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Renouncing your U.S. citizenship for tax reasons technically makes you ineligible to enter the United States for any other reason. It is potentially a cause fo
by hapless 11y ago
Renouncing your U.S. citizenship for tax reasons technically makes you ineligible to enter the United States for any other reason. It is potentially a cause for denial on any class of visa.
I wonder how many of these ex-pats realize that they may never be able to visit again...
- gozur88 11y agoIs it a cause for denial in and of itself, or does it just mean that you apply for a visa like other nationals of the country in which you reside? And how do they know you renounced "for tax reasons"?
- equalarrow 11y agoIronic when you think about how this country was founded on tax revolt. Seems like a completely silly law.
- jtheory 11y agoNote to self: if I renounce my US citizenship, do NOT check the box saying "I'm doing this for tax reasons". Seriously, this is apparently real law, but according to a "citation needed" bit in wikipedia, has never been enforced. > The 1996 law included a provision to bar entry to any individual "who officially renounces United States citizenship and who is determined by the Attorney General to have renounced United States citizenship for the purpose of avoiding taxation by the United States."[47] There is no known case of this provision, known as the Reed Amendment, having ever been enforced.[citation needed]