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Did you find an official answer to your question? I assume Mercury asks for an invoice at the very least, but will be looking for a matching transaction to a US resident, or company. Worst case, if you have US contacts that agree to act as suppliers (up to you to determine the contract/legal...

For anyone else looking for this info, I asked their customer service: that won't work. They're looking for non-digital vendors/suppliers.

Some countries (eg. Canada) offer you a non-resident status when your ties to the country are somewhat limited, even though you might still partly benefit/use some of its local services. It's an official way of recognizing you will not be taxed by this country. That's incorrect. In my case...

I also tried Payoneer recently and provided a Wise account, that seemed to work.

Noted. I was more concerned about losing the non-resident status, and therefore having to pay taxes in the non-EU country, but didn't realise this is that blatantly wrong. I'm still interested to hear ways to stay lean in my current residency, and leveraging dual citizenship somehow. Moving...

I'm looking for someone to poke holes and clarify the risks of this idea. Let's assume this context: I have dual citizenship: one EU, and one non-EU for which I'm declared non-resident (no yearly tax declaration to make, nothing to pay). My income is sourced via an offshore entity, and parked...

I'm using Mercury to fund a pro Kraken account via Plaid. I sent Mercury's customer service a message prior to trying and they confirmed having no issues with it. No problems so far, but I'm also not sending 5 digits worth of money. I also jumped through a few hoops with Kraken to get the...

Hey, any chance you can PM me?

I'm in a similar situation... My take is as long as your business is not deeply engaged with US clients/ties, you should be fine. Regarding ETBUS, the conditions are: You have at least one "dependent agent" in the US. Dependent agents are employees or exclusive contractors that work for you...

I've read through most if not all NHR posts but I didn't see anyone mentioning Singapore Ltds as a possible candidate for offshore dividend source. I mostly see Cyprus or Malta mentioned for those looking to reside in Portugal under the NHR status and limit their tax burden. It allows drawing...

Have you tried N26? I never had any issues withdrawing $5-10k from Kraken/Binance on a monthly basis

You can walk into any Vodafone store in Portugal and buy a prepaid/top-up sim card for 10-20 euros with cash without any KYC. There's even one in the Lisbon airport terminal for tourists looking to get something local. For 30 euros you can get an unlimited data SIM valid for 30 days, if you...

Thanks for the table @disconnected. Do you know if the 50% discount on year 1 applies on top of the NHR max rate? For ex: 100,000 income on year 1, with an eligible profession, would it be 20% of 75% = 15000 of income tax, or 7500? Since there are no SS on year 1, it's a pretty good short term...

Hi, I saw you were mentioned a few times regarding legal help on Cyprus matters. Can you PM me or leave a way to contact you? Thanks