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Travel-day rules, explained carefully

Each rule uses its own period, counting method, status and exceptions. These guides show the mechanics and link to the responsible authority.

Schengen 90/180

Understand the Schengen 90 days in any 180-day period, how entry and exit days count, and where to check your short-stay position.

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Learn the IRS substantial presence test, including its current-year minimum, three-year weighting and important exclusions and exceptions.

Read the guide 03

Understand why UK tax residence is not only a 183-day question, and how tax-year days, automatic tests, ties and exceptions interact.

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Review Canada citizenship physical-presence day counting, the eligibility period, temporary-resident credit and the official calculator.

Read the guide 05

Track UK continuous-residence absences without assuming one rule fits every immigration route, period or permitted exception.

Read the guide 06

Understand Australia’s 183-day tax residency test, its income-year day count, usual-place-of-abode exception and place among four tests.

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Understand New Zealand’s more-than-183-days test, rolling 12-month period, backdating and separate permanent-place-of-abode test.

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Separate US naturalization physical presence from continuous residence, including the general five- and three-year bases and exceptions.

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Understand Canada’s 730-day PR residency obligation, five-year assessment and the narrow categories where qualifying time abroad may count.

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Understand the UAE’s 183-day, qualified 90-day and connections tests across a consecutive 12-month period, with current FTA sources.

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Understand Türkiye’s visa-based 90-in-180 limit without assuming it applies universally across nationalities, passport types or immigration status.