Chile Forum

For quite a while now, the IRS has the authority to tax you for the next ten years if they determine you renounced citizenship for tax reasons and you meet certain income thresholds before renouncing.

Also, there is a newer law which penalty taxes your USA assets after renouncing.

Riyko wrote:
Haha that's true, the next thing we'll know is that we'll be fined by the IRS for renouncing our citizenship

The law went into effect in 2008 and applies if an American renounces their U.S. citizenship or expatriates permanently and has assets valued over $600K. The tax is calculated on unrealized gains in retirement or savings accounts, real estate, and cash holdings world wide. It is due and payable immediately, and there is no judicial review. If you are lucky, they may offer a tube of K-Y jelly.

I will finally get around to this this week.

All State department and embassy info still say no fee for adding passport pages.

Passport pages done.

FYI, enclosing 10.000 with return address info and they'll DHL it back to you. I used Chilexpress for aprox. $1.600 to send it to them. Cheaper than two RTs into Santiago plus Metro plus other incidental expenses. And I kept my lungs away from that clean Santiago air!

My last bump on the topic.

¡HEY US PASSPORT HOLDERS, IT MAY SOON BE $82 USA FIAT FEDERAL RESERVE DOLLARS TO ADD PAGES AT THE EMBASSY!

If only we could print our own instead of delegating that "power" to gubmint......

John Hyre, Hope Secret Service Isn't Reading This One

received this from the embassy I was registered with in Africa (good reasons for that one) I assume the information is the same here and if you have not gotten your passport pages added then you still have a few days left. I don't think you can mail it in though. It also looks like the reciprocity fees are going to go up as a result as well.

Warden Message

U.S. Embassy – Lomé

July 9, 2010
This Warden Message is being issued to notify Americans about changes to various American Citizen Services effective July 13, 2010. The fee changes will affect the cost of U.S. passports, passport pages and other consular services. The fees are being revised in order to cover actual operating expenses for the overseas consular posts, domestic passport agencies and other centers that provide consular services to U.S. and foreign citizens.
Some of the fee changes include:
· The total charge for an adult passport book renewal will now be $110.
· The total charge for a minor passport book (age 16 and under) will now be $105.
· A first-time adult passport book will now be $135.
· A new fee of $82 has been imposed for additional passport pages.
· The fee for a Consular Report of Birth Abroad will now be $100.
· Notarial and authentication services will increase to $50.
· The fee for determining returning resident status will decrease to $380.
Additionally, please note that many visa fees have also increased. The new fees include:
· $140 for a B1/B2, J, F, M, C-1/D Non-Immigrant Visa
· $150 for an H, L, O, P and R Non-Immigrant Visa
· $350 for a K Visa
· $819 for the Diversity Visa
· $404 for a family-based Immigrant Visa
Visit http://www.travel.state.gov/news/news_5078.html or call the U.S. Embassy at 228-261-5470 for more information.