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Re:Ask HN: I will help your startup in exchange for food and... by outworlder on Monday August 10, 2015 @09:59AM (#10034597)
> Last time I crossed the border I was even warned that my passport doesn't show proof that I left the US, it only shows every time I entered it so technically, they don't know if I am staying there more than 90 days.

This boggles the mind. "Hey, I'd love to have an exit date stamped on my passport. But I don't make the rules." First time I went to the US I got apprehensive because I didn't see an "exit" stamp. My passport was full of such stamps, mostly from Portugal and so I expected one. Only after arriving back at my country and turning the data package in my cellphone on is that I discovered that the US issues no such stamps.

> the US is still seen as dreamland, in particular to those many who don't connect the dots between the root cause of the problems in their homeland and the 30% tax that will be taken away from their income once they start working in the US.

Only 30%? That's nothing. Were in the world would you pay less?

> The thing is: I hate the idea of working in the US so much that I can't even talk honestly about what I feel fearing I would be arrested.

You give crap to law enforcements, specially immigration officers, and you are in for a bad time, anywhere. I bet your attitude has something to do with it too. Try to be polite.

My experience with US immigration is that they are cuddly teddy bears compared to Japan.

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Re:Ask HN: I will help your startup in exchange for food and... by basseq on Monday August 10, 2015 @12:09PM (#10035531)
> Last time I crossed the border I was even warned that my passport doesn't show proof that I left the US, it only shows every time I entered it so technically, they don't know if I am staying there more than 90 days.

I can tell you all about this. Technically, the onus is on the air carriers to use their passenger manifests to report back to DHS, who tracks it all centrally. You can imagine how well that works.

Read More: http://cis.org/biometric-exit-tracking-feasible-and-cost-eff...

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Re:Ask HN: I will help your startup in exchange for food and... by dragonwriter on Monday August 10, 2015 @12:14PM (#10035560)
> Technically, the onus is on the air carriers to use their passenger manifests to report back to DHS, who tracks it all centrally. You can imagine how well that works.

Well, aside from any compliance problems, its quite possible (and legal!) to leave the US by means other than air travel. (And, to respond to the link you provided, also quite possible and legal to do so by means other than commercial air or sea travel.)

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Re:Ask HN: I will help your startup in exchange for food and... by ak39 on Monday August 10, 2015 @11:03AM (#10035065) 

  Only 30%? That's nothing. Were in the world would you pay less?
Ironically, countries in the Middle East.
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Re:Ask HN: I will help your startup in exchange for food and... by jhhn on Monday August 10, 2015 @08:01PM (#10038303)
> Only 30%? That's nothing. Were in the world would you pay less?

27,5% for income and 15% for capital here in Brazil. What is very expensive considering the quality of public services. And the taxes paid for products are much higher.

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Re:Ask HN: I will help your startup in exchange for food and... by eloff on Monday August 10, 2015 @01:56PM (#10036138)
0% in Panama on foreign income, interest and dividends. 20-year exemption on property tax for new construction. 7% sales tax.

If you're a remote worker, that's heaven.

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