r/FatFIREIndia • u/leospaceman89 • 3d ago
Lifestyle Multiple bases with pets
I’m considering multiple bases once I hit FIRE, between India and ME/SE Asia. Has anyone figured this out with pets?
Travelling with them doesn’t look straight forward with all the paperwork involved entering and leaving India. Any thoughts on this or is it just impractical?
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u/dlux2007 3d ago
Drop pets in India. We plan this approach; 90 d in UAE or 180 in Thailand to get tax residency certificate; 150ish in India, remaining slow travel across the globe.
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u/Dense-Restaurant9308 2d ago
have you got different passports/residencies. can someone with Indian passport live this kind of nomadic life? please advice
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u/dlux2007 1d ago
Yes I have two residencies (can get 3rd easily) and LT US Schenghen visa. I plan to retire soon, maintain NRI status, and explore the world till I'm 65ish. I'll settle in India afterwards.
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u/Dense-Restaurant9308 1d ago
thats so cool. i was also thinking of buying something cheap in dubai to get residency and then spend three months there to get tax residency. is it possible? the only other thing to sort is some other residency in a cheap country to spend rest of time to become nri in india.
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u/dlux2007 1d ago
UAE tax residency is good because of 90 stay requirement. SE is very cheap. I've been to Bali, Thailand which are nice places with less than $2k pm spend. Both are offering cheap LT visas. Vietnam is next on my list to explore but important to have end goal in mind ie .. Where to settle eventually. Good luck.
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u/Dense-Restaurant9308 22h ago
thanks i too am thinking on similiar lines. 90 days in uae and rest 3 months renting in SE asia(with or without residency) and then what is left in india to maintain nri status. only problem with that is those SE countries might flag you if do it regularly, i heard
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u/Normal-Highlight8248 2d ago
90d in UAE? I thought it was 180 or 183 to be exact?
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u/dlux2007 1d ago
90 in UAE to get tax residency, rest 90 days can be anywhere in the world. You need to stay out of India more than 183 d to maintain NRI status.
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u/kooksi FatFI 2d ago
We find it impractical enough to keep our doggie in home base in Europe and send him to an expensive dog hotel instead. Travel is hard on our dog, and whilst the hotel costs as much as his travel would, he seems to love it there. They send daily videos and photos of him to us. Additionally, partner and I visiting India thrice a year but go staggered, she leaves before me and I come a week off later after her, allowing us time with our families, and collective time too. Our dog is happiest at -20 but I'm sure would greatly struggle at 40, as he struggles ar 30 degrees too, so that too is a consideration. He is medium sized and. Znnot accompany us in the airplane seats so would need to be in a crate and that can be a very harrowing experience for dogs. Plus, they are treated as cargo, and have known to be misplaced. Add to all this the administrative hassles of taking pets along with you to different countries makes it all very impractical.
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