Correct, Germany relaxed its rules a couple years ago…
…and in the other direction too (my Canadian friend residing in Germany still hasn’t applied for citizenship, 30 years after living there!)
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The odd thing is that in the run up to the election Trump endorsed the idea of changing US taxation to residence-based. That would actually hurt some expats.
No, it’s aimed at US citizens who obtain citizenship elsewhere: the “screw it, I’m leaving the US and moving to Canada!” It essentially forces US citizens to renounce the other citizenships and at the same time forces significant tax consequences. It wouldn’t be difficult to implement and could be done any number of ways.
I’m just going to add some context to this, and hopefully put the issue to bed. The representative who has proposed the bill (with no co-sponsors) is a member of one of the most anti-immigrant parties in the world - and was born in Colombia. I don’t think that this proposal is anything other than an elected official trying to cover what he sees as a personal political liability with his own right-wing constituents.
This has been brought up in the thread many times already but people want to panic rather than acknowledge that
It’s also appears to be out-of-date news…I renewed my ESTA this week, it already requires a selfie & social media details…
No, I didn’t include NG
And yes, I did get approved!!
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