Priority Spouse Visa FALL Timeline (Oct-Dec)

Hey guys.
Good news for me
Sent package: Nov 20 2017
Package received in Sheffield: Nov 22 2017
Decision email: Jan 3 2017
Received Passport with documents back from Sheffield: Jan 5 2017
Approved!
28 business days
Wishing everyone quick processing.
Question: has anyone heard about the new rule that in order to keep your American citizenship, you have to stay in the US for 3 months within each year?

Congratulations ...  On your approval !!!!!!
   
   But As far as I know If you are moving to the UK as a resident u have to give up your green card ..
   You could get in serious trouble crossing back into the United States using it  if you do not live here anymore

It's easy to do though u call the us embassy in London .. you go in and hand it in and it's pretty much done .. my husband did it this past year officially

But I'd deff look into it

Thanks for the reply. I know about green card rules ( continuing residency and all) there might be problems at immigration border if I leave longer than 6 months. That’s not a problem in my case. My husband has business here in the USA.
I was asking about American citizenship.

Question: has anyone heard about the new rule that in order to keep your American citizenship, you have to stay in the US for 3 months within each year?

Congratulations on the approval.   

That is not the case. 

The govt won’t take away your citizenship bc of time away. I haven’t lived in the US for 6 years, visiting once a year for a couple of weeks. If I wasn’t an American citizen, I wouldn’t be able to have a passport!

Congratulations, AnnaUkraine .

Question: has anyone heard about the new rule that in order to keep your American citizenship, you have to stay in the US for 3 months within each year?

Nope, never heard of that, and can't find any mention of such a rule anywhere.

In fact, it is currently estimated that as many as 9 million US citizens live abroad permanently (US State Dept estimate, 2016) and I very much doubt that many (if any) of them spend at least 3 months a year in the US. There are also many US citizens who are 'accidental Americans' - they were born outside the US to a US citizen parent and have been American citizens since birth but have never lived in the US.

If you are a naturalised US citizen, the only reasons you can lose your citizenship by denaturalization are (as of 23 August 2017):
A. Person Procures Naturalization Illegally
B. Concealment of Material Fact or Willful Misrepresentation
- 1. Concealment of Material Fact or Willful Misrepresentation
- 2. Membership or Affiliation with Certain Organizations
C. Other than Honorable Discharge before Five Years of Honorable Service after Naturalization
(https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume12-PartL-Chapter2.html)

The US is (I believe) the only nation in the world that taxes their citizens based on nationality, not residency. Which means that as a US citizen, you will be required to file US taxes every year, even when you are living in the UK. If it was the case that people lost their citizenship if they didn't spend at least 3 months a year in the US, then the US government would potentially lose a lot of money in tax dollars paid by US citizens living abroad.

The US is (I believe) the only nation in the world that taxes their citizens based on nationality, not residency. Which means that as a US citizen, you will be required to file US taxes every year, even when you are living in the UK. If it was the case that people lost their citizenship if they didn't spend at least 3 months a year in the US, then the US government would potentially lose a lot of money in tax dollars paid by US citizens living abroad.

Eritrea is the only other country in the world that does.

How annoying is that! I still have property in Australia, so once I have residency in the U.K., I will have to file taxes in three countries even though I have nothing to file in the US. Another annoying thing, not that I make enough for this to be relevant to me, but the US double taxes if you make over $90,000 in another country. So the country you live in and made the money taxes you and then the US taxes you. It’s a racket!

Congratulations, AnnaUkraine .

Nope, never heard of that, and can't find any mention of such a rule anywhere.

In fact, it is currently estimated that as many as 9 million US citizens live abroad permanently (US State Dept estimate, 2016) and I very much doubt that many (if any) of them spend at least 3 months a year in the US. There are also many US citizens who are 'accidental Americans' - they were born outside the US to a US citizen parent and have been American citizens since birth but have never lived in the US.

If you are a naturalised US citizen, the only reasons you can lose your citizenship by denaturalization are (as of 23 August 2017):
A. Person Procures Naturalization Illegally
B. Concealment of Material Fact or Willful Misrepresentation
- 1. Concealment of Material Fact or Willful Misrepresentation
- 2. Membership or Affiliation with Certain Organizations
C. Other than Honorable Discharge before Five Years of Honorable Service after Naturalization
(https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume12-PartL-Chapter2.html)

The US is (I believe) the only nation in the world that taxes their citizens based on nationality, not residency. Which means that as a US citizen, you will be required to file US taxes every year, even when you are living in the UK. If it was the case that people lost their citizenship if they didn't spend at least 3 months a year in the US, then the US government would potentially lose a lot of money in tax dollars paid by US citizens living abroad.

How annoying is that! I still have property in Australia, so once I have residency in the U.K., I will have to file taxes in three countries even though I have nothing to file in the US. Another annoying thing, not that I make enough for this to be relevant to me, but the US double taxes if you make over $90,000 in another country. So the country you live in and made the money taxes you and then the US taxes you. It’s a racket!

Not quite.

The limit for FEIE is just over $100k.  All that means is that you file using FTC if you earn over $100k a year.  Not a big difference.  Taxes are higher here so it is EXTREMELY unlikely you would ever be double taxed on income.

How annoying is that! I still have property in Australia, so once I have residency in the U.K., I will have to file taxes in three countries even though I have nothing to file in the US. Another annoying thing, not that I make enough for this to be relevant to me, but the US double taxes if you make over $90,000 in another country. So the country you live in and made the money taxes you and then the US taxes you. It’s a racket!

Most people don't earn enough in the UK to end up paying taxes in the US as well though.

However, the amount you need to earn to have to pay US taxes has increased a fair amount in the last few years. In 2011, it was $92,900 and has risen every year since... it is now $104,100 for 2018.

Congrats to all of those who have been approved!

Not sure if this is the right place to post because I am a January priority application, but I have my timeline here:

Applied Online: January 2nd, 2018
Biometrics: January 5th, 2018
Sent off Documents: January 6th, 2018

Hey guys.
Good news for me
Sent package: Nov 20 2017
Package received in Sheffield: Nov 22 2017
Decision email: Jan 3 2017
Received Passport with documents back from Sheffield: Jan 5 2017
Approved!
28 business days
Wishing everyone quick processing.

Fabulousness!! ;0)

Congrats to all of those who have been approved!

Not sure if this is the right place to post because I am a January priority application, but I have my timeline here:

Applied Online: January 2nd, 2018
Biometrics: January 5th, 2018
Sent off Documents: January 6th, 2018

Our timelines are really close! I did biometrics and sent off docs on Jan 5!  Now for the wait. 

Our timelines are really close! I did biometrics and sent off docs on Jan 5!  Now for the wait. 

Best of luck to both of you! 

Well, this article I found in another thread is disturbing. Do we think there is any truth to these claims?

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/25/asylum-offices-constant-state-crisis-say-whistleblowers-home-office

I think there is no doubt they are over worked and just based information we've received here about how they've taken on more locations to process in Sheffield is in line. I hope and pray that isn't the case and we get a favorable answer soon.