The following information comes to us from the Federal Benefits Unit London but pertains to beneficiaries in a number of countries without and outside of Europe:
If you have questions about Social Security – applications, benefits, etc. and live in the Benelux area, you must as of 1 October 2017, contact Dublin (Ireland) for these services. The Federal Benefits Unit...
The following is a summary of the Citizenship Update presented at the Rome Conference held in March 2015; in case there are questions/comments, please contact me at
The overlap of tax issues and citizenship issues is greater than ever before. The short answer is to become compliant with FBARs (at least the past six years) and other...
Currently citizens of thirty-seven (37) countries qualify for the Visa Waiver Program which allows after approval. The non-US Citizen applicant must be in possession if a machine readable passport that is valid for at least six (6) months after the date of departure.
The VWP countries are: Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
FAWCO urges its members who are considering renunciation of U.S. citizenship to become fully informed by contacting tax professionals and immigration attorneys so as to make the best choice for your individual circumstances.
Renunciation of United States citizenship is an extremely individual and particular personal choice. First and foremost, it is permanent and irrevocable. Further, some renunciation considerations are inheritance...
OAW is seeking the urgent passage of long-delayed legislation that would restore consular protections to Americans who are arrested abroad, and foreigners who are arrested in the U.S.A. Americans were stripped of this protection in 2008, when the United States Supreme Court ruled in Medellín v. Texas that international treaties are not binding under domestic law unless Congress has explicitly...
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21 March 2012
U.S. women, who live overseas and are planning to use fertility treatments to help them conceive should open the following link. The Department of State is questioning their right to pass on their US citizenship, putting the onus on the mother to prove the donor is American.
Overseas Americans are invited to step up and be counted at http://counting-citizens-
