Thursday, September 24, 2015

Are There Limits to the Right to Change One's Nationality?

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Yes. Just as there are no universally accepted standards for the attribution of nationality, there are no universal standards governing lo...
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Friday, September 18, 2015

US State Department Confirms the New Consular Fee for Expatriation

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The US State Department has finally responded to those of us who took exception to the rather extraordinary rise in the fee to renounce US c...
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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Some Statistics on Foreigners Entering Japan

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"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan What a delight to find the websi...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Gay Marriage and Advertising

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A family member in the US sent me a link to this video - an advertisement for Tide.  I thought it was well done and is gently funny, too. Wh...
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Birthright Citizenship: Anchor Babies and Accidental Americans

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The concept of citizenship never fails to fascinate me.  There are so many ways to think about it and so many different angles from which to...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Asia Expats Before and After the Great Recession

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The first time our little Franco-American family headed off for Asia back in 2006 the French multinational my spouse worked for built us a g...
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Monday, September 14, 2015

Two Banks, Two Countries, Hassles All Around

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Last week we had had enough and we went looking for another bank in Japan. It wasn't one thing that had us gnashing our teeth and wonder...
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