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Citizenship
Nationality and passport status. It does not decide where you live or pay tax.
Where you are tax resident affects more than where you file a return. It shapes how personal income, gains, companies, banking and relocation decisions are reviewed.
A credible tax residency plan starts with fit, not a preferred country. The first question is whether your life, income, assets and company structure are flexible enough for a new jurisdictional base. Day count matters, but only after the wider fact pattern is clear.
Assess whether your work, company, investments or asset base are still tied to one country, or whether a new jurisdictional base could realistically fit how you live and operate.
Salary, dividends, crypto or token gains, business income, investment returns and property income can point to different residency, reporting and timing issues.
Map the ties that may keep you connected to an existing jurisdiction: home, family base, day count, current tax residency, company management, banking, citizenship or other legal ties. If you have chosen a new base, these anchors may need to be reduced, cut or documented so the new position can hold up credibly.
Some clients need low-tax personal residency. Others need EU access, family relocation, company substance, banking credibility, property planning or long-term optionality.
Shortlist routes that match the facts without creating unnecessary tax, banking, substance or compliance risk.
A route is only useful if it fits the facts. Use the Fit Calculator to compare practical options before booking a review.
Nationality and passport status. It does not decide where you live or pay tax.
Permission to live in a country. It may not automatically create tax residency.
Where your personal tax position and reporting obligations are assessed.
Where management, control, people and activity support the company position.
The question usually becomes urgent around a concrete event: a move, an exit, token liquidity, company management, a property purchase or a family relocation.
Review residence, timing, vesting, DeFi income and documentation before disposal or liquidity.
Check day count, exit rules, source-of-wealth records and continuing ties before the move.
Consulting, advisory, creator and cross-border service income needs a defensible operating base.
Align founder residence, management, substance, banking and invoicing into one coherent story.
Assess whether property supports the route without distorting the tax, banking or family plan.
Balance schooling, healthcare, mobility, safety and permit stability alongside tax residence.
Use the Prime Residency Fit Calculator to compare leading routes before booking a private review.
Residency history, days, homes, income streams, assets, family needs and banking relationships.
Test how personal residence interacts with management, substance, counterparties and invoicing.
Surface token gains, vesting, DeFi activity, treasury holdings and documentation points for specialist advice.
Assess suitable routes by practical fit, credibility and trade-offs rather than headline tax claims.
Connect residence planning with property strategy, schooling, healthcare and permit stability where relevant.
Bring in tax, legal and regulated professionals when jurisdiction-specific advice or filings are required.
Map the facts, compare routes and understand where specialist advice is needed before decisions become expensive.