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I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

300 points proberts | 3 comments | 14 Mar 25 14:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.673s | source

I'll be here for the next 6 hours. As usual, there are countless possible topics and I'll be guided by whatever you're concerned with but as much as possible I'd like to focus on the recent changes and potential changes in U.S. immigration law, policy, and practice. Please remember that I am limited in providing legal advice on specific cases for obvious liability reasons because I won't have access to all the facts. Please stick to a factual discussion in your questions and comments and I'll try to do the same in my responses. Thank you!
1. 77pt77 ◴[15 Mar 25 04:12 UTC] No.43369916[source]▶
Someone has a green-card for 7 years.

He's thinking of giving it up.

Is there an exit tax for him?

Is it only after 8 years?

How much is it?

Thank you?

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2. xpl ◴[15 Mar 25 14:54 UTC] No.43372916[source]▶
Not everyone needs to pay exit tax, only if your net worth is over $2mln or your 5-year average annual tax paid is over $190k or something like that.

IANAL so do your own research. Google "covered expatriate".

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3. 77pt77 ◴[16 Mar 25 17:49 UTC] No.43380797[source]▶
Apparently so.

Also the 8 year thing seems to be real, but it's 8 tax years, which means that as far as that is concerned he needs to pay.

He doesn't have nor made that much money, so he should be good.

Given how things are progressing I think he would just leave either way and don't pay anything.

The chances of that following him or extradition seem very unlikely with the bridges that the US is currently burning.