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Schengen Visa Rules

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Canadian Snowbirds and the US 183-Day Rule: The Formula, Form 8840 and the Real Limits (2026)

The US counts your winters with a three-year weighted formula, not a simple 183 days. The math, the 120-day rule of thumb, Form 8840, and what to track.

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Schengen Visa Rules

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FEIE: Physical Presence vs Bona Fide Residence, Which Test Fits Your Life? (2026)

Two routes to the same exclusion with opposite philosophies: one counts days, one weighs your life. How to choose, and when people switch between them.

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Schengen Visa Rules

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The FEIE Physical Presence Test: 330 Days, Counted Properly (2026)

To exclude foreign earned income, Americans abroad must prove 330 full foreign days in a 12-month window. The IRS's own words, the travel-day traps, and how to count.

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Schengen Visa Rules

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Leaving the UK After the Non-Dom Abolition: Why Day Counting Now Decides Everything (2026)

The remittance basis is gone and the leavers wave is real. What actually determines whether you have left for tax purposes, and the day counts that prove it.

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Schengen Visa Rules

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How Many Days Can I Spend in the UK Without Becoming Tax Resident? (2026)

The honest answer runs from 15 to 182 days depending on your ties. The SRT's automatic tests and ties bands, explained with the day counts that decide them.

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Schengen Visa Rules

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How Long Can UK Citizens Stay in Portugal? 90/180, the D7 and What Replaced the NHR (2026)

90 days in any 180 visa-free under the EES, the D7 and digital nomad visa routes, and the honest position on Portugal's tax regimes after NHR closed.

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Schengen Visa Rules

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How Long Can UK Citizens Stay in France? 90/180, the EES and the Long-Stay Visa (2026)

90 days in any 180 visa-free, no British equivalent of the US bilateral deal, and the long-stay visitor visa French second-home owners use. Sourced and current.

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Schengen Visa Rules

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How Long Can UK Citizens Stay in Spain? The 90/180 Rule and the Visa Routes (2026)

90 days in any 180 visa-free, counted automatically by the EES, and the long-stay routes Spanish second-home owners actually use. Plus the 183-day tax trap.

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Schengen Visa Rules

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The 90/180 Rule for UK Citizens: How Your Schengen Days Work After Brexit (2026)

Since Brexit, UK passport holders get 90 days in any 180 across the whole Schengen area, and the EES now counts them automatically. How the rule really works.

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