United States — Taxes
- Green-card holders are taxed on worldwide income, like citizens
- Federal income tax reaches 37%, plus state taxes in most states
- The US taxes on the basis of citizenship and residence — one of very few countries to do so
- Renouncing later can trigger an expatriation exit tax
- EB-5 leads to citizenship after five years of permanent residence
The most far-reaching tax net on this site
This page is unusual among our jurisdictions: the appeal is mobility and opportunity, not tax relief. A US green card makes you a tax resident on worldwide income, exactly like a citizen. Federal income tax reaches 37%, most states add their own, and the United States is one of very few countries to tax on the basis of citizenship and residence rather than where you live. Renouncing later can trigger an expatriation exit tax.
EB-5 is a green card, and a path to a passport
EB-5 grants permanent residence for 800,000 USD in a job-creating project in a targeted area (or 1,050,000 USD elsewhere), creating at least ten US jobs. After a two-year conditional period, conditions are removed, and naturalisation becomes possible after five years — leading to one of the world’s strongest passports.
Weigh it as opportunity, not tax planning
For families set on living, studying or building in the US, EB-5 is often the cleanest route. As a pure wealth-mobility play it is the opposite of a low-tax base — go in with eyes open, and plan the tax exposure before, not after.
Residency, tax residence and duties elsewhere
Because the US taxes citizens and green-card holders wherever they live, this status follows you globally; specialist cross-border tax advice is essential. If your aim is US market access without US tax residence, note that citizens of Grenada can use the US E-2 treaty investor visa — a different trade-off. Compare EB-5 with Canada’s Start-up Visa and Europe’s golden visas like Portugal, read our residency hub and tax hub, and see how each figure is checked in our methodology.
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What we do for you
Citizenship or residence, the honest answer often is not the one you arrived with. We take the whole procedure with you — eligibility, the route that fits your situation, the file, the follow-up — with one person on your side throughout.
For United States specifically, you are talking to someone who already knows the file: who to speak to on the ground, what the unit actually asks for, and the points where applications stall.
- One point of contact, from the first call to the certificate
- Vetted partners on the ground — law firms, licensed agents, banks — introduced, not listed
- It starts with a short qualifying call, and no, it is not a sales call
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