On Receiving my Certificate of Loss of Nationality
Her essentially 3 reasons for renouncing essentially and my responses:<p>&gt;I could vote in the US, but no one represents the needs of US citizens abroad because our votes are dispersed over all 50 states.<p>* there&#x27;s hundreds of millions of people and only two parties in the U.S. no one represents anybodies needs well<p>&gt;I pay almost $1000 per year to an accountant to fill out the forms—more and lengthier than they’d be if I lived in the US—only to prove I owe nothing, since I pay taxes here in the Netherlands. FATCA forces me to hand over my private financial information, as well as my non-American husband’s, to an extent that homeland Americans don’t have to unless they’re suspected of a crime. FATCA strong-arms our local banks into handing over our private financial information as well.
It treats my local accounts as being equivalent to hiding money overseas.<p>* Taxes and the FATCA issues....to me and I&#x27;m sure billions of other people: $1000$ bucks a year is well worth it for a U.S. citizenship...Turning over financial records of the non-American spouse...this one doesn&#x27;t add up, just do Married Filing Separately status in tax return.<p>&gt;Without an address in the US, I can’t open an investment account there; with US nationality, it is becoming more and more difficult to do any investment or borrowing outside of the US.<p>* this doesn&#x27;t make sense.  Why would having a citizenship affect if a Dutch bank loaned you money as long as your credit score was good?<p>The reasons she gives don&#x27;t make sense to me...something feels off here.