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The Countly Journal

Where your days go.

Countly counts the days you spend in each country, automatically. These are field notes on tax residency, the Schengen 90/180 rule, and the visa limits that shape a life lived across borders.

French tax residency: is there a 183-day rule?

French law never fixes a day threshold: any one of three tests can make you resident, and the day count is only the fallback.

Tax Residency · ·4 min read

Is there a 180-day limit on visiting the UK?

The Home Office says there is no annual cap on visits to Britain — which makes your travel history, not a number, the test you have to pass.

Visas · ·5 min read

New Zealand's day rules for PR and citizenship

From a resident visa's travel deadline to 1,350 days for citizenship — the day counts that decide whether you can stay and return.

Visas · ·6 min read

Moving abroad mid-year: how your tax splits

Relocate partway through the year and the tax treatment turns on your exact date — here's how four countries handle it.

Guides · ·5 min read

US state residency and the 183-day rule

Some US states can tax you as a resident on a day count — and put the burden of proving your days on you.

Tax Residency · ·5 min read

How long can a US citizen stay in Europe?

With a US passport you get 90 days in any 180 — here's how that window actually works, and what EES and ETIAS change.

Schengen · ·5 min read

Does a digital nomad visa make you tax resident?

A visa is permission to stay. Tax residency is a separate test — and the two clocks rarely line up.

Nomad Life · ·5 min read

Germany tax residency: it's not just 183 days

In Germany, a home you keep and use can make you a tax resident before you ever count to 183 days.

Tax Residency · ·5 min read

Ireland tax residency: the 183- and 280-day rules

Ireland counts your days across two tax years at once — how the 183- and 280-day tests, ordinary residence and domicile actually work.

Tax Residency · ·4 min read

How long can you leave the US with a green card?

Brief trips are fine, but a long absence can quietly cost you your permanent residence — and the thresholds are counted in days.

Visas · ·5 min read

Portugal tax residency: the 183-day rule

Two tests decide it — more than 183 days over a rolling year, or a home you keep in Portugal — and residency can begin on your very first day.

Tax Residency · ·5 min read

Which countries are in the Schengen Area?

The 29 members, the exceptions travellers keep confusing, and why they all share one 90/180 budget.

Schengen · ·5 min read

Thailand's 180-day rules: tax and the DTV visa

Thailand welcomes remote workers on a five-year visa — but stay 180 days and you become a Thai tax resident.

Nomad Life · ·5 min read

How to reconstruct your travel history

The exact entry and exit dates that visa, residency and tax forms demand — and where to find them when you didn't keep track.

Guides · ·5 min read

Australia's day rules for citizenship and PR

Australian citizenship turns on four years of residence with strict absence caps, and permanent-resident travel rights lapse after five years — both are decided by counting days.

Visas · ·4 min read

EU long-term residence: the 5-year rule

After five years in one EU country, a non-EU national can claim long-term resident status — but too many days away can reset the clock.

Visas · ·4 min read

Spain's 183-day tax residency rule, explained

More than 183 days in a calendar year makes you a Spanish tax resident — and sporadic absences abroad still count.

Tax Residency · ·6 min read

Do residence permits count toward Schengen 90/180?

A national permit or long-stay visa frees you from the 90/180 rule — but only where it was issued. Everywhere else in Schengen, the clock still runs.

Schengen · ·5 min read

Cyprus's 60-day tax residency rule, explained

A second path to Cyprus tax residency needs as few as 60 days a year — if you meet four strict conditions and can prove every one.

Tax Residency · ·4 min read

US citizenship and the days you must prove

Becoming a US citizen turns on two day-counts — continuous residence and physical presence — and a Form N-400 that asks you to list every trip abroad.

Visas · ·4 min read

Schengen 90/180 vs. the 183-day tax rule

Two famous day-counts, two different clocks — why staying under one tells you nothing about the other.

Guides · ·4 min read

UAE tax residency: the 90- and 183-day rules

The UAE has no personal income tax, yet its tax residency still turns on a day count — 90 or 183 days in a rolling 12 months — that you have to be able to prove.

Nomad Life · ·5 min read

How long can a UK citizen stay in Europe?

Since Brexit, British citizens are third-country nationals in the Schengen Area — capped at 90 days in any rolling 180-day window.

Schengen · ·5 min read

The UK 180-day rule for indefinite leave to remain

To settle in the UK you must not spend more than 180 days abroad in any rolling 12 months — counted across years, to the day.

Visas · ·4 min read
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