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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Which countries are in the Schengen Area?
The 29 members, the exceptions travellers keep confusing, and why they all share one 90/180 budget.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.