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"Approved in principle", it's not a law yet. Quite cool anyway.

I see. I'm afraid UN docs are not really helpful from bank's point of view. They want someone simple and easy to understand. Adding United Nations to the mix of Russia+Ethiopia doesn't make it more appealing IMHO. I don't know if you are eligible for tax exemptions as UN staff. If you are and...

It helps a bit... It helps to get your foot in the door. You write that "everything breaks as soon as my Russian citizenship pops up". Well, with another passport you either don't mention your first one (if filing a form for some fintech) or discuss it a bit later in the process instead of...

Hi, if possible tell us what is your residency. Do you have residence permit, proof of address, tax returns from that place? How do you receive money for your services so far - is it documented (LLC?) or some crypto stuff?

It's more like 3-4% at best usually It will take some effort to find a good property manager (doable though) It will take some effort to buy. People are not exactly business-minded. If you find a good deal and agree in principle, they may decide to cancel and relist later at higher price -...

Hi, are you sure it was about citizenship, not residence? Pretty wild. Are you the owner/director of the company and resident of Georgia? If yes I may have a lead for you.

Yep, imports fine now. One can delete linebreak before "=UMk4", it is not significant here. The guy just smashed <Enter> in the middle of the key because he doesn't know how to handle it. The key was created on 2 Jun 2025, so certainly doesn't look like they were "working only with our regular...

I have a Canadian friend who needed exactly this. It happens when you "checkout" from your home country.

Yep. Just wanted to comment on that. brave83, do you realize that it does not absolve you of your tax liabilities in the place where you live? I mean it's a nice document set and I'm thinking of getting it for myself just in case. It would allow you to come live in calm Paraguay if there is a...

Yep, it's normalized scam. Bestchange hides bad reviews when the exchanger says that "money are held for AML purposes". There is this AntiSwap website which parses Bestchange reviews and classifies exchangers as Good/OK/Scam. Funny, "scam" is the most populous group. Here is the link...

Try to read first six words of the first link you posted. I believe you can do that if you try hard. If not I can help: "New reporting obligations for financial institutions". It's for financial institutions. If you withdraw cash you don't need to report anything. Financial institutions, like...

It's for foreign workers from nearby ex-USSR countries so far. Only for those who don't need visa to Russia. Though Russia is obviously far more Orwellian than West.

Ah yes, if you do renounce it's different story. A bold move though. Re "only need to deal with the country of tax residence": you are probably not taxed back at home anyway, so not sure why the home country would send any requests... But that's the way if you 100% don't want to deal with...

Hi. You should really mention your home country if possible at all. It looks like you are using this country risk classification of OECD: https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/topics/policy-sub-issues/country-risk-classification/cre-crc-current-english.pdf It's about credit default risk...

I guess it should be interpreted as "physically in US at the moment of transfer". Not exactly clear though. Definition: (2) the term "remittance transfer"- (A) means the electronic (as defined in section 106(2) of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. 7006(2)))...