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I immigrated to the USA with my Parents when i was 10yrs old then became an American citizen when i was 21, by 30 i'd immigrated to Canada and became a Canadian citizen in 1986 and lived in Canada for the last 40 years., do i still have the right to vote in the upcoming American election? and if so where would i go to vote?
I immigrated to the USA with my Parents when i was 10yrs old then became an American citizen when i was 21, by 30 i'd immigrated to Canada and became a Canadian citizen in 1986 and lived in Canada for the last 40 years., do i still have the right to vote in the upcoming American election? and if so where would i go to vote?
When you became a Canadian citizen, did you sign any paperwork giving up your U.S. citizenship? Do you have a U.S. passport? Have you been paying income taxes to the IRS?
In order to vote in the upcoming Presidential election, you'll probably need to register to vote at your last American address, even though you no longer live there. You'll also need to check deadlines for your particular state. More info here:
When you became a Canadian citizen, did you sign any paperwork giving up your U.S. citizenship? Do you have a U.S. passport? Have you been paying income taxes to the IRS?
In order to vote in the upcoming Presidential election, you'll probably need to register to vote at your last American address, even though you no longer live there. You'll also need to check deadlines for your particular state. More info here:
Keep in mind that if you're not actually a U.S. citizen, there are severe penalties for registering and voting in a U.S. election.
All the information is included in the link I already provided. There is no condition that an expat registering to vote has to have paid income taxes to the IRS unless they had income from the US. Neither does an ex-pat have to have a valid passport. And of course one has to be a US citizen and prove such.
All the information is included in the link I already provided. There is no condition that an expat registering to vote has to have paid income taxes to the IRS unless they had income from the US. Neither does an ex-pat have to have a valid passport. And of course one has to be a US citizen and prove such.
We do not know for sure that the OP is still a U.S. citizen...that is why I asked if he/she had signed any paperwork relinquishing U.S. citizenship. In addition, please see the link below with regard to filing returns with the IRS:
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The most recent Weekend Investor cover story, “What’s Next for Offshore Accounts?,” touched on a burning issue: the plight of dual citizens and Americans living abroad who should have been filing U.S. tax returns but haven’t been.
Many of these people are fully compliant with their own country’s tax laws. Yet all are supposed to be filing U.S. returns and declaring the foreign accounts, for two reasons.
One is that the U.S. system taxes all world-wide income, regardless of source. (Double taxation is lessened by a U.S. tax benefit and also by tax treaties.) The other is that Congress, alarmed by reports of international tax evasion, passed a law requiring U.S. taxpayers to report accounts abroad or else risk harsh penalties.
You can also contact your local American consulate for help. You will also need the exact address of the last place you lived in the USA (even if you were a child at the time) in order to register to vote using that address.
All the information is included in the link I already provided. There is no condition that an expat registering to vote has to have paid income taxes to the IRS unless they had income from the US. Neither does an ex-pat have to have a valid passport. And of course one has to be a US citizen and prove such.
That's not a condition of voting, but every U.S. citizen who has income is required to file a U.S. tax return regardless of their location. I lived in Europe for years and had to file a U.S. tax return each year, full-form 1040 and the 2555-EZ. Basically I was always under the foreign earned income exemption so I reported my overseas income, deducted it, zeroed out the return, signed it, and mailed it off. It took me about ten minutes per year to do my taxes, hehehehe....
That's not a condition of voting, but every U.S. citizen who has income is required to file a U.S. tax return regardless of their location. I lived in Europe for years and had to file a U.S. tax return each year, full-form 1040 and the 2555-EZ. Basically I was always under the foreign earned income exemption so I reported my overseas income, deducted it, zeroed out the return, signed it, and mailed it off. It took me about ten minutes per year to do my taxes, hehehehe....
Ah... for the good old days. It used to take me 10 minutes too, before the invention of the FATCA, the FUBAR, etc., etc.
Ah... for the good old days. It used to take me 10 minutes too, before the invention of the FATCA, the FUBAR, etc., etc.
I don't know what those are. I was abroad mostly from 2001 to 2007.
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