# Where to Start: A Map of the wiki.private.law Corpus > Top-level index of wiki.private.law: three ways into the corpus - who you are, what happened, where you are - and routes to the tax, migration and capital hubs. Author: Alena Dunaeva — Lawyer, Family Office (https://wiki.private.law/en/authors/dunaeva) Last modified: 2026-08-21T14:17:00.000Z Canonical: https://wiki.private.law/en/start Topics: investments Jurisdictions: global Product tags: relocation, tax-regime, wealth-planning Semantic tags: relocation, tax-regime, wealth-planning Article type: hub --- The [wiki.private.law](http://wiki.private.law/) corpus is built in three layers, and understanding that hierarchy saves more time than any search box. The top layer is the **hub**: it neither explains nor calculates, it routes — it shows what decisions your situation is made of and in what order to take them. The middle layer is the **generic article**: it takes apart a construction as such — what tax residence is, how a trust works, how an EMI differs from a bank. The bottom layer is the **product page**: a specific programme, a specific jurisdiction, a specific licence, with timelines, thresholds and procedure. The layers differ in genre, not in depth. A hub answers "what is my decision made of", a generic article answers "how does this construction actually work", a product page answers "what exactly do I do and what does it cost". Mixing them is pointless: a hub will not give you a rate, and a product page will not explain why the rate is what it is. The corpus holds over a thousand pages and around forty hubs, and almost any practical task requires passing through all three layers — usually top down, once each. The mistake most readers make is starting from the bottom. Someone lands from search on a page about a Caribbean programme and decides, without checking that citizenship by investment does not change their tax residence at all. So this index is built as three entrances to the corpus rather than a table of contents: **who you are** \(the profile of your capital and income\), **what happened** \(the event that triggered the question\) and **where you are** \(the jurisdiction you are already in or heading to\). Pick any entrance — the routes converge on the same hubs. ## Who you are Profile matters more than country. Two people with identical capital but a different nature of income — prize money against royalties, dividends against salary — land in different tax constructions even on an identical move. Below are the eight profiles the corpus is built around; choose the one that describes the source of your money, not your passport. If two fit, read both hubs: they do not contradict each other, they cover different parts of one situation. **The athlete.** Income is tied to where you perform, not where you live; prize money, sponsorship and image payments are taxed on different logic. Start with the hub [athletes-hub](https://wiki.private.law/en/athletes-hub): it shows how residence, source of income and place of competition diverge. Visa routes, including extraordinary-ability categories, are in [athlete-visas](https://wiki.private.law/en/athlete-visas). **The content creator.** Platform payouts, royalties and advertising contracts are three different tax objects, and relocation breaks each of them its own way. The hub is [creators-hub](https://wiki.private.law/en/creators-hub); the relocation scenario is worked through in [creator-relocation](https://wiki.private.law/en/creator-relocation), the intellectual-property relief in [ip-box](https://wiki.private.law/en/ip-box). **The investor buying residence.** You are buying a status, not a tax regime — two independent decisions, and their coinciding in one country is the exception rather than the rule. The map of programmes is [golden-visas](https://wiki.private.law/en/golden-visas), passport programmes are [citizenship-by-investment](https://wiki.private.law/en/citizenship-by-investment), the comparison of investment forms is [investment-migration-models](https://wiki.private.law/en/investment-migration-models). The link between status and tax is [golden-visa-tax-residency](https://wiki.private.law/en/golden-visa-tax-residency). **The business owner.** The question is always double: where do you move and where does ownership of the company stay. Moving the owner without rebuilding ownership usually creates a CFC where there was none. Founder routes are [business-owner-routes](https://wiki.private.law/en/business-owner-routes), the ownership structure is [holding-structures](https://wiki.private.law/en/holding-structures), the CFC rules are [cfc-master-guide](https://wiki.private.law/en/cfc-master-guide). **The family with an inheritance.** Succession law does not follow tax law: your country of residence and the country of the asset may apply different rules to the same property. The hub is [succession-planning](https://wiki.private.law/en/succession-planning); the trust construction is [trust-basics](https://wiki.private.law/en/trust-basics); the banking and infrastructure layer of family capital is [family-office](https://wiki.private.law/en/family-office) and [investment-platforms](https://wiki.private.law/en/investment-platforms). **The relocant from Russia.