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Although renunciation may be the most commonly used term when referring to loss of US nationality, renunciation is only one of the seven expatriating acts that may be performed voluntarily and with the intent to relinquish US nationality stated in section 349 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. § 1481). [27]
The United States is the only country which taxes the foreign income of citizens residing abroad permanently. [97] [Note 10] The United States first imposed taxes on overseas citizens during the Civil War, and has done so continuously since the Revenue Act of 1913. [98]
Removing these items from the potential means of forfeiting U.S. nationality, the Nationality Act retained as possible causes of denaturalization, treason, sedition, or conspiring against the United States; employment as an official with policy-making authority of a foreign government; and voluntary renunciation. [130]
The H-1B visa program allows 65,000 highly skilled workers to immigrate to the US each year to fill specific jobs and grants another 20,000 visas to such workers who have received an advanced ...
However, the U.S. approves extensions each year for people already working on H-1B visas, with a 2023 report noting that the agency granted the greenlight to more than 309,000 requests for ...
It is used for the immigration of relatives of United States citizens and lawful permanent residents. Form I-360 and Form I-526 are the forms used for the EB-4 (religious worker and special immigrant) and EB-5 (investor/entrepreneur) categories. Form I-765 is the form used to apply for an Employment Authorization Document. Unlike the forms ...
Zumkehr said during the last long-term shutdown in 2019, many staff were forced to get other forms of employment to make ends meet. Despite the efforts to avert the shutdown, plans are still being ...
In 2007 application fees were increased from US$330 to US$595 and an additional US$80 computerized fingerprinting fee was added. [71] The biometrics fee was increased to US$85 in 2010. On December 23, 2014, the application fees were increased again from US$595 to US$640. The high fees have been criticized as putting up one more wall to ...