Residency
Hungary and Latvia: two ways to establish a European base
Compare the investment structure, permit duration and ongoing obligations before choosing a European residence route.
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The Wealthy Expat Journal
Ideas, research and practical perspectives for a life across borders: articles on citizenship, residency and global mobility, videos from the channel, and a briefing sent when there is something worth your attention.
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Attackers copied the names, dates of birth, nationalities and countries of residence of the people behind about 31,000 Liechtenstein companies, foundations and trusts. Here is what the register held, what it did not, and what lawful privacy looks like now.
The EU has asked the Eastern Caribbean countries to wind down their citizenship by investment programs and can now suspend visa-free travel over them. A second citizenship stays a plan B; Schengen access is better secured through residence.
Argentina grants citizenship after two years of residence or for an investment. In November 2026 the investment route was announced but not yet open, its decree was contested in court, and the rules on how to apply were unpublished.
Rafael Cintron’s video ties the talent Golden Visa to what you earn. The official rules grant it on a nomination for your field instead, and the income tests belong to other permits.
One bank or one app can fail you for a morning or for longer. Accounts at more than one institution, in more than one currency and country, opened openly and reported where the law requires, keep your money within reach.
Banks report your accounts to the other participating countries where you are tax resident, and KYC decides what they hold about you; lawful privacy works inside both rules, not around them.
Lawful asset protection across borders means depending less on one country for your nationality, tax residence, banking and property, while reporting everything wherever you are taxed.
Costa Rica has no citizenship by investment. Residency built on capital, income or a pension starts the clock, and naturalization follows only after years of actually living in the country.
Which nationalities travel to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program, how the State Department’s B visa refusal rates compare for citizenship by investment countries, and why no citizenship guarantees a visa.
A residence permit, a tax position and a way of life are separate decisions when you move to the UAE, and the first does not settle the other two.
A second citizenship gives you a second country where you may live and a second travel document; it removes no obligation you have to the first.
In this video, I break down how governments around the world are increasingly targeting wealthy individuals with wealth taxes, exit taxes, and new financial restrictions.
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