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Forum: USA
Sep 22nd 2018, 11:50 pm
Replies: 34
Views: 3,875
Posted By adamas

Re: Reporting requirements and taxes on foreign assets

As a LPR and not a USC, would they imprison me for tax frauds or just deport me? Could they freeze all my money?

Thinking about the risks in the worse case scenario...I am just kidding anyway.
...
Forum: USA
Sep 22nd 2018, 4:55 am
Replies: 34
Views: 3,875
Posted By adamas

Re: Reporting requirements and taxes on foreign assets

I am starting to dig more into the PFICs mess. I have owned some of these funds for 5 years or more, but I don't have anymore all the documents tracking the history of the funds, i.e. distributions...
Forum: USA
Sep 21st 2018, 6:05 pm
Replies: 34
Views: 3,875
Posted By adamas

Re: Reporting requirements and taxes on foreign assets

Do you know if life insurances are considered PFICs?

Anyway., I am arranging some free consultations with CPAs dealing with expats, then most probably will liquidate the PFICs and reinvest in the...
Forum: USA
Sep 21st 2018, 3:31 pm
Replies: 34
Views: 3,875
Posted By adamas

Re: Reporting requirements and taxes on foreign assets

Ah, so, if I understand correctly, the capital gains/losses are calculated converting the initial and final capital in dollars rather than in the original currency and only then converting the net...
Forum: USA
Sep 20th 2018, 3:44 pm
Replies: 34
Views: 3,875
Posted By adamas

Re: Reporting requirements and taxes on foreign assets

Thanks again for your help. Before relocating I looked briefly at the tax implications, but only found out about FBAR and Form 8938, but not about PFIC, since it's so obscure and contorted that is...
Forum: USA
Sep 20th 2018, 4:14 am
Replies: 34
Views: 3,875
Posted By adamas

Re: Reporting requirements and taxes on foreign assets

That's sounds awful! So if someone has held the funds even for a single day while being a US LPR, then has to give to the IRS a lifetime of savings?!?

Aren't the taxes that I have already paid in...
Forum: USA
Sep 20th 2018, 2:00 am
Replies: 34
Views: 3,875
Posted By adamas

Re: Reporting requirements and taxes on foreign assets

But if in 12/31 the account is closed, do I still need to report it and what amount?

Also, do you know about the taxes on capital gains of funds if they are calculated from my entry date in the US...
Forum: USA
Sep 20th 2018, 1:17 am
Replies: 34
Views: 3,875
Posted By adamas

Re: Reporting requirements and taxes on foreign assets

Thanks for the reply. I am looking for a CPA indeed to do my tax return.

So if I sell the funds now, would I have to pay taxes only on the gains realized from the day I became a US resident in...
Forum: USA
Sep 19th 2018, 10:13 pm
Replies: 34
Views: 3,875
Posted By adamas

Reporting requirements and taxes on foreign assets

I have just moved to the USA in July and I am now a LPR. I am in the process of planning what to do with my savings and investments that I still have in the UK and in Italy, whether to keep them...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Sep 18th 2018, 6:04 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 707
Posted By adamas

LPR and time abroad

I have immigrated to the USA two months ago and became a LPR (single and no kids). I have got my actual green card a few weeks ago.
In the next future (late 2018 and 2019), I may have to go back to...
Forum: USA
Aug 9th 2018, 9:19 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,744
Posted By adamas

Re: Proving loss of coverage from NHS

I was in a similar situation two months ago, when I was still living in the UK and applying to enroll into my company's insurance plan.
I ticked the "Loss of coverage" box and provided the insurance...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Jun 22nd 2018, 6:17 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 3,258
Posted By adamas

Re: Damaged immigrant visa envelope - Help

Three, and they all told me that the visa team does not take direct calls and to use the online contact form.
Finally, the fourth one got in touch with the visa team and told me that they scheduled...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Jun 21st 2018, 9:08 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 3,258
Posted By adamas

Re: Damaged immigrant visa envelope - Help

Update.

Earlier this week I kept ringing the switchboard at the Embassy, until I found a reasonable operator who got in touch with the visa team and they scheduled an appointment for me to reseal...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Jun 18th 2018, 7:52 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 3,258
Posted By adamas

Re: Damaged immigrant visa envelope - Help

Yes, it is employment based, even though I have to pay for the relocation expenses on my own, including the flight. This is actually the reason why I have already booked the flight.
Once I saw on...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Jun 18th 2018, 7:01 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 3,258
Posted By adamas

Re: Damaged immigrant visa envelope - Help

Well, 6 to 8 weeks is actually a terrible news...My job starts in a month time and I have already made arrangements such as the flight and a rental apartment. This whole process has been really...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Jun 18th 2018, 5:16 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 3,258
Posted By adamas

Re: Damaged immigrant visa envelope - Help

Any clue of how long it could take? On other forums I found posts by people saying that it can take several weeks or months, or they could even refuse to reseal it.
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Jun 18th 2018, 2:21 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 3,258
Posted By adamas

Re: Damaged immigrant visa envelope - Help

What if the Embassy questions that I have tampered myself with the envelope and deny me the visa? I am really freaking out...and the wait to have an answer from them is unbearable.
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Jun 18th 2018, 1:04 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 3,258
Posted By adamas

Re: Damaged immigrant visa envelope - Help

I phoned the Embassy, but I was told that the visa team does not take direct calls and the only way is the online form...I just hope they get back quickly...

I don't understand who and how cut the...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Jun 18th 2018, 12:04 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 3,258
Posted By adamas

Re: Damaged immigrant visa envelope - Help

No, unfortunately I have not found any other way to contact them. They sent a paper with instructions together with the passport, and they specifically say to contact them only through the online...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Jun 18th 2018, 11:31 am
Replies: 27
Views: 3,258
Posted By adamas

Damaged immigrant visa envelope - Help

I have just collected my immigrant visa package from the courier depot. When I took out the envelope from the plastic bag, I found with shock a big tear on the bottom edge of the envelope, see...
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Jun 15th 2018, 9:58 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,153
Posted By adamas

Re: Social Security Number

Can you enroll into a health insurance plan without SSN?

I am planning to move to the USA in July and will become a permanent resident. But if it is taking now several weeks to get the SSN after...
Forum: USA
Jun 7th 2018, 2:39 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 1,765
Posted By adamas

Re: Relocation package query

I have just got my immigrant visa for EB3 green card issued yesterday, I am in the UK now waiting to relocate to the USA. The whole process took about 18 months from start to end, and I have been...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Jun 5th 2018, 4:36 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 681
Posted By adamas

Re: Employment-based Interview Waiting Time

My case was complete on the 18th April, I received the interview date on the 1st May and I had the interview at the Embassy yesterday.
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
May 25th 2018, 3:24 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 2,226
Posted By adamas

Re: Problem with x-ray

It is a 9-month course of antibiotics, isn't it?
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
May 25th 2018, 2:36 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 2,226
Posted By adamas

Re: Problem with x-ray

Were you forced to undergo treatment or did you choose it yourself?
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