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Guides to travel-day and residency rules
Day-count rules decide where you can stay and where you pay tax. These guides explain the ones that matter most, with worked examples and real dates instead of vague summaries.
GUIDE 01
The Schengen 90/180 rule
How the rolling 180-day window works, why the counter never resets when you leave, and two worked examples with real 2026 dates.
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The 183-day rule
How 183 days triggers tax residency, which countries count the calendar year versus any 12 months, and what happens when two countries claim you.
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Schengen overstay consequences
What actually happens if you overstay: how the EES detects it, the realistic range from warning to entry ban, and what to do after an emergency.
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The 90/180 rule for UK citizens
Post-Brexit stay limits in Spain, France and Portugal, why Ireland does not count, and a worked winter-in-Spain example with real dates.
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ETIAS and the 90/180 rule
What the 20 euro travel authorization expected in late 2026 changes, what it does not, and how the EES already records your days digitally.
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The 90/180 rule for US citizens
Why 90 days covers all 29 Schengen countries combined, the long-stay visa routes past it, and a worked Italy-and-France summer with real dates.
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Digital nomad tax residency
Why constant travel does not end tax residency, what keeps your home country attached, and what a clean, documented setup looks like.
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The 183-day rule for US states
How New York's statutory residency and California's nine-month presumption work, and the day arithmetic a Florida snowbird has to keep.
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Proving your travel days
The records residency audits accept, how to request your own EES entry-exit log, and why contemporaneous day logs beat reconstructed ones.
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The UK Statutory Residence Test
The three-part ladder in plain English: automatic tests, the sufficient ties day bands from 16 to 182 days, and the midnight counting rule.
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Schengen 90/180 calculator
Enter your trips and see how many of your 90 days remain in the current 180-day window, and when you can return.
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183-day calculator
Total your presence days per country and see how close you are to the residency threshold.
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Substantial Presence Test calculator
Run the weighted three-year US formula on your day counts to see if you meet the test.
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