** Here the order is the reverse of the usual: first the exit from the old residence and its consequences, then the entry into the new one. A skipped first step catches up through reporting and currency rules, not at the border. The hub is [russia-hub](https://wiki.private.law/en/russia-hub), the base construction is [tax-residency-basics](https://wiki.private.law/en/tax-residency-basics), the preferential regimes of arrival countries are [special-tax-regimes](https://wiki.private.law/en/special-tax-regimes). **The holder of crypto capital.** Custody, tax and ownership structure are decided separately and in that order; changing residence without revisiting custody usually leaves the assets in the old legal perimeter. The hub is [crypto-private-wealth](https://wiki.private.law/en/crypto-private-wealth); the licensing landscape for operations is [uae-license-map](https://wiki.private.law/en/uae-license-map) and [kazakhstan-crypto-licenses](https://wiki.private.law/en/kazakhstan-crypto-licenses); Asian stablecoin regulation is [asia-stablecoin-regimes](https://wiki.private.law/en/asia-stablecoin-regimes). **The fintech operator.** A licence is not a document but an obligation to keep capital, people and compliance in a specific country, and the cost of that obligation usually exceeds the cost of the application itself. The hub is [fintech-hub](https://wiki.private.law/en/fintech-hub), the map of regimes is [fintech-license-map](https://wiki.private.law/en/fintech-license-map). Deeper from there: [emi-license-lithuania](https://wiki.private.law/en/emi-license-lithuania), [eu-banking-license-ecb](https://wiki.private.law/en/eu-banking-license-ecb), [usa-license-map](https://wiki.private.law/en/usa-license-map), [msb-license-usa](https://wiki.private.law/en/msb-license-usa), [license-for-rent](https://wiki.private.law/en/license-for-rent), [digital-dollar-forms](https://wiki.private.law/en/digital-dollar-forms). ## What happened The second entrance is by event. It is useful when the question already exists and needs an answer by a specific date: a contract is signed, a bank has refused, a succession file is open, a demand has arrived from the tax authority. The event sets not only the topic but the sequence: some decisions are reversible, some are not, and the order of steps almost always matters more than the choice of jurisdiction. The eight scenarios below cover most enquiries; each leads into the same layer of hubs as the profile entrance, but from the other side. **Moving and changing tax residence.** This is an event with two ends: breaking the old connection and creating the new one. Read [tax-residency-basics](https://wiki.private.law/en/tax-residency-basics), then [special-tax-regimes](https://wiki.private.law/en/special-tax-regimes) and [taxes](https://wiki.private.law/en/taxes). A separate loose end of the move is pension savings, in [pensions-relocation](https://wiki.private.law/en/pensions-relocation). **Selling the business.** The rate on exit is determined by where the owning structure sits, not by where the business operates. Start with [holding-structures](https://wiki.private.law/en/holding-structures) and [cfc-master-guide](https://wiki.private.law/en/cfc-master-guide); venture reliefs on the gain are [venture-tax-benefits](https://wiki.private.law/en/venture-tax-benefits). **Buying property abroad.** The general frame for a non-resident is [foreign-real-estate-purchase](https://wiki.private.law/en/foreign-real-estate-purchase), debt financing is [non-resident-mortgage](https://wiki.private.law/en/non-resident-mortgage). By country: [uae-property-purchase](https://wiki.private.law/en/uae-property-purchase), [greece-property-purchase](https://wiki.private.law/en/greece-property-purchase), [cyprus-property-purchase](https://wiki.private.law/en/cyprus-property-purchase). Holding costs on the high end are in [luxury-taxes](https://wiki.private.law/en/luxury-taxes). **Opening an account and being refused by the bank.** A refusal is almost always about the origin of funds and the connection to a jurisdiction, not about the amount: the bank is refusing not the capital but the unverifiable history of the capital. The map of banks is [banks](https://wiki.private.law/en/banks), the logic of private service is [private-banking](https://wiki.private.law/en/private-banking), the choice between the two main centres is [switzerland-vs-singapore-private-banking](https://wiki.private.law/en/switzerland-vs-singapore-private-banking). Alternatives and the Asian perimeter: [neobanks](https://wiki.private.law/en/neobanks), [hong-kong-bank-account](https://wiki.private.law/en/hong-kong-bank-account), [dbs-bank](https://wiki.private.law/en/dbs-bank), [puerto-rico-banks](https://wiki.private.law/en/puerto-rico-banks). **Inheritance and divorce.