Re:Facebook Co-Founder Gives Up U.S. Citizenship
by clueless123 on Friday May 11, 2012 @01:27PM
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Not at all, He can still go to the US as a visitor when eer he wants (he just needs a visa), and even long term by applying to be a resident alien.
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Re:Facebook Co-Founder Gives Up U.S. Citizenship
by wilfra on Friday May 11, 2012 @01:42PM
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The IRS and State Department (who issues Visas) are well aware of the hack you are describing and the system is already setup to prevent people from doing that.
I was an expat for close to 7 years, have friends who renounced and thought long and hard about doing so myself. I can say with great conviction that long term, in my educated opinion, it isn't worth it.