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0 pointsRetric9y ago0 comments

People can often just leave the country. US law makes it hard to discharge, non US law is another story.

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>the act of renouncing U.S. citizenship does not allow persons to avoid possible prosecution for crimes which they may have committed in the United States, or escape the repayment of financial obligations, including child support payments, previously incurred in the United States or incurred as United States citizens abroad.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal-considerati...

I guess if you successfully renounced you could just try to avoid having any contact with the US ever again...

umanwizard9y ago

You can't be arrested for not paying debts. You could probably still visit the US as long as you didn't intend to work there.

throwaway7299y ago

In principle. In practice, renouncing US citizenship is the sort of thing that gets you put on a "make their life hell if they want to come here" list.

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GarrisonPrime9y ago

Wouldn't one have to abandon US citizenship? From what I understand, that's a very long uphill struggle, and likely impossible if you have significant debt.

RetricOP9y ago

In theory it's an obstacle in practice if you have no significant assets it's easy. Remember all those undocumented immigrants into the US other countries have the same thing.

Now, sure you can't come back to the US without problems. But, plenty of countries are happy to take young well educated workers looking to start over.

geomark9y ago

Interesting idea. But that seems pretty tough unless the new grad has a much sought after skill and speaks the language in the destination country.

umanwizard9y ago

It's pretty easy for someone with an American university degree to get jobs in other countries -- the easiest is probably teaching English in Asia. It won't make you rich but it definitely pays enough to survive at what people in those countries would consider a decent middle-class standard.

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brobinson9y ago

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal-considerati...

I guess if you successfully renounced you could just try to avoid having any contact with the US ever again...

umanwizard9y ago

You can't be arrested for not paying debts. You could probably still visit the US as long as you didn't intend to work there.

throwaway7299y ago

In principle. In practice, renouncing US citizenship is the sort of thing that gets you put on a "make their life hell if they want to come here" list.

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GarrisonPrime9y ago

Wouldn't one have to abandon US citizenship? From what I understand, that's a very long uphill struggle, and likely impossible if you have significant debt.

RetricOP9y ago

In theory it's an obstacle in practice if you have no significant assets it's easy. Remember all those undocumented immigrants into the US other countries have the same thing.

Now, sure you can't come back to the US without problems. But, plenty of countries are happy to take young well educated workers looking to start over.

geomark9y ago

Interesting idea. But that seems pretty tough unless the new grad has a much sought after skill and speaks the language in the destination country.

umanwizard9y ago

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