Residency is the biggest lever
No corporate structure is as powerful as a properly executed change of residence. Where a holding company optimises individual income streams, residency changes the entire tax base — income, dividends, capital gains and often inheritance and gift tax as well.
What decides the outcome is not the destination but the execution. Deregistration, genuinely moving your centre of life, assessing exit taxation and building robust evidence determine whether the move survives later scrutiny. Tax authorities review retrospectively — and they review closely.
We manage the entire process: target analysis, exit-tax assessment, applications including translations and apostilles, appointments with authorities in the destination country, and the documentation you will still be able to produce in five years.
The single biggest factor
Residency changes the entire tax base: income, dividends, capital gains and often inheritance and gift tax too.
Assessed before departure
Germany, Austria and Switzerland all levy exit taxation on shareholdings. That review belongs at the start — afterwards there is almost nothing left to structure.
Evidenced, not asserted
Lease, days present, family, banking and insurance together form the evidence. We build that documentation from day one.
Spouse and children included
All listed programmes allow spouses and minor children to be included — requirements and timelines differ, however.
Residency plus structure
The strongest effect comes from combining residency, the right corporate form and clean banking. We plan all three layers together.
11 destinations
Eleven destinations with different tax regimes, presence requirements and processing times. Each card shows the tax regime, fixed fee and key facts. This is a selection, not an exhaustive list.
Permanent Residency
Georgian Residency
Beckham Law
NHR Status
Non-Dom Regime
Andorran Residency
SRRV Visa
LTR Visa
Residencia Temporal
Uruguayan Residency
Friendly Nations Visa
Do not underestimate exit tax
Leaving Germany, Austria or Switzerland can trigger exit taxation on shareholdings — in part on unrealised gains. This assessment belongs before any change of residence; afterwards there is almost nothing left to structure.
Presence requirements matter just as much. Programmes such as Paraguay require little physical presence, but an effective tax domicile only arises once your centre of life has moved. We will tell you plainly which programme delivers a residence permit only and which establishes a defensible tax domicile.
The process
Target analysis
We review your current country of residence, family situation, business activity and travel pattern. That shows which destination actually fits your life — not just on paper.
Exit-tax review
Valuation of shareholdings and unrealised gains before departure, including an assessment of deferral and structuring options.
Application
Documents, certified translations, apostilles and appointments with authorities in the destination country — prepared and coordinated so you travel at most once.
Completion
Deregistration at home, registration in the destination country and obtaining the tax residency certificate that authorities and banks will later ask for.
Evidence file
Building the documentation of your centre of life: lease, days present, insurance and banking — organised for a review five years from now.
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