Blueprint AbroadGlobal Mobility Advisory

Series 01 · 2026

The Blueprint Abroad Podcast

Each episode takes one decision apart: how a residency route actually works, where the tax residence rules conflict with the immigration rules, what a programme change means for a plan already in motion. No destination marketing, no passive-income fantasies — the operational detail.

Production statusSeries 01 is in production. Episode pages will publish with full transcripts and audio as each one is released. The episode list below reflects the commissioned running order — anything not yet released is marked accordingly rather than presented as listenable.

Episode list

Why the order of the move matters more than the destination

Sequencing

The transition-year problem: how dual tax residence happens, why a departure filing is an administrative act rather than a physical one, and the four calendars that have to reconcile before you commit.

What survived the golden visa era

Residency

The programmes that closed between 2023 and 2025, the ones that survived, and the pattern that separates them — participation versus passive deposit.

Territorial tax is not a tax exemption

Tax

Source-of-income analysis, remittance versus arising basis, and the three exemption structures that expire — with the questions to ask before you move.

The UAE free-zone company that is not tax-free

Business

Substance tests, qualifying income, transfer pricing and the compliance apparatus that arrived with the 9% federal corporate tax.

Citizenship by descent: the cheapest passport in the family

Citizenship

Generational limits, retention requirements, and the civil-records problem that causes most viable claims to be abandoned.

How many days do you actually have to be there?

Residency

Immigration presence, tax presence and naturalisation presence are three different numbers. Plans get built on one and fail on the others.

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Editorial standard

What this podcast will not do

  • Recommend a jurisdiction without stating what it costs after the advertised fee.
  • Describe a programme that has closed, or quote thresholds that have changed.
  • Present a route as guaranteed when approval sits with a government.
  • Treat tax minimisation as an end in itself, independent of the legal basis.

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