I hereby explain some information on loss of US nationality: (1) Americans who voluntarily become a naturalized foreign nationals do not automatically lose US nationality, though they may renounce US nationality before US consular officers outside the US. (2) Without a state of war, Americans cannot renounce US nationality in the USA. There is no war involving the USA now, so they cannot effectively do so now. However, conviction of treason may take one's US nationality away, though not so automatically. (3) Starting on 1995-02-06, persons losing US nationality to avoid (not equal to evade) taxation as the principle purpose will be subject to continued taxation for 10 years. This applies only if they have very high income or net worth. (4) Loss of US nationality require formal procedure and is generally irrevocable. Evidence of foreign residence (not nationality) is required. Former Americans require visas or visa-waiver eligibility to enter the US. For more information, please go to http://travel.state.gov/acs.html#cit under "Renunciation/Loss of U.S. Citizenship" So, US citizens renouncing their nationality would usually be living in metric countries. Living in metric countries means the need to feel comfortable with the SI. They cannot stay in the US and effectively ask to "downgrade" themselves to permanent resident aliens. Sincerely, Justin JIH � Vive le Syst�me international d'unit�s! � "Long live the International System of Units!" "Gu�j� Dānw�izh� w�nsu�!" > Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 14:33:27 -0800 > To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: Harry Wyeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [USMA:9362] USA Jingoism > > The discussions about Americans' attidudes being > overly nationalistic and > "America is always right" (there is a lot of truth > in what John wrote!) > reminds me of an article I read about how difficult > is is for Americans to > renounce American citizenship. While it is one > thing to become a citizen > of another country, it seems, it is very, very hard > to "un-become" a U.S. > citizen, especially for Internal Revenue Service > purposes. It seems that > Congress has enacted a number of laws to this > effect, based on the > presumption that no sane American would actually > fully, permanently, and > completely renounce his or her American citizenship, > and that anyone > attempting to do so would undoubtedly have a > nefarious (ie, tax-evading) > purpose for making the attempt. > > Was in the WSJ, which is very good for its news > reporting, if not for its > editorial stands. > > Happy post-Thanksgiving to all. > > HARRY WYETH > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/
