.
General educational information only. Nothing here is legal, tax or investment advice. Publication dates are shown where available; confirm current requirements with an appropriately qualified professional before acting.
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Attackers copied the names, dates of birth, nationalities and countries of residence of the people behind about 31,000 Liechtenstein companies, foundations and trusts. Here is what the register held, what it did not, and what lawful privacy looks like now.
The EU has asked the Eastern Caribbean countries to wind down their citizenship by investment programs and can now suspend visa-free travel over them. A second citizenship stays a plan B; Schengen access is better secured through residence.
Argentina grants citizenship after two years of residence or for an investment. In November 2026 the investment route was announced but not yet open, its decree was contested in court, and the rules on how to apply were unpublished.
Rafael Cintron’s video ties the talent Golden Visa to what you earn. The official rules grant it on a nomination for your field instead, and the income tests belong to other permits.
One bank or one app can fail you for a morning or for longer. Accounts at more than one institution, in more than one currency and country, opened openly and reported where the law requires, keep your money within reach.
Banks report your accounts to the other participating countries where you are tax resident, and KYC decides what they hold about you; lawful privacy works inside both rules, not around them.
Lawful asset protection across borders means depending less on one country for your nationality, tax residence, banking and property, while reporting everything wherever you are taxed.
Costa Rica has no citizenship by investment. Residency built on capital, income or a pension starts the clock, and naturalization follows only after years of actually living in the country.
Which nationalities travel to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program, how the State Department’s B visa refusal rates compare for citizenship by investment countries, and why no citizenship guarantees a visa.
A residence permit, a tax position and a way of life are separate decisions when you move to the UAE, and the first does not settle the other two.
A second citizenship gives you a second country where you may live and a second travel document; it removes no obligation you have to the first.
In this video, I break down how governments around the world are increasingly targeting wealthy individuals with wealth taxes, exit taxes, and new financial restrictions.
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