tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post6022713311787028248..comments2023-09-23T11:16:00.352+02:00Comments on The Franco-American Flophouse has moved: Birthright Citizenship: Anchor Babies and Accidental AmericansVictoria FERAUGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16319699673885400472noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-49250312728136273952015-09-16T23:23:24.840+02:002015-09-16T23:23:24.840+02:00I held dual citizenship but have lived outside the...I held dual citizenship but have lived outside the USA. My parents were Canadian. I was never given a choice. I hold no US bank accounts or assets and had not lived in the US for over 32 years, so I decided to renounced US citizenship. Yes, the United States makes it difficult: I pay more tax in my country but still had to file 5 years of US tax returns. I had two interviews at the nearest US consulate which was 1000 km from my home, a mass of paperwork which they lost once and I had to refile, and fee of 2,450 US. They didn't recognize an education savings plan (RESP) for my 2 children, it was viewed as investment - although they can only be used for my childrens education. They wanted to know every single detail and my husbands details about what our home was worth - for capital gains, and all our wealth. It was expensive, abrasive, and an invasion of privacy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-78873183832446591902015-09-16T14:27:27.696+02:002015-09-16T14:27:27.696+02:00Of course the United States of Greed is not just g...Of course the United States of Greed is not just going to let them go; some of them might have some money. Letting the people go is one thing; letting the money go is quite another. Besides, the existence of someone who voluntarily choose to give up US citizenship challenges the central tenet of the American belief system, that the US is the most incredible and amazing, in every possible way, country the world has every known or ever will know. Americans are not going to let that insult pass lightly.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com