Insights on relocation, citizenship and international tax. Arrive Dated, sourced, named-author analysis of residency and citizenship programmes and the tax consequences of moving, including what the category will not publish. https://arrive.now/insights/feed.xml 2026-09-14T09:00:00Z Arrive Active vs passive residency in Andorra: the cheaper way in, the harder way to stay https://arrive.now/insights/andorra-active-residency-explained/ 2026-09-14T09:00:00Z 2026-09-14T09:00:00Z Kate Smith Since the February 2026 reform, active residency is the cheaper way into Andorra: a stake above 34%, EUR 50,000 to the AFA. The catch is 183 days. Andorra company for non-residents: the permit comes first, the 10% needs you there https://arrive.now/insights/andorra-company-formation/ 2026-09-14T09:00:00Z 2026-09-14T09:00:00Z Kate Smith Non-residents taking more than 10% of an Andorran SL need foreign-investment approval first, and keeping the 10% tax usually means living there. Costa Rica SRL vs S.A.: which to pick, and why territorial tax still means up to 30% https://arrive.now/insights/costa-rica-company-formation/ 2026-09-14T09:00:00Z 2026-09-14T09:00:00Z Kate Smith SRL or S.A. in Costa Rica: up to 30% on local profit, a yearly entity tax whether or not you trade, an April ownership filing and slow banking. Jersey company cost: GBP 205 to file, but the administrator sets the real price https://arrive.now/insights/jersey-company-formation/ 2026-09-14T09:00:00Z 2026-09-14T09:00:00Z Kate Smith Jersey charges GBP 205 to file, GBP 856 for the two-hour service. Why the administrator and substance, not the fee, set the real cost. Thailand Privilege vs LTR visa: no work, no tax break, and when the LTR wins https://arrive.now/insights/thailand-privilege-visa-explained/ 2026-09-14T09:00:00Z 2026-09-14T09:00:00Z Kate Smith Thailand Privilege starts at THB 650,000 for five years and buys no work rights, tax relief or residence. When the LTR visa is the better choice. Austrian FlexCo vs GmbH: the 2024 reform and the minimum tax nobody budgets for https://arrive.now/insights/austria-company-formation/ 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z Kate Smith Since 2024 an Austrian GmbH needs EUR 10,000, not 35,000, and startups get the FlexCo. Tax is a flat 23%, with a minimum even in loss years. Belize IBC: gone since 2022, and anyone still quoting one is using an old price list https://arrive.now/insights/belize-company-formation/ 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z Kate Smith The Companies Act 2022 ended the Belize IBC. What replaced it: one company register, BZD 300 to register, one to three days, and banks as the limit. BVI company annual requirements: three obligations that outlast the USD 550 fee https://arrive.now/insights/bvi-company-formation/ 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z Kate Smith USD 550 registers a BVI Business Company in one to three days. The three obligations people forget, what the register shows, and why banking decides. Cayman exempted company: what US$853 buys, and what economic substance takes back https://arrive.now/insights/cayman-islands-company-formation/ 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z Kate Smith A Cayman exempted company registers in 3–5 business days from US$853: no corporate income tax, an exemption undertaking and economic substance rules. Czech s.r.o. for foreigners: CZK 1 of capital, but a criminal-record check sets the pace https://arrive.now/insights/czech-republic-company-formation/ 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z Kate Smith A Czech s.r.o. needs no local director and CZK 1 of capital, pays a flat 21%, and the criminal-record extract is what sets the timeline. Estonia's 0% corporate tax is a deferral: 22% arrives when you take the money out https://arrive.now/insights/estonia-company-formation/ 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z Kate Smith Estonia taxes retained profit at 0%, distributions at 22%. What an e-Residency OÜ costs, the banking catch and the tax that follows you home. GmbH vs UG: EUR 25,000 or EUR 1, and the trade tax that sets Germany's real rate https://arrive.now/insights/germany-company-formation/ 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z Kate Smith A GmbH needs EUR 25,000 of capital with half paid up; a UG starts from EUR 1. The trade tax, video notarisation and the bank-account bottleneck. Gibraltar Category 2 vs HEPSS: GBP 39,940 a year if your employer applies https://arrive.now/insights/gibraltar-hepss-explained/ 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z Kate Smith HEPSS is granted to a job and your employer applies: a fixed GBP 39,940 tax bill, no net-worth test. Category 2 is for people with money. Guernsey company cost: GBP 100 at the registry, then a fiduciary you cannot skip https://arrive.now/insights/guernsey-company-formation/ 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z Kate Smith GBP 100 at the registry, GBP 1,000 for fifteen minutes, plus a mandatory fiduciary whose fees are the real cost. And why 0% is only a standard rate. Iceland citizenship absence rule: a 90-day leash for seven years, and A2 Icelandic https://arrive.now/insights/how-to-become-an-icelandic-citizen/ 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z Greta Lindqvist Seven years' residence, absences capped at 90 days in any twelve months, an A2 language test and the timeline nobody quotes. Dual citizenship allowed. Hungary's 9% corporate tax: the EU's lowest rate is not the whole rate https://arrive.now/insights/hungary-company-formation/ 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z Kate Smith The EU's lowest headline corporate rate is not the whole rate. What a Kft. costs: the zero fee that is not free, HUF 3,000,000 capital and banking. PT PMA minimum capital: IDR 2.5 billion paid up, and the IDR 10 billion nobody mentions https://arrive.now/insights/indonesia-company-formation/ 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z Kate Smith PT PMA paid-up capital fell from IDR 10 billion to IDR 2.5 billion in October 2025. The figures in the right order, and the Positive Investment List. Liechtenstein GmbH cost: CHF 1,100 to the state, then the mandatory trustee https://arrive.now/insights/liechtenstein-company-formation/ 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z Kate Smith About CHF 1,100 in state fees, a 12.5% profit tax with CHF 1,800 attached, a trade licence nobody mentions and a trustee you cannot do without. Starting a fintech company in Lithuania: the EUR 30 UAB, and why tax is not the reason https://arrive.now/insights/lithuania-company-formation/ 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z Kate Smith A large share of Europe's fintech runs through Vilnius, a better reason to come than tax. The UAB: EUR 30.83 to register, EUR 1,000 capital, 17% tax. Luxembourg Soparfi: a regime, not a company type, and substance decides whether it works https://arrive.now/insights/luxembourg-company-formation/ 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z 2026-09-07T09:00:00Z Kate Smith The Soparfi is a regime, not a company type. The Sàrl behind it, EUR 12,000 of capital, about 23.87% tax, the notary and the substance test.