At my Offshore Wealth Virtual Summit last week, one attendee proudly commented that he was well into his flag-planting and had already taken several key steps toward internationalizing his life. He had a bank account in Panama… had made real estate investments in Panama… had actually moved to Panama… and was on his way to […]
If you want to open a bank account in the United States, you walk into a branch of a bank and simply state that objective. That is, you say you want to open an account. Or, even easier, you do it online and save yourself the trip to the bank. As long as you have […]
On Aug. 7, 1974, Frenchman Philippe Petit made headlines when, in the space of 45 minutes, he crossed four times between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. He didn’t just walk—the 24-year-old high-wire artist danced and lay down on the wire, too, balance pole in hand. Whether you look on it as art […]
Greece’s Golden Visa program stands out. Nothing else in Europe matches this golden ticket. For a 250,000-euro investment in real estate (just under US$300,000 at today’s exchange), non-EU citizens and their families can get residency of Greece. The visa covers children up to 21 years of age and is granted for five years. After that, […]
When establishing a Plan B or backup residency, most people look for the easiest option… but “easiest” isn’t a one-size-fits-all concept. This debate came up during a conference call with my editorial team earlier this year. We realized that we’d used the term “world’s easiest residency” in two different articles, one referencing Colombia, the other […]
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