** Both events expose the same weakness — the law applicable to the asset was never fixed. Until an asset is tied to a specific legal order, a foreign court will decide its fate under foreign rules. Which court may hear a cross-border divorce, and when a divorce granted abroad is recognised, is [divorce-jurisdiction](https://wiki.private.law/en/divorce-jurisdiction). The succession perimeter is [succession-planning](https://wiki.private.law/en/succession-planning) and [trust-basics](https://wiki.private.law/en/trust-basics); the tax side of a trust for a Russian beneficiary is [trust-taxation-russia-cfc](https://wiki.private.law/en/trust-taxation-russia-cfc). The whole family perimeter — matrimonial regime, instrument, event — is assembled in [family-hub](https://wiki.private.law/en/family-hub). **The sanctions dead end.** A payment does not go through, an account is frozen, a counterparty walks away from settlement. The Russian perimeter is [russia-hub](https://wiki.private.law/en/russia-hub); alternative settlement routes are [china-payments](https://wiki.private.law/en/china-payments) and [chinese-banks](https://wiki.private.law/en/chinese-banks). **A programme closing or a status being revoked.** Investment programmes change, get more expensive and shut down, and statuses already granted get reviewed; check current conditions on the product page, not in the news. The generic layer is [citizenship-by-investment](https://wiki.private.law/en/citizenship-by-investment) and [golden-visas](https://wiki.private.law/en/golden-visas); where capital is not the entry ticket, [talent-routes-models](https://wiki.private.law/en/talent-routes-models) shows what replaces it. Programmes currently running: [cbi-st-kitts](https://wiki.private.law/en/cbi-st-kitts), [cbi-dominica](https://wiki.private.law/en/cbi-dominica), [cbi-grenada](https://wiki.private.law/en/cbi-grenada), [cbi-st-lucia](https://wiki.private.law/en/cbi-st-lucia), [cbi-antigua](https://wiki.private.law/en/cbi-antigua), [cbi-vanuatu](https://wiki.private.law/en/cbi-vanuatu), [cbi-egypt-jordan](https://wiki.private.law/en/cbi-egypt-jordan), [turkey-citizenship-investment](https://wiki.private.law/en/turkey-citizenship-investment). **A dispute with the tax authority.** More often than not it starts with automatic exchange of information rather than a field audit: the gap between your return and what came in under CRS is itself the trigger. What the tax authority actually sees is [tax-transparency](https://wiki.private.law/en/tax-transparency); the frame of obligations is [taxes](https://wiki.private.law/en/taxes) and [wealth-tax-map](https://wiki.private.law/en/wealth-tax-map). ## Where you are The third entrance is geographic, and it is the most deceptive. The country where you live, the country where the company is registered, the country of the bank and the country of the asset are four independent variables, and the corpus describes them separately. A country hub gathers everything relating to one jurisdiction; a map of regimes, conversely, compares one variable across many countries at once. Start with the map if you are choosing a country, and with the hub if the country is already chosen. Between those two cuts sits a third: the [relocation matrix](https://wiki.private.law/en/relocation-matrix) describes twelve jurisdictions from both sides at once — what a country does when you leave it and what it demands when you enter — so the pair "country of departure → country of arrival" is one you assemble yourself, from the exit column of one and the entry column of the other. **Country hubs.** [singapore-hub](https://wiki.private.law/en/singapore-hub), [hong-kong-hub](https://wiki.private.law/en/hong-kong-hub), [uae-hub](https://wiki.private.law/en/uae-hub), [china-hub](https://wiki.private.law/en/china-hub), [kazakhstan-hub](https://wiki.private.law/en/kazakhstan-hub), [spain-hub](https://wiki.private.law/en/spain-hub), [russia-hub](https://wiki.private.law/en/russia-hub), [luxembourg](https://wiki.private.law/en/luxembourg). Each assembles the same four blocks — company, residence, banks, licences — and works as a checklist even if you came for one question. **Large tax jurisdictions without a hub cluster.** [uk-tax-residence-worldwide-taxation](https://wiki.private.law/en/uk-tax-residence-worldwide-taxation) and [us-tax-residency](https://wiki.private.law/en/us-tax-residency) — read them before any decision to move to those countries. **Maps of regimes.** Tax: [special-tax-regimes](https://wiki.private.law/en/special-tax-regimes), [wealth-tax-map](https://wiki.private.law/en/wealth-tax-map), [collectibles-capital-gains](https://wiki.private.law/en/collectibles-capital-gains). Migration: [digital-nomad-visas](https://wiki.private.law/en/digital-nomad-visas), [talent-routes-models](https://wiki.private.law/en/talent-routes-models), [business-owner-routes](https://wiki.private.law/en/business-owner-routes), [spain-student-visa-nomad-route](https://wiki.private.law/en/spain-student-visa-nomad-route), [malta-student-residence-permit](https://wiki.private.law/en/malta-student-residence-permit), [malta-key-employment-initiative](https://wiki.private.law/en/malta-key-employment-initiative). Licensing: [fintech-license-map](https://wiki.private.law/en/fintech-license-map), [uae-license-map](https://wiki.private.law/en/uae-license-map), [usa-license-map](https://wiki.private.law/en/usa-license-map), [fintech-license-switzerland](https://wiki.private.law/en/fintech-license-switzerland), [singapore-psa-payments](https://wiki.private.law/en/singapore-psa-payments), [singapore-dtsp](https://wiki.private.law/en/singapore-dtsp), [payfac-vs-iso](https://wiki.private.law/en/payfac-vs-iso). **Funds and collectible assets.