HELP! moving back to the UK!
#16
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Re: HELP! moving back to the UK!
Now I am confused. Can someone please explain the 8-year and 15-year rules.
And if one has been abducted by aliens are the rules the same? Of if voluntarily off-planet for say 15 years, how does that work?
My old NI number still seems to work. And the UK govt seem to know where I am, occasionally I receive brown envelopes posted from Malta with forwarded correspondence.
And if one has been abducted by aliens are the rules the same? Of if voluntarily off-planet for say 15 years, how does that work?
My old NI number still seems to work. And the UK govt seem to know where I am, occasionally I receive brown envelopes posted from Malta with forwarded correspondence.
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Re: HELP! moving back to the UK!
Now I am confused. Can someone please explain the 8-year and 15-year rules.
And if one has been abducted by aliens are the rules the same? Of if voluntarily off-planet for say 15 years, how does that work?
My old NI number still seems to work. And the UK govt seem to know where I am, occasionally I receive brown envelopes posted from Malta with forwarded correspondence.
And if one has been abducted by aliens are the rules the same? Of if voluntarily off-planet for say 15 years, how does that work?
My old NI number still seems to work. And the UK govt seem to know where I am, occasionally I receive brown envelopes posted from Malta with forwarded correspondence.
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Re: HELP! moving back to the UK!
I’m not trying to be contrary, but that’s not the experience of our friends who moved back in 2018. They encountered a lot of unforeseen admin and expense.
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Re: HELP! moving back to the UK!
Yes there is admin and cost to moving back to the UK - but absolutely no restrictions to you actually moving back if you are a Brit with a Brit passport - which is what the original OP asked about.
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Re: HELP! moving back to the UK!
(spent almost a decade in SD myself!)
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Re: HELP! moving back to the UK!
Exactly.
I have no idea what mrken is referring to.
#25
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There seems to be a clue to the 8-year puzzle here:
Lowdown on Tax Issues
Next year is year 8 of my LPR status. I have not yet plucked up courage to read about this new (to me) "exit tax" peril. However there is mention of $2m net worth, so I don't think it's going to be a worry.
Lowdown on Tax Issues
Next year is year 8 of my LPR status. I have not yet plucked up courage to read about this new (to me) "exit tax" peril. However there is mention of $2m net worth, so I don't think it's going to be a worry.
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Re: HELP! moving back to the UK!
It won’t be a concern if your net worth is below $2m.
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https://www.irs.gov/individuals/inte...d-ending-dates
I think the 8 year rule only applies to Green Card holders as mentioned in form 8854 (filing for exit taxes)
I think the 8 year rule only applies to Green Card holders as mentioned in form 8854 (filing for exit taxes)