# Residency

> Residency is an iPhone app that builds your travel history from your photos and counts your days against visa, tax residency and citizenship rules, with alerts before you cross a line.

Residency is an app for iPhone. App Store name: Visa Tracker: Residency. App Store id 6749048224: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6749048224. This website is its official site. Publisher: Drobinin Limited. Support: support@residencyrules.com.

## What it does

- Builds a trip history from the photo library, filtering out layovers and in-flight photos.
- Counts Schengen and other visa days and shows days left, exit dates and return dates.
- Tracks tax residency thresholds and tests such as the IRS substantial presence test, toward becoming resident or staying non-resident.
- Tracks physical presence for citizenship and Green Card holders.
- Shows how a planned trip affects visa days, tax thresholds and citizenship timelines before booking.
- Stores passports, permits and visas with expiry alerts.
- Exports travel history as PDF, CSV or JSON.
- Processes everything on the device, with no account.

## Pages

- [Home](https://residencyrules.com/)
- [Best passport](https://residencyrules.com/best-passport/): Dual citizen? See which passport gets you longer.
- [Substantial presence test](https://residencyrules.com/substantial-presence-test/): Work out the IRS weighted day count.
- [Schengen calculator](https://residencyrules.com/schengen-calculator/): Count your 90/180 days across several trips.
- [Visas](https://residencyrules.com/visa-days/): Stay inside Schengen and visitor visa limits.
- [Tax residency](https://residencyrules.com/tax-residency/): Become resident, or stay non-resident, on purpose.
- [Citizenship](https://residencyrules.com/citizenship/): Physical presence toward citizenship or permanent residence.
- [Plan a trip](https://residencyrules.com/plan-a-trip/): See what a trip does to your limits before you book.
- [Trip history](https://residencyrules.com/trip-history/): Every country visit, rebuilt from your photos.
- [Documents](https://residencyrules.com/documents/): Passports, permits and visas with expiry alerts.
- [Visa-free stays by passport](https://residencyrules.com/visa/): How long you can stay, by passport and destination.
- [US passport: visa-free stays](https://residencyrules.com/visa/us/)
- [British passport: visa-free stays](https://residencyrules.com/visa/british/)
- [German passport: visa-free stays](https://residencyrules.com/visa/german/)
- [Canadian passport: visa-free stays](https://residencyrules.com/visa/canadian/)
- [Australian passport: visa-free stays](https://residencyrules.com/visa/australian/)
- [New Zealand passport: visa-free stays](https://residencyrules.com/visa/new-zealand/)
- [Japanese passport: visa-free stays](https://residencyrules.com/visa/japanese/)
- [Russian passport: visa-free stays](https://residencyrules.com/visa/russian/)
- [Questions](https://residencyrules.com/faq/)
- [Residency in Español](https://residencyrules.com/es/)
- [Residency in Français](https://residencyrules.com/fr/)
- [Residency in Deutsch](https://residencyrules.com/de/)
- [Residency in Русский](https://residencyrules.com/ru/)
- [Residency in Українська](https://residencyrules.com/uk/)
- [Residency in 繁體中文](https://residencyrules.com/zh-hant/)
- [Residency in العربية](https://residencyrules.com/ar/)

## Questions and answers

Q: What is Residency?
A: Residency is an iPhone app that builds your travel history from your photos and counts your days against visa, tax residency and citizenship rules. It warns you before you cross a line.

Q: Does it count Schengen days?
A: Yes. It counts stays under the Schengen 90/180 rule across the rolling 180-day window and shows the days you have left, when you must leave and when you can return.

Q: Does it track tax residency?
A: Yes, in either direction: toward becoming resident or toward staying non-resident. It tracks day-count thresholds and tests such as the IRS substantial presence test, and alerts you before you cross one.

Q: Does it help with citizenship or permanent residence?
A: Yes. It tracks physical presence toward naturalisation and for Green Card holders, and shows how each trip affects the timeline.

Q: Can it detect trips I have already taken?
A: Yes. You can import your trips from the Photos library automatically.

Q: Is my data private?
A: Yes. Every photo scan, day count and document is processed on your device. There is no account, and nothing is uploaded to us.

Q: Is Residency legal or tax advice?
A: No. Residency counts days against the rules you choose. Check decisions with an immigration or tax adviser.

Q: What does it cost?
A: Residency needs a subscription to unlock all features. Weekly and annual plans are available, and a free trial may be available.