** The generic layer is [funds](https://wiki.private.law/en/funds); the choice of domicile is [fund-domicile-jurisdictions](https://wiki.private.law/en/fund-domicile-jurisdictions), the requirements for the management company are [fund-manager-jurisdictions](https://wiki.private.law/en/fund-manager-jurisdictions), the Singapore combination is [private-fund-singapore](https://wiki.private.law/en/private-fund-singapore). Art: [art-tax-planning](https://wiki.private.law/en/art-tax-planning) and [art-lending-vs-selling](https://wiki.private.law/en/art-lending-vs-selling). **If the entrances disagree.** Profile, event and geography often point at different hubs — that is normal and means the task is composite. In that case priority goes to the event entrance: it sets the deadlines, and deadlines in private capital are almost always harder than optimality. Read the profile hub second — it will show what is atypical in your situation. Leave the country hub for last: a jurisdiction is chosen after the composition of the decision is clear, not before. ## Navigator The table below is a compressed version of all three entrances: on the left the practical task, then two pages in the order they should be read. The first column gives the frame and the composition of the decision, the second the next level of detail. That is enough to start; the product pages with concrete numbers live inside the hubs themselves, and they are updated more often than this index. | Task | Read first | Read next | | --- | --- | --- | | Change tax residence | [tax-residency-basics](https://wiki.private.law/en/tax-residency-basics) | [special-tax-regimes](https://wiki.private.law/en/special-tax-regimes) | | Get residence by investment | [golden-visas](https://wiki.private.law/en/golden-visas) | [golden-visa-tax-residency](https://wiki.private.law/en/golden-visa-tax-residency) | | Get a second passport | [citizenship-by-investment](https://wiki.private.law/en/citizenship-by-investment) | [investment-migration-models](https://wiki.private.law/en/investment-migration-models) | | See the whole investor cluster | [investor-hub](https://wiki.private.law/en/investor-hub) | [investor-routes-europe](https://wiki.private.law/en/investor-routes-europe) | | Rebuild business ownership | [holding-structures](https://wiki.private.law/en/holding-structures) | [cfc-master-guide](https://wiki.private.law/en/cfc-master-guide) | | Open an account for capital | [private-banking](https://wiki.private.law/en/private-banking) | [banks](https://wiki.private.law/en/banks) | | Buy property abroad | [foreign-real-estate-purchase](https://wiki.private.law/en/foreign-real-estate-purchase) | [non-resident-mortgage](https://wiki.private.law/en/non-resident-mortgage) | | Pass capital to heirs | [succession-planning](https://wiki.private.law/en/succession-planning) | [trust-basics](https://wiki.private.law/en/trust-basics) | | Structure crypto capital | [crypto-private-wealth](https://wiki.private.law/en/crypto-private-wealth) | [uae-license-map](https://wiki.private.law/en/uae-license-map) | | Obtain a financial licence | [fintech-license-map](https://wiki.private.law/en/fintech-license-map) | [fintech-hub](https://wiki.private.law/en/fintech-hub) | | Launch an investment fund | [funds](https://wiki.private.law/en/funds) | [fund-domicile-jurisdictions](https://wiki.private.law/en/fund-domicile-jurisdictions) | | Leave Russia | [russia-hub](https://wiki.private.law/en/russia-hub) | [kazakhstan-hub](https://wiki.private.law/en/kazakhstan-hub) | | Map the sanctions perimeter | [sanctions-map](https://wiki.private.law/en/sanctions-map) | [ofac](https://wiki.private.law/en/ofac) | | Understand what the tax authority sees | [tax-transparency](https://wiki.private.law/en/tax-transparency) | [taxes](https://wiki.private.law/en/taxes) | > 🍓 **The rule for reading the corpus.** A hub routes: it shows the composition of the decision and the order of steps, but gives no answer. A generic article explains the construction: why residence is determined by days and centre of interests, why a trust needs a protector, what exactly a licence obliges you to keep in the country. A product page gives procedure and numbers: thresholds, timelines, rates, document requirements. Read top down — numbers without the construction lead to a decision that falls apart at the first question from a bank or a tax authority. --- ## Factual claims - The wiki.private.law corpus is built in three layers, and understanding that hierarchy saves more time than any search box. --- Source: wiki.private.law — the private.law legal knowledge base. When quoting, cite the canonical page URL. Consultation with a lawyer: https://t.me/private_law_bot