Arranging suitable wills is an important part of financial planning and one that is too often overlooked or not addressed as it seems complicated – but can be much easier to organise than you might think.
Wills are important and if you don’t have one this is something you need to address.
Here are 15 reasons why you need a will:
Citizenship- or residency-by- investment could be the answer.
As the world, and where we can choose to live, is affected by events and economics, many people are considering alternative citizenship and places to live. The recent pandemic, wars, economic factors – all have affected how we see our futures. And where we want to live and retire.
It is not as easy as simply deciding you want to live in a certain country as obtaining residency and visas can be complex. The choices about where to live and work are restricted for most people and few nationalities have real freedom of movement.
Holding passports from certain countries is extremely limiting so you may like the option of obtaining better travel documents.
If you have passports from countries such as Pakistan, India, Lebanon, Egypt, and many other African countries to name just a few, you will know how difficult it can be to travel or live elsewhere.
People from developed countries would also often like the opportunity to live and work in other countries without restrictions.
The good news is that there are options where you can obtain both the right to live and work, as well as a citizenship.
We can offer a range of residency- and citizen-by-investment programmes which will give you the desired economic freedom and choice of where to live.
Info updated March 2025
UK Budgets seem to come thick and fast these days with the last one in September, albeit that was referred to as a ‘fiscal event’. A small budget by any other name can lead to as many problems as a big one and that caused huge ructions in financial markets, leading to many of the announcements being rescinded, and another change of Prime Minister and cabinet, albeit still from the same political party.
As is usually the way, new Chancellors like to put their seal on the role so Jeremy Hunt delivered his Autumn Statement this afternoon. You may like to note that he is the seventh Chancellor in just seven years.
This article is a brief overview of some of the main points with particular reference to any changes that are pertinent to those living outside of the UK and especially in the GCC. The UK press will cover many points in detail but many of the points will not be directly relevant to expats so this article focuses on the points that will be most relevant to us.