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Open a company and sponsor their visas, help them get them residency cards, bank accounts etc - whilst living in their home country.

You don't need to guess or wonder, just do the test: Guidance ”“ Guidance ”“ GOV.UK Cut all business ties with the UK, rent out your property full time, move to Cyprus, rent a place, exchange your drivers licence for a CY one etc, pay your taxes in CY. Either spend 60 days in Cyprus or 365...

Paraguay has become very difficult to get a passport, despite what is shared online by lawyers/agents selling their vastly overpriced Paraguay Residency packages. Paraguay is cheap and easy if you just want a residency.

Argentina

It wouldn't be impossible for the IRS to subpoena Visa/Mastercard for a list of non-US cards used to pay in the US (and matched to banks) for John Smith, and investigate from there. They likely wouldn't do this if they had no reason to look into you, but once they have decided to, it will be...

Cyprus isn't known to enforce the rule of not spending 183 days in any other country, as long as it doesn't create disputes between tax authorities. Spend 60 days in Cyprus, and the rest wherever you like. The country you spend the 183 days is the country that may have an issue, but Thailand...

The best option between being self-employed or running via a LTD company comes down to 2 things mainly: 1. Your annual income (If it's on the lower end, better self-employed/freelance, otherwise, via a LTD company) 2. Are you or your wife EU citizens? (Otherwise, likely the best option for...

IBKR EU is now at 1.945% on funds above 10K (no need to lock up funds) and HSBC Jersey is paying 2.49% on EUR (locked for 1 month). Wise is offering around 0.65% on account balance, no need to take any action.

I've had success emailing a couple of different fintechs and asking for my statements to be stamped. They put a "stamp" on the PDF and it's always been accepted.

You won't have any tax issues in the US if you don't already (ie no US presence, offices, staff etc etc). The US LLC or UK LLP work almost the same, except the UK LLP requires 2 partners, whilst the US LLC allows just 1 member (+ banking is easy with Mercury or Wise). If you go the route of the...

If you can pass the UK statutory residence test as non-resident, you can likely use a US LLC to keep things simple, depending on your income. Take out your profits from the LLC to whatever bank account you like. Run the test here: Guidance ”“ Guidance ”“ GOV.UK

The LLC is transparent, dividends don't exist, the money is deemed as your own, and you're liable to pay tax in your resident country, regardless if you take the profits or not - but you can also just leave it sitting in the LLC bank account.

I met many people in Brasil who run a US LLC and leave the money in the LLC bank account and don't declare anything in Brasil. Not saying you should do the same, but it seems to be quite common there.

I've felt earthquakes in Cyprus and recently there have been 2 that friends have experienced. Absolutely zero people there had any issues, and the news reports of damage usually equates to a few broken plant pots or a cracked old window etc. Not saying it wont ever happen, but Cyprus generally...

Try getting a Curve card and attach this to your Mercury card. Works much better worldwide.

I heard it's common in Malta to be able to pay ie rent etc from your foreign account to ie their Wise or Revolut account, thus not remitting anything, but having the landlord bring it into Malta - which has no negative effect on them as they only pay tax on the rent either way.

I think Mercury.com with a US LLC is the easiest. 1.5% cashback on all spend, but you need to maintain a $50K USD balance. Cyprus is very difficult to get a credit card, and even if you manage to get one, it wont be worthwhile due to low rewards. You can try Jeeves Corporate Credit Card too - I...

If you need to request a tax residency certificate, they will ask to see every single page in your passport, even the empty ones - for stamps.

Cyprus introduced new rules for this year regarding audits, so if you have less than 500K in assets and less than 200K turnover in a year, the audit is much simpler (and cheaper). Estonia would work fine for buying and holding property, but if you're renting it out, you'll have tax and filing...

If you wish to buy real estate via a non-EU company you must apply (and wait) for permission from the council of ministers. They'll also only let you purchase one property in total, even if you open 10 LLC's. Much easier doing it via a CY or EU company - you can buy as many as you like, without...