Residency · the UAE and the Golden Visa

You are moving to the UAE. Do it so the country you leave lets you go.

Obtaining the visa is the simple part. The hard part is leaving your former tax residence cleanly, so it does not follow you for years. The House carries both sides at once: the landing in the UAE and a clean exit from wherever you were resident before.

When this is your situation

You have decided to move your life and your capital to the UAE — on a residence visa or the Golden Visa.
Your centre of vital interests remains in the former country: property, family, accounts, income.
You want the new residence recognised by banks and tax authorities, not treated as a formality.

What the House does

UAE residency and the exit from the former one are carried by a single partner. The visa, the TRC, the bank and personal reporting on both sides cease to be four separate tasks in the hands of four unconnected operators.

A UAE residency strategy: the path by visa or Golden Visa, the presence test.
A clean exit from the former tax residence: breaking the centre of interests, the timing.
A TRC for treaty purposes — a certificate that actually opens the treaty rates.
Banking access in the UAE: preparing the ownership chain and the source of funds.
Personal tax reporting on both sides, including controlled foreign companies.

What you get: UAE residency turnkey · a TRC for treaty purposes in hand · a timed exit plan from the former residence · a UAE bank account · reporting across 2 sides

Why this way and not another

Not a visa but a residence

recognised by a bank and a tax authority, not a stamp in a passport

An exit, not only an entry

the former country releases you cleanly, with no loose end on the centre of interests

One team — both sides

the landing and the exit are carried by one partner, nothing is lost at the seam

A settled position

the TRC in hand, the bank open, the reporting closed

What stands in the way today

A visa agent will arrange the residence but will not tie it to the exit from the former one — a gap in declaration remains.
An “ordinary” TRC is easy to obtain, but it does not serve for treaty purposes — and the bank will find this out.
The former country still treats you as its resident, because the centre of vital interests is not formally broken.

What worries you — and the House’s answer

“The former country won’t recognise my move.” — The exit is documented against its own criteria: presence, centre of interests, timing. Not on luck, but by the rules.
“The UAE bank will refuse onboarding.” — We prepare the ownership chain and the source of funds in advance, before filing. You arrive prepared.
“The TRC won’t be accepted as grounds for relief.” — We obtain a TRC specifically for treaty purposes and accompany its application.

Where this leads

UAE residency stands and is recognised. The former country has released you cleanly — with no lingering tax claim. The bank is open, the TRC is in hand, personal reporting is closed on both sides. You live where you have chosen, and the capital stands there too — calmly.

Mandate

from $5,000

Depends on the path and the former jurisdiction. It begins with a Diagnostic, which is credited against the mandate fee.

A residence is worth exactly as much as the exit from the former one is clean.

Begin with a Diagnostic for this service

The Diagnostic is credited against the mandate fee. A reply within one business day.

or — a private word with an adviser →