What does expat mean? A person who lives outside his/her home country and works as a skilled worker, professional, or an artist is considered to be an expatriate or expat. The term expat may also extend to a retiree who has chosen to live outside his/her home country. People have been living in foreign countries…
Hungary is growing in popularity, as some traditional places like Cyprus or Malta are becoming less popular. It is quite easy to open a company in Hungary, it’s easy to open bank accounts. Banks in Hungary are quite good. You will have an easier time banking in Hungary than many other EU countries. They’re very…
Obtaining Portuguese Residency (Golden Visa Application) Portugal offers a very appealing option for foreign investors, it’s known as their golden visa program. This is probably the most popular program of that kind in Europe due to its flexibility and multiple benefits. Portugal’s residency by investment program was first launched in 2012. and has been only…
Permanent Residency in Paraguay Paraguay is a landlocked country, bordering with Argentina, Brazil, and Bolivia. Due to its central location in South America, it’s often referred to as Heart of South America. It is quite simple to settle in Paraguay. This country has a very favorable territorial tax system which means that offshore revenues are…
As far as citizenship by investment programs go in the EU, there are only two official programs: Cyprus and Malta. Cyprus or Malta? For the Maltese program, you need to pay a lot of money, that you will never get back (650 000 EUR). By the time it’s all done you’ll be out for…
The O1 visa is non-resident visa offered by the US government to any individual (including any recognized expert) who demonstrates or possesses extraordinary ability in business, education, athletics, arts, sciences, or the motion picture or television industry. Such ability is often judged by any national or international recognition (international awards or prizes) that the individual…
Why is Bulgaria an interesting place? Well, we’d say that there are three main reasons: It’s easy to get a residency Low taxes Costs are quite low Bulgaria has a flat 10% tax rate and 5% on dividends. We will do a separate video and article on the topic of Bulgarian taxes. This is, in…
An interesting blend of east and west Estonia is an interesting country! It is a former Soviet block country on the coast of the Baltic sea which connects it to neighboring Finland. It is quite different from other countries that shared the unfortunate communist past. Estonia, back at the time had Western media. The Soviet…
E-residency in Estonia Estonia is the first place to introduce e-residency. However, it is not the only country that has it. This feature is becoming a popular trend nowadays. But what e-residency actually means? There are lots of misconceptions when it comes to this term. E-residency is essentially a government ID that foreigners can get,…
Opportunities in Dubai Dubai is an interesting place for business owners. You probably noticed a socialist trend that has been growing in recent years, all over developed world. Lots of people and politicians believe that nobody should be very wealthy and that those who make big amounts of money should be taxed heavily (even more…
