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Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy
NEVER give up your US citizenship!!!!! Never. Because when the shit hits the fan and you have to get out of the place your in, for any reason, the USA is going to let you in as if you had been on vacation.
Though you may not want to live here, it's nice to have the US at your back if you need them. Not to mention, if you get into some shit down there, within reason, all you have to do is go to the US Embassy and see if they can help you. As long as you did not do something stupid or totally illegal, they will most times. That is what they are there for. I know a few people who's asses have been saved by a US Embassy in various countries.
Not to mention, it's hard as hell to get Visas these days to the USA. If your not a citizen any more, you have to get one just to come back and visit your family.
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I'd be saying the same thing. There is no reason (apart from one that possible reason - see below), that I'd give up any citizenship - what for? Because you live in another country has little to do with citizenship either of your home country or the one you reside in.
If anything, the reverse applies - it's nice to collect multiple nationalities/passports as they come up and as ya meet the qualification for getting them :-)
The only rare reason, and this is the exception which does not apply to me anyway. If I had more money than anyone could ever want ie.. not just a few million, but loads of the stuff and dual/triple nationality, - I'd be forced to consider dumping any US citizenship. The reasons are simply that US citizenship is more a liability than an asset under these conditions because of the IRS reporting requirements. The countries/nationalities don't have these same problems. Anyways , I doubt *anyone* on this board comes near the level of assets to justify this - it's all hypothetical :-)