I received an email this morning.  Someone I’ve been working with for several months.  He has sent in all of his paperwork to terminate his green card.  Situation At the moment he is a resident of a high-tax European country.  He has no U.S. tax exposure since he pays more in tax there than he [...]

A real-life story submitted to me today. Draw your own conclusions. I am a foreigner that lived and worked in the US under a work permit. (Not even a green card) I struggled the past years to make a living, because I was self-employed under an employee that had few jobs, and under the rules [...]

An email arrived from a frequent correspondent who has told me in the past not to share his contact details. I am in Jakarta. Jet lag. Up since 3 am. So I’m posting it to the blog. This is more evidence of a sea-change at the State Department for dealing with expatriates. Phil, I offer [...]

Reader (G)ee posted a comment with follow-up questions on expatriation if you’ve never filed tax returns on my post “The Exit Tax Paperwork for People Who Have Never Filed.”  That post was triggered by her question, too.  :-) Question #1 I want to put her questions in a blog post or two because, well, it will [...]

A frequent visitor, commenter, and email buddy (hi, Don) left a comment last night on the “Crowdsourced Expatriation Data” post. The Isaac Brock Society has been collecting information about the numbers of people terminating U.S. citizenship. But anecdotal evidence about waiting time is scarce. The Vancouver Consulate, from reports I have had, is a bit [...]