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Good luck with the move. Always sounded like a lot of trouble moving continents. And moving out of the USA seemed worse, dont they have some weird taxation system for people who moved away?
Nah it's not too bad the IRS guide is only 40 pages! ^somebody^ ^save^ ^me^
I haven't run through this in practice yet and I will probably give up and hire a professional.
I think there’s also some kind of at-time exit tax if you ever decide to give up US citizenship, but I’m not good on the details
I’ve semi-seriously said elsewhere that the US treats its citizens as property (in the “as slaves” sense), and it’s fucked how close to true that is
glad to read you’re making some headway on getting the fuck out though!
Yeah I'll probably have a big tax bill if I ever renounce citizenship. I haven't thought about it too much yet since it's still my only citizenship, and I have a lot of friends and family in the USA. Like a visitor visa might be fine in normal times, but I wouldn't want to rely on it in an emergency today given how visitors are being treated lately.
'Till now I was always able to just do financial planning myself, but I really should hire a professional.
absolutely worth it given your coming plans. sucks because yet more expenditure but your happiness and safety are more important
Sounds like getting a professional to file it (at least the first time) will in the end cost less.
But congratulations on the move!
I'm interested in jetting out as well. Did you get a job first? Or did you do something similar to Germany's "Opportunity Visa"?
An internal transfer at my job actually. At least for now they need me so helped set that up, though I'm pretty worried on if that will last long enough for permanent residency or not.
I'd be a little nervous on a job seeker's visa before knowing the language. It is really hard to find a job as a programmer in Europe without living there or being a citizen; because of language barriers, the labor market test, and the difficulty in getting a company to sponsor your visa. I didn't send out that many job applications but so far my response rate is zero.
Probably if I couldn't do a transfer I'd have ended up on an investment visa or study visa somewhere; though maybe I could have found a job in Japan since I can read intermediate Japanese.
I expect learning German to the B1 level will open up a lot of doors, so that's my main goal for the next few years.
Anecdata: if you're working in IT in Sweden you can get away with just English. I know a guy living in Berlin who hasn't ~~bothered~~got around to learning German yet, he also manages with English.
But it's a big Community and different parts have different requirements and of course different expectations.
Oof im sorry, that sounds horrible. But hey welcome in the modern world, your other taxes will prob not be that much trouble.
It's the same taxation system, you have to pay US taxes still, but I think you can deduct taxes paid in the new country from what you owe the US.