Am I entitled to anything?
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Am I entitled to anything?
So I paid my second years worth of Federal tax, NY State Tax and NY City Tax a while ago. I'm here on an L1A - am I entitled to anything from the state or the government? (Other than getting a free social security number!) Can I vote for anything? Years ago when I lived in mainland Europe I could at least vote in local elections and the European elections.
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Re: Am I entitled to anything?
Without naturalization, the only thing you're entitled to is the right to stay in the country for as long as your visa allows.
Voting is a right and a privilege afforded by citizens only and, as there is no path from L1A to citizenship, the answer is as stated above.
Voting is a right and a privilege afforded by citizens only and, as there is no path from L1A to citizenship, the answer is as stated above.
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There is a path to Citizenship from an L1A. My company petitions for my LPR and then I wait the 7 years before naturalising. If I want to that is.
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That's IF your company will petition. Ultimately, it's their choice, not yours. Still, my reply stands. You have no entitlement and, if you misbehave, they have the option to deport you, which can't happen if you're a US citizen.
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Thanks - it's what I suspected. I hear that in some States a number of illegal aliens have been able to vote, how does that figure into your statement above?
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So I paid my second years worth of Federal tax, NY State Tax and NY City Tax a while ago. I'm here on an L1A - am I entitled to anything from the state or the government? (Other than getting a free social security number!) Can I vote for anything? Years ago when I lived in mainland Europe I could at least vote in local elections and the European elections.
That said, there are a few benefits that L holders may be able to access (state dependent), such as in-state tuition for dependents or unemployment insurance. Although the latter is largely irrelevant as you are expected to leave if your job ends.
Many L holders have a certificate of exemption from Social Security taxes, and instead pay the equivalent in their home country. If you do pay U.S. Social Security, you may be able to use the credits in your home country. If there is a Social Security agreement.
Unlawful voting is one of the worst possible transgressions you can commit, from an immigration law point of view.
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So are you saying that if I leave the USA on the 31st of December without intention to come back (for work at least), that I don't need to pay any tax for the time I was in the USA this year?
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U.S. citizens and green card holders cannot escape U.S. taxes so easily.
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No. If you live in the U.S. for 2014, you pay U.S. tax for 2014 (tax filing season in April 2015). However, you would not normally be liable to U.S. tax for 2015 and subsequent years, except on U.S source income. Depending on the details of the substantial presence test, etc, but this is the principle.
U.S. citizens and green card holders cannot escape U.S. taxes so easily.
U.S. citizens and green card holders cannot escape U.S. taxes so easily.
I guess an ex-pat US Citizen can renounce their Citizenship if they wish to avoid US Tax.
I understand that you have to cut a future taxes deal with the IRS if you want to surrender your LPR?
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Also note that if you try to vote and declare yourself a USC, you will never be able to get US Citizenship. So let those illegals who vote and the politicans who blindly watch on while this happen do what they want without your copying them.
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I guess an ex-pat US Citizen can renounce their Citizenship if they wish to avoid US Tax.
I understand that you have to cut a future taxes deal with the IRS if you want to surrender your LPR?
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And why would an illegal voter risk voting to call attention to themselves?
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Here in NYC they play up to the Hispanic voter and the pollers don't check if you are a USC of not if you are registered and you can register when you get your driver's license by clicking a box. Just that easy. US Citizenship does not have to proven.