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What is the difference between stay under and meet a minimum?

Stay under tracks a ceiling you do not want to cross. Meet a minimum tracks progress toward a presence target you want to reach.

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What to do

  1. Identify whether the goal is avoidance or qualification.
  2. Select stay under for a ceiling or meet minimum for a target.
  3. Check that the status language matches your intended direction.

Why this matters

The direction changes how remaining days, pace, colours, and alerts should be interpreted. Choose it from the legal or planning objective supplied by the rule source or your advisor.

The trip record should describe what happened. The tracker then applies its configured calculation. Keep documents for disputed boundary dates and avoid changing accurate history only to produce a preferred result.

Check the rule behind the answer

Jurisdictions do not all define a presence day in the same way. Read Country Tax Residency Rules for the rule context and cited sources used by this answer. Official guidance and advice for your facts take priority over an app display.

Before you rely on the total

  • Check the country, entry date, departure date, and local time where relevant.
  • Resolve duplicate, missing, overlapping, or unreviewed GPS-assisted records.
  • Confirm the tracker period, countries, threshold, and tracking direction.
  • Export a fresh record after any correction that changes a previously shared total.

When to ask a professional

Ask a qualified tax or immigration professional when a count is close to a legal threshold, an exception may apply, records conflict, or a late correction could affect a filing, permit, or overstay. Jetseen organizes dates and calculations. It does not decide your legal status.

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