Chile Forum

Andres wrote:

nwdiver wrote:. . . should you ever want to go live in Chile and not pay US taxes it would help

Not quite as easy as that. You would need to renounce US citizenship as well.

Not if you have a different name

I was in the exact same situation as you. I also did this at the NY Chilean consulate. As I was reading your thing, I actually wondered if I had posted this and forgot about it or something. The situation is that similar.

I just requested my passport though. I had everything. I didn´t attempt to change my chilean name as I rightly percieved it might create a shitstorm of paperwork.

Avoiding shitstorms of paperwork is often the best way...

Andres wrote:

nwdiver wrote:. . . should you ever want to go live in Chile and not pay US taxes it would help

Not quite as easy as that. You would need to renounce US citizenship as well.

yea, but for $500 (or whatever they charge you for renouncing these days) it might save someone's 401K from being wiped out by higher taxes and devaluation of the dollar.