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Is renouncing one's US citizenship approx. equally administratively complex as renouncing one's US lawful permanent resident status (green card)?
Is renouncing one's US citizenship approximately equally administratively complex as renouncing one's US lawful permanent resident status (i.e., giving up one's green card)?
Not at all. You can ...
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Could one renounce one's native citizenship in order to prevent a second, naturalized citizenship from being revoked?
Such a scenario is indeed possible. For example, I know several countries where the law allows the authorities to strip a recently naturalised citizen of their citizenship if they have been found ...
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Could one renounce one's native citizenship in order to prevent a second, naturalized citizenship from being revoked?
First of all, we need to clarify what you mean by "revoke" here. Several of countries that you claimed can "revoke" the citizenship of naturalized citizens, including the US and Canada, actually ...
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Expat needing to know about renouncing US citizenship
See Renunciation of U.S. Nationality Abroad. It gives the steps for renouncing citizenship. However, I strongly recommend reading Section D before choosing statelessness. Most stateless people would ...
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Recent French national travelling to India without surrendering Indian passport
The necessary document for surrendering my Indian passport, the French nationality certificate, has a processing time of six months.
This sounds like a catch22 situation.
I am seeking guidance on ...
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French Nationality - Surrendering Indian Passport
That's two, non-related, processes. If you are indeed French, you can apply for a passport at the nearest French consulate. You'll have to go there, you can't do this by post - they will take your ...
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Young man in Europe, never paid US taxes. Does this making renouncing citizenship easier?
The renunciation process requires you to be caught up on your US tax obligation, which may mean filing up to 8 tax returns at one time as well as the Foreign Bank Account Reports. The actual steps to ...
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Young man in Europe, never paid US taxes. Does this making renouncing citizenship easier?
Last time I checked, there is a hefty “exit fee” in addition to the paperwork. Might be easier to read the U.S./France* tax treaty and avoid any type of income that USA can tax. Or stay out of USA ...
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