You hope nothing happens
Get your Plan B residency before you need it
Preparing the documents and the trip takes time you will not have later. Get your Plan B while institutions still work and are willing to issue papers.
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Why have a Plan B
A black swan is an event nobody expects. Plan B is insurance against one you hope you never use.
Time to reactHours to days
Total time to get a Plan BAbout six months
- Weeks to months of preparation
- Processing, while you can already be living there.
Nobody had Covid lockdowns on the calendar. Ukrainian men did not plan for the morning they could no longer leave their own country. When borders close or offices stop issuing, you are left with only what you arranged beforehand.
You cannot buy house insurance when the roof is already on fire.
Getting a second residency is not an afternoon project. It means deciding where you would want to move, collecting documents, getting them apostilled and translated, preparing a significant liquid reserve for some routes, and then flying to a country you have only read about. The whole preparation process can take weeks to months. And that is assuming a state of calm, where there is no panic, offices are functioning, financial flows are open, and your chosen country is still willing to take you as a resident.
In a crisis you can count on none of that. Plenty of other people will have the same idea.
Do not wait for a crisis. You need the paperwork done before one hits.
Without a Plan B vs with a Plan B
Without a Plan Bclose With a Plan Bcheck You have cover ready for worse times
Without a Plan Bclose Every tie sits in one country
With a Plan Bcheck Ties spread across countries
Without a Plan Bclose Reactive decisions in a moment of crisis
With a Plan Bcheck In a crisis, you know exactly what the next step is
The same world. Two very different levels of readiness.
Paraguay or Panama
Two residencies, two different lifestyles. Compare the main strengths of each below.
Paraguay
Nomads, or people ready to live inland
From $4,290
An accessible Plan B residency with minimal conditions to keep it. You can also get an equally light-touch tax residency, which can be especially appealing for digital nomads.
- checkNo locked capital.
- checkOne short trip. Documents can be sent by mail.
- checkA very self-sufficient country with a strong geographic position - ideal for Plan B.
The honest catch
State bureaucracy is genuinely bizarre. The residency process keeps changing, and the state is not always easy to predict. Summers here get really hot.
Panama
Families, business, and a dollar life on the coast
From $3,990
A Plan B in a coastal country with a tropical climate. Solid banking and quality legal structures with a long tradition and high predictability.
- checkLife on the coast in a dollar economy.
- checkBanks and a business culture that welcomes and protects capital.
- checkStill a bit more developed, for now.
The honest catch
Most routes require locking up real capital. If geographic safety is your priority, Paraguay is the better choice. Panama owns the geographically significant Panama Canal, which is critical infrastructure for international trade.
From the call to documents in your hands
You describe your lifestyle and what you want from Plan B. We recommend a suitable country based on our experience, and a realistic path that makes sense in your case.
We tell you exactly which documents you need and how to get them. Then we review them so we can prevent problems when the application is processed on site. Finally we translate the documents into Spanish.
Getting Paraguayan residency takes only one trip. Getting Panamanian residency takes two.
Our certified lawyers visit the offices with you, and in most cases everything is done in one morning. You do not have to take care of anything. You just need to be there for photos, signatures, and fingerprints.
Completing the application is entirely in our hands. We communicate with the offices and send you updates when the process status changes.
For Paraguay, we send the finished documents anywhere in the world by express in a secure envelope. For Panama, clients have to come pick them up after about six months.
These are typical estimates across Paraguay and Panama, not a guarantee. We go through your specific situation on the call.
Why work with us
High-quality delivery, setups that get used, and clear answers before you pay.
Certified local lawyers
We run the case with licensed lawyers in each jurisdiction. That lets us handle even very complex cases.
We screen before we file
A high approval rate starts with an honest review. If the chance is low, we tell you before you commit.
Legal setups that get used
We arrange fully legal residencies, company structures, and other setups to protect privacy and assets.
Years of international setups
We have spent years building cross-border setups and applying geographical arbitrage for ourselves and our clients.
We review the documents before you put money down. If you are not eligible, or if we see a problem we may not be able to solve, we say so. You decide whether to proceed.
Real client outcomes
Anonymized stories showing how we can assemble practical structures even from complex life situations, ones clients can live with.
Anonymized cases. Respect for client privacy is an integral part of our service.
Questions
Plan B is preparation for a crisis. You may never need it, but if you do, you will be glad you have it. The moment a crisis hits, it is no longer Plan B. It is Plan A. If you do not have it ready, you risk running out of time to get the documents, for the reasons described above.
- Citizenship: Gives you the right to hold a passport and enjoy full legal rights in a country, including voting.
- Residency: Allows you to legally live in a country and may provide access to many local benefits, but it does not grant full citizenship rights such as voting in presidential elections.
- Tax residency: Where you owe tax. That is not the same as a residence card. Paraguay can often be kept as a tax base without living there full-time. Panama is a different picture. We sort this on the call.
Paraguay is an accessible Plan B residency with no locked capital. One short trip is enough, and documents can be mailed. It fits if you want minimal conditions to keep it, a simple tax residency, or a geographically resilient backup. The process and the conditions keep changing, and they get a bit harder every year.
Panama is a coastal Plan B in a dollar economy, with banks and legal structures that welcome and protect capital. It is still a bit more developed. Paraguay is growing fast, so that may not last much longer. Most routes lock up real capital and take two trips. If geographic safety is your priority, Paraguay is the better choice.
You describe your lifestyle and what you want from Plan B. We recommend the country that makes sense in your case.
Panama is a coastal Plan B in a dollar economy, with banks and legal structures that welcome and protect capital. It is still a bit more developed. Paraguay is growing fast, so that may not last much longer. Most routes lock up real capital and take two trips. If geographic safety is your priority, Paraguay is the better choice.
You describe your lifestyle and what you want from Plan B. We recommend the country that makes sense in your case.
Usually no. Paraguay temporary residence requires a short visit each year. Panama depends on the visa. The exact rules are on the Paraguay residency and Panama residency pages. If you are unsure, book a call with us and we will help you decide.
We know this is not an easy decision. The best next step is to book a free call. We will tell you Paraguay, Panama, a combo, or neither.
We will tell you Paraguay, Panama, or neither
Book a free 15 minute call. You describe how you live, and we tell you which route makes sense in your case.