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Re:You have options – Why we left the U.S. and moved back to... by innocentoldguy on Sunday April 01, 2018 @05:37PM (#16730594)
I'm currently in the process of moving out of the U.S. to Japan. I'm considering ditching my U.S. citizenship for this reason.
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Re:You have options – Why we left the U.S. and moved back to... by roywiggins on Sunday April 01, 2018 @05:55PM (#16730702)
Do you have Japanese citizenship? Ending up stateless doesn't seem worth it.
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Re:You have options – Why we left the U.S. and moved back to... by Mononokay on Sunday April 01, 2018 @06:29PM (#16730904)
I may be wrong, but I believe if not so the US legally can't allow him to renounce his citizenship.

(Allowing a person to become stateless is illegal if I remember correctly, but my memory's ever-so-slightly fuzzy around this topic.)

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Re:You have options – Why we left the U.S. and moved back to... by innocentoldguy on Monday April 02, 2018 @09:57AM (#16734484)
My wife is Japanese and obtaining citizenship would be fairly easy. I agree on not ending up stateless.
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Re:You have options – Why we left the U.S. and moved back to... by toasterlovin on Sunday April 01, 2018 @09:04PM (#16731512)
FWIW, I would much rather be in the US than Japan if China becomes aggressive. Keep your options open. History is long. Pax Americana may be coming to an end.
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Re:You have options – Why we left the U.S. and moved back to... by infinity0 on Sunday April 01, 2018 @05:55PM (#16730705)
Note that on certain US visa applications, they ask you whether you've ever renounced US citizenship for the purposes of avoiding tax.
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Re:You have options – Why we left the U.S. and moved back to... by mschuster91 on Monday April 02, 2018 @06:02AM (#16733425)
I wonder if it would be possible to state "no, I renounced due to not wanting to be associated with Donald Trump" (or, if you're leaning to the Republican side, Barack Obama)...how are they going to prove otherwise?
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