Recent content by KJK

I think doing border runs are not a bad choice for you. The obvious alternatives are: education / business visa for 1 year, renew it every time. Usually they can be arranged easily and there is no real education going on golden visa for 5-10 years, however e.g. the rules for Thailand changed...

Depending on the country, it can be an update of information - triggered either annually or by some change. Some countries have digital identities connected with documents issued in your name. So when your ID card / passport expires or a new one is issued, the bank is notified. If it is a...

There are two possible situations mixed in the topic: 1) UK/US dual citizen wanting to open an account outside the US. The bank will want to see your passport - let's say it will be Turkey passport but place of birth will state "Los Angeles, CA". So the bank will demand you to declare your...

As Cyprus is in the European Union, account for Cypriot residents belongs to the EU entity of IBKR (probably Ireland or Hungary, rarely Luxembourg). For residents of non-EU countries, you would be registered with a different entity. Transfer between entities is not possible automatically. So...

To be honest, he isn't selling or claiming to provide tax residency. Noone can truly "sell" tax residency anywhere in the world - with the exception being maybe a bribed government worker who issues you a tax residency certificate. He is selling a service - consult with you and help you to get...

You can use Hotels.com gift cards (be aware of the maximum amount per each card) or topup an account on Travala.com. First one for accomodation, second one for limited accomodation (less listings) and flights. Both support topups in various methods including crypto, they do not expire and can...

Yes, that is a big problem with the EMIs - in many countries banks can't block your account, they either leave it active or they will tell you that they terminated the account agreement and in 30 days you should send money to another account in your name. Banks didn't use to ask that many...

I've heard a lot of Iranians bank in the Caucasus - the three countries of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Probably not the best idea just to arrive to a random branch or a random bank. However, if you know where to go and you know the right person, almost anything is possible. Or if not...

My general experience with "gangs" in several countries is that they try to keep their business to themselves and if someone is killed, it's usually for debts or unresolved business, member of another gang or another family, never tourists or random OCT members. Happens in Latin America...

Funny how the question was to find a good juristiction except UAE due to a specific problem (internet censorship). And all the replies are exactly the same: "oh you're stupid, it isn't bad, do not worry, do not do anything illegal and you'll be fine, I have 5ms ping look how cool I am"... If...

Basically all the places mentioned above are in the European Union / Euroregion - Portugal, Monaco, France, Cyprus, Italy, Croatia, Malta, Sark (I know it is not in the EU)... I do not understand the obsession - or to be more precise I do not understand what requirements and conditions there...

Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say The funniest thing is that members of this so-called "Pirate Party" in Europe (Germany, Sweden etc.) pretend to be...

CBDC is a joke and I'd consider it offensive to the idea of peer-to-peer cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin. Until 1989, Europe was divided into two parts - the socialist part (Eastern Bloc) and the capitalist part (Western Europe). In the Eastern Bloc, domestic currencies were heavily regulated...

This is probably the worst thing in all this madness - the unpredictability. In the past if you wanted to fly, you bought a ticket and most likely you arrived to your destination. The exception could've been perhaps a crazy unexpected 2-hour traffic jam on the way to the airport... However now...

I feel like this is what they do to everyone nowadays. Probably the only client they want is a regular employee with a regular monhtly paycheck who also gets their credit card and doesn't do anything else. Basically anything else will make you suspicious. But hey, they will plant a tree for...