What Does Trump’s Gold Card Executive Order Mean for US Immigration?
David Lesperance explains whether executive orders are “law,” and analyzes the Gold Card and H-1B policy updates.
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Will The Trump Card Solve the US Debt Problem? Analyzing 4 Potential Markets
David Lesperance breaks down the four types of “Trump Card” clients to determine whether Trump’s program can solve the US debt problem.
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How to Get British Citizenship Via Residency in a British Overseas Territory
David Lesperance explains how long-term residency in British Overseas Territories can lead to British citizenship
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The Potential Implications of Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
Millions face uncertainty as administration plans to deny passports and benefits to those it deems ineligible for citizenship under new order
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Lesperance: Why Trump Will Not End Citizenship-Based Taxation
Hopes that Trump could end citizenship-based taxation are but a pipe dream, argues David Lesperance.
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Essential Immigration and Tax Strategies for Canadians Moving Abroad
David Lesperance reveals why affluent Canadians are fleeing, how they’re dodging the exit tax, and the “fire escape” plans they need to know.
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Whichever Way SCOTUS Rules in Moore Case, The Result Will Be More US Citizenship Renunciations
If the court says taxing unrealized capital gains is constitutional, more Americans will give up their citizenship. Ditto if it goes the other way, says David Lesperance.
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Three Things You Should Expect From Investment Migration in 2024
David Lesperance makes three predictions for the investment migration market in 2024, and takes stock of how his predictions for 2023 did.
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US Corporate Transparency Act (CTA): Pants on Fire for US Advisors
The onerous ultimate beneficial ownership reporting requirements under which Europeans have long labored are now coming to America too.
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Coming to America Part 2: Integrated Tax Strategies For Entrepreneurs Relocating to The US
Melvin Warshaw and David Lesperance consider the intersection of tax and immigration law and strategies for those relocating to the US.
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Coming to America Part 1: Integrated Tax and Immigration Strategies for a Successful Move to the US
Melvin Warshaw and David Lesperance discuss the critical importance of an integrated tax and immigration strategy for those moving to the US.
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Should Chinese RCBI Investors Be Worried? Wailian Raid, Chinese Officials in Vanuatu Are Smoke Signals
Was the Wailian case really only about capital controls? Assuming so is to engage in “magical thinking,” writes David Lesperance.
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Terrorists, Criminals, and Money Launderers Are NOT Using Caribbean CIPs, So What’s the Real Objection?
Scoundrels have many easier and cheaper ways than CBI to get into first-world countries, argues David Lesperance. So why all the “concern”?
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Is the UK About to Push Over the First Domino Leading to the End of Small-Country CIPs?
The UK may restrict visa-free access for countries where “Chinese spies” can buy citizenship. This may start a domino effect, says David Lesperance.
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How to Expatriate from the United States – Part 4: Post-Expatriation Tax Considerations and Future Travel to the US
So, you’ve given up your US citizenship or green card. End of story, right? Not even close, explain David Lesperance and Melvin Warshaw.
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How to Expatriate from the United States – Part 3: Preparing for the Exit Tax
David Lesperance and Melvin Warshaw explain how to get through the byzantine obstacle course of exit tax without setting off IRS booby traps.
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How to Expatriate from the United States – Part 2: Renouncing US Citizenship or Green Card Status
In this second installment of the series, David Lesperance and Melvin Warshaw explore the five-step process of renouncing US citizenship.
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How to Successfully Expatriate from the United States – Part 1: Pre-Expatriation Planning
The first installment in a four-part series on how to successfully expatriate from the US, with David Lesperance and Melvin Warshaw.
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Americans Moving to Portugal: It’s Not as Simple as You’ve Been Told – Part 3
In this final installment, Mel Warshaw and David Lesperance discuss issues around using Portugal as part of a plan to expatriate from the US.
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Americans Moving to Portugal: It’s Not as Simple as You’ve Been Told – Part 2
Mel Warshaw and David Lesperance continue to outline uniquely American issues that US taxpayers need to consider when moving to Portugal.
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