This article discusses visa-free travel, its benefits, and its role in creating a diverse passport portfolio and holistic offshore strategy. When most people think about...
Doing Business in Asia: How to Save Face
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia When my fiance, Mila, first traveled to Asia with me, she commented about how nice everyone seemed. After we landed, we found out that the...
Invest in Tbilisi, Georgia Real Estate: The Ultimate Guide
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US States with the Highest Taxes and How to Avoid Them
Many people in the US who live in high-tax states have begun to move to low- or no-tax states. While we understand wanting to lower your tax burden, we don't really understand...
How to Open a US Bank Account as a Non-Resident
As a non-resident or even someone who’s renounced US citizenship, it’s still relatively easy to open a US bank account. While there are plenty of benefits to opening a US bank...
Who is a US Person for Tax Reasons?
This is the story of an Australian man named Tom who accidentally became a US person. Tom’s story is a cautionary tale that attests to the complex and difficult nature of...
Top Countries With No Income Tax and a Clear Path to Residency
Relocating to a country with no income tax is a popular strategy for high-net-worth individuals, affluent retirees, and investors seeking to protect their wealth from rising...
The 4 Income Tax Systems Around the World
As you formulate a legal strategy to lower your tax bill, you’ll need to understand how different countries tax their citizens and residents and how those tax systems affect...
Giving Your Child Brazilian Birthright Citizenship
Any new relationship can throw up an array of challenges and even when you make the decision to marry or move in together, things just get more complicated. At some point, you...
The Substantial Presence Test: Why Nomads Should Limit US Travel
You could be living the nomadic dream - bouncing between countries, chasing the sun, ticking off bucket list cities and building your business from anywhere in the world. ...
Bulgarian Citizenship by Investment: Read The Ultimate Guide
Update March 2022: Bulgaria has canceled its fast-track to citizenship option and kept the slow-track program. Dateline: Belgrade, Serbia When I first arrived in Bulgaria a...
What Can You Buy With Bitcoin? 5 Ways to Pay with Crypto
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia So, what can you actually buy with Bitcoin? Just a few years ago, you couldn’t buy much of anything. In fact, the first-ever crypto purchase was...
The World’s Highest Government Bond Interest Rates
Bond yield is, essentially, the amount of money an investor who bought a government-issued bond gets from owning the debt as a percentage of the current price. So, once a year,...
Back to the Gold Standard: Will there be a Gold Backed Currency?
Dateline: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Several years ago, nearby Abu Dhabi installed one of the world's first gold ATMs, allowing customers to withdraw fiat currency in term of...
How to Get a US E-2 Visa: The Ultimate Guide
For most people, the idea of creating a passport portfolio is just about as foreign – alien even – as the countries where they could gain a second citizenship. But for more and...
How to Get New Zealand Citizenship: The Ultimate Guide
In 2017, news broke that billionaire Peter Thiel had been granted New Zealand citizenship in 2011 after spending only twelve days in the country. News of Thiel’s citizenship...
Six Countries That Aren’t Part of the International Criminal Court
In the midst of a world marked by conflict and accountability crises, the conspicuous absence of major powers like the United States, Russia and China from the International...
How to Get an APEC Travel Card: The Ultimate Guide
Dateline: Dubai, United Arab Emirates If you’re a frequent business traveler in Asia, you’ve likely seen the chosen few disembark from their plane only to be whisked through...
The Best Emerging Markets for Investing in Africa
For years, we've been both fascinated and mystified by the opportunities and the idea of investing in Africa. As small entrepreneurs, you may not be interested in extracting...
7 Non-CRS Countries For Banking Privacy in 2025
Where do you pay your taxes? From banks to brokerage accounts, being asked where you’re a tax resident is now a common question. This follows years of banks asking, ‘Are you a US...