Second passport / residency via investment (Portugal, Malta, Greece, Caribbean, UAE, Panama).
Golden Visa (residency-by-investment): Portugal (~€500K in funds), Greece (€250K real estate), UAE (AED 2M real estate), Panama (Friendly Nations $200K), Malaysia MM2H, Costa Rica ($150K). Citizenship-by-investment (passport in months): St. Kitts, Dominica, Antigua, Grenada, Malta ($200K–$1M+). Doesn't relieve US tax (only expatriation does), but provides mobility, banking access, and hedges against political risk.
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Exclude ~$130K/yr of foreign-earned income + housing exclusion — bona fide resident or 330-day test.
Dollar-for-dollar credit for foreign income taxes paid — no cap, no phase-out.
US shareholder of CFC elects corporate rates + FTC on GILTI, cutting rate from 37% to ~21%.
Establish residency in a 0-tax or territorial-tax country to escape US state tax + optimize CFC.
HSBC Expat, America Mortgages, Waltz, MBanc — 30-yr fixed US real estate loans for non-residents.
Non-US jurisdictions with no recognition of foreign judgments — bulletproof asset protection.
Claim treaty position to be taxed as resident of only ONE country, halving your compliance.
Non-resident aliens can own a US LLC, do US business, and pay $0 US tax if properly structured.