HighSpeedGrandma

I am sure that price will go up in the future and not down, so you might wanna get the money together sooner rather than later. How about taking an evening job...male dancing or something. Our local club is always hiring male strippers. The money is quite good by the looks of it.

Dan725

Yes.

Biggest benefits - come and go as you please without any further interference, ever. Not being treated like a second class citizen like you are with a GC (maybe not openly....but you are a second class citizen as a GC holder).

Pennywell

Yes, definitely apply. America needs fair minded, tolerant people, you go for it!

zargof

One disadvantage is that you might have to figure out a way to get out of jury duty.

surly

With a GC you are treated like a foreign national, which you are.
Pretty much like a USC entering the UK

outtatouch

as long as you don't mind paying taxes forever, it's a great place to bge!

CitySimon

Ok... I can't be bothered reading past this post...

Yes, you can keep your British citizenship (what they don't know won't hurt them), just make sure that if you travel back, you only use one passport while travelling... If you leave the UK using your British passport (for simplicity sake), then try to get into the US using your US passport (for simplicity sake), you might find that you have problems.

nethead

Same here, well I say they same but I don't have the forms filled out or the spare money right now

Dan725

Apparently, that's not an issue. The only stipulation is you must enter and leave the US on your US passport. Once outside the US, you can do what you like.

CitySimon

Well, that makes it even easier then!

Dan725

Exactly like that. Foreign national = Second class citizen
It's not a US only phenonomen....

englishinfl

You sure you don't want all that but in drive-thru form?

Scott33

Yes you should do it. There is little, if no, downside to it (fingers crossed that conscription into the military wont be an issue in the years ahead though). Both Countries recognise dual nationality, as is written on both countries passposrts, so it will never become a legal issue, although you may get the odd immigration officer ignorant to his own job.

I recently renewed my British passort from washington DC. Word of warning though...they sent it back. Apparently I was smiling too much on the photographs . Anyway, It was sorted out within a few days once I sent them more piccies, this time sporting a frown.

CitySimon

I believe that National Service (or whatever they call it over here), is only relevant until a person is 26 years old. Once past that point people are only going to get called upon if they have served previously.

Longy

It's pretty likely you are going to pay taxes wherever you go.

Regarding filing forever its only an issue if you plan to leave. And even then I believe with a green card there is filing responsibility for a few years (again important if you wanted to return)

I wonder how difficult this is anyway. Surely its got to be quite simple once you have done it a few times.