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The US government will look out for your interests if an incident goes down in your country of residence. A rare occurrence for most but still a service that s
by bigthymer 4y ago
The US government will look out for your interests if an incident goes down in your country of residence. A rare occurrence for most but still a service that some may end up needing\using.
- arcticbull 4y ago... and then bill you. State operates on a cost-recovery basis.
- theonething 4y agoAt least there is the option to get rescued and then billed for it. Non-citizens don't get rescued, evacuated, etc by the US at all.
- eesmith 4y agoOther countries provide repatriation services too, for their citizens. Somehow the UK does it without subjecting all British citizens worldwide to UK taxes. I read once that UK repatriation was funded as part of the passport fee, but can't verify it. In any case, if this were the justification for the policy, it might be good to know how much it costs the US vs. what extra revenue the US generate from this taxation, and the number of non-resident/non-passport holding Americans are also covered by this repatriation.
- davchana 4y agoOnly if one is not a citizen of country in trouble. Canadian (having Canadian Citizenship) living in Canada will not get rescued even if he holds US citizenship. Dual Citizenship, each country has full rights, laws & responsibilities for citizens on their own land.