U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Use this official entry point first when verifying the United States guide.
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Country topic
United States: Visa
Residency, work rights, insurance, official links, and tax friction context.
Visa and residency
Visa score26/100
Higher means easier legal stay and lower residency uncertainty.
ResidencyCheck basis
The US should be treated as a formal legal and immigration environment, not as a casual long-stay market.
Work rightsStatus-dependent
Work rights depend entirely on the right immigration or citizenship basis.
InsurancePlan before arrival
Insurance is not just prudent in the US; it is a core financial risk-management line item.
Tax & friction reality
complex tax, 60/100 friction
The US is too state-specific for one simple answer. Federal, state, and sometimes city taxes all matter, and healthcare remains a major friction layer.
medium confidence
Updated 2026-04-26 · Apr 2026 United States relocation and tax-friction synthesis.
Tax impact
0-37%
Versus France
Mixed versus France
Visa friction
74/100
Admin / banking
58/100 · 34/100
Residency tax risk: Immigration status, tax residence, state choice, and income type all change the outcome materially.
Health insurance: Functionally yes for any serious risk-managed life in the US.
Banking notes: Banking is mature, but the broader legal and healthcare stack is what makes the US complex.
Country warning: Do not model New York, Miami, Austin, and San Francisco as if they share the same net-tax reality. State and city context matter.
Important: Tax rules depend on residency, income type and personal situation. Verify with a professional.
Trust & source quality
Verification starting points
high confidence
Budget and real prices
Representative ranges come from the static city price layer and are shown as decision ranges, not official statistics.
high confidenceUpdated 2026-05-01
PPP cost context
World Bank private-consumption PPP is used as a macro plausibility check for country-level cost pressure.
Open sourcemedium confidenceUpdated 2026-05-01
Housing affordability context
OECD housing data is available for OECD countries; other countries rely more heavily on linked city rent ranges and local source scans.
Open sourcemedium confidenceUpdated 2026-05-01
Safety context
UNODC country crime data and WJP-style rule-of-law context are used as safety sanity checks; city routine still matters more than national averages.
Open sourcemedium confidenceUpdated 2026-05-01
Remote-work context
Broadband ranking sources are used as a macro check; linked-city internet, coworking, power, and daily-friction scores drive the displayed remote score.
Open sourcemedium confidenceUpdated 2026-05-01
Official government links
Official links are the first verification path for visa, residency, healthcare, and public-service claims.
high confidenceUpdated 2026-05-01
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