Relocation and residency
UAE tax residency, Golden Visa and an orderly exit from your home country: I analyse what your move involves and stay with you at every step.
Before you choose
Holding a UAE residence visa does not by itself change your tax residence. This is what I analyse with you before you take the step.
The days count and you have to be able to prove them. Absences treated as occasional may not help.
In many countries, the residence of your spouse and minor children can point to you remaining resident.
The centre of your economic interests can keep you resident in your country even if you live in the Emirates.
Some countries tax unrealised gains when you leave, particularly on shareholdings of a certain value.
It depends on how you will live here, your investment and how much time you intend to spend outside the Emirates.
Comparison
A residence visa allows you to live in the UAE, but it does not by itself make you a tax resident. That has to be built.
For those who buy property, invest or meet a qualifying profile.
For those who are partners in an Emirati company.
For those who work for an Emirati company.
What I see go wrong
If you do not report the change or put banks, insurance and address in order, your home country may still treat you as resident.
The days are one criterion, not the only one. Family and the centre of your economic interests weigh as much or more.
Housing contract, certificates and transactions. When the authorities ask years later, you have to be able to prove it.
Property, companies and accounts back home continue to generate obligations, now as a non-resident.
From start to finish
You tell me about your situation, whether you are abroad or already in the Emirates. This conversation is to understand it, not to sell you a structure.
I analyse your case and explain your options, what each one involves and which I recommend, with its legal basis.
Before we start, you know what will be done, by when and what it will cost.
I handle your matter from start to finish as your single point of contact, and I stay with you afterwards, letting you know when something that affects you changes.
Common questions
It depends on that country's rules. Most look at some combination of the days you spend there, where your economic interests are centred and where your family lives. It does not depend on a departure date or on a certificate alone, but on the facts.
Emirati rules treat as resident anyone who spends 183 days in a 12-month period, and also anyone who spends 90 days and meets additional conditions. You also have to check the rules of your home country, which are what decide whether you cease to be resident there.
It is the document with which the Emirati tax authority certifies that you are tax resident in the country. It is important evidence, but it does not by itself oblige your home country to stop treating you as resident.
Yes, but it should be analysed. It will continue to generate obligations as a non-resident and, if your family lives in it, it may suggest that your life is still there.
Not automatically. Treaties differ, and some define a UAE resident in a way that leaves out foreign nationals living here. It has to be checked treaty by treaty. What is decisive is genuinely ceasing to meet the rules of your current country.
Each country has its own exit rules and some continue to tax their nationals or residents for a time. I analyse your case and, where necessary, coordinate it with an adviser in your country.
I reply personally and suggest the first step.
