Questions
The questions that cut across every rule — how days are counted, what proof you need, and where one country’s limit stops and another’s begins.
General
- Can two countries both treat you as tax resident?How dual residency happens, and what a treaty tie-breaker does about it
- Can you be tax resident nowhere?Why staying under 183 days everywhere is not the same as being resident nowhere
- Do arrival and departure days count?Partial days, and the countries that count them differently
- Does a layover count as a day in a country?Airside transit, cleared immigration, and why the answer differs for visas and tax
- How do tax residency, domicile and a residence permit differ?Three separate statuses, three different authorities, and the ways they come apart
- How do you prove how many days you spent in a country?What counts as evidence, and how to rebuild a record you never kept
- What happens if you overstay a visa or stay limit?Entry bans, records that follow you, and why one day is not nothing
- What is a tax residency certificate and how do you get one?What it proves, what it does not, and what you need before applying
Schengen Area
- Does leaving reset your Schengen days?Why a weekend out of the area changes nothing
- Does the Schengen 90/180 rule affect my tax residency?Two different counts, two different windows, on the same trip
- What do EES and ETIAS change about your Schengen days?Automated counting, and an authorisation that is not a visa
- When can you return to Schengen after using your 90 days?The date your allowance comes back, and why it is not one date
United Kingdom
- Can you lose ILR by spending too long outside the UK?The two-year lapse, the EU Settlement Scheme exceptions, and returning afterwards
- Can you travel while a UK visa or ILR application is pending?Why leaving ends the automatic extension that is keeping you lawful
- How do UK absence limits differ for ILR and citizenship?Two rules, two windows, and the final-year cap people miss
- How long can UK citizens stay in Europe?90 days across the whole Schengen area — plus the places that count without being members
- Is UK settlement changing from 5 years to 10?What is proposed, what would be required, who it would apply to — and what is actually in force today
United States
- Can you lose your green card by living abroad?Why there is no bright line for status — and where the hard numbers actually are
- How do you count 330 days for the FEIE?Full days, a 12-month window you choose, and the hours that count as nowhere
- How does the US substantial presence test count days?The three-year weighted formula, and why it is not a 183-day rule
- You moved states — do you still owe tax to the old one?Domicile, the statutory-resident day count, and what an audit actually looks at
Canada
- Do you stop being a Canadian tax resident when you leave?Residential ties, deemed residence, and why leaving is not enough
France
- What makes you a tax resident of France?Four criteria, any one of which is enough
Germany
- Does having a home in Germany make you tax resident?Wohnsitz, habitual abode, and why the 183 days must be consecutive
Italy
- Does registering at an Italian comune make you tax resident?The anagrafe, domicile, and the presence test that runs alongside them
Portugal
- Does Portugal count days or nights for tax residency?Overnight stays, a rolling 12-month window, and the habitual home route
Spain
- Can your family make you a Spanish tax resident?The presumption from a spouse and minor children, and how it is rebutted
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