Leaving US citizenship

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If anyone has Facebook sized earnings?

Leaving the USA

jim

[Bjorn Sefeldt]

so are the Norwegian jokes (true)!  LOL

[Bjorn Sefeldt]

dont know why i cannot reply to last rep[ly of yours , but... yes Poland has smart people....many jokes about the Poles, but as we also have "aggie Jokes in sweden ,they are the same as here, just about Norwegians...lol..but truly ,same jokes.

 

poland was once swedish territory and at points in time had the same king...lots of mixed blood in Poland, Sweden,  estonia , Finland Latvia etc...even Russia , as even the name telld RUSsia named after the RUSes, Swedish vikings from ROSlagen ,north of Stockholm who settled in Russia long ago...

now ,we have really covered alot , from US citizens to Russians!  lol

[Bjorn Sefeldt]

my youngest brother used to go to Poland in the 60s (prohibited area for US citizens then) from Sweden ,on his Swedish passport ,then return to US on his US passport...

[Bjorn Sefeldt]

true

[Bjorn Sefeldt]

dual citizenships often to children...the old rule was that you had it until you renew a passport the first time after you turned 21....then you had to choose....nowadays its changed ,duals exist....some of my kids have duals, 2 of  my siblings did....

[Bjorn Sefeldt]

I know you were , I was just pointing out the weird way the US is handling it...a US citizen may lose citizenship over serving elsewhere , but in US you are REQUIRED  to serve ( now only register for draft, IF in case comes back) if foreign but resident over 6 months....I was required to do that also, but went back to Sweden after 5 months ,3 weeks....then returened after 1 year, at the time I turned 27 = "over aged' for one who registers...so, I was not drafted...unlike my friends

A US citizen could not serve in the Swedish army , based on Swedish laws, nor could a Norwegian for instance...  I think other countries have different laws, my memory is foggy now, but I know US citizens have served in other countries armies, not sure which, where and of the " results " though (like losing citizenship)

[Bjorn Sefeldt]

just worked with a guy in our IT dept who has both US and Israeli citizenships, also recently served in Israeli army, so I doubt its enforced much....just like many other things arent....

[Bjorn Sefeldt]

interesting...because the US requires citizens of other countries to serve here (or register nowadays).if residents , no need to be citizen (as it was in Sweden , no citizenship, no serving in military , BUT a resident ,after living there fior 6 mo ,can vote!)..I served in Swedish military before becoming US citizen ,but I had friends who came here during Viet Nam war and had already served in Swedish military , got drafted here and went to Viet Nam.....

I became US citizen after 20 yrs in US , only for two reasons...to avoid double taxation and to vote...I had no longer any knowledge of people to vote for in Sweden ,and thought i might as well vote in the country I live rather the country of my birth

....but today...which country do you want citizenship in? if you renounce Us, which would you pick up...of course the one where you live...so, not everybody is ready to become citizen where they are , just because its an inexpensive place